The Olympdicks

Kelly Moran had a visual component to her show. It was mainly akin to her album covers, except one video from Don't Trust Mirrors, and a drone video of a figure skater dancing. I can only assume that skater will be dancing to that music in the Olympics. If so, Kelly Moran is going to totally blow up

Today I aim to finish the 2025 music shopping. Wish me luck

Kelly motherfucking Moran. That. Is. What. Is. Up. After debuting Don't Trust Mirrors to London (bad as hell), she only went + dropped some Glass, Sakamoto with her opening act, and generally taught shit. Respect to our best, current teacher. Don't Trust Mirrors is the bomb, and a delight to witness

I is the only thing standing between a MANIFEST and a MANFEST

I wouldn't want to be one of the first to ride in a rushed cable car. And if they don't get it done on time, there will be chaos. Cortina is difficult to get around even when it's quiet. These Olympics will be very easy on the eye though. The Dolomites are amazing www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... I've always wondered about the German words for Potato Flood and Potato Decree. Some mysteries are finite.

Trailer for this looks great

HC005 is off for mastering. Can"t believe it's four years since HC004 was at this stage. Here we are though! Excited to get it in the wild. I've given Ben a particularly weird brief for the cover art. Eager to see what he comes up with

You can check if your details were among the ~30 million accounts breached in the December Soundcloud attacks (impacted roughly 20% of users) over here haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Sound...

This article is pretty remarkable. Never knew about the 1930 plan www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Following today’s @bsky.app announcment, I had a look through the ATProto (Atmosphere) apps (which are surprisingly hard to discover). Gonna spend some time looking more closely, as there’s blogging, RSS, feed creation, streaming, and more. This helped who.loves.brussels/atproto-apps

Yes! Bad Gear does the XT. Love this synth, but the multiplicity of instances and tactile wavetables in the #iosmusic Microwave 1 has completely displaced it for me, and I don't regret selling it, especially when it funded an iPad Pro m.youtube.com/watch?v=s-hL...

After speaking with Plastidisc about space constraints/speeds for the lathe cut, I decided to add a 4th track. Agonising over final mix, then off for mastering, SO… last call to express interest in HC005 vinyl orders. Still expecting this very limited run (<10 copies) to come in at ~£25 w/shipping

I suppose if poo balls and fatbergs are your day-to-day, you may as well call your report DOOF www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The things you learn when a running injury makes you a walker and reader of signs. Nutshambles!

I spent a large part of the weekend looking into #iosmusic step sequencers that can change their scale/key based on inbound MIDI. StepPolyArp can change the root key, but not the scale, although it is possible to create multiple patterns in different scales and trigger pattern change. /1

Props to RØDE for their warranty service. The NTH-100 are incredible value. The only minor issue is a flimsy adjustment lock, which broke on mine after two years. Despite having not originally registered them, and their introduction of the lifetime warranty *after* my purchase, they sent a new pair!

As a Cubase user since the old Atari 1990 days - Charlie Steinberg is a legend. If you’re curious about how cubase came to be and why Steinberg is really the mother of vst technology, a great read with visuals. midi.org/charlie-stei...

Rare scenario where I know the track name before it’s done. Came to me after a long session working on this yesterday night as I laid down in bed after 2 am. It reminds me of disco strangely. “Horse Meat Disco”(vered) -> “But Would You Drink Horse Milk” (ice cream variant also considered) #iosmusic

What do you call a motherly actress in the muppets? Dramamamanamana

Current work in progress. Finally giving Progressions a fair shake. It’s pretty sweet. I love StepPolyArp, but it’s nice to have something so different #iOSMusic

Really recommend reading this for a healthy dose of reporting on good things achieved by humanity. The world needs more of this

The trail shoe design question is so deep and fascinating m.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0Z...

Wild London was pretty good. Would not want to encounter one of those snakes on Regent's Canal! Pretty sweet London's got beavers again though

Never mind the circles, it sheds all its 60-odd teeth at once and then *eats its own teeth* (presumably to retain the calcium). Weird ass mofo

Oh my. Seems we've arrived at the XMas Chode

Putting on Hundreds of Beavers for the second time now. Film of the year 2024. If you haven't seen it, this is basically a tonic for everything boxd.it/7tjE2L

Film of the year probably goes to One Battle After Another, but Weapons is right up there, and really deserves to be considered among the best of 2025. I lived Nosferatu too, but that seems to be divisive. But do watch Weapons. So brilliant boxd.it/aKIevz

After a year of three significant injuries (ankle at Tenerife, rib at Val d'Aran, and PSIS at home), I still managed to run farther, faster and higher (in a single run, and over the year) than ever before. I'll take that at 51. Definitely going to try to break my shit less next year though

Tom Tom Waits Pet Shop Boyz II Men The Roots Manoeuvre Jimi Hendrick James Brown Blonde Redhead Charge Phishbone The Greatful Dead Can Dance Morrisea and Cake Sonny and Cherry Bomb Autechredman Aphex Two Lone Swordsmen Gang Starrs of the Lid Siouxsinéad O'Connor

De La Soul II Soul A Tribe Called Questlove Jungle BROS

Will try that again: Tortoishead

Not sure I’ve done this right, because it might be amazing. Depeche Model 500

ruin two bands by combining them: the revolting cockteau twins

Spare us a thought. Just made my way through ~135 pages of Korg manuals

Of all the weird things about the fleshlight formant synth™, that it has been around for 14 years already is the one that really blows my mind

In 2026 I will have spent more time in the 21st than the 20th century, which doesn't compute in any way