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I should have posted this by now but the sun has been out, recent listening: open.spotify.com/playlist/1DH...

Happy new Seefeel day to all who observe:

Japanese multi-instrumentalist Cornelius announces signing to Eat Your Own Ears Recordings and releases cover of Yosui Inoue's “Yumenemi", his first new music in years.

Brand new Cornelius out now on Eat Your Own Ears Recordings ”夢寝見 / Yumenemi” 🔊 lnk.to/yumenemi Iconic Japanese artist Cornelius returns with his first new music in years with a cover of “Yumenemi”, originally released in 1989 by the legendary Yosui Inoue, and remains a cult Balearic classic.

With Cluster and Harmonia now recognized as foundations of experimental music, Hans-Joachim Roedelius considers a career built alongside Conny Plank and Brian Eno and insists, at ninety-one, that the only direction worth moving is further into the unknown. Cluster, Harmonia, and the Endless After:

A vast new online resource: The Velvet Underground Myth Archive: A free, publicly accessible database of hundreds of rare press clippings documenting the rise of The Velvet Underground, methodically organised month by month. Enjoy thevelvetundergroundmyth.com #thevelvetunderground

FolknHell went the BFI preview of Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada. No spoilers, but here's our report from the screening and the Q&A which followed. We'll podcast our review due course but it's fair to say we loved it! It's in cinemas now! link.content360.io/fnron

Declassified photos of Stasi agents modeling undercover disguises.

Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚 To mark this global celebration, we've updated our essential guide to books on sound. From field recording bibles to meditations on listening and works that have opened creative doors for us, we hope you'll find something to inspire you! citiesandmemory.com/2015/03/seve...

there are just so many great music books coming out this year: www.salon.com/2026/04/14/a...

Unsound have just uploaded a great interview with Jim O’Rourke from last year. youtu.be/ZfoJIkarV_o?...

I love it when experimental music goes all "perhaps inspired by Mulligan & O'Hare?"

BOYHOOD is here. The new masterpiece from David Keenan, that is unlike anything else you’ll read this lifetime, OUT TODAY. geni.us/Boyhood @reversediorama.bsky.social

It'll never catch on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1cy...

Oh? Is het BoC of is het bollocks? Een curieuze Boards of Canada teaser op Discogs: www.discogs.com/release/3699...

For @bandcamp.com, I wrote about Cluster (and Kluster and Harmonia and Brian Eno). daily.bandcamp.com/lists/cluste...

Dive into "Birding" by Deary: An Ethereal Dream-Pop Adventure Blending Shoegaze and Jangle-pop, Capturing a Cinematic Experience of Intense Sweeping Emotions. @dearyband.bsky.social / @bellaunion.bsky.social janglepophub.home.blog/2026/04/03/d...

Starting a new one today, here's the last. Started on Klaus Wunderlich for a possible sampling thing and finished with Dalek. open.spotify.com/playlist/07c...

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 102 is out now for your bank holiday weekend reading pleasure. Oh yes. moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-102-...

Really sad news... a giant and legend of #Hull ... it's not just the entertainment Jacko gave us, which has been plentiful for me for thirty years, but it was (and still is) a place to find your tribe and be inspired to create friendships and relationships for life. #RIPJacko

Take the cannoli dadadrummer.substack.com/p/seven-mill...

Early March Listening: open.spotify.com/playlist/4yn...

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 100 is out now. ISSUE 100! moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-100-...

Thanks to @djmag.com for their review of @bunnyhausen.bsky.social's Blumenfantasie. djmag.com/reviews/xyli...

Hello spring, and hello 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 - released today by @fikarecordings.com on LP/CD/DL. Album four from us, six years in the making, possibly the best thing we've done - we really hope you enjoy it!

"It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so a good excuse to revisit this 2023 compilation of Irish experimental + electronic music back to 1960 … From handmade instruments to bedroom-produced tape constructions and a healthy interest in UFOs, get ready for the strange." Tour Ireland’s experimental music history:

A collective of musicians from the North of Ireland’s underground and alternative scenes has come together for Occupied Minds, a genre-spanning solidarity compilation featuring David Holmes, RÓIS, Phil Kieran, Elaine Howley, Huartan, Rory Friers and more. www.theransomnote.com/music/news/u...

New Jim Noir today too: open.spotify.com/album/3WrDjg...

Happy release day to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘁! "𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲"is 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 on LP, CD and on all digital music platforms. Enjoy!!!! Listen and purchase the record here: linktr.ee/notwist All tourdates and tickets here: powerline-agency.com/artists/the-...

Thanks to The Guardian for feat. The Notwist Don´t miss them at play London @ TheGarage on April 23rd: Tickets: www.universe.com/events/the-n... www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Not only is it Bandcamp Friday, it is release day for Andrew Wasylyk's new album "Irreparable Parables" on which his lush instrumentals are augmented by vocals from six guest singers; another impeccable release from Clay Pipe Music

Bandcamp Friday today, so a little thread of retored/curated very old mostly cylinder recordings I've put up. First, the king of the banjo (as a lead instrument) and Ragtime pioneer, Vess L. Ossman! centuriesofsound.bandcamp.com/album/a-bunc...

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 98b is out right now! open.substack.com/pub/moonbuil...

Happy Threads Day to all who celebrate

Faithfull grows sombre when shown a clip of herself at 60 declaring that she loved being that age, feeling healthy and philosophical about things. “Now I’m less philosophical. I hate what’s happened to me. Covid did this.”’ www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

a great read.

Seefeel announce first album in 15 years, share "Ever No Way" www.brooklynvegan.com/seefeel-anno...

Maybe let this loose as a demo. soundcloud.com/coneyislands... Cabinessence was the working title, can't be calling it that, Mike Love would be coming for some cash/flesh..... 1/3

Sat down with Carolyn aka 'Tangent Universes' for a long read in the @thetonearm.com it was such a pleasure!! Thank you so much ✨💫 to all indie music writers out there keeping it going 💚

I can't think of a label that presents it's music as beautifully as @claypipemusic.bsky.social Add an artist as good as @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social & you've the perfect pairing 🎶 Andrew Wasylyk - Irreparable Parables / Inundated Indentations plus signed postcards & badge🌟 #musicsky #albumalmanac

in other listening, i've just been saving tracks as the month progressed. 7 and a bit hours i've remembered to bookmark: open.spotify.com/playlist/7yK...

It's the first of the month which of course means new Bitmap: recordmountain.bandcamp.com/track/do-not... Rumours also that there may be some Vinyl of album one and two soon!

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 97 is out now... starring @loulayorke.bsky.social @keithseatman.bsky.social @solar76.bsky.social and much more! moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-97-2...

Links to all of the 1976 'Year of the Deir' mixes can be found here: linktr.ee/alanranta

Launching today! 🎉 A Century of Sounds, a unique partnership between Cities & Memory and @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social, inviting listeners to explore compositions created by 100 artists from a century of incredible recordings from the museum’s sound collections. citiesandmemory.com/century-sounds

On the homepage of @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social atm, 60+ titles related to Keshed. Mix of fiction, non-fic, poetry old and new inc. work by @jamesscudamore.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @heidijames.bsky.social @tonywilliams.bsky.social [more below] uk.bookshop.org/lists/how-to...

Salix is up for pre-order today! I sat down with @thequietus.com for a potted history about how I ended up making up electronic music from a cottage in Suffolk 🌟✨💫