Ewen

Side Missions

Society EN ↓ 4 episodes

Low-key meditations on art, life and the everyday. Infrequent but intentional. Are you listening? sidemissions.substack.com

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Ewen

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UK Twee & The American Gaze 11.09.2025 29:27

How the so-called "Special Relationship" has blessed us with British album roll-outs that are giving Bake Off meets Bridgerton. Email: sidemissions@proton.me Website: https://ewen.io Intro music: pentagon - Heal Sources: Vassal State: How America Runs Britain Adam Curtis - Shifty How Ed Sheeran's spectacular 'Sheeranville' Suffolk estate has grown over the years Calvin Harris 'turns quiet Cotswold...

The Way to DJ 16.05.2025 31:46

How to carve your own meaning from ancient philosophy, sprinkle over some Theo Parrish, then imbue your craft with it. Set to one take on a pair of Technics 1210s. Intro music: pentagon - Heal Sources: Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way (Ursula K. Le Guin translation) , Theo Parrish | Red Bull Music Academy , No Tags #45: What makes the perfect night out? , EX.7...

Artificial Alchemists 09.02.2025 23:30

How technophobes harnessing the first Digital Audio Workstations, aristocrats ripping off epoch-making composers and god MCs arguing with Google Devs help me to imagine an AI artistic practice with soul. Email: sidemissions@proton.me Website: ewen.io Intro music: pentagon - Heal Sources: Izumi Suzuki, Night Picnic Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call Snatch (2000) Eastenders 1987: GRAFFITI - Is...

8-bit, 8-bar 03.11.2024 47:31

Ever wondered what the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has to do with the development of UK Grime? This essay joins those dots. Site: https://ewen.io Intro music: pentagon - Heal Special mention: From Cool Japan to Cold Japan, Warren Stanislaus Sources: JME & Elijah live Gillet Square Stories Wiley talks Punk, inspiration, politicians Kano, Ghetto, Skepta and Logan Sama Set A Postcode-Sca...