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NEW ARTICLE - DEAN BLUNT – A LOOK INSIDE A MUSICAL OUTSIDER

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written by me and my dude owen tanner . many thanks to him + jim clemoes for editing. Full Article - http://europeanecho.com/2018/08/29/dean-blunt-a-look-inside-a-musical-outsider/ DEAN BLUNT – A LOOK INSIDE A MUSICAL OUTSIDER European Echo’s biggest Dean Blunt fans, Owen Tanner and Peter Riddell, discuss their favourites from his discography – often seen as a struggle to navigate – in order to shine a light on the mysterious, compelling and prolific artist, and show that there’s something in there for everyone. Dean first started releasing music in the duo Hype Williams with Inga Copeland. Since then he has worked on many projects under many names and collaborated with artists such as GAIKA, Lil Yachty, Arca, A$AP Rocky, James Ferraro, Yung Lean and Joanne Robertson. His discography is both immense and diverse. Broadly, his style has moved from abstract, perhaps even escapist, hypnagogic jams as Hype Williams, on to dark realist portraits of current political or sociolog...

soundcloud demos 2016-18

blah blah blah listen to my music

gallery- phone shots 2017-18

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all these photos were taken on my samsung s8. inspiration is varied here-

nro- an unfinished video project

this clip was made around 2016 when i started to learn the basics of video making

‘KINDA REAL, KINDA OOH’ – PC MUSIC AND POST-MODERNISM

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here's an article i wrote for Owen and Jim at European Echo. i am very grateful for them allowing me to publish it. link to the original article: http://europeanecho.com/2018/01/14/kinda-real-kinda-ooh-pc-music-and-postmodernism/ “People come to live in pure simulations, replications of reality that resemble it in all aspects save they are representatives through and through” - Livkin and Ryan, 2004 Postmodernism; a vague, novelty, umbrella-defining term often used by pretentious art critics and people with JSTOR memberships to pigeonhole the abstract and define polarizing contemporary media. Often creating art that openly criticises society, consumerism, and advertising, postmodernism has flourished into arguably the leading philosophical counterculture of the 2010’s, viewing the status-quo of today through Orwellian spectacles. A movement that developed in the mid-20th Century, postmodernism itself relies more or less on its consumer’s interpretation, changing and manipulat...

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