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One of the [to german or english native speakers] more cryptic signs put up at various locations of #39c3. I had to use cyrillic OCR and a ukranian to english translation software to make sense of it. Very nice, congrats to whoever did that.

Feeling like my speakers aren’t big enough to handle this #LowEndVortex
#ListeningClub

Close-up view of the audio-responsive LED floor installation I co-created for the KEF Muon launch in 2007 @ Sala del Cenacolo (Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia in Milano). The animation was repurposed from one of my first projects I created with Processing (in 2003)...
The 2 meter tall speakers were designed by Ross Lovegrove and made from milled solid aluminium...
The installation was created by Moving Brands (my old employer), a short video of the project/instal…

Windows 11 tests Bluetooth audio sharing that connects two headsets at once https://www.theverge.com/news/811795/microsoft-windows-11-bluetooth-le-shared-audio-headsets

Maybe she should do a collab with Skrillex
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a69167004/jameela-jamil-accidentally-orgasm-farmers-dj-set/

With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year:
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about what you're opting that person into.
One big problem with giving these sorts of gifts is that you're opting another person into a company's intrusive surveillance prac…

Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts. But before you give one, think twice about...

I am seeking speakers for my @… & @… meetups. We prefer in-person presentations in Frankfurt or the Mannheim area, but remote talks are also an option.
If you have anything interesting to share with us, let us know. We'd be …

The first snow started falling in Bergen, Norway, so I pulled on my winter fit. ❄️❤️🖤
#Snow #Bergen #Norway

LECTURES> Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet Seminar Series: Michaelmas Term 2025
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Lessons for the Upcoming Age of Climate Refugees: Next meeting of the ASLH Environment, Law, and…
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@… For me, the question remains, why roll out AI “summaries” at all? None of the cited benefits are very compelling. For example, wouldn’t non-native speakers be better served by translations? If not, why?
It seems to me that AI must be crammed into the DL at any price.

@… For me, the question remains, why roll out AI “summaries” at all? None of the cited benefits are very compelling. For example, wouldn’t non-native speakers be better served by translations? If not, why?
It seems to me that AI must be crammed into the DL at any price.

If you are setting new speakers or headphones this morning, let me introduce you to https://www.audiocheck.net/

Free Online Audio Tests, Test Tones and Tone Generators
Tests your audio equipment, speakers, room acoustics and hearing. Audio signals and test tones playable online. High resolution sound test files available for free download.

They've been cutting doors into shape all day. Some have hinges on them, but none are hung onto the cupboards so no point in any photos.
None have any panels yet either.
Oh, or the holes I need for all the cables that'll have to go everywhere for speakers and lights. Will have to remember to ask about that tomorrow.

Trans people are incredible, strong, beautiful, and absolutely bring so much love and strength to our world.
:bisexual_pride: 🏳️‍⚧️ :genderfluid_flag: :nonbinary_flag: :heart_trans: 🏳️‍🌈
I wholeheartedly, unapologetically, and forever believe that #TransRightsAreHumanRights.
Always, forever, endlessly, trans people are real, valuable, and human in every way…

So, figured I'd "fix" the mono output from the JVC TM-H150C CRT monitor by grabbing the Sony speakers off the PVM-2530 and attaching them to an amp. Works perfectly as the speakers are shielded and barely fit onto the second shelf. I officially have stereo sound for the smaller TV.
#crt #retrogaming

The state department has barred five Europeans from the US, accusing them of leading efforts to pressure tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
“These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states – in each case targeting American speakers and American companies,” Rubio said in an announcement.
Neben Thierry Breton trifft das u.a. Josephine Ballon und Anna-Lena von Hodenberg von @…

Another brick.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/bose-soundtouch-home-theater-systems-regress-into-dumb-speakers-feb-18/

Lowy Institute Events
Featuring distinguished speakers from around the globe on foreign policy, defence, politics, economics, aid and development...
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In discussion with some speakers we are looking to recruit for #ATmosphereConf, I said we have lots of really great tech talks, but also "how do we shine a path on the road ahead and equip community & builders with some approaches and mindsets"

I am seeking speakers for my @… & @… meetups. We prefer in-person presentations in Frankfurt or the Mannheim area, but remote talks are also an option.
If you have anything interesting to share with us, let us know. We'd be …

I've been sharing the word about #AI4LAM at the first 'AI Indaba and Library Technology Expo' in South Africa. Some great speakers on the livestream if you're curious about the South African library perspective on AI, innovation and sustainability

Fascinating subject, tremendous speakers. Join us Nov. 5 for this panel celebrating two new books related to James Pennington '23 M.A.H., who audited courses at the Divinity School in the 1830s and thus became the first Black person to study at Yale. https://divinity.yale.…

Panel Celebrating New Books Related to James Pennington

Finally found a nice set of the matching speakers for the iMac G4.
The aluminum boxes they sell today can’t hold a candle against early 2000s Apple design.

⏰ Time's running out! The lowest early bird pricing for SCaLE23x is ending soon. Lock in the best rate you'll ever get for registration. Check out our featured speakers at https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x and register before prices go up!

Free idea:
A developer conference (née job fair) where all of the speakers are folks that aren’t employed and are looking! Speakers would really benefit from the authority that conference speaking provides and employers looking to hire can send their own devs in to learn (and recruit)!

'Question of self-preservation' — Baltic states move to curb Moscow's sway over their Russian speakers: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/19/question-of-selfpreservation-baltic-states.html

ROG Xbox Ally review: great grips, good speakers, and Windows is easier to control with joysticks, but worse performance than the Steam Deck and unintuitive UI (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/799698/xbox-ally-x-review-a…

Xbox Ally and Ally X review: this is not an Xbox
The Verge reviews the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, a pair of Windows gaming handhelds that attempt to make Windows work better for gamers.

@… I think this something where la Suisse romande really differs from other francophone regions—maybe due to the large number of non-native speakers: nobody judges you for your accent, and if you can say “bonjour,” it’s assumed that you speak French alright.

@… I think this something where la Suisse romande really differs from other francophone regions—maybe due to the large number of non-native speakers: nobody judges you for your accent, and if you can say “bonjour,” it’s assumed that you speak French alright.

I recently debugged sound staying mute. Yet the speakers, bluetooth, pipewire, gnome all claimed everything is fine and connected.
That day I learned you can mute a tab group in a Sideberry.
via @…
https…

Want to speak at Berlin Buzzwords but haven't before? Submit your proposal! We actively seek new speakers and fresh ideas to keep our community vibrant.
Learn more and submit: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/call-for-papers/

Did you know that the Learning With AI toolkit has a speakers bureau for AI and education? Filter for expertise like "agents administration" or "data bias," then click on presenters to watch recordings that demonstrate their presentation styles.
Have a speaker to recommend who's not on the list? DM me and I'll send you a form to submit a name, specialty, and recording of any events for consideration.

In May, I'll be giving what will probably be the first ever PHP 8.6 talk: Piping Hot PHP.
8.5 isn't even cool yet, but 8.6 already has some hot new features. Combining 8.5's pipe operator with the new partial function application capabilities in 8.6 should give us a whole new way to think about structuring code!
Want to be the first to see the future? Get your tickets to #phptek

PHP Tek 2026 - The Premier PHP Conference
Join us at PHP Tek 2026, the premier PHP conference featuring expert speakers, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities.

In her keynote at #ISWC2025, Yuko Harayama, Secretary General of Global Partnership on AI Tokyo Expert Support Center, is discussing the challenges of #AI on Human Society, suggesting a shift from originally tech-driven to human-centered paradigm, addressing key questions related to

@… binge watching 🦀🦀
https://youtube.com/@oxidizeconf 👀

Oxidize Conference
The Oxidize Conference is the event for applied Rust. We don't just talk about how to use Rust, but we're looking at where Rust is being used. From embedded technology in IoT medical devices to critical safety applications to vehicular dashboards written in Ferrocene – our speakers and workshops are about taking Rust to new levels.

I wonder why quite a number of authors/presenters (and even workshop keynote speakers) from the US did not make it to #Taipei for ACM #CCS 2025. Is there some political issue I am not aware of?

So we tried #nextcloud talk yesterday with friends and it was AMAZING. I first struggled with sound in-out but that was clearly my setup with external speakers and external camera. (really not the typical setup!)
But the 2h video call went totally smooth, good quality, no lag.
If you do videocalls with friends and family.. I can totally recommend nextcloud call - in my case hosted…

I have an MSI Prestige A16 laptop that only runs #Archlinux. Speakers stopped working suddenly last week, but headphones plugged in worked fine (Bluetooth audio - all the stuff up a wire plumber's rear end). Tried a few kernel versions to no avail (firmware package wasn't updated recently).
Flashbacked to the days of the Toshiba Swanky Chromebook and the audio issues I had on…

We're hosting a public Meeting on 27 Nov 19:30 at Harbour Hotel in Galway together with Sinn Féin, Social Democrats, Labour & Independents discussing what is next for the left following on from the presidential election.
All welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion.

Dîner des speakers du #cdl2025

The old Valve #Index has the best audio of any VR headset.
The goofy floating speakers sound great, and are incredibly immersive, because the sound literally comes from "outside" instead of touching my ears or conducting sound through my bones like in-ear headphones.

We’re getting ready for QGIS Open Day on 28 November 2025! 💚
We’re looking for speakers. If you’d like to share your #QGIS work or ideas, sign up
👉 https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-No…

QOD November 2025
QGIS is a free, open source, cross platform (lin/win/mac) geographical information system (GIS) - qgis/QGIS

world's greatest speakers (this was preloaded on the phone BTW) #tech #shanzhai

A great advantage that speakers of English as a second language have, is the fact that all the little idioms and phrases and metaphors get explained to us and we can just learn them out of a book 😁

When I first bought my property, I was a little bit overwhelmed by all the things that needed to be done. I inherited the property from a tenancy that didn't exactly take care of the place. But, I've managed to take on projects I had my hesitations about, and so far it's been a success with help of course. My latest project is to install wire for a surround sound system and a fiber optic hdmi cable from my computer in my office. It's nice having a home improvement plan go off…

#Elevate #SF 2025...coming in a few weeks to the JW Marriott
Inaugural Summit by the National Association of Minorities & Women in Mobile and Tech (NAMWMT)
with guest speakers from Adobe Lightroom, Reddit, locally based global game publisher Zimad , Smartly AI etc

Fursuit idea:
A Synth (the species) that is themed like a classic (Moog) Synth (the instrument)
Including functional dials, jacks and speakers.
Walk around, have people make music with you
Bonus points for wooden veneer
I feel like someone must have done this already, but I can't find anything
#fursuit

Drum & Bass On The Bike heads to the BARCELONA this SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER starting at 14:00HRS from ARC DE TRIOMF, Ciutat Vella, 08003 - Barcelona.
#barcelona #biketooter #cycling

Fun bit of shopping tonight. Getting a system ready to deliver some quality background audio at work. Ordered a Pi 5 with a tall case, a Hi-Fi DAC, the active cooler and so on. Looking forward to putting it all together with the new speakers coming in from Thomann.

I just saw https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-i-am-not-a-cyclist-and-most-dutch-people-aren-t-either/
When chatting with English native speakers, e.g. at

Not Just Bikes — I am not a "Cyclist" (and most Dutch people aren't either)
I am not a "cyclist", but I do ride a bicycle almost every day ... along with hundreds of other people who are also not "cyclists".

Just a warning to you whippersnappers out there, as I stand in a grocery store and listen to Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy The Silence” come over the speakers:
Enjoy it while it lasts

Invisible Languages of the LLM Universe
Saurabh Khanna, Xinxu Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11557 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11557

Invisible Languages of the LLM Universe
Large Language Models are trained on massive multilingual corpora, yet this abundance masks a profound crisis: of the world's 7,613 living languages, approximately 2,000 languages with millions of speakers remain effectively invisible in digital ecosystems. We propose a critical framework connecting empirical measurements of language vitality (real world demographic strength) and digitality (online presence) with postcolonial theory and epistemic injustice to explain why linguistic inequality i…

Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus
after a school official told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.
The demonstration, one of dozens planned in Maryland on Saturday,
will protest authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump.
Students moved the event, fearing that speakers would be targeted by the Trump administration,
which has threatened to pursue and punish …

Towson U. ‘No Kings’ rally relocates over speaker background checks
Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus after school officials told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.

Just listened to the new Nine Inch Nails album on the speakers at the BFI IMAX.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Warpfit, Big Ang & Hyperactive World:
🎵 Speakers Blow
#Warpfit #BigAng #HyperactiveWorld

We just attended another travel show. This time: #mountainbiking in #ligurien from Harald Philipp.
The visuals were pretty cool. And riding such trails UPHILL was pretty impressive, too. Definitely only doable with an ebike.

The only Irish learning app I really need is Mastodon 💖
https://mastodon.online/@caoimhin/115343150517678972

Måste komma ut som en försvarade av jobbig stavning. Stavningsreformerna där stavningen anpassas till den nuvarande fonetiken hjälper bara under en kort tidsperiod (då uttalen ändras rätt snabbt) och den förstör långa perioder av språkhistoria. Lär man sig grunderna i ett par europeiska språk kan man snabbt lära sig att se på stavningen av ett ord varifrån det kommer. Det är enormt värdefullt och jag hoppas engelskan håller fast vid det.

What's wrong with the description?
- They're stereo speakers (2.0, not 2.1).
- The don't have a "3.5mm jack audio input".
- They aren't working with "any computer setup", they're only compatible with certain Mac models with a special plug (PowerMac G4 Cube and iMac G4).
- They don't support THX or Dolby Digital. In fact, they don't support any digital signal at all.

Marching today in Galway. Despite a "ceasefire", Israel has continued to kill Palestinians this week in breach of it. There is no liberation under occupation. Dismantle the apartheid and genocidal Zionist state. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
In People Before Profit we stand for a liberated Palestine and will continue to march in solidarity and demand the Irish government act!
We need sanctions now! Pass the Occupied Territories Bill, and get the US …

Anarcho-syndicalist. non-binary person. they/them, also bisexual.
I took down one of my Moomin posters and hung up my two favorite flags in my living room instead. It feels good making my own place look like me.
I know my mom doesn’t like it, but this is my apartment and I’m not going to hide who I am just to make someone else comfortable.
:bisexual_pride: 🏳️‍⚧️ :genderfluid_flag: :nonbinary_flag: :heart_trans: 🏳️‍🌈

Proficiency-Aware Adaptation and Data Augmentation for Robust L2 ASR
Ling Sun, Charlotte Zhu, Shuju Shi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10738 https://arxiv.org/…

Proficiency-Aware Adaptation and Data Augmentation for Robust L2 ASR
General-purpose ASR underperforms for atypical speakers, such as L2 learners, reinforcing bias and limiting use in education and accessibility. Using the CEFR-graded Speak and Improve corpus, we show that naive fine-tuning of Whisper reduces average WER but simultaneously widens disparities and disproportionately harms lower-level learners. To address this, we propose two strategies: (i) proficiency-aware multitask learning, jointly optimizing ASR with proficiency classification, and (ii) targe…

J'ai raté l'adresse pour le dîner des speakers du @…

I am seeking speakers for my @… & @… meetups. We prefer in-person presentations in Frankfurt or the Mannheim area, but remote talks are also an option.
If you have anything interesting to share with us, let us know. We'd be …

Resource-sensitive but language-blind: Community size and not grammatical complexity better predicts the accuracy of Large Language Models in a novel Wug Test
Nikoleta Pantelidou, Evelina Leivada, Paolo Morosi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12463

Resource-sensitive but language-blind: Community size and not grammatical complexity better predicts the accuracy of Large Language Models in a novel Wug Test
The linguistic abilities of Large Language Models are a matter of ongoing debate. This study contributes to this discussion by investigating model performance in a morphological generalization task that involves novel words. Using a multilingual adaptation of the Wug Test, six models were tested across four partially unrelated languages (Catalan, English, Greek, and Spanish) and compared with human speakers. The aim is to determine whether model accuracy approximates human competence and whethe…

The Trump administration has vowed to crack down on what it calls hate speech. It has labeled antifa, a loosely organized anti-fascist group, a terrorist organization.
And it has sought to punish figures such as TV host Jimmy Kimmel for statements perceived critical of conservative activists.
What the First Amendment makes clear is that it does not just protect the rights of speakers who say things with which Americans agree.
Or, as the Supreme Court said in a separate deci…

How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not
Free speech is not absolute, nor does the Constitution protect only speech Americans like.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
Oliver Dollar & Seven Davis Jr.:
🎵 Speakers Bleed
#OliverDollar #SevenDavisJr
https://rekids.bandcamp.com/track/speakers-bleed-1
https://open.spotify.com/track/2kPdVEssEa6uG9ycfTZQVc

Neural Forward Filtering for Speaker-Image Separation
Jingqi Sun, Shulin He, Ruizhe Pang, Zhong-Qiu Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05757 https://arxiv.org…

Neural Forward Filtering for Speaker-Image Separation
We address monaural multi-speaker-image separation in reverberant conditions, aiming at separating mixed speakers but preserving the reverberation of each speaker. A straightforward approach for this task is to directly train end-to-end DNN systems to predict the reverberant speech of each speaker based on the input mixture. Although effective, this approach does not explicitly exploit the physical constraint that reverberant speech can be reproduced by convolving the direct-path signal with a …

The garden festival / Landesgartenschau was not just about #gardening. There were also events etc. (Which we didn't attend)
One place was about #floristry with really beautifully decorated arrangements. I'm always a bit jealous of such things. They look really beautiful, and requir…

Machine Unlearning in Speech Emotion Recognition via Forget Set Alone
Zhao Ren, Rathi Adarshi Rammohan, Kevin Scheck, Tanja Schultz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04251 https://

Machine Unlearning in Speech Emotion Recognition via Forget Set Alone
Speech emotion recognition aims to identify emotional states from speech signals and has been widely applied in human-computer interaction, education, healthcare, and many other fields. However, since speech data contain rich sensitive information, partial data can be required to be deleted by speakers due to privacy concerns. Current machine unlearning approaches largely depend on data beyond the samples to be forgotten. However, this reliance poses challenges when data redistribution is restr…

Are BabyLMs Deaf to Gricean Maxims? A Pragmatic Evaluation of Sample-efficient Language Models
Raha Askari, Sina Zarrie{\ss}, \"Ozge Alacam, Judith Sieker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04764

Are BabyLMs Deaf to Gricean Maxims? A Pragmatic Evaluation of Sample-efficient Language Models
Implicit meanings are integral to human communication, making it essential for language models to be capable of identifying and interpreting them. Grice (1975) proposed a set of conversational maxims that guide cooperative dialogue, noting that speakers may deliberately violate these principles to express meanings beyond literal words, and that listeners, in turn, recognize such violations to draw pragmatic inferences. Building on Surian et al. (1996)'s study of children's sensitivity to viol…

LECTURES> Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet Seminar Series: Michaelmas Term 2025
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Lessons for the Upcoming Age of Climate Refugees: Next meeting of the ASLH Environment, Law, and…
via Input 4 RELCFP

How I Built ASR for Endangered Languages with a Spoken Dictionary
Christopher Bartley, Anton Ragni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04832 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2…

How I Built ASR for Endangered Languages with a Spoken Dictionary
Nearly half of the world's languages are endangered. Speech technologies such as Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) are central to revival efforts, yet most languages remain unsupported because standard pipelines expect utterance-level supervised data. Speech data often exist for endangered languages but rarely match these formats. Manx Gaelic ($\sim$2,200 speakers), for example, has had transcribed speech since 1948, yet remains unsupported by modern systems. In this paper, we explore how litt…

📝 🗓️ Friday, December 5th at 5:30pm
🔗tickets: aila.li/mjg
📍 @mjg_center
An evening of Haudenosaunee food, music, and influence. Speakers Jeanne Shenandoah, Betty Lyons, and Ciarrai Eaton
!event flyer (https://cdn.some.pics/adjb/6930547682534.jpg)

Scaling Multi-Talker ASR with Speaker-Agnostic Activity Streams
Xiluo He, Alexander Polok, Jes\'us Villalba, Thomas Thebaud, Matthew Maciejewski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03630

Scaling Multi-Talker ASR with Speaker-Agnostic Activity Streams
An increasingly common training paradigm for multi-talker automatic speech recognition (ASR) is to use speaker activity signals to adapt single-speaker ASR models for overlapping speech. Although effective, these systems require running the ASR model once per speaker, resulting in inference costs that scale with the number of speakers and limiting their practicality. In this work, we propose a method that decouples the inference cost of activity-conditioned ASR systems from the number of speake…

LECTURES> Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet Seminar Series: Michaelmas Term 2025
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Lessons for the Upcoming Age of Climate Refugees: Next meeting of the ASLH Environment, Law, and…
via Input 4 RELCFP

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Big Ang:
🎵 Speakers Blow (feat. Warpit & Hyperactive World)
#BigAng
https://open.spotify.com/track/5AkokFQE3TaL88xn2OqOaS

LECTURES> Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet Seminar Series: Michaelmas Term 2025
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Lessons for the Upcoming Age of Climate Refugees: Next meeting of the ASLH Environment, Law, and…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Joint Optimization of Speaker and Spoof Detectors for Spoofing-Robust Automatic Speaker Verification
O\u{g}uzhan Kurnaz, Jagabandhu Mishra, Tomi H. Kinnunen, Cemal Hanil\c{c}i
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01818

Joint Optimization of Speaker and Spoof Detectors for Spoofing-Robust Automatic Speaker Verification
Spoofing-robust speaker verification (SASV) combines the tasks of speaker and spoof detection to authenticate speakers under adversarial settings. Many SASV systems rely on fusion of speaker and spoof cues at embedding, score or decision levels, based on independently trained subsystems. In this study, we respect similar modularity of the two subsystems, by integrating their outputs using trainable back-end classifiers. In particular, we explore various approaches for directly optimizing the ba…

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Warpfit, Big Ang & Hyperactive World:
🎵 Speakers Blow
#Warpfit #BigAng #HyperactiveWorld