Re: Phthalo

Rjyan Kidwell <[email protected]> Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:42:45 -0400
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Phthalocyanine's acct: https://www.instagram.com/originary_technicity/
Fingers crossed some of this energy finds its way into a new album.


-rk



On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM Kiya Babzani <[email protected]> wrote:

> Curious, what Instagram accounts are you all referring to here?  Or are
> you speaking of Instagram as a whole?
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> -kiya
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> www.selfedge.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rjyan Kidwell <[email protected]>
> Sent: Aug 25, 2025 10:38 PM
> To: Chris Taylor <[email protected]>
> Cc: idm list <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Phthalo
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>> His IG is pretty impenetrable; philosophy-grad-damage shit posting?
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> Yeah, not to fart in the hot tub here but that's kinda what I was hoping
> to get some background on. Is it sketch for me to smash the like on these
> posts? He definitely has always had
> <https://i.discogs.com/WkBh2YBAJygJPZNKuLGSpQic6KXZi1f9BSDLZ28t7Lk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:260/w:260/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9BLTUwMC0x/MTE5ODY5NjgwLmpw/Zw.jpeg>
> this kind of dense, academic-adjacent-content+transgressive-punk-form style
> of writing (I'm a dropout so this is probably a goofy/inappropriate
> comparison but kinda "IDM George Bataille, minus the perversion"?) and I've
> always really appreciated it as a unique form of artist communication far
> more artful and inspiring than the average electronic musician's verbal
> communications.
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> In the context of an avant garde music producer, it's unique and exciting,
> but I hope this isn't too rude to say out loud but in the context of
> instagram, the sheer volume of these posts make me wonder if there isn't a
> pinch of schizophrenia in the mix?
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