Remember Bent's beautiful Swollen, released 25 yrs ago? They've rerecorded it, and it's gorgeous. Wanted to share this because I've been friends with Millsy (one half of Bent) since junior school and he's mastered every Site Nonsite track and taught me so much about production. ffm.to/d7n2naa

My collaboration with Pinklogik, 'Critical Objects' is out today. Our debut EP 'REWIND' features a main track plus extended remixes from each of us. Bandcamp criticalobjects.bandcamp.com Instagram www.instagram.com/criticalobje... YouTube youtu.be/pPXNhpMCArc

Having a tape stock sale, from now until end of #BandcampFriday. I've found enough EP tapes to create five bundles — all four tapes (without maps or other extras) for £20 Reductions on everything else: Live at Delia’s £6, Remixed £5, Japan Series compilation £7 sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/merch

Having a tape stock sale, from now until end of #BandcampFriday. I've found enough EP tapes to create five bundles — all four tapes (without maps or other extras) for £20 Reductions on everything else: Live at Delia’s £6, Remixed £5, Japan Series compilation £7 sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/merch

Some waffle about the Yorke/Donwood exhibition, embracing a loose creative process, and why an album can be "good art". colly.com/journal/this...

The EPs @sitenonsite.com has created as memories of Japan are truly beautiful and often moving. This titled 'Hiroshima' is typical of the dedication he's given to the entire series and a poignant relection on a catastrophic moment in human history... bsky.app/profile/site...

I can’t imagine there’s anyone who hasn’t bought this wonderful EP, but just in case, now would be a patricularly good day to do it

Honoured that Tot/Onyx included Paper Cranes on their moving Hiroshima/Nagasaki mix (my first play on NTS). "Making this mix gave me time to reflect on the ongoing genocide and atrocities... It proved that sometimes music can tell stories better than the language." www.nts.live/shows/guests...

Today is #HiroshimaDay, marking 80 years since the devastating atomic bombing. My song Paper Cranes documents an emotional visit to the peace museum and an encounter with a survivor. Today and every Aug 6, I’ll donate any profits to a Hibakusha charity. sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/album/hirosh...

Notes and audio clips from a recent field recording session with Dr. Marcus Headley — revealing the hidden electromagnetic soundscape and capturing the audible world with greater clarity and intention. colly.com/journal/deep...

As always, thanks to anyone who's continuing to follow this series. I'm continuing with this... You can take the man out of Manchester, but never Manchester out of the man 🖤x 52 Albums To Shape A Soul : Part 29 lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...

Driven grouse shooting should be banned entirely and our uplands—drained and burned by the rich for grouse farming—returned to health. Decades of work have failed, so perhaps we should try licensing, but birds of prey will still be killed in appalling ways, and I'll likely never see a Hen Harrier.

Lost several hours to the new ’Your Ears Later Will Know to Listen’ exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary, which explores “how sound connects us with histories, places and identities”.

Closing in on something.

Immersed in experiments on a rainy afternoon.

Tested several different cassettes in the 414 today. RTM won every time. Imagine if the made a Type II. www.recordingthemasters.com

Fun with Oaka Instruments’ weatherised, water-resistant Tellus contact mic in the Pyrenees a couple of weeks ago. I like to capture unusual, earthy micro textures to play with later and use them to underpin songs about the place. The results are always interesting and, sometimes, eerily percussive.

My recent short residency at @campfr.bsky.social with other musicians and artists was a transformative experience, and the perfect start to this Summer's ACE-funded activity. I preserved a little time each day to reflect and write; here's everything tagged Camp France. colly.com/journal/tag:...

Thanks as always to anyone who's been reading these blog updates. I'm genuinely grateful. Here's the latest post. Sharing thoughts on the brief, bright intensity of visceral pop music 🖤x 52 Albums To Shape A Soul - Part 25 lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...

Testing another USB-powered field setup in the garden, and it might be my new fave. Midi keys into Ableton Move; Portastudio 414 for tape textures, loops, pedal Send & return and overall mixer, all being captured (along with environment) by DR-40.

Seeing sound and feeling things: “Being at Camp has actually helped me shed any remaining feelings of inadequacy. I now feel like I too am a legitimate musician, with absolutely nothing to apologise for or doubt.” colly.com/journal/seei...

Seeing sound and feeling things: “Being at Camp has actually helped me shed any remaining feelings of inadequacy. I now feel like I too am a legitimate musician, with absolutely nothing to apologise for or doubt.” colly.com/journal/seei...

Another step taken: "I thought about it, listened to yesterday’s work again, and then committed. And so I worried about that for the rest of the day. But then again, I came here knowing I needed to find myself in this situation in order to grow." (Photo: Daniel Jones) colly.com/journal/anot...

Rain starts play: "It rained all day, including a very intense thunderstorm. I’m not sure anyone left the place at all, and most folks put themselves to work." colly.com/journal/rain...

Coumebière and Col d'Agnes: "In some cases, I crawled through on my knees and earned a few scratches or hooked my backpack. I also performed reasonably difficult diversions around wet and steep banks. Clearly nobody maintains these paths. Maybe they just gave up." colly.com/journal/coum...

Towering falls and tiny Firecrests: "I prefer to walk alone – setting my own pace, wandering off on side missions, and talking to myself. I also thought I’d move slower at alpine altitude, and I was right." colly.com/journal/towe...

May Day in Aulus-les-Bains. “I was awakened early by church bells, ringing a surprisingly melodic ditty for 7am. Usually, it’s just an hourly ding, the means by which rural areas sync their humans.” colly.com/journal/may-...

Arrival at Camp: “At 750m altitude, it’s around 10°C cooler here than Toulouse, but warm enough for us to sit outside in short sleeves until 10pm. Snow lingers on the mountains, but the valley is warming up.” colly.com/journal/arri...

Read this and thought of @sitenonsite.com @colly.com: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

Heading into the mountains for a week-long residency at @campfr.bsky.social. Aiming document much of what happens on my personal site. First up, a note from Toulouse and a sighting of Tricky. colly.com/journal/toul...

The new Djrum is utterly captivating.

A few faves from 2025 so far… Barker's masterful Stochastic Drift, Eiko Ishibashi’s exceptional Antigone, Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo’s soothing Gaiaphillia. Fave reissue: Rod Modell & Taka Noda’s comforting and sizzlingly ambient Glow World.

My April edition of Electronic Odyssey for @vpraudioclub.bsky.social is now online Following a recent trip to the land of the rising sun, this month we explore electronic music emerging from Japan spanning the early eighties upto the present day. Tune in below 🙏x www.mixcloud.com/vpraudioclub...

Hidemi Ishikawa’s version of Love Comes Quickly is perfect.

I found these old tape recorder books a while ago and they've proven surprisingly useful. Good to see #tapeloops were a thing in the ’50s. - The All-in-One Tape Recorder Book, 1959 - Modern Tape Recording and Hi-Fi, 1963 - Composing With Tape Recorders, 2023 reprint

A new longform piece for @mortalitytables.bsky.social featuring the sounds of construction and demolition, sweary builders and Mat Smith eating a biscuit! Mastered by Shell Yeah Audio.

Some good news: I’ve been awarded Arts Council England funding to expand my field skills and develop conceptual ideas. The highlight will be a short residency at @campfr.bsky.social in the Pyrenees. Then in autumn, I'll resume work on the album and other projects. LOTS to come 😊

Happy Release Day for a very special track ❤️ a remix I did for the wonderful Swedish artist Jeanette Lindström. She is incredible, and it’s an honour for me to have been invited to remix her work. Get it here: karenvogt.bandcamp.com/album/someho... Digital platforms: musicbox.ffm.to/somehow

Here’s my 21st exhaustive (and exhausting) Year in Music roundup. colly.com/journal/twen...

A few thoughts on why this show meant so much... colly.com/journal/paul...

It's that time of year when I like to nerdily list my favourite music of the past 365 days. My favourite album was 'Selected Jambient Works Vol I' by Cowboy Sadness which really resonated with me! hicks.design/journal/hick...

On a high from Paul McCartney last night. I’ve no idea how he does it. Utterly overwhelming on an emotional level with all that history, and songs that link to my childhood bringing me to tears. Oh, and Ringo joined him on Helter Skelter. Wow.

Enjoying the new album from Sonaura — a captivating ambient exploration in tape and texture. sonaura.bandcamp.com/album/snowgl...

Atomised Listening at Stone Nest, a two-day interactive sound installation using obsolete technology. Visitors were able to create their own soundscapes using a mixing desk, 5 reel-to-reel machines and a Space Echo. The building is a former chapel on Shaftesbury Avenue, built in 1888 #soundart

My December edition of 'Electronic Odyssey' is now available c/o @vpraudioclub.bsky.social For the final show of the year, presenting a small selection of the amazing music that entered my orbit. Infinite possibilities. A review of 2024 🚀💫 Listen here : www.mixcloud.com/vpraudioclub...

Seasonal sale + Bandcamp Friday ✨

Seasonal sale: I've dropped prices up to 40% on Japan Series, Remixed and Live albums — downloads and tapes sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/music

A new episode of Troika (finally) out today! Episode #49 is part one of a five part series looking at the history of one of my favourite genres - shoegaze! I start by looking at its origins, all the way back to the Beach Boys in 1970. #podcast #shoegazin hicks.design/troika/troik...

There's a new album from Tetsu Umehara on the way. I loved his debut, Handwritten, blending memories of his Düsseldorf childhood with a fascination for architecture; appropriately austere, but not without moments of beauty. metronrecords.bandcamp.com/album/epheme...

soothing sounds from Nottingham for #cassunday. ✇__✇ ✨