Wrestling with Pop Embarrassment

a.k.a. The changing role of pop in electronic music.

A couple of months ago, I was commissioned to write the press materials for an upcoming album. (Yes, I occasionally do that sort of work and yes, if I later choose to write journalistically about a release I worked on in some capacity, I of course always disclose my prior involvement. For what it’s worth, that sort of double dipping doesn’t happen very …