“4 Levels”
Anohni is a singer and songwriter initially from England, who began placing out music in 2000. She’s launched 6 albums, and won the Mercury Prize. She’s additionally been nominated for two Brit Awards, and an Oscar. For this episode, I talked to her concerning the track “4 Degrees,” from her 2016 album, Hopelessness. It is perhaps unusual to explain a track about local weather change as an anthem, however that’s what I feel it’s, and it feels extra pressing with each passing yr. It’s additionally one in every of my most listened-to songs. It was produced by two of my favourite digital musicians: Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, and Ross Birchard, aka Hudson Mohawke. I received to talk to Ross about how he began the monitor on his personal, earlier than it grew to become a collaboration between the three of them. That is an episode that I’ve been attempting to make occur since 2016. Right here it’s.
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Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
“Hope There’s Someone”
“Indian Steps”
Synplant
The impact of 4°C global warming
Oneohtrix Point Never on Song Exploder