Fiona Apple’s Fetch The Bolt Cutters was released in April 2020, seven months earlier than expected, allowing listeners to use it during lockdown. I say ‘use’ because I believe this album is a toolkit for difficult times. Grounded in themes of injustice and power, and recorded within the walls of her home, the album that’s…
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How to stay tuned in isolation
I am taking this time to think of music as a tool – not something we do but something we use. In our society, we place a lot of value on productivity, which means a lot of people see time as something to be filled. Right now, we have a lot of time on our…
Music
Best Film Soundtracks
Alex Grenfell Nothing quite captures the mechanical bleakness of cyberpunk like Hans Zimmer’s masterful score for Blade Runner 2049. Zimmer reimagines Vangelis’s original score, including the infamous Tears in the Rain, using a 1980’s Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer for additional authenticity, while adding the same electronically-orchestral feel he became known for with Arrival and Inception. Every…