{"title":"DJ Sniff","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"turntable-solos","title":"Turntable Solos","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the conceptual depth of \u003cem\u003eParallel Traces of the Jewel Voice\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), DJ Sniff returns to Discrepant with a more direct and visceral document: \u003cem\u003eTurntable Solos.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComposed from live recordings made during the latter half of 2024, \u003cem\u003eTurntable Solos \u003c\/em\u003ecaptures DJ Sniff’s improvised performances in their rawest form. At the core of his setup is Cut ’n’ Play, a software sampler he originally built in Max\/MSP in 2007. Since then, he has continued developing custom tools and instruments that extend what Derek Bailey called the “instrumental impulse” — the tactile, responsive relationship between musician and machine that defines improvisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing a summer 2024 tour of Japan with Gonçalo Cardoso, Sniff was encouraged to document and release a selection of his live sets. Not long after, a performance at 20α (Alpha) in Hong Kong would become the emotional and conceptual anchor for the project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the liner notes, Sniff reflects on the eerie parallels between recent footage of protestors in Los Angeles — assaulted by police using so-called “less-lethal” weapons, and civilians being abducted into detention centers — and the 2019 Hong Kong protests. A place once filled with personal nostalgia began to feel like a grim foreshadowing of what might unfold in Western societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this turbulent context, 20α stands out as a space of resistance and renewal — a beacon for a new generation of experimental musicians, growing in defiance of increasing censorship and surveillance. \u003cem\u003eTurntable Solos\u003c\/em\u003e is both a personal statement and a public act of sonic resilience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Discrepant","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53106590875979,"sku":"R7068-7223","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/full_23.jpg?v=1754492119"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/dj-sniff.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}