A newsletter about electronic music and the culture / industry that surrounds it.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 635 | Founded | 7 years ago | Last Issue | 46 hours ago |
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First Floor #325 – The Anti-AI Charade Continues
Is everyone enjoying the music industry’s anti-AI pantomime? And does anyone actually believe it?
Last week, it was reported that Apple Music apparently sent an email to its industry partners announcing that it would soon be adding a new “...
Yara Asmar Has Better Taste Than I Do
First Floor is in many ways a one-person operation, but on most Wednesdays, the newsletter fully cedes the spotlight to an artist, writer or other figure from the music world, inviting them to recommend a piece of music.
Today’s recommenda...
Carmen Villain Has Found Her Sound—But She’s Still Searching
Memory is a tricky thing. On the most basic level, it’s something that we rely upon, both individually and collectively, to have some idea of who we are and where we come from. And yet memories are notoriously unreliable. They’re not object...
First Floor #324 – Tired of Looking Backwards
It’s 2026, and in the span of a single week, both Pitchfork and Resident Advisor have ~~published~~ circulated extensive guides to electroclash, a genre that peaked literally 25 years ago. (A quick correction: It was kindly pointed out to m...
K-LONE Has Better Taste Than I Do
First Floor is in many ways a one-person operation, but on most Wednesdays, the newsletter fully cedes the spotlight to an artist, writer or other figure from the music world, inviting them to recommend a piece of music.
Today’s recommenda...
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Shawn Reynaldo is a Barcelona-based writer/editor who specializes in electronic music. Author of the First Floor newsletter, he was formerly an editor at RBMA and XLR8R and has also contributed to Pitchfork, NPR, SPIN, Resident Advisor and DJ Mag.
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