A week to go before Moonbuilding Weekly returns on 30 Jan. If you are an artist or a label, you can support our work to spread the word about DIY electronic music through advertising. We still have ad space for next week. Ads are £50/week, two weeks for £75. Drop me a line to book your slot now.

Tickets here for the Folkestone Songwriting Festival that I'm playing on 6th February: wegottickets.com/event/686497

Moonbuilding Weekly is back back back on 30 Jan. There's some changes for 2026... The entire newsletter will remain FREE for everyone, but you can now pledge/subscribe to support our fine work... a monthly subscription is just £3.50 moonbuilding.substack.com

Moonbuilding Weekly returns next Friday (30/01). We've got plans for this year, oh have we got plans. We also have ad space! Get your wares in front of our 1,750 subscribers for £50/week or two weeks for £75. Email me now...

Hello everyone! Missing us? We'll be back on Friday 30 January. Just to say our advertising department (me) is taking bookings for Jan/Feb. Ads are £50/week or two weeks for £75. Ads are capped at five per issue to ensure eyeballs see 'em. Who's in? Your soaraway Moonbuilding Weekly depends in it.

Next up! Burns Night Special at the Country Soul Sessions. I'll be doing a Rabbie song, some of my own, and a short acappella of Cailin Morin Sa, the Gaelic song that I recorded with @willieg.bsky.social just before Christmas (we're still waiting for the blue vinyl!) wegottickets.com/event/685637

It is that time of year again - George's psychedelic breakfast ('marmalade - I like marmalade')

Just wow! First outing with the amazing Instruo Seashell. Erica Synths Black Sequencer, including passes with the Seashell including triggering from Instruo Pocket Scion. Effects include Wellspring reverb, Mikron Delay, Sound Toys Spaceblender. williegeemusic.com/index.php/20... #synthsky #modular

Thanks Colin - much appreciated

@mccookerybook.bsky.social ???

Just wow! First outing with the amazing Instruo Seashell. Erica Synths Black Sequencer, including passes with the Seashell including triggering from Instruo Pocket Scion. Effects include Wellspring reverb, Mikron Delay, Sound Toys Spaceblender. williegeemusic.com/index.php/20... #synthsky #modular

First Footing with me and @mccookerybook.bsky.social with a taste of Scottish Folktronica - and a bit of Gaelic!! williegibson.bandcamp.com/album/cailin... #hogmany #folktronica #happynewyear

See in the New Year with me and @mccookerybook.bsky.social with a taste of Scottish Folktronica - and a bit of Gaelic!! williegibson.bandcamp.com/album/cailin... #hogmany #folktronica #happynewyear

FIVE, at least, worldwide #EXCLUSIVE firstplays/premières/unveilings featured during #ColinSpencer Programme #187 thanks to @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social 'Lit Up', 3x #NostalgiaDeathstar and @willieg.bsky.social 'Patience And Shuffle The Cards' ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... to #DiscoverAndRemember

#2025Releases / #NewMusic / #NewReleases during #ColinSpencer Programme #187 by @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social, #Noodlemeister, V-Sor,X and #WillieGibson 🔊 www.mixcloud.com/colinspencer/ 🎧 Saturday 27 December 2025 6-8pm (#UK times) Before then? Try www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... @therobmo.bsky.social

Instruo Pocket Scion + Kaoss Pad (with a little hellp from @sinevibes.bsky.social ) and a few other bits and pieces . . . williegeemusic.com/index.php/20... What fun! #synthsky

Yes, it is here again!

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 92, our review of the year special, is out now! Last issue of 2025! moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-92-1...

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We’re marking 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’ in this month’s Electronic Sound and we’re bundling the mag with a yellow vinyl seven-inch featuring THE DIVINE COMEDY’s epic version of the album title track. Get your copy now at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

Outsiders Music says yes! Top ten for 'Showtunes from the Shadows' on @tinyglobalmusic.bsky.social It's #bandcampfriday: why not treat yourself? helenmcc.bandcamp.com/album/showtu...

Well it is still #bandcampfriday so maybe check this out this slice of Folktronica - with a Gaelic-singing @mccookerybook.bsky.social ! b.link/eco33e Or you may even have heard the A side (7" blue vinyl coming soon) on @gidcoe.bsky.social 's show last night?

Thank you @gidcoe.bsky.social!

OK folks, there's one ad slot left for the last review-led mailout of the year this Friday (05/12). Ads are £50/week, but buy one for this Fri and get next week (12/12) for FREE! And next week is our end of year round-up issue. Hurry!

#bandcampfriday coming up! Fancy some stretched elves for Christmas? helenmcc.bandcamp.com/album/showtu...

January joy 4U! wegottickets.com/f/14034

My first outing with the Instruo Pocket Scion connected to an Aeonium succulent – Aeonium even sounds like a musical instrument! williegeemusic.com/index.php/20... #synthsky #modular

My first outing with the Instruo Pocket Scion connected to an Aeonium succulent – Aeonium even sounds like a musical instrument! williegeemusic.com/index.php/20... #synthsky #modular

Moonbuilding Weekly Joe 90, sorry, Issue 90, is out now! moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-90-2...

OK, there's two ad slots to fill this week and after that there's two newsletters left THIS YEAR! Get you ad in all three issues for £75... 12 Dec issue is Albums Of The Year special! Email me to book your spot now...

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 89 is out now... starring @loulayorke.bsky.social as our Album Of The Week moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-89-2...

Needing to keep my lungs exercised, I've signed up for an open mic in a posh hotel in Kensington. It's a week on Friday, and I'll be playing 40 minutes completely solo, warming up for the fabulous gig at The Waiting Room on the 15th of January! www.designmynight.com/london/bars/...

Happy Monday! There are two ad slots left for this Friday's Moonbuilding Weekly. Buy one and get next week (28/11) for FREE. Email for details!

Happy Friday! Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 88 is out now. moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-88-1...

Some #Scottish #Gaelic #analogue #synth music for you this weekend! With @willieg.bsky.social williegibson.bandcamp.com/album/cailin...

If you're thinking of advertising in Moonbuilding Weekly, don't dely. Only five issues left this year! 12 Dec will be our Album Of The Year special. Book an ad in that issue and you get the week before for free!

Woohoo! Look what just arrived! Thanks @amyrigby.bsky.social - 40 pages in already!

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 87 is out now... Album Of The Week: @jilk.bsky.social Track Of The Week: @jo-johnson.bsky.social moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-87-7...

I don't know the Gaelic for 'It's Bandcamp Friday' - but if you are up for a bit of Scottish Folktronica - or 'Synthecosse' then check this out: b.link/eco33e Our single featuring Gaelic vocals by @mccookerybook.bsky.social and lots of synths from me #bandcampfriday #synthsky #folktronica #Scotland

'Synthecosse' - or folktronika with a difference! A 2-track single just out today on Bandcamp - here: b.link/eco33e Scottish Gaelic vocals and lots of synths . . . And just in time for tomorrow's #bandcampfriday #synthsky #folktronica #Scotland

Helen McCookerybook and @willieg.bsky.social present Synthecosse: Scottish Gaelic Vocals and Analogue Synth: williegibson.bandcamp.com/album/cailin...

Still quite shy on ads over the coming weeks. We'll be packing up for Xmas on 12 December with our Albums Of The Year special. Just saying. Lots of people will be reading that...

PREORDER: 'I'm A Photograph of You' by Papernut Cambridge Ian Button returns with two tracks which serve as a companion to his recent compilation release 'Everybody Is In Papernut Cambridge'. Clear vinyl 7" on Gare du Nord Records. www.normanrecords.com/records/2126...

Advertising is what makes the Moonbuilding wheels go round. We have two ad slots available for this week. Drop me a line if you'd like to know more...

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 86, the fright night special, is out now ... moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-86-3...

A week today in Brighton! I'm going to play mostly tracks from my 2017 album 'The Sea', and I'll have the lyrics book (a colouring book with the chords and lyrics) with download codes for the songs- just for a change! Great bands! wegottickets.com/event/673409

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 85 is out right now. Starring @abearsounds.bsky.social as Album Of The Week. Nice. moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-85-2...

@willieg.bsky.social & me are just completing two Gaelic-language analogue synthpop songs. Here's a much sillier collaboration from a few years ago with a fab video by Ruth Tidmarsh. Endlessly relevant unfortunately! Don't put cooking fat or wet wipes down the drain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmIP...

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We still have a few ad slots left for 31/10 and most of November. If you'd like to show off your wares and support the DIY electronic music scene at the same time, drop us a line!