I've got lots of stuff from @audioobscura.bsky.social over the last few years and it's all amazing. He's easily one if my favourite electronic/experimental/abstract (no idea what to call it really) artists. This one is not to be missed.

Picked another one of these Serious Records compilations up at the record fair at the weekend. £1 very well spent.

Some random CD #weekendsingles The CD singles have a very different feel to the vinyl singles, as they're pretty much all what I was listening to and buying (or grabbing from the pile of promos at work) *at the time* rather than stuff I might have bought since.

Looking forward to this year's @vinylsanta.bsky.social I've had some absolute beauties in the past few years.

LAST CALL. Today is the Deadline to DM to be part of this year’s #VinylSanta

Deadline to participate is Sunday 9th November. If you haven’t sent a DM get on it. If you’ve got a pal has missed out in the past give them a nudge. See pinned post for instructions.

A lot of the records are still out of reach, but here are a few random 7" #weekendsingles that I could grab.

I really didn't get Hail to the Thief at the time but I returned to it earlier this year and I think it's a great album now. It came out at a time when I didn't give albums I wasn't struck by immediately much time. These live versions are also fantastic.

Very much looking forward to this @moolakiiclubai.bsky.social evening of silent films soundtracked by some lovely live electronic music in Birkenhead. I've been to a couple of these before. Highly recommended.

A decent 10k run this morning, with this as the soundtrack.

The wife and the girls went for their haircut which meant that I was at a loose end near some charity shops. Found this. Quite a bit of Georgio Moroder on this, which is never a bad thing. That sticker's not coming off though. Not without half of the cover coming with it.

I still have limited access to the records due to some building work so here are a few random 12" #weekendsingles from the ones I can reach.

With the exception of the 4 tracks on a couple of very limited 7"s, I think I might have the whole of the @warringtonruncorn.com catalogue on physical. I think. Unless I've missed something. Which I probably have. Really liking those two latest CDs.

I used to love any Simon Harris stuff and, to this day, will still pick something up if it has his name on it. I recently found a tape I'd done from the late 80s with him being interviewed by Carl Kingston on Radio Aire about his new album, Bass. Was great to hear that again.

Absolutely loving these two new tunes from @mintimperial.com Some lovely, laid back dnb. open.spotify.com/album/3jB0ZC...

I've got limited access to the records at the moment due to some building work but here are a few #weekendsingles I could reach on the 7" shelf.

Speaking of old music…more codes: shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com/album/1997-1... 74bh-vftg vcds-gpuu 9j4p-3neq nfsb-cjft ma4w-wge7 g6p4-h3f5 33f4-5wvf 5aah-3sta r96p-c437 a33r-wadv 7h65-ggps x43b-u77d hpxm-evqh 47c9-uyg5 4whu-5fnf qsqd-7pvm bhrs-vntg 5clc-gauu gpse-37eq 2f4f-cvft a5sl-wye7

I spent 3 years making field recordings in desolate churches when we 1st moved to Norfolk, a process through which I realised that “mindfulness can come through sound recording - through listening rather than the breath”. Codes below can be redeemed here, naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/yum

Having a tidy up and came across a bunch of download codes for my 2019 @naviarrecords.bsky.social album 'Gathering Silence'... naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gather... cxhg-kwpv c4en-gx38 es7x-7qdn 8hwh-v9we 24sp-gtl3 ap4r-37qs v6s5-hce2 6y4b-vwrc u2pl-gwcx lm9h-74dp 4gth-5qw2 euup-btdc

This sounds AMAZING.

Is having Gary Numan's name put on the back of your car a thing these days?

Look what arrived from the @castlesinspace.bsky.social sub club this week. Absolutely delighted with this delivery.

Went to see Lord Finesse in Manchester last night. He was done by 10pm. That's my kind of weeknight gig.

@thebeths.bsky.social were absolutely magnificent at Albert Hall in Manchester last night

I meant to come back and say what a magnificent piece of work this is. It's been keeping me sane at work for the last week or so.

It's Sunday afternoon and it's a bit miserable out. Have some free stuff. rolandoakes.bandcamp.com/yum zgq9-htrw mdas-v53k gq9e-yrc9 yb2f-bl4t tvlm-wmeb t9p6-hgrw 2tfu-5bx4 xje2-65ta hg7d-ku37 j2wc-kqlv

I'm giving a load of my old stuff away just because. Actually, no, let's be honest. It's to build up a bit of a mailing list for when I've got something new. Anyway, go grab one. rolandoakes.bandcamp.com/yum 5gx7-wt3q bt4a-cblz 859w-ewt3 trt4-7sr4 jc8u-7t4e fhnx-vnj3 w7c3-bvnj c5hw-xk5k ere4-v878

Very much looking forward to giving this new @audioobscura.bsky.social tape its first listen tonight

Last 10 copies alert! mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/audio-...

Anyone fancy trying to solve a mystery today? I've got nowhere with this!

T La Rock. Produced by Todd Terry. 1989. Sleeping Bag Records. All indicators that this is going to be great. It really isn't. I'd love to know what exactly happened here.

Been back to that charity shop. Twice. These were either 3 for £1 or 5 for £1, depending on the day. Haven't had a haul like this in a long time.

Starting the weekend with...

Decent charity shop haul today. £1 each.

Standing at the BBQ in the garden, beer in hand and Cutty Ranks on 6 music. Lovely.

Kate Bush, Run DMC, James Brown, Reef, NWA, Milli Vanilli, Nu Shooz, Derek B, Live, Bomb the Bass, Fatback Band, Wee Papa Girl Rappers, Q-Tex... All feature somewhere in "Stuff I Stole" bandcamp.com/yum e2x4-kmlv rxej-g6p8 ac67-3672 8pnd-ckqh k6p8-xybw More codes underneath...

Came across this while I was digging through a box of CDs. Genuinely looking forward to listening to this 20 year old Scouse house mix.

Another dive into the box of CDs for some 90s #weekendsingles

The guys in Fulcrum records were always very patient with a 14 year old me taking tapes in of stuff I'd taped off pirate radio. They'd put it on and almost always go and grab a 12" for me. An amazing selection for such a tiny shop. I still miss that place.

Thought I'd dive into the CDs for some #weekendsingles. That's allowed right?

Going through the archive stuff has been a lovely reminder of that period of my life when I had the time to work through *22* mixes of a track before I was happy with it. I can confidently assure you that none of the new stuff has had anything like this level of quality control.

Some more tracks from the archive have just gone live on Bandcamp. Featuring vocals from the first lady of jazz, "Two Kinds of Blues" is two haunting and atmospheric tracks with that unique voice, smooth synths, dubbed out piano and laid back beats. rolandoakes.bandcamp.com/album/two-ki...

There's a very excited 12 year old in my house at the moment, since she heard that this countdown has appeared on the Taylor Swift website today.

Anyone else into buying a bit of non-uk music when they're abroad? I've been to France and picked up an album by a singer called Vitaa and the third in MC Solaar's triptyque from last year (I've got the first two already which were out last summer). Both excellent.

For #weekendsingles, here's a load of UB40

Slightly off topic, but what on earth is this socket thing for?

Savages

Very pleased to be back on @mortalitytables.bsky.social for a release that has been about 18 months in the making. The Lost Weekend is an archieve of around 100 field recordings made my Mat Smith in 2020 onto which I composed soundscapes to create a continuous mixtape. To be released in Sept

Decent charity shop finds are quite rare around here these days, but I managed to find these for a quid each. A couple of bits of early UB40 that I don't yet have.