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Sixth Sense
Research project exploring subconscious notification
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SNDOUT
Powering music discovery and storytelling with generative AI and LLMs
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Unison 6
Chillout, uptempo ambient and ambient techno
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Bluescape
Creative collaboration platform
SPEAKING
IxDA // Interaction 19
My talk on data sovereignty and design tactics for AI from IxDA’s annual conference
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Formation
The AI-powered loyalty startup I co-founded
Thoughts
Ambient Bionics
Mapping a path towards a discrete form of empowered augmented reality
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First Ascent
Web-based extreme sports reality show from 1999
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Serendipity Watch
Using playfulness and empowerment to mask hard machine learning problems
Thoughts
Formation retrospective
Reflecting on my corporate-backed startup journey
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The Art of Discovery
Voyaging into the unknown
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Attention Management
Information overload and some ideas to fix it
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Tangents
Visual relational discovery engine
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Anaspace
Dewey Decimal System-based discovery tool
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Facebook Physical AR
Augmented reality social experiment for Facebook
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Nike Skateboarding V3
The evolution of an iconic brand experience
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Hard Rock Cafe: Rock Wall
Shared computing paradigm for content discovery
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Nike Skateboarding V2
Nike's irreverent skateboarding brand get a brutalist treatment
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Bliss & Tumble
Chill liquid drum & bass mix
Thoughts
Rotation
Accidental artist — my foray into photographic art-making
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The Ambient Mafia: Cinco Di Midtempo
Deep house birthday mix with The Ambient Mafia
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The Rhythm Society: Paradise
Dancing under the stars — African and Middle East house mix
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Sunday Sundowns 6/4/23
Downtempo and chillstep sprinkled with pop-laden dub
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Joy & Happiness
Afro pop, afro house, and deep house mix
Thoughts
Folksonomic Musicology
DJ's approach to music classification and organization
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The Rhythm Society: Portal
Quirky chillout and downtempo mix
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Luke Vibert
Ode to the trip hop guru
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Dub House
Traversing dub reggae, dub techno and dub-inspired deep house
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Sunday Sundowns 11/22/20
Chillout mix with projection mapping visuals for Ambient Mafia's weekly
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The Rhythm Society: Hope
Opening set from the winter solstice Rhythm Society celebration "Hope"
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Sunday Sundowns 4/10/22
Early 90s trip hop — like we used to do it at Mushroom Jazz
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The Rhythm Society: Sunday Funday
Dancing with friends on an island in the SF Bay.
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Downtempo
90s chill downtempo and trip hop
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Rave Hop
Old-school rave sounds, pitched way down with hip hop samples
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Unison 7
A quiet journey of chilled downtempo
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The Rhythm Society: Homecoming
Downtempo chillout mix
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Animal House 2023
Daytime furry rave in the redwoods.
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Highlife
West African Highlife music
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Sunday Sundowns 4/11/21
Songs from the Asian Underground with the Ambient Mafia crew
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Gia's Birthday
Afro-caribbean and west african dance mix
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Mali2005
Mix of contemporary West African music
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The Rhythm Society: Retreat
Afro house and deep house mix
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The Rhythm Society: Superheroic
Funky house jams
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TechTwerp
Quiet mix of minimal techno and ambient music
SPEAKING
Interaction 19 - SF // Redux
My IxDA talk in San Francisco—plus a panel discussion on the ethics of AI
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Midtempo
90s trip hop, midtempo electronic, chillout and indie electronica mix
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Chillhop
Chillout, chillhop and psy-chill mix
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Hope
Soul, funk and disco with a message of hope and love
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Deep Pop
Blissed-out, chill, pop-infused, deep house mix
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Sunday Sundowns 5/15/22
Minimal/Micro Drum & Bass with hints of Psy-Chill with the Ambient Mafia
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The Rhythm Society: Oasis
Camping and dancing — a deep tech house mix.
Thoughts
The Duality of AI
A blessing and a curse, our savior and destroyer.
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Slomo Disco
Soul and disco edits
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Sufi Camp 2019
Afro house and tribal tech house mix
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Dancehall
Jamaican dancehall vibes
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Soul Edits
Deep soul edits for your body, mind and spirit
Thoughts
Rhythmos Issue 1
Zine from 1992 about the Bay Area rave scene
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Unison 5
Chillout dj mix & projection mapping for Unison 5 event
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My Year In Music
Favorite music discoveries from 2018
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Joy's House
Soulful journey through rare grooves, funky edits and downtempo gems
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Afro Disco
West African Disco and Boogie from the 80s
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Beats 4 Camping
lofi hip hop, triphop and other hoppy sounds
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March Midtempo
Jazz-influenced house music with the Ambient Mafia crew
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Reggae Covers & Mashups
1970s Reggae covers and mashups of Soul, Disco, and Pop hits
Thoughts
Bruce Connor
Legendary mixed media artist and filmmaker
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Patterns & Rhythms
Deep, electronic infused, afro house mix
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Solomon
Tribute to my late brother Solomon - reworks of soulful songs
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Afro Boogie
Early 80s West African disco and boogie
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IDM
“Intelligent Dance Music” - aka chill house music
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Sunday Sundowns 5/23/21
OG chill downtempo mix with the Ambient Mafia
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Microhouse
Chill and minimal Microhouse mix
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Rhythmos Issue 2
The second issue documenting Bay Area rave culture in 92-93
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Chillits
Virtual Boxing Day event chillout set
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HipLife
Ghanan Pop and Hip Hop inspired by Highlife music
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Sunday Sundowns 8/22/21
Vaporware and Chillstep mix with the Ambient Mafia
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Rocksteady
Roots and Rocksteady mix
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Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk tribute mix for Florian Schneider
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Mo' Wax
Mushroom Jazz staples from the early 90s
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Dub Round 2
Dub classics
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Nu African
Mix of contemporary African electronic music
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S.S. Vallejo
Mystery and wonder onboard an old ferry boat
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Little Hip Hop
Chill instrumental hip hop mix
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37signals
Logo for the iconoclast company and founder
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Africa Edits + Disco
Traditional and electronic african music mix
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Jazz House
90s jazz-influenced house music mix
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Ambient House
Chilled out electronica and deep house mix
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Roots Reggae
Mixing up the roots
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O.G. Deep House
Early 90s soulful deep house mix
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Indie Electronica 2
Second of the genre in the SIS series. Quiet, moody, and introspective
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Sunday Sundowns 1/17/21
Trip Hop mix with the Ambient Mafia
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African Jazz & Highlife
African Jazz and West African Highlife
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Unison Holirave
My mix from a virtual holiday party with the Ambient Mafia DJs
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Dropbits
Native iOS augmented reality game
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Live at Mushroom Jazz '93
Old mix from the SF Monday night weekly
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The Rhythm Society: Alter Ego
Gospel House mixed by my alter ego "DJ Amen"
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Latin Jazz
Afro Cuban, Salsa, Rumba mix
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Routes of Slavery
Mix of African, Caribbean, and Blues music for Juneteenth
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The Irresistible Force
Chillin’ with the Mix Master
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Latin Beats
Salsa and Rhumba edits, Latin House and contemporary Latin Electronica
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SFPUC Digital Arts Panorama
58 foot long interactive storytelling wall
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Afro Boogie 2
African boogie, funk and disco
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Formation
A brief history of my software startup
Thoughts
Hunting Mushrooms
Synchronicity and reciprocity — my lifelong relationship with the mighty fungus
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Sleepy Sunday
Quirky 90s downtempo/chillout gems
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Aidni
Quiet mix of middle eastern and Indian electronic music
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Nostalgia
Old-school deep house mix
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The Rhythm Society: The Rumpus
Poolside downtempo beats for our annual gathering
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Kodak Pipeline
The worlds largest seamless interactive table created for CES
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Afro Boogie 3
More disco and boogie sounds from early 80s West and South Africa
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Downtempo 2
90s chilled downtempo jems
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Sunday Sundowns 2/7/21
Trip Hop with the Ambient Mafia crew
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Early Night Tales
Jazz-infused mid-tempo electronica mix from a livestream event
Thoughts
Terry Riley Interview
The godfather of modern minimalist and ambient music
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Prinspiration
All vinyl electro-funk tribute mix
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Greatest Hits
Mashups and edits of some of the greatest pop hits of all time
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Chug Along
Slow down and chill out
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Chilled-out breakbeat mix
Thoughts
Transmigration Reboot
My humble attempt to define the meaning of life
Thoughts
Electric Sheep
The generative and collaborative art of Scott Draves
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World Beats
Global bass and ethno-downtempo mix
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Acid House
A little tribute to the mighty little 303
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Drum Machine Jam Band
Balearic and left-field mid-tempo mix
Thoughts
Drifting Into The Valley
Thoughts on privacy and artificial intelligence
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Finding Center
An appeal for a centrist mindset to enable meaningful change
Thoughts
Burning Man
Short Super8 film I made about Burning Man in 1995
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History Series
Mapping regional music genre history and progression with music on-hand
SPEAKING
AILA // AI, Ethics + Fairness
A panel discussion on ethics and fairness related to machine intelligence
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Boogie
80s boogie, disco rap and funk mix
Thoughts
Foxes in the Henhouse
Thoughts about the current and future state of AI regulation and ethical use.
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Guy Murchie
How I discovered one of my favorite teachers in Joshua Tree
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Protest Songs
Mix of civil rights and black power songs from the 60s-70s
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Indie Electronica
Moody downtempo from the 90s
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Acid Jazz
The sounds of Mushroom Jazz - early 90s soul and jazz
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A Son Picks The Sons
Mix of music from my father’s band
Thoughts
Albany Bulb
Old landfill turned Bay Area art park
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Gospel & Soul
Soul rarities, R&B and re-edits
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Funk
Funk and soul — classics and reworks
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Atmospheric Drum & Bass
Chilled-out D&B mix
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Cappuccino
My first font design
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Dub Techno
Dub + dub techno mix
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The Freshening Of Past Ideals
60s and 70s psychedelic chill-out mix
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James Brown
The Godfather of Soul — and friends
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Tony Allen
Tribute to Fela Kuti's late drummer
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Dub Quarantine
Ambient and electronic dub mix
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Mashups 4 Solomon
A little mix for my brother
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Afro House
African Electronica and Afro House
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Brazil
A wander through old and new Brazilian music
Thoughts
Terry's Reviews
Early 90s ambient techno tracks reviewed by Terry Riley
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Jungle
Early 90s dancehall, dub & jungle