Hey folks! It’s been just over a week since I opened up the Experimental Music Network Discord server, and it’s already off to a great start. We have 130 members so far, which is crazy, and the numbers keep growing daily.
Beyond the thought-provoking discussions nestled away in the general chat and the tools and techniques section, we have forums for sharing releases, works-in-progress, scores, writings, collabs, and calls for submission. Folks have shared a good number of music recommendations and over a dozen releases so far.
If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, or maybe forgot you joined, here’s an invitation to get in there and catch up on what’s cool and experimental!
Regarding this Newsletter
There are two main types of Discord users in my experience: those who use Discord a lot and can’t keep up with all the servers they’ve joined, and those who regularly forget it exists altogether. My hope with this newsletter is to remind folks that we’re here on a weekly basis or so and maybe catch you up on the most interesting things that you might have missed. Having said that, I’m learning to be a little gentle on myself when it comes to over-committing, so these updates will come when I have time to sit down and make them happen.
General Chat
The last week has understandably been a lot of introductions as folks stream into the server, but there’s also been a decent amount of thought-provoking conversation, including this morning’s question from user GodlyAxe: “How do you think the music you are making relates to the Erotic, if at all? How do you think it relates to Desire?” Log in and join the conversation in #general-chat.
Releases
There are tons of new posts in the releases section this week, and it’s been great to see folks actually engaging with the posts and supporting each other. I don’t have a lot of listening time available myself, but I did manage to listen to the entirety of Aymantium’s “The Eye Man Experiments” this morning, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It has the feeling of a 70’s prog-rocker reacting to a magical time-bending radio tuned to the 90’s.
Here are the album notes from the artist:
The Eye Man Experiments is a compilation of tracks made over time, mostly around 2022-2024 to Now, that never really found a proper release. Some of these songs were finished and published under my other projects (Vecraft, MURGOD..), others were experiments and ideas that i did before starting publishing.
This compilation serves as an archive of my experiments. it moves freely between punk, metal, dungeon synth, acoustic, ambient, and noise-driven ideas, treating genre as a tool rather than a boundary.
If you’re a member, you can join the conversation here.
That’s it for now. I’m sure this newsletter will continue to evolve as the community does, so stay tuned. If there’s anything specific you’d like to see here, let me know!