Sapphire Goss talks with Bernie Brooks and Kristen Gallerneaux about the materials, magic, and catharsis at the heart of her debut album, Light Sensitive Materials Chemical Romance: The Light-Sensitive Materials of Sapphire Goss buff.ly/0gOsevm

Anyone else still waiting on @artscouncilengland.bsky.social news?

Many thanks to @moonbuilding.bsky.social for such a lovely write up of tape 5 (out today) in the latest weekly. Thanks for having me at your party Neil (even though no synths were used!).. moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-110-...

Thanks Jodie! ep out tomorrow. 😀

Tony Blair- British Politics’ answer to Walter White.

Tony Blair is "contemptuous of democracy, greases up to wealth and power and lets the poor go to hell. He is ruthless, mendacious, slippery and shameless...." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in 2009, when it was already well time for "arresting Blair": www.monbiot.com/2009/10/26/a...

Having a listen in a few minutes: benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/live/allotme...

A disconnected phone lets people go talk to people they’ve lost. Not because they answer or it “fixes” grief. At times love needs somewhere to go.We spend time pretending we’re fine. An old rotary phone in the wind quietly reminds us missing someone is normal. Continuing the conversation is normal.

TOMORROW NIGHT! Join me down on the plot for our regular Listening Party. This month we will be taking an exclusive listen to May's release Allotment Tapes #5 - I Wanted the Trees over on my Bandcamp. Bring your flask and bask in the new summer heat. benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/live/allotme...

#wildflowerhour Stellaria (I think).. Padley Gorge.

Allotment Tapes #5 - I Wanted The Trees (with Gail and Peter) is released one week today! Mays tape visits the double allotment plot of wife and husband Gail and Peter. Gail's plot sits behind Peter's and is only accesible via his. They're both amazing but very different...

Allotment worm based goodness!

it’s time for tape 5 to start popping its head overground… this one visits the joint plots of wife and husband Gail and Peter… next to each other but couldn’t be more different… benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/album/allotm...

GIG NEWS! Delighted to be participating in an Ambient Leeds line up in August with The Midsommars and Black Brunswicker Tickets here: www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Lee...

I think The End is still great up to a point (that point definitely being ‘the snake’).

Nobody asked for AI, few people actually want it, yet hundreds of billions are being ploughed into it so we will get it whether we like it or not. Wall Street and the big banks that are financing it however should be very worried about the reaction of these youngsters. The profits may not be there.

Hello, How are you finding Allotment Tapes so far? Do you have a favourite? I’d love to hear your feedback. 😀 Been a busy old year. Have just been putting the finishing touches to tape 6 and 5 goes out for pre release this weeks.. benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/album/allotm...

Yes, same here!

Back at the tail end of 2025 I was very fortunate to receive some funding from the marvellous @efdss.bsky.social for some equipment to make performing more accessible as an autistic artist. Inner ear monitoring, wireless viola pickup, preamp and pedal board to make all easier and quicker to set up.

Definitely the last one now!

Mondays studio space! Feel so fortunate to be able to use 326 as a creative space at the moment... it's really allowing me to feel closer to the allotments.. the birds, the soil, everything growing... getting to zone in and see/feel things close up.. Did get a bit of work done too!

Help! Any font experts out there? looking for similar ones to these… #fonts #allotments

Dissident Israelis are among the bravest people I've ever met. Arsey teens, mad middle-aged Israeli anarchists - it's good to remember there's a bold, brilliant and fierce opposition to their death-cult government's deranged war of racist annihilation.

1. Every year, large areas of gorse in Dartmoor and Exmoor national parks are deliberately burnt. It’s an appalling act of vandalism, killing wildlife, preventing regeneration of crucial habitats, releasing toxic smoke and carbon. This thread is about why it’s happening. Pic from this weekend. 1/7

OUT TODAY! Allotment Tapes #4 - St Anns In The Countryside (with Mo Cooper) is out today via my Bandcamp. Aprils tape meets with community historian (and gardener) Mo Cooper.. formerly the heritage officer at STAA, now retired but keeps getting 'dragged back to the allotments as volunteer'.

Listening party for Allotment Tapes #4 starts in 20 mins... be lovely to see you if you're about.. benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/merch/allotm... #bandcamp #listeningparty

Tonight at 7.30 UK! Listening party… if you have 20 mins to spare come and absorb yourself in the history of St Ann’s Allotments with a drone folk soundtrack . benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/merch/allotm...

Listening Party! Join me down the plot on Wednesday 22nd April, 7.30pm, for an exclusive first listen and chat about Allotment Tapes #4 - St Anns In The Countryside. Our listening parties are a highlight of my month and we always have a great crowd. benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/merch/allotm...

"We established the Orchard in 2001 and it has been managed by local people for local people ever since, becoming a trusted and highly-respected local resource and a key feature in the lives of children and their families. Now in its second generation, many parents bringing their families" - STAA

God, these lovely, peaceful morning hours in Europe before that stupid cunt wakes up.

The US military has 22 sites in the UK. Every day long range US bombers are taking off here to drop bombs on Iran. This is a rogue state carrying out war crimes, and threatening more. The UK Government must grow a spine - and stop our bases being used for this war.

Kier Starmer when are you going to show s courage & leadership & call this out for what it is & stop air bases being used to commit these crimes, continue to make yourself an accomplice. Otherwise you should stand down, you are endangering the people you govern. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

‘It’s all around St Anns — old summer houses being (barely) held up by ivy, rusted corrugated iron roofs, wooden benches sinking back into the murky soil stew.’ Wrote some words about Allotment Tapes for the fabulous @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social . www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/04/allo...

Looking forward to experiencing the plagues of frogs… thanks @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social .

Translation: Net Zero threatens the value of our proprietor's investments. The world must cook for the sake of his portfolio.

Meanwhile, slightly bizarrely, if you have an electric car and charge it on Octopus Agile tomorrow lunchtime, you'll be paid several quid to do so because there's going to be TOO MUCH WIND POWER FOR THE GRID TO HANDLE. Time to open the oven door, turn the heat to max, and reduce your energy bill!

Australian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros offering a hymn of thanks...

I came to allotments, and St Anns in particular, via a rather wavy process… I think I wanted to do something connected to land use/nature as these are subjects that are important to me. What I love about allotments is the real DIY, non- conformist vibe that purveys them.

April is here! No fooling, the preview track for Allotment Tapes #4 - St Anns In The Countryside (with Mo Cooper) is up today on my Bandcamp. You can pre-order or become a subscriber and get every release in your inbox each month, along with special bonus and behind the scenes sound and footage.

Exploring St Ann’s beyond the allotments today via David Boulters ‘St Ann’s‘ courtesy of @claypipemusic.bsky.social . Thanks @moonbuilding.bsky.social for the heads up! claypipemusic.bandcamp.com/album/st-anns

Thanks @moonbuilding.bsky.social for the lovely words about Allotment Tapes 3 (Out today!)…

Last chance to listen to Allotment Tapes 2 before it disappears back underground tomorrow: benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/album/allotm...

This looks great! If I wasn’t up to my armpits in my own field recordings atm I’d be routing through.

TOMORROW! Come down to the plot for March's Listening Party. Allotment Tapes #3 - We Are All Visitors Here will play in full. Unfortunately, due to family circumstances, I won't be able to join you this time but the event will go ahead as planned. Links below benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/merch/allotm...

Fiddle player (well viola) spotted in the depths of St Ann’s Allotments! Lovely to have a bit of a jam with nature, thinking up new ideas.. thanks to Val @ 326artspace for the filming. March's Allotment Tapes will be released on Friday 27th March via my Bandcamp. Links in all the usual places

Lovely stuff... does this mean we can all go back to bed?

Many thanks to Reece Jeffrey for these ace photos from my last gig By Our Hands for Hello Thor alongside Strangeloop and Boci. I’m taking a breather from gigging for the first part of this year, but plans in place from June.. If you would like me to come and play for you please do get in touch.