My good friend Žils (@gillesdelesvelins.bsky.social) has made a new Lunt album. Just released on the amazing Cruel Nature Records!

Same view every week on the way to the sauna. Preparing for a 50km hike that I will do at the weekend. First time hammock sleeping and probably my last chance of the year before the weather turns colder. So much cultural activity in Rīga atm, the city is rich and vibrant.

Went on a nice little 17km hike and met two slow worms, plus a mole cricket. This one let me photograph them, the other slithered away abruptly.

Take a break from the doom news and read some comix news! A round-up of my #comix RELUCTANT SADIST developments! weaverwerx.com/surprise-mof...

Listen again: Liminal Noise / 09th September 2025 Playing tracks by TESA, Nadja, Lilac Numbering System, Lauminary, Rural Tapes and more. @liminalnoise.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/limi...

8-10pm: Liminal Noise @liminalnoise.bsky.social

Tonight's Liminal Noise show on @campradio.bsky.social explores a batch of new long-form releases from Latvian experimental metallers TESA, @nadjaluv.bsky.social, Yea Big and Gregory Saunier, Rural Tapes, Michael Valentine West and lots more... 8pm CET / 9pm LV time / 7pm UK time. listen.camp

Where years of accumulated posters form archeological layers of cultural information. The best bar in Rīga: Bolderaja.

USSR Free Jazz #Vinyl

Mixcloud Link to the latest Liminal Noise show on @campradio.bsky.social full of new music from @ James Blackshaw, David Boulter, Florian Stéphant, Six Microphones, Ishaaq Aarkistra, Boreal Path (Drekka and Rush Falknor), The Earl Of Dean and lots more... www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/limi...

Back here again after a few months away. You can’t beat sitting in a sauna whilst watching gorgeous sunset. For me it is a mental health reset.

The Gauja river is quite high for this time of year due to all the rain we’ve had. I’ve done this hike many times over the last few years, in nearly all the seasons and it never fails to move me.

If you like my radio show, you’re bound to like @onemanunderground.bsky.social

Dusk on the beach somewhere North West of Rīga, camping down for a night under the stars after a day of hiking. Woke up at 3am with a frog on my face. It didn’t seem too bothered about it.

If you missed Tuesday’s show on @campradio.bsky.social then you can now catch it on Mixcloud! It’s all Japanese Jazz!

8-10pm: Liminal Noise Exploring the international 'no audience' underground, broadcasting sublime & experimental from around the world. @liminalnoise.bsky.social | www.facebook.com/LiminalNoise/ #Noise #Experimental #WeirdIndie #Ambient #OutsiderPop *⏰ CEST

Tuesday! listen.camp 10am-12pm: This is not a disco 3-4pm: Bipolar Explorer’s “The Other Room” @bipolarexplorer.info 5-6pm: The Enforced Reincarnation Hour @megalophobe.bsky.social 8-10pm: Liminal Noise @liminalnoise.bsky.social Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/ *⏰ CEST

Tuesday's Liminal Noise show on @campradio.bsky.social is a two hour dive into Japanese jazz, mainly because it is the Summer and I'm taking a break from my exploration of artists from the Baltics and new experimental music. 8pm CET / 9pm LV time / 7pm UK time. listen.camp

There has been a fantastic run of gigs at one of my favourite, intimate Rīga venues recently. This was EIII who I interviewed for the Liminal Noise radio show in May. He played along with Jurijs Santalovs. Check out EIII’s new album on @opaltapes.bsky.social opaltapes.bandcamp.com/album/refrac...

Last weekend was Pride in Rīga, a month of events finishing in 8,000 people taking to the streets and some awesome parties through to sometime the next afternoon… The protestors were the same twelve bland, fools dressed in beige with placards as tired as their message. Here’s to another year!

Tonight! New music from adventurous sound makers!

Tuesday's show on @campradio.bsky.social is plethora of new music from @ingrownrecords.bsky.social, @ctatsu.bsky.social, Adventurous Music, Tavare (@nadjaluv.bsky.social), @pettaluck.bsky.social, Lunt (@gillesdelesvelins.bsky.social) and more… 8pm CET / 9pm LV time / 7pm UK time. listen.camp

Check out Ingrown’s Summer Sale - loads of good stuff in there!

I made a playlist from tracks I’ve played on my radio show over the last few years. At some point I’ll make one for each of the Baltic States, starting with Latvia. bandcamp.com/liminalricha...

Yesterday was the start of the Process festival in Rīga, run by the Baltic Analog lab, it is a love letter to analog film, showcasing people who go through the BAL workshops and international guests. Next door Aiden Baker’s new band Tavare played, which I managed to catch. Spring in Rīga is busy!

Tonight’s show is the EIII interview that was meant to air last month. Listen to him talk about his musical history and his upcoming release on @opaltapes.bsky.social.

Latvia for the Eurovision win! Tautumeitas totally owned it in their semi-final performance. I hope they get through, they’re the best thing Latvia has submitted in years.

Listen again: Liminal Noise / 22nd April 2025 Tracks by EIII, In. Stora, Rosewater, The Haxan Cloak, Ben Frost & more. An interview with EIII a.k.a Arvis Ahuns, as he has a new album being released on the 2nd May on Opal Tapes. @liminalnoise.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/limi...

You can now catch this week's radio show on Mixcloud. It's an interview with the Latvian musician EIII, whose new album will be released on Opal Tapes on the 4th May. www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/limi...

Tuesday! listen.camp 3-4pm: Bipolar Explorer’s “The Other Room” @bipolarexplorer.bsky.social 5-6pm: The Enforced Reincarnation Hour @megalophobe.bsky.social 8-10pm: Liminal Noise (tbc) @liminalnoise.bsky.social 11pm-12am: The Driftway @heartwood9.bsky.social ⏰ CEST

Tonight's show on @campradio.bsky.social Radio is an interview with EIII a.k.a Arvis Ahuns. He is releasing a new album on the 2nd May on Opal Tapes. A deep dive into his musical history, hanging out in Bolderāja, and making music in the bath. 8pm CET / 9pm LV time / 7pm UK time. listen.camp

Within a week Rīga has gone from a misery of an early Spring to Summer with 31 degree temperatures. Loved this misty morning. In every light it is a beautiful city.

We went to Tallinn Music Week to play on the Cindy & Kate stage. Fun was had, but the sound was frickin’ awful. Saw Oil X Gas, who were pretty awesome, and the UK band Arch Femmesis. Typically, with a trip to Tallinn, we all got sick. Perhaps it was having an interview in the snow that did it…

If you see this post, post or quote repost a boarded walkway or similar. #walkway #boardwalk #hiking

RIP to the greatest swordsman who ever lived.

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys made it crystal clear: “We will never recognize any illegal occupation of Ukrainian territory.” No grey zones. No compromises. Just truth and solidarity.

Listen again: One Man Underground / 31st March 2025 90 whole minutes of sounds from the land of the rising sun - dial in!! Playing tracks by XUDAN 集団, Bahboon, Amsterdamned, Half years ROM, NoGoD and more. @onemanunderground.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/one-...

A new Waterflower music video has just dropped. Check out this eerie, post-apocalyptic dreamscape, that follows a surreal and symbolic tale of rebirth and struggle.

Tuesday's show on @campradio.bsky.social is now up on mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/limi... Tracklisting pt1: Eric Arn - Breathe More Deeply Kadonnut Manner – Onnenkantamoinen Mirco Moon - End Transmission Mirco Moon - Desire Lines Waterflower - Būrī (feat. NAAVE, Hilke)

Tonight's Liminal Noise show on @campradio.bsky.social has loads of new music from the Baltics and beyond, including Waterflower, Aidan Baker (@nadjaluv.bsky.social), and a great comp of guitar music from Edgars Rubenis, Kalle Tikas, and others. 8pm CET / 9pm LV time / 7pm UK time. listen.camp

@pettaluck.bsky.social's latest single 'Snake Oil' is on this great playlist.

A rare interview with W.G. Sebald by the brilliant James Wood, in July, 1997 (when Sebald’s only book in English was The Emigrants). It was from a series called The Writer, The Work, hosted by the PEN American Center, New York. brickmag.com/an-interview...

I didn’t even plan on going out last weekend, but at some point I ended up in my favourite bookstore / bar buying a book at 00:18. I believe I rolled home at 5am from a completely different end of Rīga. Sunday was a right-off, apart from watching Mobile Suit Gundam I.

A week of band rehearsals, Latvian music awards, finishing with a feminist March through Rīga. Tired now, but somehow I found the energy to drink beer in my favourite bar, despite falling asleep on the sofa with one of my parrots a few hours ago.

meow

YES!!!!!! First Latvian Oscar!!! Go Gints and team!

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

Listen again to Tuesday’s radio show.

Coming up today! listen.camp 3-4pm: Bipolar Explorer’s “The Other Room” @bipolarexplorer.bsky.social | @sylviasolanas.com 8-10pm: Liminal Noise @liminalnoise.bsky.social 11pm-12am: The Driftway @heartwood9.bsky.social *⏰CET

Tonight's Liminal Noise show on @campradio.bsky.social covers a host of new releases from the ever consistent @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social, Algis Fediajevas, @eleonorakampe.bsky.social, @machine-records.bsky.social, Modern Silent Cinema, and lots more 8pm CET / 9pm LV time / 7pm UK time. listen.camp