Thanks to Jack Mello and @wfmu.bsky.social for doing a slot on Ken Patten and the Sheffield space age after reading my book. Ken is now rocking the place like a man from the Catskills. Cheers lads wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

A salute to Sheffield courtesy of Jack Mello on WMFU Radio, check out his playlist here inspired by @coldtapfilms.bsky.social's book Studio Electrophonique: wfmu.org/playlists/sh... Studio Electrophonique is out now and available from all good bookshops & online. #booksky #playlist #Sheffield

Thanks to the @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social team for including Studio Electrophonique by Jamie Taylor (@coldtapfilms.bsky.social) in their Books of 2025 list. #booksky

Cheers for the nod for Studio Electrophonique. I appreciate it.

Thanks @teddyjamieson.bsky.social at @heraldscotland.bsky.social for including 'Studio Electrophonique' by Jamie Taylor (@coldtapfilms.bsky.social) in their best music books of 2025. Full list here: www.pressreader.com/uk/the-heral... #booksky

Thanks to the team at Resident Music in #Brighton for making Studio Electrophonique by @coldtapfilms.bsky.social one of their Books of 2025! View the full list here: www.resident-music.com/collection/b... #booksky

We have music books for every budget this Christmas, from paperbacks for stocking fillers by @coldtapfilms.bsky.social & @djpaulette.bsky.social, to coffee table books like the Island Book of Records Volume 2. All 40% OFF in our sale until December 23rd, but order ASAP for Xmas delivery. #booksky

Tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/book-frame?e...

Plugging the book for the pre-Christmas punters this Saturday at St Giles Church at Camberwell. Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso...

This is today! facebook.com/events/s/tow...

If you missed out on 'Studio Electrophonique' events earlier this year, then happily @coldtapfilms.bsky.social is on the road again this month, with events at @otsfestival.bsky.social #Sheffield, TOWN Festival #Halifax and London. Tickets & info here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #booksky

Join @coldtapfilms.bsky.social in #Peckham later this month as he shares the amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands, including Pulp and The Human League. 25th October Tickets still available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso... #London

Friday teatime special! Tickets here: offtheshelf.org.uk/events/studi...

Come down for a pint and an outside chance of some cultural badinage.

Book and film events in October @manchesterup.bsky.social Come and have a listen to the same old patter

Me and our Vince. Come and have a chat.

We have two events at @otsfestival.bsky.social this year! 17th October Studio Electrophonique – @coldtapfilms.bsky.social with @djdebgrant.bsky.social: offtheshelf.org.uk/events/studi... 19th October Folklore – @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social: offtheshelf.org.uk/events/folkl...

Don't miss @coldtapfilms.bsky.social at the upcoming TOWN Festival in #Halifax as he unpacks the amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands. Tickets on sale now: www.seetickets.com/event/jamie-... @bookcornerhx.bsky.social #booksky

Head to BBC Sounds to listen back to Jamie Taylor (@coldtapfilms.bsky.social) on his book 'Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from the Human League to Pulp' on @bbc6music.bsky.social with @laurenlaverne.bsky.social: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 'Studio Electrophonique' is out now!

Thanks to everyone who turned up for a foreign legion-style ‘march or die’ style walking tour of my books hot and cold spots. Put your feet up.

Great to be involved in Sound Affects last night in Brighton with @liaminscoejones.bsky.social and Erin James. Cheers to Jak for organising and @pacificbeliefs.bsky.social for flogging a few more books.

Mighty grateful that the book’s gone down well. If reading the book has made you want to see me point at Sheffield buildings, join me on Sunday 15th June at 2pm for a free walking tour organised by @labiblioteka.bsky.social Only 9 spots left! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ labiblioteka.co/event/a-walk...

Thanks to Mal, Adi, Travis and the Horse Hospital for a great do last night in London.

Don't miss author @coldtapfilms.bsky.social and other guests at the next Sound Affects event in #Brighton! Sound Affects is a night of talks about music and subcultures, how sound affects us and how music changes the world. Tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/sound-affect...

'This potty, audacious gem is defiantly atypical, more a dystopian novel, odyssey or psychogeography treatise than an off-the-peg music biography.' Mark Hodkinson's review of 'Studio Electrophonique' by @coldtapfilms.bsky.social in the latest issue of Rock'n'Reel (RNR) magazine. #booksky

Author @coldtapfilms.bsky.social tells NME about new book 'Studio Electrophonique', the DIY maverick that could have stepped out of a Wes Anderson film, and the Steel City artists carrying that same spirit today: www.nme.com/news/music/s... Out now, available from bookshops & online! #booksky #nme

Nice one Andy. It means a lot.

Cheers to @leahkardos.bsky.social for the kind review in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social . I set out to write a ‘layered meditation on memory, obscurity and sonic heritage’ and now I have. Boom!

Cheers Roger. Great to meet you. Hope you enjoyed The Brown Bear.

Thanks to everyone who came to the Sheffield Central Library book launch on Wednesday in semi-tropical conditions. Hope you’ve all rehydrated. Thanks to Philippe Dufour for the amazing photos.

If you’re coming along to the SOLD OUT event at Sheffield Central Library next Wednesday, snap up one of our commemorative A3 art prints for the downstairs bog. Special prize if anyone can name the Kubrick-style interior. @manchesterup.bsky.social @labiblioteka.bsky.social

Cheers to Sarah @shindigmagazine.bsky.social for the cracking review. Buy signed copies ⬇️ www.roughtrade.com/product/jami...

Had a great chat about Ken Patten and Sheffield music with @jeanettekwakye.bsky.social on @bbc5live.bsky.social this weekend. Thanks for having us on the show. Listen here ⬇️

Not being a competitive first timer but let’s get this bright green book to at least No. 1,876 in the evil corporate charts! Buy here⬇️ www.amazon.co.uk/Studio-Elect...

Cheers @jeres.bsky.social for the kind words. I appreciate it.

Great to chat with Paulette on Radio Sheffield yesterday. Never knew she worked in the Castle Market at the same time as Jarvis. www.facebook.com/reel/2376873...

Cheers to Roy Wilkinson @mojomagazine.bsky.social for the kind review. Buy book here ⬇️ www.waterstones.com/book/studio-...

Publication day for my book about Studio Electrophonique and the stars of the Sheffield space age. Thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social for cobbling it all together. A shot in the ruins of Rare & Racy says more than words can convey. Buy here: www.waterstones.com/book/studio-...

Appreciate the heartening words from @teddyjamieson.bsky.social in The Herald. Let the second Sheffield space age begin! (on Tuesday) Order here if you can’t wait until then. www.waterstones.com/book/studio-...

Our Studio Electrophonique Redux event at Sheffield central library on Wednesday 30th April has now sold out. Thanks to all who have snapped up tickets. My new @manchesterup.bsky.social book will be on sale plus ltd edition A3 art prints ⬇️

Ken’s gone global. Great chatting to Dylan @vinyldistrict.bsky.social . Shame the budget won’t get me to that New York literary salon.

The book launch event at Sheffield Central Library is free to all space cadets* Reserve your spot below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1267128167... *please buy a book

Tickets released tomorrow for Studio Electrophonique Redux, an evening of film, music and literature to honour the late great Ken Patten and all the young artists who launched the Sheffield space age. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1267128167... Pre-order book here: www.waterstones.com/book/studio-...

Cheers Sinéad. Nice hardware.

Special offer on pre-orders for my #Sheffield music book this weekend. All fans of Pulp, the bands of Martyn Ware’s workshop apprenticeship and general northern Dada madness, please repost and spread the word. @manchesterup.bsky.social @marcheenware.bsky.social @pulplibrarian.bsky.social

Compiled by the world’s only Patten-ologist @doitthissen.bsky.social Cheers Jon

A snapshot of the index of my new book about Sheffield art / music during the space race. This is what the S section in my brain looks like. I’m aiming for the Mel Sterland / Jean Paul Sartre nexus. Order below: waterstones.com/book/studio-el… @manchesterup.bsky.social

To celebrate the novel use of fluorescent inks for the British Pop Archive covers, @manchesterup.bsky.social sent me a matching ribbed cardigan to go with the proof copies. Unmatched author care! waterstones.com/book/studio-el…

The book tells the stories of Sheffield creatives in the 1970s and 1980s. It’s a love letter to the city’s spirit, to the spirit of Dada and to the untutored invention that flourished in often grim surroundings. Order it here: www.waterstones.com/book/studio-...

Very excited to be launching a book about the heroes of the Sheffield space age in April with @manchesterup.bsky.social If you are into Pulp, ABC, Clock DVA, Heaven 17, The Human League or even The Electric Armpits, it will be up your street. Follow for details of launch events