Plugging this again cos it’s gonna be a good ‘un.

Leafing through this baby #FreeJazz

Some cheap £5 tickets just made available for this, DM me if interested.

Next Sunday 16th Nov @exchangebristol.bsky.social 2pm Broken Numbers with a stellar guest lineup of Dominic Lash, Phil Gibbs, Buster Woodruff-Bryant and Aidan Searle. 2 sets of adventurous improvised music from key players on the Bristol scene and beyond, be there hdfst.uk/e139519

Baffles me when people use the term “self-indulgent” to describe music negatively.

"In interviews around 1988, Chuck D declared rap was Black America’s CNN. The Native Tongues added to the conversation. This was the start of rap music’s Daisy Age. " My latest for @discogsofficial.bsky.social looks at the Daisy Age rap movement. Check it here 👇 www.discogs.com/digs/music/e...

A special Sound Bureau is happening on Tuesday November 11th where we feature Tom Whitwell's Music Thing Modular #workshopsystem advanced tickets from: wegottickets.com/event/679899

Bad moon risin’

Omega Institute on the bill for legends Glaxo Babies album launch Nov 20th at The Louisiana, Bristol hdfst.uk/e140720

Great set, loved every minute.

Gutted to hear Dave Ball has died.

Enough is enough. Will you email your MP today and join our call?

On Monday, Saudi Arabia executed Reprieve client and child defendant Abdullah Al-Derazi. He was arrested in August 2014 when he was 18 years old. The crimes he was charged with related to attending demonstrations calling for basic human rights - when he was still a child 🧵

Work today - digitising some Lol Coxhill sax improvisations as part of Forkbeard Fantasy’s ‘Rubber God Show’. This probably hasn’t been heard for 50+ years. Not a bad start to the day!

Omega Institute feature on the new Collapsing Drums compilation tape, available here collapsingdrums.bandcamp.com/album/collap...

Chuffed to have an Omega Institute track on the new Collapsing Drums compilation which is launched at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social on 21/10/25 and @cubecinema.com on 30/10/25 hdfst.uk/e137354

Amazing, intense show from PH last night with encore of ‘Refugees’.

Chuffed to be on the bill for the Glaxo Babies album launch 20/11/25 at @thelouisiana.bsky.social Bristol www.thelouisiana.net/events/2025/...

You’ve almost got to admire his ability to make every next policy decision measurably stupider than the last.

Next Sunday at 2pm - the return of Broken Numbers @exchangebristol.bsky.social 2 sets of improvised music with all-star guest lineup of Kyle King - Synthesiser, Richard Hughes - Accordian, Holly McIntosh - Bass, Harry Furniss - Cornet, Bob Helson - Drums. DON’T MISS!!! hdfst.uk/e137290

"The scenes of carnage in Gaza have become so common, the world has forgotten the pain each bomb leaves behind." - Osama Bin Javaid, journalist

Remember this every time you hear anchors and journos say that “Israel is targeting Hamas”

Very pleased to announce a So Watt special for this year's London Jazz Festival. This time: Derek Bailey and Jeremy Marre's landmark series about improvisation, projected from the best materials. In stereo and in full and in a single afternoon. November 15th. www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Denzil Dennis ‘Mama We’re All Crazee Now’ 1973 m.youtube.com/watch?v=9J1k...

Over the weekend, the world's richest man appeared on screens in central London to call for a race war and for the UK government to be overthrown. No arrests were made in connection with that communication.

Remembering Marc Bolan who tragically passed away on this day in 1977. 📸: Masayoshi Sukita.

Tomorrow night with Jo Kelly @miasmacorp.bsky.social on bass, don’t miss this one - Led Bib w/ Omega Institute at The Cube hdfst.uk/e134891

Looking forward to this one at @cubecinema.com on Tuesday

You cannot appease this. You can either defeat it or watch it grow and take everything you hold dear down with it. There can be no compromise with fascism.

Saturday morning timeline cleanser: It looks like the Elbit Systems Aztec West facility in Bristol has closed down permanently www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Back at Wayout Westport with Omega Institute on Tues 23/9/25 at The Hayloft at The Three Cups, Malmesbury. Excited to be sharing a bill with Rachel Musson and Phil Minton. Tickets here www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

Who needs a Bandcamp Club when we’ve got @deselbysgold.bsky.social

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

Next gig: Omega Institute with Led Bib at @cubecinema.com Tues 16th September. Tickets available now hdfst.uk/e134891

Sonic loveliness from @remissionent.bsky.social @wormholeworld.bsky.social @moraynewlands.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social @theuntiedknot.bsky.social @bobbyqeld.bsky.social @sickrobot80.bsky.social and lots more....

Mike Watt invited me on to his ‘Watt from Pedro’ show last week to chat about & play music from Omega Institute (and related) amongst loads of other good stuff. It was great fun, Watt is a great guy with wise insights on all sorts of stuff. You can listen here www.twfps.com/past-episode...

Our next Omega Institute gig is at The Cube, Bristol with Led Bib on Tues 16/9/25. Looking forward to playing one of our favourite venues. Tickets here hdfst.uk/e134891 @cubecinema.com

Underrated track

Helluva line-up for this Mark Stewart memorial festival taking place from tomorrow. Venue is Rockaway Park, roughly 20 mins outside Bristol. Entry is free, although any donations will go to Bristol homeless charities.

Was listening to ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ earlier, now just seen the news. Fuck, at least he got to have his big send-off.

Back with Broken Numbers @exchangebristol.bsky.social on Sun July 20th @2-4pm. Guest set from Pablo Moreno Jiminez (trumpet), Simon Mawson (drums) & Hugh Kirkbride (bass). Free jazz n free improv, get some. £7 entry hdfst.uk/e132484

@aidansearle.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/cult...

New for @discogsofficial.bsky.social, I wrote about the roots of Jamaican ska, its importance in the island's musical history and its lasting influence. Check it here 👇 www.discogs.com/digs/music/e...

if your music isn’t unlistenable, I don’t want to hear it.

My latest for @discogsofficial.bsky.social looks at the development of industrial music, taking in a list of albums that narrate the genre's evolution along the way. Check it here 👇

Lucky enough to catch the water lily flowering down the allotment.

@veinsfullofstatic.bsky.social @gregnieuws.bsky.social @wwte.bsky.social @theuntiedknot.bsky.social @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social @wormholeworld.bsky.social and loads of folks I can't find to tag.. Tune in hepcats, it's gonna be a scorcher!

Submit yr .wavs by July 18th. Fuck ICE.

Doing this tomorrow: KERTECZ#24 at L'Étoile Studio, 7pm hdfst.uk/e132779