A feature on Laurel Halo’s evolving sound, from her early IDM and hypnagogic pop to ambient, jazz, and acoustic composition.
The producer and musician discusses the flawed beauty of acoustic instruments, the shifting meaning of ambient music, and how her residency at LA’s Villa Aurora shaped her latest album, Atlas.
The AQNB website has temporarily reopened for users to save HTML pages, PDFs, and images before its permanent shutdown.
The AQNB: 2012-2022 anthology, celebrating ten years of interdisciplinary art editorial, is also available for purchase. The archive captures a decade of output in art, music, and digital culture.
AQNB’s editorial is over, but join us for our Berlin book launch tonight at Bar Schmetterling on November 15, with Matt Dell, Caroline Heron, and publisher Martins Kohout.
Help support the posterity of AQNB by buying our 2012-2022 anthology. The site will close permanently on December 21, 2023.
An interview with the cultural icon about his misunderstood, visionary Cyberpunk. Ahead of its time, the 1993 album blended cyberculture, sci-fi, and early digital production, while embracing email fan engagement, home recording, and VR themes.
Idol saw cyberspace as escape and reinvention, bridging punk’s DIY ethos with the digital age’s possibilities and perils.
The “Salon de Sticks and Stones” discursive program at HAU Hebbel am Ufer challenges the notion that language is harmless through panels, a lecture by Alex Quicho, and a closing performance by Saint Precious on October 29.
The event is a part of 3hd’s “Let Them Eat Cake” festival program, which explores power, exploitation, and wealth disparity today.
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Part Two of AQNB’s editorial “end-of-life” celebration and anthology launch at London’s Forma Arts Media for Presse Books Fair on June 17.
The editors, including Jared Davis and Caroline Heron join Dan Sutherland of Most Dismal Swamp to discuss AQNB’s influential history, its impact on online art culture, and the future of independent voices.
AQNB celebrates the release of its 2012–2022 anthology with a club night and book launch at London’s ICA on June 2, marking the platform’s final chapter.
Published by TLTRPreß and designed by PWR Studio, the book reflects a decade of AQNB’s explorations at the margins of art, music, and digital culture.
Experimental and ambient sounds on Laurel Halo’s Awe slot on NTS Radio.
The show features music from friends, peers, and favorites like CS + Kreme, HTRK, Chris Cobilis, Noa Kurzweil, Mica Levi, Ben Babbitt, Ange Halliwell, and more, plus some iconic Aussie tracks from the archive.
PHILTHHAUS announces their debut album REPSXL, out via AQNB in February, with the preview track “PROSXL (Radio Edit)” by Chelsea.
Mastered by Shivani Desai, the album explores queer identity and sexuality. An NFT auction and performance will follow at Berlin’s KW Institute in March.
The interdisciplinary platform celebrates over a decade at the crossroads of electronic music, contemporary art, queer feminism, and digital culture. Performers and producers like DJ Paypal, Jam City, Namasenda, and Petal Supply play its anniversary at Berghain and Panorama Bar on July 29, with more to come at other Berlin venues.
