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Hey folx, hope you're well!

My name is Bogdan. I started this site in the hope of creating an inclusive and diverse community for unconventional sound makers.

Why?

Sharing online can be like writing messages in the sand; no matter how beautiful or eloquent, it gets washed away. You spend a lot of time trying to make an impression with your latest creative endeavours but it gets lost in the feed. I want this site to be a place where your profile represents your body of work, organized in a tidy and accessible format for others to find about your work.

Clang is a mashup between a community and a personal profile. Use it to share your work with others, connect, and find out about or get involved with other interesting projects.

This site is NOT for everyone

Not everyone is welcome. Racists, bigots, TERF's, trolls, and others that are corrosive are expressly not welcome here. If you are uncomfortable with the words art and politics appearing in the same sentence then you probably won't enjoy this site.

Really, politics?

I also started clang because there are vast problems with existing platforms for reasons of gender, race, exploitation, politics, commercialism, and the list goes on. Will this site have its own issues? Yes, of course. Think of this as a relationship. Stay active, let us know when you see something problematic, let's resolve it. But the site's mission is very much to support everyone who has previously been under-represented, 365 days a year, not just for a token day or month.

My hope is that by setting out some firm and concrete restrictions we will be able to foster the type of community that naturally propels the site in a direction that is progressive, considerate, and intentional.

Topics of discussion

Although I initially outline algorave, diy, livecode, modularsynth, noise, and software, the list is by no means exclusive. Within these categories there are other wonderful scenes for tools such as Bespoke, ORCA, nuPg, ChucK, Max, Supercollider, and countless others. New tools and platforms are constantly germinating. We welcome you all and hope that you share your creations with us.

Where are the features?

The site is very intentionally stripped back. There are no like counts for posts, comments, or follower counts. They are a distraction at best, and at worst, these numbers can break your focus away from honing or enjoying your craft. We do not use any analytics and have been very intentional about what code is used. We will also not be mucking around with your timeline.

Enjoy partaking in a creative community with a clean headspace.

Invite only?

While it's in beta, Clang is invite only. My hope is that by growing the site slowly and with intention we can have a solid foundation from which to grow a diverse and supportive space.

Feel free to introduce yourself and in a first post, please let us know about an interesting project you're working on.

Welcome.

PS - no NFT talk please.

November 12, 2021

5 Comments • Newest first

tewlwolow

Finally a crypto-free platform

Reply December 28, 2022
Lukiss

I left twitter for this (:
Had it.

Reply December 17, 2022
thesnodgrass

thanks for making this boggy!

Reply November 19, 2022
kaotec

Love the initiative, inspirational content around creative coding away from ad ridden platforms...

Reply October 15, 2022
Kandid

Yes, it's a good idea to have a place that focuses on live coding. In the social media channels everything rushes by too fast.

Reply January 4, 2022