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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday 🧘🏻🔊🔊 youtu.be/CAjzKF78Z5M?...

Vince Watson - Simplicity

YouTube video by Laurynas 233

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 2d

👀 musictech.com/news/gear/kr...

Get your hands on a synth used on Kraftwerk's Autobahn – Florian Schneider gear collection to be auctioned next month

The instruments and gear that helped Kraftwerk redefine electronic music are set to find new homes. Nearly 500 personal items belonging to the band’s co-founder, Florian Schneider, will be auctioned n...

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 2d

“When I heard Kraftwerk on Tomorrow’s World I just wanted to make that sound.”

R.I.P. Dave Ball of #SoftCell And #TheGrid

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Dave Ball of Soft Cell And The Grid wearing a leather jacket, stood by a reel to reel tape machine.

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Adonis buying his 303 aka The Jackulator. I spoke to him about it for a piece I'm writing, but I thought I'd mark the occasion with an acidic tale from my high school back in '88 (and an unsolicited dub mix of Orange Juice) rentparty.substack.com/p/chapter-34...

Chapter 34: We're Dubbing Down The House

In which I celebrate the lesser mentioned 40th anniversary of acid house.

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you San Diego, what a great city. Jet lag hell now tho…

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 4d

How to Practice Effectively: Lessons from Neuroscience Can Help Us Master Skills in Music, Sports & Beyond

Practice makes perfect, so the cliché says, although like many clichés, it has also spawned corrective variants. 'Practice makes permanent,' a common one of them goes, and what it lacks in catchiness ...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15d

‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app

Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning San Diego 😀

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 9d

This is nice. Beyond Orion is a proper bubbler! Passerani on point …thanks for sharing 👍🏻

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 9d

Ok nice! I’ll check. Been in a very busy work phase - so musics taken a back seat since summer, possibly have something new out pre end of year. Your new stuff sounds wicked 👌🏻

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 9d

Sounding ace @wilksmusic.bsky.social look forward to the full LP when it drops 🔊🔊

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Nick Wilkinson @wilksmusic.bsky.social · 10d

Pre-order is up with 2 tracks available. Appreciate any support. Hope you like it x

bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/a-soul...

A Soul To Borrow (bc096), by Wilks

6 track album

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 9d

@wilksmusic.bsky.social I don’t have chat enabled here, got your notifications but can’t read em! Might need to find another DM method…

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 10d

Yes 🔊🔊

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Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social · 10d

Different World as Claude Young & Takasi Nakajima @ Studio r Berlin 25-04-13

YouTube video by Takashi Nakajima

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 12d

A superb watch : www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande

The incredible story of a band you may never have heard of but whose sound has influenced generations with their irresistible rhythms and message of peace.

www.bbc.co.uk

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 12d

A few weeks back I sat down for a long chat with living legend Eddy Grant. Here's my piece about The Equals for Bandcamp Daily daily.bandcamp.com/lists/before...

Before “Electric Avenue,” Eddy Grant Melded Mod & Soul in The Equals

The UK group anticipated punk, glam, disco, and so much more.

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DJ Mag @djmag.com · 14d

Kraftwerk add two UK shows to 2026 tour due to “exceptional demand” 📍

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Kraftwerk add two UK shows to 2026 tour due to “exceptional demand”

The robots will now play twice in London and Manchester

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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 15d

The Cornish director of Bait and Enys Men returns to the medium of short film with a kaleidoscopic travelogue of the Celtic world

From the 68th BFI London Film Festival:

dmovies.org/2025/07/06/i...

I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash - DMovies

The Cornish director of Bait and Enys Men returns to the medium of short film with a kaleidoscopic travelogue of the Celtic world - from the BFI London Film Festival

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 16d

Bats, the pitfalls of prediction, and the triumph of the possible over the probable www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/11/b...

Bats, the Pitfalls of Prediction, and the Triumph of the Possible Over the Probable

Prediction is the sharpest tool the human animal has devised — the chisel with which we sculpted survival out of chance, the fulcrum by which we lifted civilization out of survival. Among the…

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 20d

It’s real…made by Tame Impala…reasonable price too

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Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social · 21d

How We're Redesigning Audacity For The Future

YouTube video by Tantacrul

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 22d

Cracking moon this eve

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 24d

I'm sure I don't need to tell you that in the autumn of '83, Khan launched the iconic Electro compilation series, collecting various and often disparate electronic tracks from early hiphop to synth-jazz and proto-techno, thus coining the term electro as a genre www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFac...

Street Sounds Electro 1 Full Album - 1983

YouTube video by macky

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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 23d

Absolute game changer! Still play it to this day. The Pretty C cut is something else…