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first floor shawn reynaldo substack subscribe sign in home essays and articles interviews weekly digests recommended releases better taste than i do year end lists archive about first floor 320 the wait was worth it an interview with untold plus a round up of the latest electronic music news and a fresh batch of recommended new releases jul 16 shawn reynaldo 11 star eyes has better taste than i do a guest recommendation from the los angeles based dj promoter journalist presenter and curator who s perhaps best described as simply a rave lifer jul 15 shawn reynaldo 3 untold defined an era and then disappeared without warning now he s back an interview with the uk artist and foundational post dubstep figure who explains why he suddenly ducked out a decade ago and what s brought him jul 14 shawn reynaldo 38 3 most popular view all the music business is broken and everybody knows it feb 25 2025 shawn reynaldo 153 32 liz pelly wrote a book about spotify and the systemic grift of streaming jan 7 2025 shawn reynaldo 98 23 kieran press reynolds is mapping the brainrot continuum jul 15 2025 shawn reynaldo 74 7 a music industry that doesn t sell music mar 19 2024 shawn reynaldo 84 7 first floor 316 impotence exhaustion and the sinister patience of sónar jun 18 shawn reynaldo 22 5 the music press has decided to pivot oct 8 2024 shawn reynaldo 78 9 interviews view all untold defined an era and then disappeared without warning now he s back an interview with the uk artist and foundational post dubstep figure who explains why he suddenly ducked out a decade ago and what s brought him jul 14 shawn reynaldo 38 3 abadir has had enough of futurism an interview with the egyptian producer who talks about electronic music s problematic relationship with the arab region and why he rejects the jun 23 shawn reynaldo 45 6 the many faces of shed part 2 an interview with the berlin techno veteran who provides a thorough rundown of the many many aliases he s used over the years may 26 shawn reynaldo 27 visible cloaks are blurring the lines and playing with reality an interview with spencer doran who lays out the conceptual foundation of the portland duo s upcoming lp and explains why their music goes much deeper apr 14 shawn reynaldo 20 2 essays and articles view all tribal guarachero is having a nother moment more than 15 years after it first lit up the international dance music radar and was then promptly forgotten about the distinctly mexican genre has jul 7 shawn reynaldo 19 3 how skull disco and blood on my hands forever blurred the boundary between dubstep and techno an excerpt from lauren martin s forthcoming book aftershock the seismic impact of dubstep jun 30 shawn reynaldo 41 7 strangers in the dark the rise of sleep concerts first floor visits the debut edition of the infinite now and ponders what a 30 hour long ambient music event says about the current state of nightlife jun 9 aida baghernejad 30 5 robert hood is detroit techno a wholly subjective list of first floor s favorite tunes from the iconic producer s expansive catalog may 19 shawn reynaldo 43 3 1 recommended releases view all topdown dialectic false lp a false aralia jul 16 shawn reynaldo 11 quoting g i can feel it in my bones clone royal oak jul 15 shawn reynaldo 1 imaabs trisomnía precious metals jul 15 shawn reynaldo 2 sasha hollow sun last night on earth jul 15 shawn reynaldo 3 charlie conway rudded fixed rhythms jul 9 shawn reynaldo 3 forest on stasys deprogramming of reality delsin jul 9 shawn reynaldo 2 dj vibe and fragoso the train limousine dream jul 9 henry ivry 5 other joe the best is yet to come theory therapy jul 7 ryan mandelbaum 5 1 2026 shawn reynaldo privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts