Never thought I’d die fighting US Marines on the icy tundra of Greenland but here we are.

This explains so much. People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity. If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Not giving up on the urge to create even when those creations fall on stoney ground. Art for Art’s sake. Fucking right.

Greenland must be feeling pretty antsy right now.

Up for preorder now on @whitelabrecs.bsky.social , Sleeplaboratory6.0. Featuring a track of mine. A rare thing, since I’m not finding time to make music at the moment.

I do not have a letterboxd or discogs account because I don't need a fixation to turn into an obsession. I don't want my pop culture habits to turn into someone else's content, I played that game for a long, long time and it takes a lot out of you.

Top 2025 no.8: A no-brainer with this one, Surgeon's Shell~Wave. I loved this so much I forked out the extortionate shipping fee to get the tape from Tresor. Sorry anyone following me for ambient stuff; but there's plenty more techno and jungle to come. dj-surgeon.bandcamp.com/album/shell-...

Is it weird that the thing I miss most about the Neo Geo is the smell of those oversized carts? The urge to buy a game without a system to play it on is real.

Top 2025 no.7: Talking of Whitelabrecs; Singles by Calm Pieces. Aptly named; as every track can stand tall by itself. Carefully crafted ambient from start to finish. In a genre full of filler this album deserves more attention. whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/singles

Look what arrived in the mail today; a sneaky peek at the annual Sleeplaboratory compilation on Whitelabrecs. Featuring a track by yours truly. It's only 3 minutes long but I'm rather proud of it. Keep an eye on whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com for preorders in the new year. #ambient

Top 2025 no.6: The latest from Jonny Nash. Ethereal ambient/guitar work. This reminds me of my dad who, unlike me, was deft with an acoustic guitar and would spin out little looped melodies. Especially like the final two tracks 'Holy Moment' & 'Green Lane' jonnynash.bandcamp.com/album/once-w...

Top 2025 no.5: Tobias. & Doltz album of deep techno on Delsin. I'm not usually a fan of vocals in this genre, but 'We are not alone' is perfectly done. This album demonstrates that techno can still represent the future. tobiasfreund.bandcamp.com/album/versus

The BBC iPlayer volume control goes to 11. Has it always done that or is it a tribute?

Top 2025 no.4: Imperial Valley with two slabs of Americana drone. Reminds me of one of my favourites; Barn Owl. I’m sure I read somewhere that this is actually a Richard Skelton pseudonym. Or maybe I dreamt that? Anyway, it’s excellent. foldedtime.bandcamp.com/album/americ...

Next up in my 2025 favourites; Adhemar/Avsluta collab album of ambient techno. Yes, it almost sounds like new age spa background music at times, but I can forgive it that. It’s just so well done and God knows we need some escapism this year. accentsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/accent...

Great EP from Claudio PRC & Cossu. Not pushing any boundaries but just the most solid dub techno. I could listen to this all day long. 012twelve.bandcamp.com/album/praya-...

The best releases from 2025 I've heard so far. I've worked my way through around 300 releases so you don't have to. The Palm Tree Hill EP by Fluid Haunts. Rave inspired jungle, that first track is a solid cold killer. With so much mediocre jungle revival at the moment, this stands out a mile.

2025 has been a rather terrible year for me, and it looks like I’m not the only one. Moving new music from Anthony C.

What's with publishing 'best of 2025' lists when we still have a month to go? Patience people.

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

One month since my dad passed away. A big shock for me. I’d just like to praise the NHS who went above and beyond to try and save him, including round the clock intensive care for 12 days. 12 days with someone by his side checking on him. With professionalism, care and compassion.

There are robot cleaners in Morrisons now. It bumbles down the middle of the aisle, blocking people and generally being a nuisance. It halts the moment it thinks it might hit someone. Which is often. The floors are filthy.

Ok then

Now here’s an email I was beginning to think I would never see.

My 8 year old started playing Fortnite yesterday for the first time after a life of Minecraft, and today won a 100 person Battle Royale match. How do I monetise this skill set?

I am now addicted to the mutate button in Omnisphere 3. It’s essentially automated what I was doing manually in Omni 2; switching out preset sound files with random guitar samples from my user library.

At every step of the pipeline the algorithm tells you to hurry up and make more music as content as if you’re a making YouTube vlog and not an album. In what universe is mentioning the fact that you churned something out as quickly as possible your first time around considered a good thing?

The musicians life is constantly worrying about money but still seriously considering upgrading to Omnisphere 3.

This year it’s been tough to make any music. Partially due to personal life stuff, but also because I’m a big stupid child and I’ve spent far too much time on a Steamdeck.

Vaccines don't cause autism. Autism causes vaccines.

UFO video evidence yesterday, now signs of life on Mars today… our overlords are really ramping up the distractions.

Odd balls claiming that BlueSky is dead based off this data... This looks like a classic pull back after an event-driven sharp spike in new users, perfectly normal.

"Director Jean-Cosme Delaloye has recently released a new documentary titled Desire: The Carl Craig Story. The film details the life and career of the legendary titular producer. I thought, by way of promo, I’d take you on a personal journey through the music of the artist sometimes known as C2."

My son invented/muddled words as a toddler (remembery = memory, mogotten = forgotten). The best one remains in constant family use years later because it’s clearly better than anything else in the English language. Gendy = disgusting, wrong, usually relating to food. “That banana’s a bit gendy”

Yeah but I’m 46.

This is outstanding. God knows what Labour is doing: legitimising the racism that'll be its undoing, losing the coalition which put it in office, trying to secure voters who will never support it, digging its own moral grave. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

This is what I got. In the post that is. I’m a simple man, if I see a @radiohead.wastehq.social art book, I buy it. And bonus belated #cassunday, I finally acquired OK Computer on cassette too.

Anyone remember Anonymous? With the V for Vendetta masks? What happened guys? It’d be like shooting ducks in a barrel right now. Got to be so much poorly guarded data just sloshing about in the US at the moment.

I don’t want to needlessly spread conspiracy theories and dredge up painful memories, but I’m 100% sure emu had gone up that ladder with Rod to fix the television aerial.

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile - and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely. – H.S. Thompson

Once got drunk with Mike in Glasgow, had fish and chips after, top bloke, as is Adam. Give him a follow and this is a rare interview with Underground Resistance's main man. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxYT...

Is it ok to talk about how bad Ozzys solo material was yet? Or too soon?

Not sure I can fathom how people afford high end cars now. Passed three Porsche, an Aston Martin and a Lamborghini this morning. Would never see this concentration of car wealth turn of the century. My neighbour has two Porsche Macans. Two!

Oasis, the reform party of 90’s britpop. Probably why the BBC slavishly reports on their every move.

We're currently celebrating the 600th week of the Naviar Haiku challenge. For the occasion, we decided to offer a clearance sale on all Naviar's catalogue. It's 70% off on anything we've published, using the code "600" when checking out on Bandcamp. naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/music

The new Adam Curtis series Shifty is amazing, I’ve watched the first two episodes and nothing has immersed me into the early 80’s mindset like this. Like a fever dream. I suspect after watching all 5, I’ll go back and immediately watch it all again.

“I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.”

I dropped John Peels salad on the floor as a runner for a TV production company.

Fuckin’ OG

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