12 Nov 2023

Integrated Tech Solutions: Aesop Rock

For the better part of three decades, Aesop Rock has used the syntax of the moment to pinpoint the fault lines in that moment’s supposedly solid foundation. With his tenth album, Integrated Tech Solutions, Aes wields insidious corporatespeak as a tool to pry that parasitic worldview away from the parts of life that truly matter.

The skateboarding, abstract hip hop prophet strikes again. You can grab FLACs direct.

About

Chancee is a designer who codes from London Town.

They have worked for the likes of Nike, Vodafone, Sky, Disney and Pearsons, won awards from Promax, BAFTAs, the Appys and The Drum. Spoken at The Waldorf and Southampton University - despite swearing like a sailor. Available for hire to draw pretty curves and code clever things.

Topics

Music: 26Heavy Rotation: 16Cities: 12Hip Hop: 12SovietTough: 11Architecture: 10Crypto: 9Design: 9Space: 7GameDev: 7Code: 7NFTs: 6Low Power: 6Twitter: 6Robust Computing: 5No Bullshit: 5OpenBSD: 4Hacking: 4Javascript: 4Walkman: 3Headphones: 3Engineering: 3CSS: 3History: 3Google: 3Skateboard: 3London: 3Sci-Fi: 3Development: 3Trains: 3Web3: 2Low power: 2Swift: 2Cloud: 2Apple Music: 2Politics: 2Carbon: 2LowTech: 2Solar: 2SP-404: 2Protocols: 2Housing: 2Halfway house: 2Machine Learning: 2Bitcoin: 2Africa: 2Wall Street: 2RSS: 2Transport: 2Aesop Rock: 2Disney: 2Comics: 2Fashion: 2

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