Let's have a teaser look at the one-year anniversary edition of Other People's Music! As always, this thread is a quick look at just the top line of each review in this week's music discovery post. Don't want to wait? Jump right in to the whole thing!
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/04/04/opm-first-anniversary-edition/
To follow up on my last video you can actually measure how compressed a signal is. In the RMS world, this is called Crest Factor. It helps you get a sense of whether you’ve gone too far with compression or saturation.
I’m also sharing a handy tool for Bitwig that lets you measure it directly. But even if you’re using Ableton Live, Cubase, or Logic, you can use a plugin like dpMeter to check the compression levels in your tracks.
FRESH TECHNO BEETS
We start with a little tune many that aren't even techno fans might recognize. Have a listen!
@mixtape @ethicalrevolution have a new mixtape released on @audiointerface today! https://www.audiointerface.org/shows/nham-mixtapes/
I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but I have it queued up for tomorrow morning :)
I did want to say thanks for including @sknob and I in the show.
Hope you all can check out the mixtape, because Sam always delivers :)
Today I want to talk about something I don’t hear many people mention on YouTube, and that’s exactly why I think it’s worth bringing up. So if you often use sample packs and wonder why things don’t quite glue together, this might be a tip worth checking out!
My debut album was released five years ago today...
...but I don't feel like getting nostalgic.
I have a new album out.
¿Nos ayudas a promover #FairTradeMusicFriday entre artistas que se comunican habitualmente en español?
https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/
La idea es que el próximo viernes 2 de mayo la campaña cuente con más artistas y más música de más estilos y lugares.
Esperamos que así la campaña también atraiga a más amantes de la música de más estilos y lugares para que descubran más música a través de plataformas sociales, éticas y autónomas.
¿Vas a estar?
https://the.socialmusic.network/t/fair-trade-music-friday-may-2025/316
https://jazzaria.bandcamp.com/album/fire-and-forget
Some things are burned to remember - others, to forget. When systems are burning knowledge is lost, and the fire spreads. The past is lost twice - first slowly, then all at once.
Featuring clarinet, accompanied by bass drum, hi-hat, crackling fire, and tom drums.
Other People's Music is a year old! In our anniversary edition, we have a new album from an artist (@jonnyfallout ) who was in our very first post, plus selections of psychedelic dub, groovy electronica, industrial pop & wild improvised fusion. Enjoy!
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/04/04/opm-first-anniversary-edition/
I'm continuing my databending series of blog posts. Today we'll discuss how to use Python to easily glitch up MP3s, adding warbles, clicks, and other cool noise!
https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/04/databending-part-3/
A bittersweet announcement, the fourth and likely final album by Sudre's Violin has just been released.
“Figure Six" brings six original tracks featuring odd rhythms, hypnotic bass, sinister piano, lonesome guitar, and broken synths, taking the listener on a journey through haunting and haunted soundscapes.
New entry from my music journal
Sounds like those sad moments of reminiscence in jrpgs
For #FairtradeMusicFriday, my new album, "Travelogue" is now available from Triplicate Records. 
https://jonnyfallout.bandcamp.com/album/travelogue
if you like #electronica, #IDM, and #synthwave, check it out!
This week marks the completion of the first year of Other People's Music! Whether it's your first time reading or you've read them all, dive in and enjoy a dance-music journey, a psychedelic dub remix, improvised magic, isekai pop & more in this entry!
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/04/04/opm-first-anniversary-edition/
I updated my Melody Maker script for Bitwig. New features include Motif Development, Random Velocity, Timbre, Pressure, and Release Velocity for expressive modulations. Rhythmic Emphasis helps place important notes in key positions. The loop range, start, and end point of the clip now adjust based on the selected bar size, and there’s a new button to generate an alternate version of the current sequence.
Don't forget it's #FairTradeMusicFriday !
If you have a release to plug, and it's on a "fair" platform (#Faircamp, #Mirlo, #JamCoop, #Bandcamp, #Bandwagon and so on), post a direct reply to this post:
https://botgts.evilgeniusrobot.uk/@ftmf/statuses/01JQYTP4CVP4506QQN6GYGDP49
and it will magically show up here:
https://isitfairtrademusicfri.day/
Follow @ftmf to make sure you don't miss out!
I'm working on the next Other People's Music entry right now, but this week's entry is still fresh! Read about some great indie music: jazz, Plunderphonics, experimental electronica, Berlin School & metalized breakbeats. Read and listen here:
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/03/28/opm-from-jazz-to-plunderphonics/
That's a wrap on this teaser thread! Reminder: EVERY one of these entries has more to say (but is still a short, quick and punchy read!) in the full writeup. You can find it here:
http://www.etherdiver.com/2025/03/28/opm-from-jazz-to-plunderphonics/
Please, support these artists! Listen to their music, share it, buy it!
Jack Phantom and the Exquisite Corpse Cabaret – Ghosts
Smoky, dark and experimental jazz that would be at home soundtracking the most stylishly disturbing noir film imaginable.
https://jackphantom.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts
@jackphantom.bsky.social
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/03/28/opm-from-jazz-to-plunderphonics/#JackPhantom
