Holly Herndon

<3 <3 <3 So excited about this <3 <3 <3

Interview with Mask Magazine

"Is it radical to be true to yourself?" Metahaven, Jacob Applebaum, Mat and I interviewed Chelsea Manning for Paper Magazine, featuring a remarkable portrait  by Heather Dewey-Hagborg.

Thank you to James Rickman and Sandra Song at Paper, as well as Chelsea's legal team. It was an honor, and there is so much left to be done.

Her words are beautiful. If this moves you, please donate what you can to Chelsea's legal defense fund:

https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d1/default.aspx?wid=38591

http://www.papermag.com/2015/09/chelsea_manning.php …

New merch designed by Metahaven available at the RVNG store!!

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Loooooooong Progress Bar @ Lighthouse in Brighton coming up :) :)

http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/the-long-progress-bar

via Palle Svensson

Photo by Håkon Lillegraven https://instagram.com/lemaximonstre/

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The shirts created in collaboration with Metahaven and Jacob Applebaum for the Berghain show are now for sale through CTM! All profits go towards the Chelsea Manning Defense Fund  - consider donating!

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☄ Morning Sun ☄ video directed by John Merizalde and Mat Dryhurst. Thanks so much to 4AD, Jake Ures, Paul Yurick, Chad Sarahina, Alex Sherman, Lexi Kleya, Kaleb Blakey, David Torcivia, Brandon Johnson, Matt Werth and Metahaven for making this happen. 

Incredible feature by Ruth Saxelby for Fader digging into many of the great people that helped make Platform happen

Interview with Aimee Cliff in Dazed with incredible images by Claudia Mate

Hey y’all,

Platform begins today :)

Ever since I released my first album a couple of years ago, I have been humbled to see just how far my alien songs can travel. Thanks to a tireless community, it has been an incredible few years for experimental music. Abstract sounds are being embraced far beyond their traditional niche, and it made me wonder, what can be done with this new opportunity? Holding hands with a wider audience, can we channel abstraction towards greater action?

For this reason, Platform demanded to be a collaborative project, and I feel so grateful to have worked with some of my favorite artists to pull this together. Metahaven, Mat Dryhurst and Matt Werth have been a pivotal inspiration from the beginning, and Colin Self, Amnesia Scanner, Claire Tolan, Spencer Longo, Amanda DeBoer, Akihiko Taniguchi, Cuahtemoc Peranda, Stef Caers and Mark Pistel have all played crucial roles in this release. Thank you!

Many great minds have inspired pieces on this record. The ideas and spirit of Suhail Malik, Benedict Singleton, Jacob Applebaum, Keller Easterling, Guy Standing, Reza Negarestani, Amber Case, Benjamin Bratton, Hannes Grassegger, Jacob Applebaum, Laura Poitras, Nick Srnicek, Brian Rogers, Amber Halford, Nathan Jurgenson and Barry Threw regularly appeared in our discussions and continue to influence our aspirations for Platform going forward. Thank you!

We have received generous support from many several organizations for which I am really grateful - Lighthouse, CCRMA, Wallris. Thank you!

This album is just the beginning of a greater project, and I’m ecstatic to have partnered with 4AD and RVNG Intl on this journey. We need new fantasies, new archetypes, new strategies and new ways to love. All of the power we need to make something special happen may well be found in the rooms we dance in.

Optimistically, Holly xx.