A newsletter about electronic music and the culture / industry that surrounds it.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 621 | Founded | 7 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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First Floor #320 – The Wait Was Worth It
As a general rule, First Floor tries to steer clear of loudly crowing every time an exclusive piece of content gets published in the newsletter. First of all, the value of exclusivity only means so much in the context of niche electronic mu...
Star Eyes 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...
Untold Defined an Era and Then Disappeared Without Warning; Now He's Back
When was the last time that dance music felt truly healthy? Depending who you ask, the responses to that question will vary wildly, but the post-dubstep era of the late 2000s and early 2010s is bound to be a popular answer. Although the nom...
First Floor #319 – A Tribal Sound We Can All Get Behind
Over the past few months, you’ve likely noticed that First Floor has assembled a small crew of contributing writers. And while that’s mostly been a good thing—especially for me, as I no longer have to write every single word that gets publi...
Snad 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.
Journalist, food and culture critic based in Berlin. Subscribe to Recommended Reading, a monthly-ish newsletter by someone who can't deal with lengthy newsletters about all the things that excite me.
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