The Aesthetic of Failure: “Post-Digital” Tendencies in Contemporary Computer Music by Kim Cascade is a rich resource for explaining the sonic aesthetic of contemporary club music. It talks about how working in environments dominated by technology has begun to influence the sound design techniques of music created in DAW, much like industrial music was influenced by the sound of industrial environments. As this relates heavily to my personal practice, I found its discussion on peripheral blindspots to be fascinating to explore. These blindspots don’t have to be exclusively physical; they can lie at the edges of the software and our imagination in how we use the available tools. I have always stood by the philosophy of “breaking” Ableton to get the most rich, moving, and texturally interesting sounds, and Cascone’s work vocalizes this philosophy candidly. It could also provide some form of legitimacy to a genre or community that sometimes feels too abstract to define or pin down. Discussing deconstructed club more, with its sonic trends of glitching, error, and failure, could be more effective in communicating the culture, as even the term “deconstructed club” often feels derogatory to a genre whose philosophy is so much more expansive.