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Folky scraper, very amateur puppeteer. "A shivering seabed of sound." The Guardian “Wonderfully weird.” Songlines benmcelroy.co.uk
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MOJO's next how to buy is on Drone. If your brain reverberates to the likes of Sunn O))), Earth, Kevin Drumm or Pauline Oliveros, comment below to let @andrewmale.bsky.social know what your favourite drone albums are and why and we'll print the best responses in a future issue.

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Watched the classic albums episode of this last night. Man, they all looked so young back in ‘97, pretty much equidistant to now. Now they’re all gone. RIP fellas. #bigpink #theband #classicalbums

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Praccy of They Started Falling Like Rain from my last album. Climate anxiety juxtaposed with ambient clarinet. youtu.be/w8to-3g6TXU?...

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Thanks @klofmag.bsky.social for including 'Widdershins & Deosil' in The Monday Morning Brew #89 open.substack.com/pub/klofmag/...

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20 years already? Where have they gone? Will have to dig this one out again, haven’t listened for a while.

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Conservative pundits railing on Kendrick Lamarr as a DEI hire. Do you know who really got their jobs when they don’t have the skills, knowledge or competence to do a job well just because of the colour of their skin? Conservative pundits the world over.

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If Labour approves the Rosebank oil field, it would be the final straw for many of its green-minded voters. It might appease corporate power for a moment, but in doing so it will lose far more than it gains. The government seems to be on a self-destructive streak. Now's the time to rethink.

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Why are politicians talking about the destruction of Gaza as if it’s some random disaster? They know the truth: they spent 15 months rejecting our calls to stop arming Israel. Gaza must be rebuilt for Palestinians — and those responsible for its demolition must face justice.

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One more time for the sleepy Sunday morning crew. 😀 youtu.be/jdj-jlWQnBc?...

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Very excited to announce that my short film 'Widdershins & Deosil' is out tomorrow along with the six and a half minute soundtrack, and features @njd.bsky.social and Debbie Armour. It's been an absolute privilege to be able to do this- thanks to @prsfoundation.bsky.social youtu.be/jdj-jlWQnBc?...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Still January and so much great new music appearing already! thanks to Ian Anderson for including my forthcoming single Doesil (with Debbie Armour) in his fab Podwireless podcast.. www.mixcloud.com/frootsradio/...

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Ahh Bluesky is more peaceful/slightly less dystopian than the other places, but still… if you want to get proper old school I’ll be sending out my winter mailing list next week.. and offering an early viewing of my new short film Widdershins & Doesil… be lovely to see you there. Link in comments.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Hey Music Makers! What small, independent, or no-label releases do you want to make me aware of for FEBRUARY! Either link me up here or send an email to John at the Quietus dot com. (Apologies if you did this already: I was off for ages and deleted a load of mail without reading.)

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First gig of 2025!

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Happy 2025 all… first shoots of the film I’ve been working on (with sound).. more to come soon!

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