And is that all our society/culture is about now? “Productive industries"? Is artistic activity not productive, not of any worth? (I’m not going to waste time reading the news item and this is just my micro-rant on the overall cultural theme. 😉)

Is that the same performing arts which is one of the UK's most productive industries?

Trem 77 contributed a track to our 2024 Sampler. Give it a listen > iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/track/trem-7... bsky.app/profile/phan...

Phantom Circuit #453 on @beachyheadradio.bsky.social this Thursday at 19:00 BST (18:00 UTC) brings an excellent session by Trem 77 promising “colour and texture as tangible auditory and physical sensation”. So, enjoy a listen, a look and maybe a feel (careful now!). +On-demand listening from Friday.

they keep thinking that this is literally just twitter 2, that other models are impossible and that somehow because here there's less people they have some huge bargaining power just by existing

the sad reality of 2025 is that a large swath of folks have been driven to believe the only value they may have to offer to the internet is to be the product of a company. that needs to change. even folks who say they don’t want to be the product cannot fathom not being the product…

The latest edition of Phantom Circuit starts by revisiting ‘Drifted Vol. 3’ by Wahn, so it’s good to hear that Vol. 4 will be out soon. I don’t know why, but Wahn’s account is hard to find via Bluesky’s search box but there it is! @wahn.bsky.social

@rwable.bsky.social Thanks as always for the reposts! 🫡

Today's Hallowmeme.

Phantom Circuit #452: Didn’t You Hear? @syntheticvillains.bsky.social, Covolux (c/o @earthrid.bsky.social), @mvw-mikimososumi.bsky.social, Bill Leeb (c/o @shamelesspromotion.bsky.social), @crowslabyrinth.com, @sugaarpan.bsky.social, Talkdemonic (c/o @bathysphererecords.bsky.social) and many more.

My immediate reaction was to check very carefully that this was not a rabbit.

Here’s one for the Slapp Happy fans—sort of.

Just about to start: an extended edition of ‘Phantom Circuit #452’, which offers music by Mort Garson, MetaComplex, Front Line Assembly, Talkdemonic, Tom Dissevelt, Synthetic Villains and many more. 🎧 www.mixcloud.com/live/beachyh...

Tiny Red Dragons Radio #178: Panic in Space by @tinyreddragons.bsky.social Stoner/space/psych rock from Kikagaku Moyo (c/o @ryukurosawa.bsky.social), Ghost Power, Death Hawks, My Brother the Wind, Quest for Fire, Human Bell & many more. As heard yesterday on BHR. 🎧 www.mixcloud.com/BeachyHeadRa...

Someone has a vested interest in keeping you outraged. They gleefully benefit from your nearly obsessive regurgitation of their chosen conflict. And despite being fully aware of the leash by which you are restrained, you just can't help yourself... Because you're so well trained.

Tonight's guests for Shadecast 10, Twentythree Hanging Trees, will be playing live from 8pm #tonight... www.mixcloud.com/filigreenigh...

Just starting on BHR: ‘Funderground’ with the sounds of Heaven Topology, Radioactive Chicken Heads, The Toilet Trees, Tokyo Elvis and LOTS more! 🤯 🎧 www.mixcloud.com/live/beachyh...

I learn from an email* that the film ‘Nash the Slash Rises Again!’ is to have its world premiere at the ICA in London on 29th October. * I expect the relevant Bluesky account will be updated soon so you might want to keep an eye on @nstra.bsky.social (Nash Slash, The, Rises Again!).

hey there, after months of battling with #Qobuz they finally recognized that I’m an artist and created a page for my music. open.qobuz.com/artist/28616... now you can stream and buy to prove them I deserve it. thanks ❤️ bye. #SmallVictory #Streaming #SupportArtists #ElectronicMusic

Versión revisada: Thanks to @phantomcircuit.bsky.social and @beachyheadradio.bsky.social .bsky.social for including me in this great radio show. shiftingheigo.bandcamp.com #experimentalmusic #ambientmusic #electronicmusic #shiftingheigo #tomodelphenomena

www.mixcloud.com/mahork-mahorkian/planck-tone-127-emotivedecay-w-grosso-gadgetto-brainquake/ Do you know of Planck Tone? Did you hear? #freemusic #electronic #idm #cross-genre #mahorka @ivopetrov.bsky.social #grossogadgetto #brainquake #back2back #mix #perfectcruisingmusic #sofasurfers

Deep gratitude to @phantomcircuit.bsky.social for acknowledging my fear of 'quiet toilets' 🔕 🚽 alongside many other spellbinding sounds, in the most recent edition... 🙌🏼🙏🏼 🦇

Yes, that “x” next to “Trending” works. 👍

From lockdown - makes me laugh every time.

‘Tiny Red Dragons’ has always covered more than just jazz, but who expected it to open its new run on BHR with an episode centred on post-punk, gothic rock & coldwave? We didn’t, but we know that more surprises are planned! Start your day in this gothic way. It’s actually a lot of fun!

An ideal way to start a rainy Wednesday

Phantom Circuit #451: Celsius 19 Music by Covolux (on @earthrid.bsky.social), @simonheartfield.bsky.social (on @moolakiiclubai.bsky.social), @firestations.bsky.social + @sulkrooms.bsky.social, @soundhex.bsky.social, @shiftingheigo.bsky.social and more. #experimental #ambient #electronicMusic

In other news, I've been invited to a work presentation about cultivating a 'personal brand'. Oh dear, it appears I'm busy that day jet-washing my eyeballs and filling my ears with nails. Maybe next time.

White Noise (David Vorhaus), James Adrian Brown, Pulselovers & Amongst The Pigeons will be showcasing their unique interpretations of electronic music on the 05th of Oct. Tickets www.skiddle.com/g/theseventh... @jamesadrianbrown.bsky.social @woodfordhalse.bsky.social @amongstthepigeons.bsky.social

“It is not uncommon for rights-holders to be mischaracterised when someone’s unauthorised use of material is called out.”

More shady stuff I dispatched in company of @xraydeltaone.bsky.social on a Friday evening in August... www.mixcloud.com/filigreenigh....

Earthrid is delighted to bring you a new album by Covolux: ‘Solitudinarian’ An absorbing immersion in feelings evoked by solitary experience of the natural world. The album is available for the price you think is right, with a minimum of just £1 for #BandcampFriday. #ambient #electronicMusic

As first heard as a session recorded for Phantom Circuit:

In Phantom Circuit #450: music by Tangerine Dream, Steve Jolliffe, Tomosla (c/o @ivopetrov.bsky.social), David Boulter (on @claypipemusic.bsky.social), Sylvian & Sakamoto, Medusa Cyclone, Les Baxter, Nash the Slash, Zone, Linnko Kishi, Tomita, Bamboo Ensemble of Sangkar Agung Village and even more.

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‘Phantom Circuit #450: Cyclone’ Tangerine Dream’s 1978 LP ‘Cyclone’ didn’t quite hit the target with its experiments with songs, so what would those tracks sound like as instrumentals? Find out… The other music in the show ranges from Tomosla to Tomita and from Nash the Slash to Les Baxter.

TONTO’s Expanding Head Band + Billy Preston, May 1975.

Coming up SOON, from 7pm UK (18:00 UTC): 🎶 ‘Phantom Circuit #450 – with '70s tracks from Tangerine Dream as you’ve never heard them before, plus Steve Jolliffe, Tomita, Sylvian & Sakamoto, Zone, Nash the Slash & more. 📚 ‘Book Drop #131: The Walrus and the Carpenter’ www.mixcloud.com/live/beachyh...

Another part of an interesting thread about silent compositions:

Not sure there’s much I can add to what Clare says, but… if you’ll forgive a little self-indulgence, here are the ads we took out in NME and Melody Maker at the time. The paper’s yellowed a bit over the years, but… the words still seem to say what we meant them to say.

Yes, and Monday’s show will feature a “controversial” work of 1970s electronic music as never heard before...

‘Phantom Circuit #449: Chip, Turn to Mica’ Music from @simonheartfield.bsky.social @moolakiiclubai.bsky.social @whirecordings.bsky.social @grabsch.bsky.social @toxicchicken.bsky.social @pettaluck.bsky.social and more. First heard on @beachyheadradio.bsky.social, and now awaiting you on Mixcloud! 🎧

I hadn’t given up my TV licence, I would certainly follow the televised updates to @walberque.bsky.social’s renowned CD shelves. That’s a nice collection, and I doubt that the prominence of ‘Radio-Activity’ is accidental!

I began a long time ago. I just didn’t fancy continuing. (But to each their own… Right, @tinyreddragons.bsky.social?)

Our programmes this (UK) evening have started with another surprising collection of music in Phantom Circuit #449. 🎧 www.mixcloud.com/live/beachyh...

Special bonus item from Peel's Thoughts, this ad for him from when he was plying his trade in the US as John Ravencroft... 2/2

Klaus looks as though he doesn’t need anything else to smoke right now, thank you.

Another neighbour has hired another gardening service. There are now several different neighbours whose contractors turn up on different days and make a noise with power tools with little effect other than presumably eventually generating an invoice.

You thrilled to the soundtrack of ‘Sky’ back in Phantom Circuit #33 (2010—so ahead of the pack! 🤣), and now, just 15 years later, you can buy it! 😜 Seriously though: well done to @btlabel.bsky.social on putting this release together. An eerie score for a classic piece of vintage weird television.

A little excerpt from my set for Spirit Of Gravity in Brighton this Thursday - I'm on at 8.30pm so get down early!