Watching Trees announces dates for 2025 Further sonic rambling in the North Wiltshire countryside with Optimo (Espacio) will take place between 29-31st May 2026. Sign up details here: www.theransomnote.com/art-culture/...

Sitting in the space between digital dub and synth-pop with nods to Spectral Display with Primal Scream's @simonemarie4.bsky.social on vocal duty. “NoLo” is from the upcoming anniversary edition of Golden Bug’s Piscolabis II out Oct 3rd on La Belle Records www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...

West London’s Tutu Ta returns with their most haunting work yet on “Violence Or Violets” via the ever excellent Long Gone Are The Old Traditions www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...

"In the current climate where you can’t enjoy your music without knowing what corporate companies are profiting, it’s a truly refreshing experience, how music should be. This really is a festival like no other." @nadiaksaiba.bsky.social reviews We Out Here 25 www.theransomnote.com/music/events...

It should come as no surprise that someone as single-minded as Keith McIvor aka JD Twitch ran a great record label Optimo Music Here's a list of some favourite songs, tracks, releases as picked by Keith’s friends, peers & admirers www.theransomnote.com/music/news/a... @optimo-espacio.bsky.social

Thank you to the very lovely Ransom Note for having me do a two and a half hour musical ramble round my garden - which features quite a few highlights from the Once In A Blue Moon session at We Out Here....

Joe Muggs has lived and breathed electronic music culture for many, many years… So it is with some excitement that he's agreed to don his ambient trousers again for part 4 of our 'Seeds mix'. www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/... @joemuggs.bsky.social

From The Lock Tavern via The Gun to spoons… Family Silver are Mr Nick ‘The Gun’ Stephens and Casper ‘Volte Face' Clark. Handily, via the wonder of a recording from this year’s Field Maneuvers, from The Gun’s stage, you can hear what they sound like... www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/...

Parts W.H. Lung and The 2 Bears; Tom Sharkett and Raf Rundell discuss collaborating, live set-ups, and other randomness... www.theransomnote.com/music/interv...

Ata Kak returns after 30 Years with new album ‘Batakari’ on Awesome Tapes From Africa.

The ever prolific Brian d’Souza readies a new album under his Auntie Flo guise. "Birds of Paradise is about finding beauty and rhythm in a chaotic world, listening to nature, to our bodies and what's real." www.theransomnote.com/music/news/a...

Fashion house Rabanne has announced a collaboration with the renowned Miraval Studios in Provence to remaster and relaunch music from founder Paco Rabanne’s 1980s catalogue, launching with the July 9 re-release of “Listen To The Music” by Judy Carter. www.theransomnote.com/music/news/r...

Soaring, majestic ambient explorations from Yoan Pistermann as he unveils the first taster from his second album on Hologram Teen's newly minted Holographic Opera label... www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...

You’re either a black cat or a golden retriever Back by popular demand, R$N totes return in feline & canine editions, modelled by R$N’s black cat & golden retriever. Screen printed on 100% cotton heavy-weight canvas bags with a nice long handle length ransomnoterecords.bandcamp.com/merch/r-n-bl...

Tears Maker Chant Remix package is now out via all your favourite platforms! 🙌🔊 The acclaimed LP by Froid Dub has been twisted and turned by the talented: Richard Fearless, Lena Willikens, Rufdug, Tia Cousins, Zillas on Acid, Tolouse Low Trax and Timothy Clerkin Link to listen / buy below! 🌟❤️

A First Timer & A Disco Mum’s Return - A Review of Love International 2025. After a decade at the top, the festival is still finding ways to evolve, whilst keeping its community intact. View the full article below👇

Overmono announce return to The Warehouse Project alongside Skee Mask, Helena Hauff, Joy O and more.. www.theransomnote.com/music/events...

"Genesys is scheduling MMA fights at their raves — have underground spaces become so sanitised that violence feels like the only way to be authentic?" Amber Wellings "At the rave where violence gets a time slot" www.theransomnote.com/music/interv...

It’s finally out everywhere! Raf Rundell (2 Bears) and Tom Sharkett (W.H Lung) have joined forces for their debut collaboration, “Where’s It All Go?”🌟🙌 Available now on all streaming services alongside our BandCamp - link below!

Monday is OK thanks to producer, DJ and dweller behind the counter at @phonicarecords.bsky.social "If you’re not excited about life you should probably make some changes” www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/...

Hot on the heels of the acclaimed Tears Maker Chant LP, the French electronic duo Froid Dub are back with an interstellar remix package! 🙌 Featuring: Death In Vegas, Lena Willikens, Ruf Dug + Tia Cousins, Zillas On Acid, Tolouse Low Trax, Timothy Clerkin + Vacant Heads! 🤩 Listen / buy below ! 🌟❤️

Back to the Adriatic mothership that is Love International this week to celebrate 10-years ❤️ Swing by the Olive Grove on Monday, where you can find us with The Gun fam having a knees up w/ C.A.R. Ally Tropical, Matt Cowell, Tia Cousins, Nick Stephens, Hardway Bros, Vladimir Ivkovic & Decius Trax

Music and Psychedelics Listen to a 5 hour music mix from Auntie Flo Live from The Bush of Ghosts stage at this year's @watchingtrees.bsky.social, inspired by music curated for psychedelic therapy trials. www.astateofflo.com/p/music-and-...

Blooming out of edits of live improvisations that remember endless, lazy afternoons in 80s Senegal where @franzkirmann.bsky.social grew up, Heures Indues feel more like dreams than actual events, blurred by the distance of time and longing. Here Kirmann breaks the album down Track By Track...

Big up to @bandcamp.com Daily for the 'Music To Watch Seeds Grow' label feature "It took root as a microlabel dedicated to pastoral. Ambient-leaning sounds, with each cassette packaged up with a little packet of artist-selected seeds" Read the full article here daily.bandcamp.com/tape-label-r...

Richard Fearless (of Death In Vegas) remixes Control from Froid Dub Tears Maker Chant with a warped, IDM-influenced take with a pummelling low-end! 😵‍💫🤩 Available everywhere now: ransom-note-records.lnk.to/Control-Rich...

"Each track has its own personality, its own story. We see them almost as characters - some are trying to intimidate, others are looking for comfort, some are dealing with anger or sadness." Froid Dub break down their new LP Tears Maker Chant on R$N. www.theransomnote.com/music/froid-...

Tom Sharkett (W.H Lung) and Raf Rundell (2 Bears) unite for their debut collaboration and R$N release with “Where’s It All Go?” 🤩 OUT NOW on BandCamp and Beatport🙌 Listen / buy here: ransom-note-records.lnk.to/WheresItAllGo

Adrian Sherwood back at the controls for the first time, solo, in 13 years. “Mark (Stewart) had written a song, and part of a lyric was hidden in the song about ‘The Collapse Of Everything’. It seemed a very appropriate title..." @onusound.bsky.social www.theransomnote.com/music/news/l...

"In the Depths" isn’t ambient wallpaper - it’s ambient terraforming. It’s the sound of making peace with impermanence, and offering that peace to others, gently, without expectation. Thanks Chain DLK for the great review of Silver Y: www.chaindlk.com/reviews/12940

Ransom Note returns to Glastonbury, hit us up for details... www.theransomnote.com/music/events...

Tia and Wil were interviewed by Flow State about their Music To Watch Seeds Grow By “an ambient/new-age/planty cassette, inspired by the peace and pace of plant growth." www.flowstate.fm/p/music-to-w...

No money for people with disabilities. No money for the elderly. No money for children in poverty. Always money for war.

👏👏👏 journalofmusic.com/opinion/hist... @journalofmusic.bsky.social

Skatebard & Lauer - two heavyweights go head to head for a belter of an EP on Bordello A Parigi "There once were two sorcerers of synthesized sound, Named Skatebård and Lauer, most wondrously renowned." www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...

Under the Lazer in the Hazer: Nyapi We caught up with ffan to talk about the journey of Nypai in Seoul so far, read below to find out what he had to say 👇

Illinois-based producer @zvrra.bsky.social expands her discography with the four-track EP “Mica,” released on Munich’s ever-reliable QEONE label. www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...

TONIGHT: Join Froid Dub and R$N for a free listening party to celebrate their new Tears Maker Chant album! Come along to listen to the music before it is released with the artist and chat about the making of the record! ransomnoterecords.bandcamp.com/merch/tears-...

80’s NYC NRG loft party vibes from CC:DISCO! on remix duty for Daisybelle... www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...

Huge thanks to @theransomnote.com for their RA!SE 'The Great Spotify Swindle' feature. Read all about it here..... www.theransomnote.com/music/featur... @louisahhh.bsky.social

The Great Spotify Swindle: Artists Fight Back In an industry where artists are increasingly treated as content creators rather than cultural architects, one initiative stands apart in its mission to reclaim power and purpose in music: www.theransomnote.com/music/featur... @louisahhh.bsky.social

Suffragette City is a not-for-profit, Manchester-based club night held annually to mark International Women’s Day. They're down at The Social his w/e for a Good Afternoon party. Co-curator Abigail Ward, aka the ace Ghost Assembly has done us a mix to mark it: www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/...

The kind folks at @theransomnote.com let me run my mouth about why Spotify sucks. www.theransomnote.com/music/featur... thanks to @dannypassarella.bsky.social for making RA!SE which draws attention to important issues like this and inviting me to speak on the topic.

A love letter to minimalism, have a listen to shjva's Wednesday Alternative Mix.

always good to delve deep into First Floor newsletter by Shawn Reynaldo... big thx S for encouraging folks to read my 'track by track' @theransomnote.com so they can decipher the "witchy mystery" of A Requiem 🖤 #WitchSky #PaganSky

Under the Lazer in the Hazer: A chat with the founders of Tempio del Futuro Perduto, far more than just a club, it’s a vibrant, autonomous cultural hub in central Milan that defies convention. It’s also the spot we’re celebrating our Italian leg of 15 years of R$N this weekend Find out more below!

Frankfurt-based artist Dirk Krecker transforms obsolete technology into creative tools, exploring the typewriter as an artistic medium, creating images through thousands of keystrokes Our very own Daniel Herrmann, aka Flug 8, and illustrator of our Music To Watch Trees Grow By releases, spoke to him

Superpitcher’s MAD DECENT 10-minute signature opus of a remix of Ed Rain aka Anrei Rusu of Khidja with Fantastic Twins on vocal duty. Check that bassline on some good cans… www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...