Automated Beat Machine — Danny Vagnoni

Hip-hop, globalization, community: an interview with Dr. Ian Condry

An interview with Dr. Ian Condry of MIT, an anthropologist and author of Hip-Hop Japan.

Danny VagnoniMay 27, 2022hip-hop, automated beat machine, lofi

Lo-fi, no future: nostalgic loneliness at the end of the world

If you've ever wanted to hear about how Toonami relates to precarious labor and global ecological decline, listen in.

Danny VagnoniMay 20, 2022automated beat machine, lofi, loneliness, no guest

Is Spotify Surveillance? Music, data, and the future of streaming (ft. Evan Greer)

I sat down with Evan Greer (Director, Fight for the Future) to discuss her advocacy regarding Spotify’s emotional surveillance practices, their poor royalty rates, and what the future of streaming and making music might look like.

Danny VagnoniMarch 28, 2022automated beat machine, podcast, evan greer, spotify

A Hitpiece on Hitpiece: How an NFT Marketplace Tried To Steal Thousands of Artists' Work (ft. Left at London)

On this inaugural episode, I sit down with Left at London to narrate the sudden saga of HitPiece, an NFT marketplace that tried to recommodify musical artists' work without their consent.

Danny VagnoniMarch 6, 2022