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This is an attempt to make a track that has the function of ambient music without using any of the horrible dull clichés...I was tempted to put in a guitar solo or some organ washes but I resisted. By the way, the gyoza capital of the world is Utsunomiya in Tochigi prefecture. If you find yourself in Utsunomiya, please drop in at Music Bar Lynch, where they have been kind enough to play my music f...

This is a version of my friend Okada Pisus' track お芋 ("Oimo") which you can hear here: https://youtu.be/eq0GPf_bcFo?si=y4etZOEhET0uUPem - it's mostly about eating fries...I don't know really know why it made me think of Gustav Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War, but that's where it ended up, and it's probably a bit indebted to Devo as well...dedicated to my friends at my local HSP joint, the Anato...

This is a dub version of my friend Pisus Okada's track わくわくリボン「道」(Wakuwaku Ribbon 'Road') which you can listen to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq24ps4jOjk - I just kind of Autobahn'd it...it's a great song and it's fun to do this sort of remix. It's a bit like solving a puzzle, or taking something apart to find out how it works then modifying it so it does something different th...

A tribute to Teddy Lasry

Evil doesn't get more banal than this.

The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, has failed Australia and failed humanity. When questioned on this failure he responds like a petulant child. Perhaps Australia needs to look for a leader with a functional human conscience.

"Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise." - Donald Horne, The Lucky Country

...from the forthcoming Gerald Murnane album...haven't got a proper title for it yet...

Why Aren't You in the Hague? (Respect the Process) by stobiepole

Birthday Bartok (Evening in Transylvania) by stobiepole

This is an effort to make a Fishmans-eque song, but it's got a bit of PILs 'The Order of Death' in there too...Madca did the vocals!

A recording of the Hiroshima Peace Bell made on a quiet day at the end of winter.

A reinterpretation of Andy Prieboy's wonderful 'Build a Better Garden' - the original can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOgaAPDZ7RU Here's Andy's backstory for the song (where you can also buy it for yourself): https://andyprieboy.com/blogs/slog-s-ong-log/posts/build-a-better-garden-2011-redux I guess it was kind of inspired by Donna Summer's concept album I Remember Yesterday (wi...

This is the Tintinara Dub Orchestra's rendition of the Aunty Jack theme song, with thanks to Grahame Bond and in memory of Rory.

A three-movement concerto? sonata? based around the rhythms and sensations of contracting COVID-19. Yeah, I had it pretty bad. With lyrics and vocals by Madca Junko from Jebiotto ( http://jebiotto.tumblr.com ) and P-iPLE ( https://www.tumblr.com/pinple-of-death )

A slightly delayed Halloween track...anyway, I hope it's spooky! Kinda wearing the John Carpenter/Goblin influence on my sleeve, the vocals from the awesome seventies flick with the same title...go watch it!

Special guests Alfie on vocals and Taiga on vocals and percussion.

Vocals and lyrics kindly provided by Judge Gerry...

Another COVID track, this time sung by Chiemi from Ichimadin - https://www.facebook.com/ichimadin/ - thank you so much! 'Moto ni modoru' means 'Go back to the start' or 'Back to the way it was'. It's used in the same way as the phrase 'Back to normal' is in English at the moment, referring to life after COVID. Thanks to Masa and Marie Ishikawa for lyrical assistance. The track itself is very vague...

Sorry. Couldn't help myself. With vocals by Bill James!

Things you do while you're in lockdown...possibly the result of listening to too much Calibro 35 while binge-watching old Terry Nation shows...

This is a version/remix of 'The Installation' by The Green Child from the album Shimmering Basset...you can hear/buy the original song here: https://thegreenchild.bandcamp.com/track/the-installation

Magpies can imitate a wide variety of sounds. But unlike lyrebirds, who imitate discrete noises, magpies tend to incorporate these sampled sounds into their own warbled improvisatory compositions, much like a jazz musician or a modern electronic musical artist. This is Friendo, one of our regular visitors, impersonating a car alarm as part of a longer improvised passage.

This is a proof-of-concept piece for a bigger project I'm planning some time in the future. It's basically a field recording of a magpie (Mrs Scruffy-Back) warbling in my backyard this morning, while standing on the back of a chair, with myself as the only audience member. I cleaned up the recording a little, then added a piano line an octave lower to emphasise the musicality of her performance. T...

Wally, Shonen Ninja by stobiepole