New and Noteworthy: Issue 21

March 31, 2023 Greg

👋 Welcome to the 21st issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.

Research

Time Stands Still (Again) in Contemporary Music SuperStudy 4

Around the web

With the conclusion of season one of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us, we’ve been taking some time to take a deeper look at the sound and music of the original.

Ted Lasso’s Dark Forest - It’s all about control! From creating crowds of thousands using just a few voices, to recording actors in their own closets, the sound team on Ted Lasso discuss the complexities of the sound and music for the multi award winning show.

TV is still important for music discovery

How have one-hit wonders changed over time? Lots of interesting data!

The Poignant Music of Melting Ice

Hip Hop at Fifty

Rightly so (see directly below): Sony Music has concerns about AI-synthesised vocals

DJ Premier’s So Wassup series where he dives into the stories behind his most well-known beats. In this episode: Represent by Nas

Listening and watching

Quiet AS Kept, F.O.G. (Extended Cut) - Kai Whiston

Notjustmoreidlechatter - Paul Lansky, Hannah MacKay, J.K. Randall

Blue Car - Joanne Robertson

Lengt hs - Yosuke Tokunaga

wander into - ann annie

Eternamente - Hermanos Gutiérrez

Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta XV - Quatuor Bozzini

Things we’re interested in

Charlie Brooker’s How Videogames Changed the World is 10 years old

Ignore the M word (it’s simply trend surfing), Roblox earnings suggest it is weathering the post-Covid era.

Creative Audio