The Menhir and Dolmen of Kerluir. Right in the heart of the Carnac landscape but rarely visited… #standingstonesunday

now playing on THE PERIPHERY on NOISEBOX RADIO: Dan B-Hill | Julie 7:12 | Thorn Wych | Mark S Williamson – Part One (Folklore Tapes) thornwych.bandcamp.com || spaceship.bandcamp.com || @spaceshipmark.bsky.social folkloretapes.bandcamp.com || instagram.com/folklore_tapes @noiseboxradio.com

You wait and you wait, and then two appear in the shed at once. A short album with a jamboree bag of extra stuff about this 1969 Royal College of Art film. The Watchers (Reimagined Soundtrack) - Various Todmorden Artists (Folklore Tapes, 2026) #Vinyl #FolkHorror @spaceshipmark.bsky.social

One of the stones at Stones (by Stones Road) near Todmorden. No one seems sure what these stones are or how long they’ve been there but the farmer definitely doesn’t like you climbing over the wall for a closer look… #standingstonesunday

It’s #bandcamp Friday tomorrow. All of these (and more) are still in stock. Also, my van has to go to the garage for some biggish work so tomorrow would be a great time to buy some stuff! Thanks! www.spaceship.bandcamp.com #folklore #folk #archaeology #stonecircles #timeteam #folkzine #zine

It’s #bandcamp Friday tomorrow. All of these (and more) are still in stock. Also, my van has to go to the garage for some biggish work so tomorrow would be a great time to buy some stuff! Thanks! www.spaceship.bandcamp.com #folklore #folk #archaeology #stonecircles #timeteam #folkzine #zine

We went to Worsthorne Stone Circle. The weather was bleak and there’s not much to actually see there on the ground. There was a cremation excavated there in the 1880’s so it is legit. Saw our first snowdrops of spring on the walk back to the van… #stonecircle #burnley

Menhir du Champ de Caesar, Vendée, France. Photo from around 2003/4. It’s a big one. #standingstonesunday

…and so it begins, again. Accompanied by Stone Circles by @spaceshipmark.bsky.social #JigsawWednesday #Drones

If you’re new to following, here is some of the music I’ve made: spaceship.bandcamp.com

Just realised there are nearly a thousand people following me on here. Thank you. Here I am despairing at the mess I’ve made in the ‘music room’… If you follow me, you might get to hear what it sounds like.

On a childhood holiday, we saw Richard Kiel (of Jaws in James Bond fame) on a ferry from Ramsgate to Dunkirk. He was in a part of the ship with a particularly low ceiling and had to duck a bit.

...and look! Here is the Einstürzende Neubauten-stickered hard hat worn by Miles Russell and mentioned in the review of the Time Time tribute album:

As a total non-gamer I loved this (to the extent that I went on a field trip to find the real world locations it was based on!)

First few minutes of the new Stranger Things season. It seems to have a proper surround mix. Which I appreciate.

Happy Christmas… youtu.be/mI6MOF0iHeM?...

Watching One Hand Clapping, the Wings thing. Do I remember it being a thing to criticise Linda for playing a keyboard with one finger? Because she’s playing a lot of minimoog on this, which is monophonic and cannot really be played with more than one finger (at a time).

In the ten years I spent as a primary school class teacher, I always refused to have that awful man’s shit books in my classroom.

🏺 On #archaeology, the practice and meaning of it, as emotionally resonant & inspirational; reminds me of the affection and something more - wonder? reverence? - behind Detectorists, the soundtrack for that, and the musical connection through to Digging For Britain as Time Team's successor.

Thanks @luketurner.bsky.social for this lovely review of the ‘three days to find out’ album! #timeteam @timeteam.bsky.social

I put some archaeologists on t-shirts… forged-river.teemill.com

Do really posh people say ‘ears’ instead of ‘yes’ because that’s how a French speaking Norman lord or whatever would read it? Like with the ‘y’ making an ‘ee’ sound? Ee’ess…

We did a LOT of stuff with the PPYO this year. I thought I’d share some of the best (although it’s all great obviously!). First up, this, where we did lots of synth, radio and other noise. It’s pretty wild: backupdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/noisye...

This goes for music too! Do you want to support the weird stuff we do, but can't buy anything? Post about it! Write a micro review! Tell a friend! It helps us so much — personal recommendations are the absolute best marketing out there. Whenever you do this, you really help us keep going.

Out now! Visiting ancient sites to make music to visit ancient sites with. Recorded at Mên An Tol and at various other stones, places, and sites within Penwith, Cornwall. CDR Limited to 200 copies. stoneclub1.bandcamp.com/album/m-n-an...

Two versions of the same piece recorded at opposite ends of the Calder Valley. The same instruments and the same concepts interpreted by two different groups of primary school children. backupdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

The wolves are running…

The PPYO knocking it out of the park with this one: backupdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/epic-o...

Thanks Martyn! I hope he would…

I’ll shut up about this for a bit now. But do have a listen to this album I made because I’m quite proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone and actually playing instruments and stuff.

For the latest folklore, facts and fables zine and cd (no.6!), I explore the best thing ever to be on telly; Time Team. Eight tracks dedicated to eight original team members plus an illustrated zine with a 1000 word essay on why I love it. spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...

Tomorrow…

New album ‘Edible Fungi of West Yorkshire’ will be out tomorrow, available from my Bandcamp page- jakeblanchard.bandcamp.com or from me directly. CDr with hand printed lino cut sleeves. I went to my Winter Chanterelle spot today as you can see, wasn’t a wise idea on crutches to be honest….

Hi there new followers! If you’re interested, I make music and you can listen to it here: spaceship.bandcamp.com

Tremendous fun at @fullofnoises.bsky.social the past couple of days making music for the Barrow Park Halloween ghost train. Installation and action day tomorrow. Excited hear our sounds pumping out from from the sculptures/speaker housings the kids have made with John Powell Jones…

Oof! Mark (responsible for the fantastic Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra of Calder Valley schoolkids & a trilogy of releases about West Yorkshire's geology) has made a tribute album and zine devoted to Time Team, which I am sure will appeal to many of you (cc @durotrigesdig.bsky.social)

Do sign up to Mark's YouTube channel at youtube.com/playlist?lis...

folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out. A celebration of Time Team. 16 page zine, 8 track cd. Preorder available now! #prehistory #megalithic #roman #standingstone #neolithic #bronzeage #stonehenge #archaeology #timeteam @timeteam.bsky.social spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...

Coming soon: folklore, facts and fables: 6 ‘three days to find out’. Eight track cdr and zine celebrating the best TV show ever; Time Team… #timeteam #archaeology #prehistory #megalithic #megalith #standingstone #bronzeage #stonecircle #stonehenge @timeteam.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Restock coming soon by the way…

Been making a new album. This is the palette. More to follow…

I’m sure my A level geology teacher told me a story about a geologist/composer who set up a bunch of people at different outcrops on the side of a mountain with hammers then somehow signalled to them when to hit their respective rocks, thus using the whole mountain as an instrument.

Cumbria people! I’m playing in Barrow a week tomorrow supporting the amazing Bridget Hayden! www.fonfestival.org/event/concer...

Not that many people watch my films on YouTube but the recent one covering the Stonehenge bluestones is doing alright. This is nice, but also a shame because there there is so much beyond Stonehenge. I watched an hour and half Ch4 doc about Stonehenge the other night.

Finally tackled the ‘S’ place, albeit indirectly. Undoubtedly, it’s all wrong but at least I admit it… #stonehenge #preseli #bluestones #prehistory #megalithic #megalith #standingstone #neolithic #bronzeage #stonecircle #archaeology youtu.be/VLJcmbCV8Eg?...

After a brief summer break, our monthly newsletter The Hare is back… thehare.substack.com/p/the-hare-7... – look out for news of our new 2026 calendar!

Made at sites of ancient stones, upon hillforts and in the depths of a fogou. Megalithic Moog is an album crafted using a 1974 Moog Prodigy and the land itself. Melodies from leylines, beats from boulders, songs from stones. stoneclub1.bandcamp.com/album/megali...

If eggs are shaped like eggs to stop them rolling out of nests there’s no need for the alien eggs to be egg shaped as they’re always just stood up like some Fabergé motherfuckers.

The Folklore Tapes label has launched a Kickstarter for a major project reimagining 1969 film #TheWatchers as a book, album and live show buff.ly/Gh3TC3X

We were still submitting essays into a box when I did my PGCE in 2013-14!