Beck's Carpathian Teen Dream & Planned Obsolescence

No. 2: Carpathian Teen Dream by planned_obsolescence

One of the social media-meets-games-meets-crowdsourcing trends I've been exploring over the past nine months is how celebrities are more frequently using public platforms to share their new or developing art.

The latest item I've come across -- uploaded in the last 24 hours -- is a new DJ mix track by Beck called Planned Obsolescence. The few hours worth of tracks live on Soundcloud.com where members can upload and share their own music or comment on individual sections of the music.

The Internet is increasingly not only leveling the playing field, but expanding it, integrating it, warping it into a mass of interwoven peoples. Celebrity, while a critical part of our society, is shifting into something dynamic, fluid and participatory.

DJ Spooky (blogged about below) is also featured along tracks by Madlib, Upsetters, Broadcast, Comets On Fire and more.