Brings to mind Byung-Chul Han, on power that acts not by "forbidding and depriving, but by pleasing and fulfilling. Instead of making people compliant it seeks to make them dependent....free choice is eliminated to make way for a free selection from among the items on offer."
…. If I heard the big music on Spotify, I would never be the same, not because I would be overpowered by the music’s spiritual purity but because I would be interpellated as a listener on Spotify’s terms, which would be pushing my listening interests in the direction of what makes the company viable……
…..it’s a lovely moment when Mike Scott and Louis Althusser get to be friends ..
This is all validated by the fact that, at least for my peer group, Spotify’s recommendation algorithms are garbage if you’re coming to the platform with any intention other than passive consumption
i’m not seeing data collection or digital download music as inherently problematic. It seems like that’s what you’re saying. Are you making any distinction between tools and aims?
Beautifully put. Many thanks.
Brings to mind Byung-Chul Han, on power that acts not by "forbidding and depriving, but by pleasing and fulfilling. Instead of making people compliant it seeks to make them dependent....free choice is eliminated to make way for a free selection from among the items on offer."
Brilliant!
Can’t be all Radiohead. Loved this piece. Understood it from start to finish.
…. If I heard the big music on Spotify, I would never be the same, not because I would be overpowered by the music’s spiritual purity but because I would be interpellated as a listener on Spotify’s terms, which would be pushing my listening interests in the direction of what makes the company viable……
…..it’s a lovely moment when Mike Scott and Louis Althusser get to be friends ..
This is all validated by the fact that, at least for my peer group, Spotify’s recommendation algorithms are garbage if you’re coming to the platform with any intention other than passive consumption
i’m not seeing data collection or digital download music as inherently problematic. It seems like that’s what you’re saying. Are you making any distinction between tools and aims?
Had to go hear “The Big Music” for myself, and wow that’s some bad music. Much prefer the synth stuff of the same era.