Music is an ecosystem and no single space will ever solve the multitude of issues within the music industry, but we, along with lots of other friends making alternatives, have been building useful tools for musicians, labels and listeners since 2023. What exists beyond streaming? Let's find out. 🌕🐦‍⬛

One of the members of the Mikeno

I love any industry that platforms Palestinian voices

Some news from Mohammed Shobair! He’s currently in Khan Yunis with his cousin, they’re gauging how the whole family could move there and pitch tents. Answer: it’s not really feasible, but there’s no choice. If you got your August pay check and you’d like to help: chuffed.org/project/mohs...

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I've been working on this with a group of leftist friends from all over the world. A more radical experiment and a militant take on what a truly independent grassroot music platform could be. It's a long shot, it's an uphill battle, but we have to try.

Excuse us, coming through... 🎺🐸🐦‍⬛ #Music #OpenSource #Grassroots #Musicians #MusicCommunity #YourLiftIsHere #Coop #Coops #Frogs #Birds #Trumpets #BandcampAlternatives #Bands #Artists #SolidarityEconomy #DIYMusic #IndieMusic #Independent

If you’re buying music on Bandcamp Friday today, have a look at which artists are donating to the Palestinian Red Crescent. There are quite a few. Like my girl Colleen colleencolleen.bandcamp.com/album/specia...

If you ask me what I would do if I survived the Gaza genocide, I tell you that I would have a room with all the musical instruments I love. I wake up, eat my breakfast, and then stay in this room until the end of the day.Then eat dinner and go sleep. No one understand me and my pain except this room

This story is updated. I stand by my reporting on this and throughout the past years. Our ability to make music depends on safe spaces. cdm.link/no-more-musi...

Free Palestine

So many of you asked, that we've now added an international shipping option for our t-shirts! Also includes a download of our first fundraiser compilation. 📦🐦‍⬛ mirlo.space/team/merch/B... #Music #Merch #Mirlo #Musicians #Birds

Kneecap is not the story. Genocide in Gaza is.

github.com/GhislainGir/BlenderGameToolsDoc/wiki I’ve released a 150-page wiki for my Blender addon. The addon is currently available in early access on my Patreon for a limited time, to gather feedback, fix bugs, and more :)

Shahin Entezami, iranian musician.

Amirali, iranian musician.

We've been thinking about how we can make it so that all the people who have been helping us along the way have a say in the project and the product we're building. Here's what we've come up with. 📋🐦‍⬛ mirlo.space/team/posts/2... #Community #Coops #Music #Mirlo #Blog #Blogs

Smartphone

This is what genocide looks like.

as ever, the bundle link! itch.io/b/2965/crips...

Poet Hanif Abdurraqib

Ghorzetein - Nadah El Shazly nadahelshazly.bandcamp.com/track/ghorze...

I got my contributors copy today of Cartoonists for Palestine. I am so proud to take part in this beautiful project. Thank you all the editors & volunteers involved and to @crucialcomix.bsky.social for publishing. Order a physical copy or download here: cartoonistsforpalestine.org/book

I’m posting lots of interesting articles and interviews to read under this post.

IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, IT'S FRIDAY ONCE AGAIN!

Last remaining hours to support this incredible crowdfunding project. It's already managed to pass its goal. Developing games from inside the West Bank is not a small challenge. (You should also play their first game, shown here in Berlin at A MAZE.)

Not an easy thing to do, wishing a "happy new year" in 2025. I usually take a much needed deep breath around that time of year, to reassess myself and the world around me, be thankful of the people I'm lucky enough to share moments of my life with.

End of year lists, #BandcampFriday, it can all be too much. So if you do nothing else today, support these two compilations, have a look at the urgently needed aid efforts they're supporting, and listen in on the new Mutual Aid Podcast.

www.twitch.tv/itstennyy Going LIVE for the last day of PART ONE of the 12 Days of December Palestine Donothon! Join us for some overwatch, spooks, dragon age, and more<3 grab a comfy blanket, some hot tea and get in here. Sharing this event is helpful even if you can't donate!

On November 29-30, 2024, a coalition of independent presses, poets, writers, and translators will hold a 24-hour Global Reading for Freedom of Expression & Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJN...

Your periodic reminder that Mirlo runs entirely on support from our community, not venture capital or crypto funds. We need people to help us stay afloat by pitching in with a monthly contribution

I guess introductions for anyone new following? Hello I'm Ashanti or Backxwash if you like and I'm a musician and general shitposter Here is a link to my work backxwash.bandcamp.com

GENOCIDE.

Journalism.

Less is more. Complete review of Ableton Move - standalone, battery-powered, Link-enabled sampler/instrument/drum machine/sequencer Live to go. cdm.link/ableton-move...

Was This Part of What You Believed?

Another Art World, Part 3: Policing and Symbolic Order davidgraeber.org/articles/ano...

Another Art World, Part 2: Utopia of Freedom as a Market Value davidgraeber.org/articles/ano...

Another Art World, Part 1: Art Communism and Artificial Scarcity davidgraeber.org/articles/ano...

[LP] NYCTH​É​M​È​RE - Vîrus rayondufond.bandcamp.com/album/nycth-...

An important read. I've seen first hand close friends suffer from the patterns of exclusion and dismissal described in this article, and immediately identified AI as yet another threat to them. cdm.link/2024/05/gene...

Couldn't not share a photo of Steve Albini and Lil Bub.

y’all the Palestine Relief Bunfle is 91% close to the 🤯half a million💰 goal. please keep sharing it around: itch.io/b/2321/pales... this cause needs all the support it can get.

icymi, BlueSuburbia recently launched on Steam Early Access. 🌖 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2431510/... 🌙 itch: alienmelon.itch.io/bluesuburbia you can explore the first open world and poetry that’s hiding there. enjoy some beautiful surrealism. ✨