Dada Strain

Steve Smith’s newsletter is a fantastic offering of live NYC music events, spotlighting the simmering edge of what’s often labeled “contemporary classical,” but is basically just creative music.

- Piotr Orlov

Jesse Rifkin is an NYC musicker who has written the excellent book, "This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City," which engages the city's post-WWII music scenes thru the lens of neighborhoods and landmarks. His Substack is the long versions of interviews that he conducted for the book, full of information I am sure Dada Strain readers will find fascinating.

- Piotr Orlov

Hi Dada Strain subscribers - I compiled some music and wrote a short essay for my friend SV4's great playlist series, 'Herb Sundays.' It's all feels and memories. Thank you for reading and listening. Flock Up and Fly On. PO

- Piotr Orlov

Harmony Holiday is one of my favorite literary writer-critic-thinkers engaging the greater sound world and how its history-cim-presence fits into contemporary existence. A must-read pretty much each and every time.

- Piotr Orlov

In the 90s/00s, I occasionally read Craig Seymour's writing about house/R&B, and thought his leanings were too major-label, vocals-heavy. They were/are. But his taste is exquisite, and as my own palette has expanded/changed, Seymour's newsletter has been incredible in helping fill in wonderful gaps in my musical education. Disco-soul, big-room house, gospel singles, freestyle edits - almost all-killer no-filler. Deeeep cuts + expert choices.

- Piotr Orlov