1. The guy who runs Ile Oxumare wrote a great piece on “The terror and beauty of difficult music.” Oh Bitches Brew…
2. This is pretty nerdy, but CDM put up a really interesting interview about multitouch and music with the guy who started JazzMutant.
3. Am I a bad person for hoping this 11 year old girl doesn’t get polished into an Idol? She’s amazing, and should be being fed Odetta and Nina Simone on a regular basis. (via The Listenerd)

I am enjoying the funk/new beat synthesis in the new Onra release. I don’t have anything worth saying about it yet so I’ll risk Tom calling me a hypebeast and put up my favourite track of the release.

(♪) Onra – Oper8tor