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Bill Selman

@wselman.bsky.social

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Electronic and avant music. Analog and digital images. User Research. Everyday life. El hombre del siglo XXX. Portland, Oregon https://williamselman.bandcamp.com https://critiqueofeverydaylife.bandcamp.com https://linktr.ee/wselman

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · Nov 8

New album out today on CD and digital. Thanks so much to @tony-surgeon.bsky.social and @dan-bean.bsky.social for making this happen.

old-technology.bandcamp.com/album/the-li...

The Light Moves Between, by William Selman

4 track album

old-technology.bandcamp.com

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 21h

Two shots from my live performance last Sunday at Reforesters in Brooklyn for Goingin with Chloe Alexandra Thompson and Holland Andrews. Wonderful 24 channel system using Envelop to spatialize. Fantastic performances from all and a lovely, engaged audience.

Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 2d

Essential reading.

As my day job is often involves survey design, these questions asked in major surveys are poorly designed. If you ask concrete questions, you learn that most (even folks on the other side politically) are not actually driven to violence. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 3d

We only accept checks now. Please don’t send cash.

Robert Ham @robertham.bsky.social · 4d

Weird.

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VINYL ME PLEASE THE BEST DAMN RECORD CLUB

Vinyl Me, Please is The Best Damn Record Club out there. October 2025 Record is Switheroo by Gelli Haha

vinylmeplease.com

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 5d

An absolute joy to see one of the David Behrman performances. I can’t believe it was the US premiere of On the Other Ocean.

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 6d

haha. haven’t seen it yet!

Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 6d

I’m at Rockefeller center with my kid and they are playing “the revolution will not be televised” at the skating rink and I feel like I am living deep in capitalist realism.

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 10d

Also holy shit this Burmese spot in my neighborhood is 🔥

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 10d

Enjoying lunch in hell on earth

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Chillits @chillits.org · 12d

you snooze, you... get to catch it on the cloud of sounds

Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 12d

Here's a recording of my liveset from @chillits.org earlier this month.

soundcloud.com/wselman/will...

William Selman - Live at Chillits 2025

Solo electronic works on Digitalis, Mysteries of the Deep, Hausu Mountain, Plustapes, etc. https://www.discogs.com/artist/940138-William-Selman One-third of Wild Card of Cascadia. https://www.discogs

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 12d

I love that venue.

Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 12d

Here's a recording of my liveset from @chillits.org earlier this month.

soundcloud.com/wselman/will...

William Selman - Live at Chillits 2025

Solo electronic works on Digitalis, Mysteries of the Deep, Hausu Mountain, Plustapes, etc. https://www.discogs.com/artist/940138-William-Selman One-third of Wild Card of Cascadia. https://www.discogs

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 14d

Sign me up. horselords.bandcamp.com/album/frkwys...

FRKWYS Vol. 18: Extended Field, by Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt

4 track album

horselords.bandcamp.com

Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 17d

Someone is not an electric Dylan fan.

Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 18d

Excerpt from my 2AM set at @chillits.org earlier this month. Thanks to the whole crew and community for having me perform this year. A truly beautiful festival in a stunning setting with a wonderful group of people.

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Robert Ham @robertham.bsky.social · 22d

RIP Whitson. An amazing ear for good music and a huge personality. I miss chatting with him.

The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 22d

"It was the kind of label that gave you releases you had no idea you needed... a revelation machine."

A celebration of the late Portland-based label owner John Whitson's uniquely eclectic vision. Dave Segal acts as our psychedelic explorer, guiding us through highlights of Holy Mountain's catalog:

Requiem For Holy Mountain Records

A celebration of the late Portland-based label owner John Whitson's uniquely eclectic vision. Dave Segal acts as our psychedelic explorer, guiding us through highlights from Holy Mountain's catalog.

www.thetonearm.com

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · 23d

I am unbelievably excited to see one of the Celebrating David Behrman concerts in October. Real dreams can come true type stuff. issueprojectroom.org/event/other-...

On The Other Ocean+ John King, Aliya Ultan & Moira Zhang / David Behrman & Ben Neill

As part of Celebrating David Behrman—a Fall series honoring the groundbreaking composer and 2025 ISSUE Gala honoree—ISSUE presents the New York premiere of On the Other Ocean, featuring John King, Ali...

issueprojectroom.org

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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 24d

What is the sonic equivalent to “visionary” — aurallary? RIP to one of those, maybe the best of them

The Sorcerer's Ascension

RIP Hermeto Pascoal, who found music in everything

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Otis Redding Live at Monterrey is pure, unstoppable fire. Wish it were a longer set.

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I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ooh - look at this

archive.org/details/ocea...

Ocean Of Sound : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A 1996 ambient compilation compiled by the sound artist and composer David Toop, and distributed by Virgin Records.

archive.org

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · Sep 6

I went outside to pick some figs from the fig tree in my front yard and my neighbor said hello to me.

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Kroba @kingkroba.bsky.social · Sep 5

New release for Bandcamp Friday:

A matrix recording of my 7:30 am set from Chillits, a camping festival featuring 42 hours of continuous ambient music:

kroba.bandcamp.com/album/chilli...

Chillits 2024, by Kroba

1 track album

kroba.bandcamp.com

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Kroba @kingkroba.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our debut album is out! It’s avail on streaming as well, and we have homemade cd-rs available on our Bandcamp. Come out 8/28 for a free show at Cobra Club, with openers City Ice and Aisle Knot:

acebandage.bandcamp.com/album/way-be...

Way Beyond, by Ace Bandage

8 track album

acebandage.bandcamp.com

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Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · Aug 31

RIP. I really miss him. Every time I go to Seattle now, it feels sad.

Bill Selman @wselman.bsky.social · Aug 30

Van Dyke Parks on Twin Peaks.

Speaking of, I'm not a Joanna Newsom fan really but she was great in Inherent Vice.

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · Aug 27

You read this. It reminded me of a workshop I used to run with clients, designed to push back against endless techno-optimism. One of the biggest elements was getting people to realize that not all bad actors are external. I should revisit that...

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?

“She painted a very clear picture about survival.”

www.motherjones.com

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