Sometimes I like to take my satellite tracker for a walk across the sky. I just came across Luch/Olymp, a Russian spy satellite, sent up in 2014 to 'observe' other satellites. Although still transmitting it's now broken apart and exists primarily as a debris risk in the geostationary belt.

An open letter to Edinburgh Council’s development management sub-committee (from Edinburgh Minute) www.edinburghminute.com/an-open-lett...

CD copies of MOONLIGHT AND SENTIMENT are still available direct from Klanggalerie: klanggalerie.com/gg412

I have several works catalogued and available via the @musicdeclares.bsky.social repertoire of "chamber music by contemporary composers responding to the climate crisis" www.musicdeclares.net/gb/classical... Come play with me.

Well played, maestro. “I feel an obligation to withdraw this Symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center under its current leadership”

Potential headline: Incoherent, rambling American president backs down on military force on Greenland and pleads for talks, in moment of humiliation for the US

Here in God’s own unmade bed.

Spem in Alium and Tallis X have now been withdrawn from the Omnempathy Bandcamp. They will return again on December 1st 2026.

Listen to Dreamscenes on Concertzender on Sunday evening, wherein you shall find @verlorenschatten.bsky.social continuing to create ripples in the midst of their 'social' silence www.concertzender.nl/programma/dr... Thanks to Peter / @ambientblog.net

The near fire of Fife and the far fire of Edinburgh. This is where the year turned. Be brave, everyone. And kick like fuck.

Yet MORE thanks to @abulmogard.bsky.social for including @verlorenschatten.bsky.social in his last Sopra il Silenzio broadcast of '25 on Dec 30th. And a delight to see @foveahex.bsky.social and Colin Potter on the playlist. Grazie Grazie Grazie Stream this beauty here: www.rovr.live/show/h5a5zi3...

Brigitte Bardot in my neighbourhood. Some kind of yesterday.

You can hear The Twelve Caesars, from the eponymous debut from @verlorenschatten.bsky.social on ep 94 of @abulmogard.bsky.social 's excellent ROVR show, Sopra Il Silenzio. first broadcast on 23rd Dec, now available to stream. Thanks and best holiday wishes, Guido! www.rovr.live/show/ds4rc7l...

🌟 Merry Christmas from a newborn star. Earlier this year the NASA/ESA/CSA #Webb Space Telescope took this stunning image of HH30, an edge-on protoplanetary disc. 🧪🔭 🔗 esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_investigates_a_dusty_and_dynamic_disc

Recalling the time I shared a glass of something nice with the Anti-Santa, Hermann Nitsch. Someone with a sound grasp of German sadly confided that the artist had obviously had a stroke. I correctly ascertained that he - like me - was simply pissed.

This is the darkness. This is the birth of light. Warmest wishes for the season from Michael, @verlorenschatten.bsky.social, and all the Lollipop Guild.

Gullane, weather and air quality. A combination of data composition and visualisation using MaxMSP, Touch Designer, two way OSC and live APIs. Sounds and visual agitations arising from weather conditions, ozone, carbon dioxide, and particulate matter.

Gullane, weather and air quality. A combination of data composition and visualisation using MaxMSP, Touch Designer, two way OSC and live APIs. Sounds and visual agitations arising from weather conditions, ozone, carbon dioxide, and particulate matter.

🙏 @vmdtm.bsky.social ! This is Lullaby, a song I wrote some yrs ago as we all sensed some tide or other starting to turn. A reminder that light always returns (in flames if necessary) and that after every almighty mess, a clear-up comes. Handy enough to remember eh!

voices: Clodagh Simonds, Laura Sheeran, Matt Waldron, Jessica Way, Michael Begg, and various nameless others harmonium: Clodagh Simonds cello: John Contreras violin, viola: Cora Venus Lunny other sounds: Clodagh Simonds, Michael Begg foveahex.bandcamp.com/album/hail-h...

Thanks to @abulmogard.bsky.social for including tracks from Lulu and the Blacks, and a track from @verlorenschatten.bsky.social on his ROVR broadcast yesterday. The whole show, including tracks from Anna Von Hausswolff, Lustmord and Claire M Singer is archived here: www.rovr.live/show/o1qssga...

This is a beautiful track on a beautiful record.

Available only for the duration of Advent each year, if this isn't the most beautiful thing to listen to then I'm afraid I can't help you. omnempathy.bandcamp.com/album/tallis-x

December newsletter. The return of the Spem in Alium erosions, and a slither of news regarding Fovea Hex mailchi.mp/e42415dcb2e2...

There are still a few of us who consider Chelsea Hotel No 1 to be superior to Chelsea Hotel No 2

Life affirming appraisal of LULU AND THE BLACKS from Compulsion Online

Remiss of me not to notice that @abulmogard.bsky.social included ANOTHER track from LULU on his excellent ROVR broadcast, Sopra il Silenzio, this week. Thats 4 tracks featured and another on the way, I am told in a future edition. The playlist on this one is a doozy! www.rovr.live/show/adwcxn7...

Remiss of me not to notice that @abulmogard.bsky.social included ANOTHER track from LULU on his excellent ROVR broadcast, Sopra il Silenzio, this week. Thats 4 tracks featured and another on the way, I am told in a future edition. The playlist on this one is a doozy! www.rovr.live/show/adwcxn7...

We were honoured to have Jessica join us when we played at Berlin's ALARME festival back in 2016 - this is her beautiful new album #jessicamoss #violin #experimental #musiciansforpalestine

Life affirming appraisal of LULU AND THE BLACKS from Compulsion Online

The neighbourhood this morning

The neighbourhood this morning

Hi, Michael. This edition was also on France's @campradio.bsky.social on September 23rd. Link below: www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/bipo...

Sorry for not catching this earlier. Thanks to @bipolarexplorer.info for including sublime Omnempathy artist @verlorenschatten.bsky.social on their @taktentradio.bsky.social show, The Other Room.

"Did you forget I exist"? A track from LULU will feature in this weekends Dreamscenes broadcast on Concertzender. Thank you @ambientblog.net www.concertzender.nl/programma/dr...

You may not know that a Werewolf can both sing and weep, as well as tug on your heartstrings. The unique star that was Michael Hurley, who we lost this year, is gonna put you right. #MichaelHurley #freakfolk #halloween www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2U7...

Another bit of a gem - a Russian folk tune about death "the soul and the pale body parted... parted and took their final leave." before the soul goes off on a wander...... this version by wonderful vocal ensemble Kitka #halloween www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Po...

LANDSCAPE POSTCARD No. 8: Detaille Island, Antarctica As Musician in Residence to the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute I was still finding my feet on the ice when they dropped me here. Who knew there would be so much birdsong at the end of the world? youtu.be/vUw2ciWiIOg

🧵 I have an interest in the night sky. When it is cold and clear you can see forever. I am one of Kafka’s watchmen, because “someone has to be there”. A thread on satellites...

LANDSCAPE POSTCARD No. 6: Elie Haar We who live aside the great river are well accustomed to the sudden change in atmosphere and ambience that rolls in with the hair. LANDSCAPE POSTCARD is an informal series of sound and image portraits of the moment at hand. youtu.be/xjoQUEO2GXA

LANDSCAPE POSTCARD No. 7: Reaching Aberlady Bay There is a fault line somewhere between the neighbourhood and Aberlady Bay. Its what I imagine the transition into eternity to be like. youtu.be/rzsEGJD1sEE

LANDSCAPE POSTCARD No. 7: Reaching Aberlady Bay There is a fault line somewhere between the neighbourhood and Aberlady Bay. Its what I imagine the transition into eternity to be like. youtu.be/rzsEGJD1sEE

My favourite Nurse With Wound album is now available as a remastered vinyl boxset. Get it direct from ICR: icrdistribution.com/products/nur...

LANDSCAPE POSTCARD No. 6: Elie Haar We who live aside the great river are well accustomed to the sudden change in atmosphere and ambience that rolls in with the hair. LANDSCAPE POSTCARD is an informal series of sound and image portraits of the moment at hand. youtu.be/xjoQUEO2GXA

Books of the moment

DAY OF RELEASE. Come get LULU AND THE BLACKS Heartbreaking... mysterious and melancholic... Lulu And The Blacks is a perfect album... AmbientBlog (NL) Perfect Autumn soundtrack... an excellent introduction to what his music is all about Vital Weekly (NL) omnempathy.bandcamp.com/album/lulu-a...

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DAY OF RELEASE. Come get LULU AND THE BLACKS Heartbreaking... mysterious and melancholic... Lulu And The Blacks is a perfect album... AmbientBlog (NL) Perfect Autumn soundtrack... an excellent introduction to what his music is all about Vital Weekly (NL) omnempathy.bandcamp.com/album/lulu-a...

Happy to note that my collaborations with climate variability research fellow, Lukrecia Stulic, will be represented at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow: www.agu.org/Ocean-Scienc...

Thank you @abulmogard.bsky.social for including A Crisis In Archetype Psychology, from the new record, Lulu and the Blacks, this week on your ROVR radio show, Sopra Il Silenzio: www.rovr.live/show/ewmi5bp...