A newsletter by Nono Gigsta

"I think we have to be at peace with that.”

I wrote a chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Electronic Music. In the essay, entitled "Here’s where you’ll find me this month": Music Press and the Myth of Hypermobility as a Metric for Success, I drew on the concept of imperial modes of living.

“… the vastness of the ocean looked so different from above …”

Drexcyian mythology: storms, currents, dwellers

« … in every place I have loved. »

Love letters on overground and on the ground frequencies + An unexpected port of call

“… like a journey, a life requires that you learn to let go of the plan when the actuality departs from it.”

May 2025 - travel diaries - Mid-Atlantic Ridge, NYC, Portland, L.A., San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver, Detroit

Surviving a hurricane at sea [+ version française]

Sail We Must: On storms, sailing and the art of DJing

“Only a madman—or a really first-rate criminal would attempt to cross the whole Europe by bus and train..."

12 songs and 12 places of 2024 - part II

“… like all friendships, one cannot fully describe to anyone else.”

12 songs and 12 places of 2024 - part I

Will I Ever Make It to the Americas?

Sailing, flying or letting go?

"Memories, like little waves, licked the edges of my mind ..."

Some context to my last radio show, Fictions From The Rivers - or a diary of some sorts

“… and the hot wind that blew across the city smelled of ashes, of burning flesh.”

On perspectives, strategy and humility [+ version française plus bas]

“… a fluid togetherness that manages to hold the shape of a heterogenous and unconnected crowd.”

Rivers, crocodiles and secrets

"It was a collaboration!"

Five songs for the Friends of Fictions