Brexit techno, chill Boriswave, & the politics of vibe

or, vibes vs taste

Here’s my 2021 IASPM-US paper, which I’m “presenting” virtually this Friday at the conference. It’s really about how vibes serve an analogous function to taste: whereas taste is how autonomous people relate to autonomous works of art, vibes are how responsible private individuals relate to assets.

The day Boris Johnson became British Prime Minister, Eng…