Co-written with Mathys Rennela
As Black intellectuals rarely live in a vacuum, it’s no surprise that there is a thread connecting Black art and Black critical theory throughout the years. The aim of this article is to clarify some of those intellectual connections in the context of dance music, and perceived influences of Afro-Pessimism (and affiliated theories) in dance music discourse. More specifically, we intend here to describe dance music as an umbrella of musical innovations which spread across the African diaspora.
What is Afro-pessimism the name of?
(Credits : Pictures from The Matrix directed by the Wachowskis 1999)
This is a follow up from my first essay “What is the future for music after COVID-19?” I was lucky to be able to exchange with DeForrest Brown, Jr. a New York-based theorist, journalist, and curator, with who I’m now doing a series of conversations with, about the music industry and the state of affairs that you can follow on my patreon. I will also be joined by Rich Jensen, ex Subpop and the Co-op Executive for Resonate Co-op,an international fair-trade music streaming cooperative.
I also wanted to get…
In this essay, I will try to highlight the contour of an alternative to the financialization of music. in a COVID world patience is running out, we have witnessed organizations and individuals who called themselves progressive dodging accountability when asked to take responsibility for their oppressive behavior. Meanwhile, some corporations are thriving and millionaires getting richer at such a scale that in 2020 we have the “honor” to have the first trillionaire.
As put by Zarinah Agnew in Xenofeminism: the tldr on technomaterialism Technologies should be re-engineered for the actual benefit to society, not to propagate existing oppressions. It calls…
Le 1er bootcamp no-code se lance à Paris, idéal pour apprendre à construire son MVP ou se créer de solides bases en matière de bonnes pratiques et d’outils numériques.
Dans cet article Je vais vous présenter une nouvelle formation ambitieuse dédiée aux technologies No-Code et à la gestion de projet web.
Nous verrons ensemble avec un exemple concret comment les méthodes inspirées du lean startup et de l’agilité ,prônée par le projet >Contournement>, peuvent vous aider à mener à bien votre projet web ou d’application.
Qu’est qu’est le programme >Contournement> ?
Porté par Erwan Kezzar, Président de la société de formation Thargo et Ex Co-fondateur du…
Vinay Gupta, one of the co-founders of Ethereum and resilience Guru, just launched a new VC funds, and I wanted to share my thoughts about this venture.
First, let me introduce myself. I trained at the dev boot camp Simplon, a 6-month training program focused on Ruby on Rails, based in Paris region.
There, I’ve been familiarized with web development and inbound marketing by working on projects. My professional background includes working as a traffic manager/Entrepreneurs’ advisor at the French investment firm, The Family, and a consultant for French incubator, Numa. …
Vinay Gupta, one of the co-founders of Ethereum and resilience Guru, just launched a new VC funds, and I wanted to share my thoughts about this venture.
First, let me introduce myself. I trained at the dev boot camp Simplon, a 6-month training program focused on Ruby on Rails, based in Paris region.
There, I’ve been familiarized with web development and inbound marketing by working on projects. My professional background includes working as a traffic manager/Entrepreneurs’ advisor at the French investment firm, The Family, and a consultant for French incubator, Numa. …
Jean-Hugues Kabuiku
Cultural Critic | Writer | Music Producer
