Music

Electronic musicians address political decay and digital ephemerality by restoring 90s digital archives and fusing regional subgenres like Caracas' raptor house with industrial techno. Artists increasingly bypass traditional hardware to produce complex albums entirely within software environments. Key Takeaways: • Blawan (Jamie Roberts) produced his sophomore album entirely "in the box" and incorporated a heavy metal background to create a "slanted techno" sound. • Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) utilized restored late-90s sample libraries to collage his latest album, highlighting the value of insignificant digital remnants. • DJ Babatr amplified Afro-Venezuelan voices by reviving "raptor house," a genre developed by marginalized youth in Caracas during the early 2000s.