about this time last year, summer 2019, under feelings of inescapable hopelessness, I had a portentous vision of the future: technological takeover, societal collapse, runaway climate catastrophe. An apocalyptic end to civilization as we know it. This episode was the culmination of that vision. A story of mythic proportions, of humanity’s ceaseless pursuit of “innovation” leading to our own demise. Last year, I had no idea how close we might come to that vision. And now, in the midst of a global pandemic, combined with climate uncertainty and a rising tide of fascism worldwide, it’s a vision that feels a little more tangible, in both expected and unexpected ways. When I made this episode, apocalypse felt like a distant possibility. Now, it feels just beyond the horizon. What’s in store for us? What comes next? It’s time to revisit a future-past. It’s time for copy/paste episode #178: apocalypse.
TRACKLIST
Into The Void – Tim Hecker
Heron Dance – Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton
Elements – Joel Vandroogenbroeck
Freeformed – Amon Tobin
Ayahuasca Binary 0|0 – Dedekind Cut
Borage – Leif
A Teaching Poem – Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton
Warning – Oneohtrix Point Never
Birth – Holly Herndon
Machine Birth – Jade Statues
Fear In Reverse – Dedekind Cut
Անկում – Cloistral
You Are The Database – Helm
Fire Is Coming (ft. David Lynch) – Flying Lotus
Taste of Metal – Silk Road Assassins
Romance Dawn For The Cyber World – Nathan Micay
Tunnel Vision – J-Zbel
Daniel The Stylite – Antwood
Vortex 150 – Special Request
Levitation – Special Request
Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg – Helena Hauff
Captured And Under Their Control – Jeff Mills
Free Yourself – The Chemical Brothers
Extreme Love ft. Lily Anna Haynes – Holly Herndon