Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

As an experiment we are using a new version of BitTorrent to distribute a new Thom Yorke record.

The new Torrent files have a pay gate to access a bundle of files..

The files can be anything, but in this case is an 'album'.

It's an experiment to see if the mechanics of the system are something that the general public can get its head around ...

If it works well it could be an effective way of handing some control of internet commerce back to people who are creating the work.

Enabling those people who make either music, video or any other kind of digital content to sell it themselves.

Bypassing the self elected gate-keepers.

If it works anyone can do this exactly as we have done.

The torrent mechanism does not require any server uploading or hosting costs or 'cloud' malarkey.

It's a self-contained embeddable shop front...

The network not only carries the traffic, it also hosts the file. The file is in the network.

Oh yes and it's called
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes.

Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich

26 September

Polyfauna 2.0

Polyfauna has been updated by Thom Yorke, Stanley Donwood, Nigel Godrich and Universal Everything:

Download for: iOS | Android

Thom

02 September

1.your love will set you free caribou
2.the balance of power luke abbott
3. goliath featuring DRS enei
4. terminal preppie dead kennedys
5. superpositions nathan fake
6. cure for the fever jim brown
7. IIVA(NHK Remix) Loops haunt
8. Amphis (reprise) Luke Abbott
9. Le Jardin Féérique Ravell / Katia & Marielle Labèque

Thom

05 July

Weatherhouse

Hello

Just wanted to let you know what I've been up to during my downtime from Radiohead.

My second solo album, "Weatherhouse" will be released on October 6th. I recorded this album from late January 2013 until late January this year with Adem Ilhan and Quinta. I loved every moment of it. Here is the first track from the record, 'Coming Up For Air':

Also, this weekend, I begin a run of shows with Rambert Dance Company at their new home on the Southbank in London. Again working with Adem Ilhan and Quinta, we've written the score for a series of Merce Cunningham Events, set against the backdrop of Gerhard Richter's "Cage" paintings. The performances take place over the next three Saturdays: 28th June, 5th July and 12th July.

Hope you enjoy what I've done.

Philip

24 June

TOdAy's MAtchsticks

the ones that fell out the box first.
no skll involved .
as usual.
(chocolat ecovered obviously
like the stone rolling off the front of a tomb
on the ridgeway
that spooked the horses,,)

1. Vacumn Garden     Squarepusher
2. Law of the land     Global Goon
3. Lotus     Slava
4. Fat Tails       Stefan Goldmann
5. Left Speaker Blown      Liars
6. Body and Soul(remake take2)     Thelonius Monk
7. Algol     Dawn of Midi
8. Linda's Them    Tom Demac

Thom

20 April

more pissing in the wind on a Monday... office chart

1. JACKIE BOUVIER - JOHN MATTHIAS
2. NO NAME - EOMAC
3. REVOLVE - M-ZINE & SCEPTICZ
4. CLIMBING WALLS - JOHN MATTHIAS
5. SYVANTEESSA PUKINJALKAISEN - O
6. RUBBER HANDS - GERRY READ
7. RIMS - ACTRESS
8. DOWLAIS WHEELIE CREW - WESLEY MATSELL
9. PUNTERS STEP OUT - JOE
10. SLOPE - JOE

Thom

17 March

Childish Things

Hello

Just wanted to let you know about a benefit show in my hometown, Oxford, that I'm involved with. Its called Childish Things, and takes place on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th March at The New Theatre. It is a mixture of music and comedy and raises much needed funds for Helen and Douglas House, a hospice in Oxford for children and young adults. Over the past decade, I've had many brilliant nights at Childish Things, both as a performer and part of the audience. This year will be particularly special, as it's the tenth anniversary of the event, and also the last set of shows. Here's some more information about this year's line up, buying tickets and Helen and Douglas House itself:

http://www.helenanddouglas.org.uk/childish-things/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9882WbmfB4M

Thank you

Philip

25 February

PolyFauna

We have made an app called PolyFauna.

PolyFauna is an experimental collaboration between us (Radiohead) & Universal Everything, born out of The King of Limbs sessions and using the imagery and the sounds from the song Bloom.

It comes from an interest in early computer life-experiments and the imagined creatures of our subconscious.

Your screen is the window into an evolving world.
Move around to look around.
You can follow the red dot.
You can wear headphones.

DOWNLOAD: iOS / Android

Thom

11 February

Independent Venue Week

Hi, and kicking off tonight in London with the Archie Bronson Outfit, it's a nation-wide week of live gigs to celebrate the halls, pubs and clubs that make up our live music scene. Without this network of gigs and their promoters, we'd have never got off the ground. Go check out a band you've heard of at a venue near you! See you there -

Independent Venue Week

Tuesday 28th January

LONDON - Half Moon Putney - £5 ADV, £7 Door - Doors 7pm

ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT www.facebook.com/ArchieBronsonOutfit
THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS www.facebook.com/theamazingsnakeheads

GLASGOW - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut - £6 advance - 8.30pm

LEMON PARTY https://www.facebook.com/Lemonpartytheband
NEON WALTZ https://www.facebook.com/neonwaltz
THE NEW FABIAN SOCIETY https://www.facebook.com/tnfsociety
BLUE HONEY

NORWICH - Norwich Arts Centre - £5, Age 18+ - 8pm

THE SOFT www.facebook.com/thesoftmusic
MAMMAL HANDS www.facebook.com/MammalHands
UNIX www.facebook.com/unixmusic
THE BOY WITH TWO HEADS www.facebook.com/theboywithtwoheads
PLUS - SHhhh / TROPICO Deejays in the Bar

Colin

28 January

Office chart

without an Umbrella .. or an Ark ... yet

1. Manny Pacquiao by Kool A.D.
2. Weed by Dj Nigga Fox
3. Stylised & Desensitised by Eomac
4. She looks like Marisa Tomei by Nic TVG
6. Lean Manufacturing by 400ppm
7. Dat Soca Boat by Mighty Shadow
8. Running Out of Time by Cliff Lothar
9. Gunshotta by Machinedrum
10. Accidents/Harmoniques by Bernard Parmegiani

Thom

08 January

RADIOHEAD

DEAD
AIR
SPACE

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