— LUSHLIFE.

Marquee for the recent Ava Luna x Lushlife show at the Brooklyn Museum, which was posted up at the American Apparel on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. Shouts to Viva Radio for the look.

Take a peek at this beautiful panoramic photograph of my South Philly workspace, as shot by Amanda Cerini. The cozy 3rd floor digs looks out onto Philadelphia’s Italian Market neighborhood, and has pretty much everything I need to get by.

Click here, or on the image above to see the full panorama.

Jay Dee’s record collection was recently found during one of those storage unit auctions. Weird. They knew it was Dilla’s because, like my own record collection, the crates were littered with bills, set lists, and other personal shit. Some record shop in Detroit was about to sell the lot, but with the Dilla Estate now involved, maybe you’ll see the collection at Experience Music Project instead. Hmm.

Read more here.

The homie, DJ/Rupture has ascended audio plugins into the spiritual realm. The WFMU DJ and Dutty Artz label boss just announced that he’s developed a set of Ableton plugins that were inspired by a recent trip to Morocco. The Sufi Plugins set includes, among other things,  software synths preset to Arabian maqam quarter-tone modality, as well as an Ableton device called Devotion, that automatically lowers system volume to coincide with the five-times-daily call to prayer.

Read more about plugin mysticism here.