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When it comes to good taste, it's hard to top that of Yu Su (yu.su), who knows her way around both food and records. That's why it's so exciting to have her share a special guest recommendation in the latest First Floor newsletter.

No journalist is more dedicated to documenting the most fried corners of online music + culture than Kieran Press-Reynolds, which is why it's such a pleasure to have him contribute a guest recommendation to today's First Floor. p.s. Brazilian funk fiends won't want to miss this one.

Today's newsletter features a special guest recommendation from the ultra-versatile, genre-blurring, modular-building NYC producer @braillesounds, who shares a track that first blew his mind more than two decades ago.

I know that Vincent Bevins isn't the likeliest candidate for a First Floor interview, but when I wanted to talk about the politicization of cultural discourse and the role of the media (and social media) in that, I figured it made sense to look beyond the DJ circuit.

Nobody sounds like Shackleton, which is a big part of why his music is so amazing. But have you heard all of his collaborative projects during the past decade? Sometimes Shackleton doesn't even sound like Shackleton, so I decided to do a deep dive tracking his sonic evolution.

There's an interview with Future Retro Records - Tim Reaper up at First Floor free to read for the next 24 hours - link in bio - 'In Full Effect' his new album alongside Kloke is pre-ordering now.

Tim Reaper has an LP coming out soon on Hyperdub and has been widely anointed as a leader of "new-school jungle." He didn't ask for that, but he sure does seem determined to bring as many other artists as possible along for the ride. I interviewed him for First Floor.

The upcoming book from Emily Witt is quite unlike most dance music titles, and is primarily set in the Bushwick scene during a time of mass political and social upheaval. She told me about that and more in an interview for First Floor. Link in the usual spot.

Had a really nice conversation with Shawn Reynaldo for his music newsletter First Floor that's unpaywalled for 24 hours.

Pretty sure this is the first time I've ever talked to an artist about the lingering effects of their traumatic brain injury. Kudos to Ayesha for both the honesty and vulnerability she brought to this interview.