One last reminder - this is happening in Glasgow on Friday. Cheers. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/konx-om-pa...

FWIW i'm not criticising. I wonder if it's a symptom of the risk averse nature now due to how hard it is to shift albums. Even the traditionally risk taking indy labels are apprehensive about doing something that doesn't appeal to their base. I think variety is better generally, but that's just me.

When I was first speaking to labels, I remember one or two saying they liked my music but already sounded a little like another artist they had. Now, there is a growing trend of small labels putting out artists who all sound the same and have to fit/adopt a very specific defined aesthetic

USA can't even simple sporting events without it becoming some inane culture war battleground at the moment. It is reminiscent of my family's attempts at whatsapp groups over the years.

Dearie me, we've been a bit lazy on Bsky... to action! When we reviewed this album from Faex Optim [@faexoptim.bsky.social] on Touched Music, the tingling in our tummies told us we had a live one on our hands, a true hit release choonreview.com/faex-optim-s... #idm #elm #faexoptim #choonreview

Cheers to the folks picking up a copy today. It's almost as if it makes packaging and selling music worth the effort ;)

Bandcamp Friday tomorrow. Solar Drift vinyl being sold by Touched Music is down to final 1/3 of their stock. touched.bandcamp.com/album/solar-...

In the past 24 hours i've had one lad tell me one of my tracks has "no creative value", and another told me a percussion sound was "out of sync" (it was on an off-beat). I've had plenty of generous comments, but of course this is the kind of thing i'll dwell on...

Ricky Gervais has turned into a sack of boring boomer tropes and cliches. (FWIW I don't pay attention to awards ceremonies or their speeches either) www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Legendary Glasgow music venue to close as all jobs axed share.google/ErSd1SnCkE05...

YUSSSS! GO ON AMELIA! You're smashing it! xx PS: Please keep sending the cards. It's making her UK record-breaking much more memorable. It means everything to her and her family. Thanks if you have sent one (or a few) already xx

Konx-om-Pax is opening for Max Cooper tonight at SWG3 Glasgow. Two weeks later, he's in Glasgow again with me and @everydaydust.bsky.social Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/konx-om-pa...

Whenever I have a good idea some bloody emus have to come along and ruin it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just out of pure boredom, I proved that Don't Look Back in Anger's verse is Pachelbel's Canon down 2 semitones. I'll give Noel Gallagher credit for stealing from varied sources.

I've released the newly remastered audio of my performance at @fourtracknights.bsky.social from last June. The performance is a live reimagining of my long form piece Resurrection Of The Foghorns. everydaydust.bandcamp.com/album/4tn-live-at-four-track-nights

This is legit one of the best political party ads I have ever seen. These are the issues facing "ordinary" people.

"If Faex Optim is coming through your city in 2026, you probably won’t want to miss the show." www.publicpressure.io/releases/fae...

Made some inquiries on putting on an event in a disused nuclear bunker in the west of Edinburgh. It's been used for music events before. Still very early stages, but gauging early interest if it were to go ahead? Below image from a prior set up:

Seriously? It looks shit. news.stv.tv/west-central...

Might get a bit spicy.

None of these people get a pass. Trump was civily convicted for sexual assault and bragged about perving on undressed teenagers while they were banging his drum. Don't let them pretend they didn't know.

Depressing really. No criticism of Canada, but Xi's regime are pretty heinous. Which totalitarian horror seems the least unreasonable, I guess.

As a rule, if I contact any promoters/reviewers etc and get ignored, I won't engage with them again. It's way too common in indy music and a practice I have no interest in entertaining.

Took a little wip video and realised my studio space sums up my entire personality. Beer, war and peace novel, xbox controller, novation peak. A long-winded bevvy merchant musician that plays video games. That's my eulogy sorted.

For the new followers. My most recent album, released by Touched Music in November. The CD has sold out but still digital and vinyl. Also on all the streaming platforms.

Sample & Hold lfo ftw

Anyone seen what happened to DRAM prices last year? Whoever develops a decent cloud-based DAW will probably be onto a winner.....

Now available on streaming platforms

And everyone stop making lists lol.

Make 2026 the year you favour musicianship over aesthetics, musicians over labels, and music over vinyl.

Have you ever noticed Michael Stipe sounds quite similar to Donald Trump? youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg?...

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.

You can still buy my old stuff on Bandcamp if you fancy it.

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.