urn:uuid:f227c4fa-bf93-3771-9b19-a0138e16c6d92026-02-07T00:00:00Z2026-02-07T00:00:00Zurn:uuid:9392bef7-49ee-3a4e-800d-b44e93e7fd6b<p><a href="../../join-us">Join Us</a> page updated: looking for <strong>local recording assistants</strong> (Chengdu, Sichuan of China) to support field recordings and related sessions. Based in or near Chengdu? <a href="../../join-us#local-recording-assistant">Get in touch</a>.</p> 2026-02-01T00:00:00Zurn:uuid:f5685af2-1826-37a9-8d94-891ae143a8b1<p>We’re back from the outdoors. Last month the MAN team conducted a one-day field recording at Yema Haizi, a highland lake near Kangding in western Sichuan, China.</p> <div class="news-card-image"> <figure> <img src="/files/man-field-2026-1.jpg" alt="A southwest-facing view (toward Moxi-Yagtya Ge 磨西-雅家梗) from the center of Yema Haizi, with North Ridge of Minya Konka (Mount Gongga) in the distance." loading="lazy"> <figcaption>A southwest-facing view from the center of Yema Haizi, with North Ridge of Minya Konka (Mount Gongga) in the distance.</figcaption> </figure> </div><p>Catch the full update on Mastodon: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mantle_sound/115982926151452979">@mantle_sound</a>.</p> 2025-08-01T00:00:00Zurn:uuid:c5fa50b9-7eeb-3806-b476-aa9826f7699d<div class="image-gallery"> <div class="image-container"> <img src="/files/Amis-Xenakis.jpg" alt="Les Amis de Xenakis Association" style="max-width: 300px;"> <div class="image-caption">Les Amis de Xenakis Association</div> </div> <div class="image-container"> <a title="The Friends of Xenakis (permission link), CC BY 2.5 &lt;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iannis_Xenakis_1975.jpg"> <img width="256" alt="Iannis Xenakis" src="/files/xenakis.jpg"> </a> <div class="image-caption">Xenakis in his Paris studio, c. 1970, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/deed.en" target="_blank">CC BY 2.5</a></div> </div> </div><p>We are honored to announce that, as of August 2025, <a href="../../about/#team">we</a> are officially <strong>members</strong> of the <a href="https://www.iannis-xenakis.org/en">Les Amis de Xenakis Association</a>!</p> <p>Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001) was a pioneering Greek-French composer, architect, and engineer who revolutionized contemporary music through mathematical composition and computer-assisted techniques.</p> <p>The association Les Amis de Xenakis promotes events, publications and information related to the thought and work of Iannis Xenakis.</p> 2025-07-11T00:00:00Zurn:uuid:218c86d4-d075-3b0f-97d5-4fab27f45e56<p>On <strong>July 12</strong>, The MAN Team will be attending the <a href="https://lu.ma/9xrico4r?tk=XNatqj">Cursor Meetup in Hangzhou</a> – come meet us in person!</p> <p>We believe that gaining deeper insights into the cutting-edge technologies and applications of AI-assisted coding will empower us to better promote and contribute to the development of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) community!</p> 2025-07-10T00:00:00Zurn:uuid:57971f90-6720-345f-a69d-96baff4b18f6<p>We are proud to announce that the MAN Network have officially become an <strong>associate member</strong> of the <a href="https://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a>!</p> <p>We are deeply grateful for the FSF's decades of unwavering dedication to defending computer user freedom and promoting the principles of free software. It is an honor to support this mission, and we look forward to contributing to the free software movement together.</p> <p><img src="../../fsf-member.png" alt="FSF Member"></p>