Xmas eve bedtime with young kids is legit the worst 2 hours of the year.

Antifascist stickers spotted in Dundee, Scotland

Never mind me...Ivor Cutler is on this...

Musicians - what will be a better use of your time this year-end - 1) applying for summer festivals and never hearing back or 2) buying those wee green toy soldiers with parachutes and dropping them out an upstairs window?

I always try to give listeners the transcendental experience of listening to some music while doing something else or maybe not.

Everybody and their dug now is doing a "Top X albums of the year" list.

Tonight...

Get it in your diary, folks! Switched On 2026, 6/7/8th November. Early bird tickets only £50 for a full weekend of electronic frivolities and mischief. Are you Switched On? #SwitchedOn #SwitchedOn26 #Whitby #ElectronicMusic

This is on Monday next week. Jennifer Walton is well worth seeing, if you aren't familiar with her. I'll be doing my bit for her tour. 7pm doors, use 'faex8' on ticket link: www.seetickets.com/event/jennif...

Trying to rehearse my set with, ironically, my son watching Numberblocks in the same room.

Unfortunately i have to be in london next week but this looks ace. You should go.

I always had him pegged as one of those guys who have unnecessary ninja swords hung on his wall.

Busy wee Bandcamp Friday.

The last time I got a mention in The Skinny was when my old band played with Hey Enemy at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh in 2011. Serendipitous it should happen again just before I play the same venue soon. www.theskinny.co.uk/music/new-mu...

"Faex Optim channels his gift for luminous, emotive electronics into a radiant new chapter with Touched Music, crafting an ambient journey whose every shimmer, drift, and pulse feels like a quiet beacon of hope." igloomag.com/reviews/faex...

A bit late to learning about why Rockstar sacked those developers. Guess that's another business that won't get a penny from me ever again.

This was the Gen X equivalent of Only Fans: youtu.be/M1S5BvsTNSQ?...

The first release on a brand new tape label. This Bandcamp Friday.

@chollymusic.bsky.social released a new single btw, tied to an EP coming in 2026: cholly.bandcamp.com/album/octopoda

They really don't make it easy for me at times.

The old flying pint glass and pool cue over the heed combo. Great to see my wee town keeping up pub punch-up traditions.

Coloured vinyl is so passe ;P touched.bandcamp.com/album/solar-drift

Last show of 2025: Doors 7pm (I'll be on around 7.30 so get in early) Tickets available (please use code 'faex8'): www.seetickets.com/event/jennifer-walton/sneaky-pete-s/3537079

What an utterly pointless exercise. www.mojo4music.com/articles/the...

Official video for Monomial. Taken from Solar Drift (Touched Music) youtu.be/nJvVqkBm6Xk?...

The CD run sold out in 1 day! Still some vinyl remaining if you're quick.

Massive props to everyone who bought a copy within the first few hours of release last night. You've already made this one of Bandcamp's best selling electronic albums currently. Down to last few CDs. Still some vinyl left but selling quickly. Right, enough album stuff...I'm going to the pub.

"...an album that balances airiness with depth, uplift with introspection. It’s a radiant, assured step forward for an artist who continues to refine his voice..." choonreview.com/faex-optim-s...

'Solar Drift' now on sale via Touched Music Bandcamp. Featuring remixes by Sevendeaths, Concretism, Heogen, and Yunx. Available on Vinyl, CD, and Digital formats - touched.bandcamp.com/album/solar-...

Remix swaps are to 2025 what gig swaps were to 2005.

Silly artist monikers are in. My time has finally come.

Tomorrow.

If Scotland want a kind of IDM world cup song then I could probably free up my schedule to knock something up. You might not win the tournament, but you'll have the best beats.

That game took years off me.

This Friday, my next LP 'Solar Drift' will be released by Touched Music. Join us at 7.30pm for a Mixlr release event featuring a guest mix by me followed by a play-through of the album. touched-music.mixlr.com/events/46687...

Beerdrunk Souls, taken from upcoming LP 'Solar Drift'. Releasing on Touched Music, Fri 21st Nov. youtu.be/FfFt1tyPD8Q?...

Beerdrunk Souls, taken from upcoming LP 'Solar Drift'. Releasing on Touched Music, Fri 21st Nov. youtu.be/FfFt1tyPD8Q?...

Konx-om-Pax w/ Faex Optim & Everyday Dust, Friday 13th February 2026, Old Hairdressers Glasgow. Early bird ticket offer until 31st December. Special thanks to Kitty Hunter for poster/flyer design. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/konx-om-pa...

Your annual reminder Halloween is pronounced "sah-win", trick-or-treat is pronounced "guy-zing", and pumpkin is pronounced "tum-shi". Always here to help ;)

Limmy called this ages ago.

2 weeks from tomorrow, I'll be performing at Switched On alongside some great electronic music artists. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/switched-o...

It doesn't matter whether you think trolling people is fun or not, this is a lack of class and professionalism aimed at entertaining morons.

Listen again: From Bonfire Hill / 13th October 2025 Playing tracks by Bonfire Hill, Faex Optim, Band Of Cloud, The Twelve Hour Foundation, TSR2 and more. @bonfirehill.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/from...

Like the Red Army in April 1945, I've made it into Berlin. (Deliberate Mark Corrigan vibes) Cheers to 20 Seconds Magazine for featuring the track...

Due to scheduling changes, Touched are releasing this two weeks later than originally planned on 21st November.

There's a reason the Trainspotting line "it's shite being Scottish" resonated so much up here.

Get in in this listening party. Myself and a plethora of other great artists contributed in different guises to the soundtrack and reworks.