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Low-key meditations on art, life and the everyday. Infrequent but intentional. Are you listening? sidemissions.substack.com

09/11/2025

UK Twee & The American Gaze

How the so-called "Special Relationship" has blessed us with British album roll-outs that are giving Bake Off meets Bridgerton. Email: sidemissions@proton.me Website: https://ewen.io Intro music: pentagon - Heal Sources: Vassal State: How America Runs Britain Adam Curtis - Shifty How Ed Sheeran's spectacular 'Sheeranville' Suffolk estate has grown over the years Calvin Harris 'turns quiet Cotswolds village into Calvin Country Where Does Adele Live? PinkPantheress, the 2000s, and British Cultural Emblems in Fashion and Music The inside track on Central Cee's ice cold Queen Elizabeth II chain Central Cee's Guardian Interview Skepta on Real Late with Peter Rosenberg! Bagel And Shots: Stormzy & Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg HCPOD: RADIO w/ Elijah Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist Jme ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ There Is Nothing Duval Timothy Can’t Do Sister Midnight White Van Summer w/ Ewen Calvin Harris' pub helps his hometown's music scene Little Simz - Blood feat. Wretch 32 & Cashh Music used (chronologically): Shoji Meguro - Aria of the Soul, Koji Kondo - Inside the Castle Walls, PinkPantheress - Stateside (American Version), AJ Tracey - Imposter Syndrome, AJ Tracey - West Life, Kazumi Totaka - Wii Shop Channel Main Theme, Akira Yamaoka - Heaven's Night, Akira Yamaoka - White Noiz, John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players - The Four Seasons (Vivaldi), Central Cee - LA Leakers Freestyle, Light Club - She Meditates, David Wise - Aquatic Ambiance, Sakai Asuka - Silhouette Dance, Norihiko Hibino - Alternative Mission ~Photo Shoot~, Toronto - Electric Tooth Brush, Yuu Miyake - Lovely Angel, Ambush - Friendly Fire This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sidemissions.substack.com
05/16/2025

The Way to DJ

How to carve your own meaning from ancient philosophy, sprinkle over some Theo Parrish, then imbue your craft with it. Set to one take on a pair of Technics 1210s. Intro music: pentagon - Heal Sources: Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way (Ursula K. Le Guin translation), Theo Parrish | Red Bull Music Academy, No Tags #45: What makes the perfect night out?, EX.763 Theo Parrish Music used (chronologically): Loidis - In The Place I Sit, Junes - Second Wind, Baby Ford - Dead Eye, Villalobos - Detroit Heroes, Christian AB - Freedom's Echo, Clark - Clip This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sidemissions.substack.com
02/09/2025

Artificial Alchemists

How technophobes harnessing the first Digital Audio Workstations, aristocrats ripping off epoch-making composers and god MCs arguing with Google Devs help me to imagine an AI artistic practice with soul. Email: sidemissions@proton.me Website: ewen.io Intro music: pentagon - Heal Sources:Izumi Suzuki, Night Picnic Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call Snatch (2000) Eastenders 1987: GRAFFITI - Is It ART, CRIME... or Both? Goldie 'Inner City Life' | The Making Of A Drum & Bass Classic Goldie talks Timeless and The Journeyman Rob Playford: Producing Goldie Goldie webchat – as it happened Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World Ghost producer, or studio collaborator? Mozart's Requiem Lupe Fiasco x Large Language Models | Google Lab Sessions Lupe Fiasco - Glass of Water - My first song co-written with AI AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably How Did You Do On The AI Art Turing Test? Global economic study shows human creators’ future at risk from generative AI Music used (chronologically): Phantom Orchard - Night Picnic HIVE Choir - Rise Goldie - Inner City Life Rob Playford & Goldie - The Shadow (Process Mix) Goldie - Terminator Mozart - Requiem Lupe Fiasco - Glass of Water Holly Herndon - Jolene (feat. Holly+) Leeds Vocal Movement - Fhir A' Bhàta This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sidemissions.substack.com
11/03/2024

8-bit, 8-bar

Ever wondered what the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has to do with the development of UK Grime? This essay joins those dots. Site: https://ewen.io Intro music: pentagon - Heal Special mention: From Cool Japan to Cold Japan, Warren Stanislaus Sources: JME & Elijah live Gillet Square Stories Wiley talks Punk, inspiration, politicians Kano, Ghetto, Skepta and Logan Sama Set A Postcode-Scale Genre, Phil Dodds Tony Blair speech from the Aylesbury Estate The Urban Injustices of New Labour’s “New Urban Renewal”, Loretta Lees A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, Owen Hatherly Terraformed, Joy White Stand Up Tall, Dan Hancox Japan’s Gross National Cool The world’s ‘first’ grime instrumental Kode9 - Sinogrime Minimix (2005) Eski Beat: An interview with Wiley Sinogrime Explained Lord of the Mics 1 Fighting Words Ep 7 Logan Sama KISS PRESENTS Resident Advisor EX.727 JME - 'Street Fighter 4' Freestyle Elijah & Skilliam and Japanese Grime Collective Japanese Grime Allstars Full Circle: Grime In Japan Upfront 083: Chocola B Benga makes a Grime beat on Playstation music 2000 KIBO PRESENTS EFFUM FM: EP 03 Music used (chronologically): Street Fighter II - Ryu Theme Youngstar - Pulse X Roll Deep - When I'm 'ere Dizzee Rascal - Brand New Day Dizzee Rascal - Stop Dat Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos Macabre Unit - Lift Off Wizzbit - Grand Theft Auto Devlin - London City D.O.K. - Chemical Planet Champion & Terror Danjah - Bowsers Castle Dot Rotten - Real Talk Dylan Beale - Tri-Fusion Jammer & Wong - Chinkrasta Wiley - Crash Bandicoot freestyle Jme - The Very Best Mz Bratt - Get Dark Jme - Man Don't Care (feat. Giggs) D Double E - Street Fighter Riddim This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sidemissions.substack.com

4 Episodes

Low-key meditations on art, life and the everyday. Infrequent but intentional. Are you listening? sidemissions.substack.com

Creator

Ewen
Years Active

2024 - 2025
Episodes

4
Rating

Clean
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Side Missions

Side Missions

Episodes

UK Twee & The American Gaze

The Way to DJ

Artificial Alchemists

8-bit, 8-bar

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