Bluesky’s algorithm thought I might be interested in this book by @wadeywade.bsky.social and it is right. After all, 1984 was objectively the best year. www.bonnierbooks.co.uk/books/blink-...

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

Listening to this while I do "work work" this morning. I think I recognise approximately zero of the songs on the list, which makes me feel very out of touch! www.treblezine.com/the-100-best...

The Unfinished Black Friday sale is on. Unleash your wallet!

Most of the time scrolling reddit feels really poor use of my time. And then I come across something like this.

This trend of ads where an actor pretends to be an influencer sitting in their car, telling their phone about some amazing product they just discovered and have to share with their followers (us, I guess). They show this fake crap on actual TV here in Australia.

For my new soundset I went down a hoover rabbit hole. I discovered that the hoover that was sampled by many, many drum and bass artists doesn't come from Beltram's Mentasm, it is actually from Jessie Deep's track S.H.U.M. So badass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz9o...

I've got a Black Friday sale going on! Up to 40% off everything in the store, plus multi-buy discounts. oblivionsoundlab.com/product-cate... Music in the video is by the one and only @killstarr.bsky.social made with our Dreamstate soundset

I have grown to appreciate The Phantom Menace, but I still get a good laugh from this old Bored skit. I just enjoy Jar Jar Binks impressions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpzJ...

Tim Cant aka Chronicle has done a cheeky breakdown of his new track Encarta, which includes a couple of patches from my Timeshift soundset. His Fantasy Zone EP is out now on Spatial youtu.be/bI8fn0imWMc?...

The pitch shifted "Tay Tay Tay Tay" vocal from Mel & Kim's Respectable is stuck in my head this morning. It's going to be one of those days, I think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykDs...

Letterboxd is showing some people (not me sadly 😞) this CAPTCHA challenge when they log Bugonia. Classic.

Saw Bugonia last night, and was curious about the memorable typeface used in the film's branding. As an ex-pat New Zealander I was pleasantly surprised to discover that is was designed by Samoan/New Zealand designer Joseph Churchward: collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/91526...

What's this? Giallo disco from @maiovvi.bsky.social on Spun Out of Control? Fuck yes! spunoutofcontrol.bandcamp.com/album/deathg...

Power Glove get HEAVY on their score for Devil May Cry. A natural evolution of 2043: Volume 1. Everything they've done blows me away. Such incredible producers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nhS...

Not sure if I should feel proud to have solved my first “evil” Clues by Sam, or embarrassed that it took me over an hour…

I stay subscribed to Pinterest’s daily email digest, because I sometimes discover illustrators that way. But their email titles are getting progressively creepier. Today’s was “Jonathan, just trust us”.

Trying to listen to the Atlanta Monster podcast, but MAVS’ score is way too distracting (in a good way!) makeupandvanityset.bandcamp.com/album/atlant...

Reverb Machine have done a breakdown of Q Lazzarus’ track Goodbye Horses. I had only ever heard it in the context of Silence of the Lambs, and always thought it was sung by a man. The Q Lazzarus story sounds tragic. There’s a doco about her, so I’ll keep an eye out. reverbmachine.com/blog/how-q-l...

My random thoughts while watching The Lost Boys: Those gotta be real-life Santa Cruz punks in the opening montage. Shirtless sax guy never gets old. Chinese takeaway in the ‘80s was unflavoured white rice? Rob Lowe poster on Corey Haim’s wall. Mondrian bathrobe.

Revenge was my Halloween night film. ROB’s score is outstanding. So grimy. Not technically a horror film though? So I may watch The Lost Boy later!

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I have a little over 12 hours to decide what horror movie I’ going to watch tonight… 🍿🧛🧟🔪🎃

Affinity Photo, Design and Publish are being merged into one free application. Sounds like they plan to make money by selling Canva subscriptions to use AI tools in Affinty. “Free forever” makes me suspicious, but I guess if you don’t use genAI this is great news. youtu.be/UP_TBaKODlw?...

The Australian prime minister was photographed wearing a Joy Division T-Shirt, and The Guardian are having a field day with their headlines.

If you’re burned out on Wordle but still want a daily puzzle fix, Clues by Sam is a daily logic puzzle where you use clues to deduce who is innocent and who is a criminal. Daily is free, or you can buy a pack for $1+. cluesbysam.com

This one snuck under my radar. My friend Kevin Hartnell composed this wonderfully spooky audiobook score. Really great! Check out his Campfire Radio scores for more spooky season sounds. kevinhartnell.bandcamp.com/album/one-re...

My Halloween sale is a little late this year, but there is still time to unleash your inner John Carpenter! oblivionsoundlab.com/product-cate...

I thought that the 8 macro knobs in Serum 2 would feel overwhelming (to assign), but actually it feels great not having to pick-and-choose what gets a macro and what doesn't.

Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace?

TIL: Serum uses TAL Reverb for its plate and hall reverb effects.

I have become my parents. At A$5 including post I couldn’t resist. I feel a little guilty because I think the seller probably lost money on this one.

Free stuff!

Last few days to grab Dreamstate at the intro price! A swag of synth/dream/chillwave patches by @killstarr.bsky.social and myself.

Started watching Uncut Gems, immediately intrigued by the music during the opening scene. Turns out Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never scored the film!

Treat your ears and have a listen to Matt’s walkthrough of these two Diva soundsets.

Todays haul. Reliving my youth. Like millions of other awkward teenagers The Violent Femmes were my favourite group. By art school it was The Pixies. Never owned Doolittle though, it was always just in the air. Not a U2 fan, but have a soft spot for War and got it for A$5.

So they're doing an Anaconda reboot where the plot is that they're doing a reboot of Anaconda...

Gotta love Ian Brown's absolute commitment to not putting the microphone anywhere near his mouth in the music video for I Wanna Be Adored. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...

A VERY well known producer just bought a bunch of my soundsets and plugins. Squee!

Just took my 16yo for their first driving lesson (sans professional instructor). My heart should stop racing any day now. Apparently my car "speeds up when you put your foot on the brake".

Worked on something a bit different recently: my first sound design commission. I designed bespoke synth patches that will be used in the score for a forthcoming MMO video game. The score will combine orchestral and synth sounds, so I'm excited to hear how it turns out.

Is anyone else living in fear of the moment that they discover a cool new musician, get excited and tell everyone about it, then learn that the artist doesn’t exist and the music is AI slop?

I like the sound of “cosy media”. We shall see. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

An Australian perspective on boycotting Spotify. I doubt it will matter to anyone, but I’m going to pull my handful of tracks off Spotify. Putting my money where my mouth is, and all that. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

The gentleman in the hospital bed next to mine seems to have done a runner. He was admitted night after suffering a stroke, and there was some confusion about the name on his hospital record not matching his actual name. This morning he took a phone call and left the building. Most mysterious.

It surprises me how often I am asked what post processing has been done to Oblivion Sound Lab‘s patch showcase demos, and what external effects were used. The answer is always none.

One perk of being laid up for a few days is that I can catch up on some reading. Very much enjoying visiting Discworld again. Sir Pratchett certainly had a way with words.

Back in hospital. It’s getting real tiresome that every time I catch a cold it ends with a trip to the emergency department. Fuck my lungs.

It’s a great soundset. Don’t sleep on this!