Audio Obscura
@audioobscura.bsky.social
I make: Sound / Music / field recordings / films.
Work part-time as a bookseller.
From Newcastle, UK but live in Norfolk.
https://audioobscura.bandcamp.com/
Work part-time as a bookseller.
From Newcastle, UK but live in Norfolk.
https://audioobscura.bandcamp.com/
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Audio Obscura
@audioobscura.bsky.social
· May 23
As Long as Gravity Persists on Holding me to this Earth
OUT NOW !!!
audioobscura.bandcamp.com/album/as-lon...
OUT NOW !!!
audioobscura.bandcamp.com/album/as-lon...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
True. It feels like the high water mark of the internet is long gone... its spiraling down to something else which is a lot darker. I now spend less time online now then at any point in the last 2 decades.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
True. It feels like the high water mark of the internet is long gone... its spiraling down to something else which is a lot darker. I now spend less time online now then at any point in the last 2 decades.
"If you go back a million minutes, you get to the start of 2023. If you go back a billion minutes, you get to the Roman Empire. That's the scale of inequality we're living with."
Zack Polanski
Well said @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Zack Polanski
Well said @zackpolanski.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"If you go back a million minutes, you get to the start of 2023. If you go back a billion minutes, you get to the Roman Empire. That's the scale of inequality we're living with."
Zack Polanski
Well said @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Zack Polanski
Well said @zackpolanski.bsky.social
A rather lovely little review of my latest Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) from @moolakiiclubai.bsky.social
which was released this week on CD by @mortalitytables.bsky.social
moolakiiclubai.substack.com/p/sunday-sam...
which was released this week on CD by @mortalitytables.bsky.social
moolakiiclubai.substack.com/p/sunday-sam...
Sunday Sampler
Around the grounds for some peripheral underground experimental electronica
moolakiiclubai.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A rather lovely little review of my latest Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) from @moolakiiclubai.bsky.social
which was released this week on CD by @mortalitytables.bsky.social
moolakiiclubai.substack.com/p/sunday-sam...
which was released this week on CD by @mortalitytables.bsky.social
moolakiiclubai.substack.com/p/sunday-sam...
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Came home to see a big box addressed to me!
Oh wait its the new DVD of Metropolis, a supper rare 1 hour edit with a new soundtrack I made!
I'll have some to sell in Lewisham this week when I perform this soundtrack on the 27th November.
On sale after that on the next #BandcampFriday in December
Oh wait its the new DVD of Metropolis, a supper rare 1 hour edit with a new soundtrack I made!
I'll have some to sell in Lewisham this week when I perform this soundtrack on the 27th November.
On sale after that on the next #BandcampFriday in December
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Came home to see a big box addressed to me!
Oh wait its the new DVD of Metropolis, a supper rare 1 hour edit with a new soundtrack I made!
I'll have some to sell in Lewisham this week when I perform this soundtrack on the 27th November.
On sale after that on the next #BandcampFriday in December
Oh wait its the new DVD of Metropolis, a supper rare 1 hour edit with a new soundtrack I made!
I'll have some to sell in Lewisham this week when I perform this soundtrack on the 27th November.
On sale after that on the next #BandcampFriday in December
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Everyone is welcome. It’s nice to be hanging out and listening together
Is now LIVE!
Please feel free to join!
Please feel free to join!
Myself and Mat Smith from @mortalitytables.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party tomorrow all about our Lost Weekend project which has spawned two different albums.
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Everyone is welcome. It’s nice to be hanging out and listening together
Is now LIVE!
Please feel free to join!
Please feel free to join!
Myself and Mat Smith from @mortalitytables.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party tomorrow all about our Lost Weekend project which has spawned two different albums.
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
The Lost Weekend & The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) Listening Party from Mortality Tables
Listening Party from Mortality Tables.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Is now LIVE!
Please feel free to join!
Please feel free to join!
Came home to see a big box addressed to me!
Oh wait its the new DVD of Metropolis, a supper rare 1 hour edit with a new soundtrack I made!
I'll have some to sell in Lewisham this week when I perform this soundtrack on the 27th November.
On sale after that on the next #BandcampFriday in December
Oh wait its the new DVD of Metropolis, a supper rare 1 hour edit with a new soundtrack I made!
I'll have some to sell in Lewisham this week when I perform this soundtrack on the 27th November.
On sale after that on the next #BandcampFriday in December
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Came home to see a big box addressed to me!
Oh wait its the new DVD of Metropolis, a supper rare 1 hour edit with a new soundtrack I made!
I'll have some to sell in Lewisham this week when I perform this soundtrack on the 27th November.
On sale after that on the next #BandcampFriday in December
Oh wait its the new DVD of Metropolis, a supper rare 1 hour edit with a new soundtrack I made!
I'll have some to sell in Lewisham this week when I perform this soundtrack on the 27th November.
On sale after that on the next #BandcampFriday in December
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Tonight at 8pm UK time, listening party on bandcamp!
RSVP on the link below...
See you there.
RSVP on the link below...
See you there.
Myself and Mat Smith from @mortalitytables.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party tomorrow all about our Lost Weekend project which has spawned two different albums.
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
The Lost Weekend & The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) Listening Party from Mortality Tables
Listening Party from Mortality Tables.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Tonight at 8pm UK time, listening party on bandcamp!
RSVP on the link below...
See you there.
RSVP on the link below...
See you there.
Tonight at 8pm UK time, listening party on bandcamp!
RSVP on the link below...
See you there.
RSVP on the link below...
See you there.
Myself and Mat Smith from @mortalitytables.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party tomorrow all about our Lost Weekend project which has spawned two different albums.
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
The Lost Weekend & The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) Listening Party from Mortality Tables
Listening Party from Mortality Tables.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Tonight at 8pm UK time, listening party on bandcamp!
RSVP on the link below...
See you there.
RSVP on the link below...
See you there.
Reposted by Audio Obscura
Myself and Mat Smith from @mortalitytables.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party tomorrow all about our Lost Weekend project which has spawned two different albums.
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
The Lost Weekend & The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) Listening Party from Mortality Tables
Listening Party from Mortality Tables.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Myself and Mat Smith from @mortalitytables.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party tomorrow all about our Lost Weekend project which has spawned two different albums.
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Myself and Mat Smith from @mortalitytables.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party tomorrow all about our Lost Weekend project which has spawned two different albums.
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
The Lost Weekend & The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) Listening Party from Mortality Tables
Listening Party from Mortality Tables.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Myself and Mat Smith from @mortalitytables.bsky.social will be hosting a listening party tomorrow all about our Lost Weekend project which has spawned two different albums.
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Join us from 8pm UK time. Bring snacks and a tipple to drink!
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
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Tomorrow at 8pm UK, @audioobscura.bsky.social and I are hosting a listening party for The Lost Weekend.
Please come and join us. RSVP below
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Please come and join us. RSVP below
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
The Lost Weekend & The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) Listening Party from Mortality Tables
Listening Party from Mortality Tables.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Tomorrow at 8pm UK, @audioobscura.bsky.social and I are hosting a listening party for The Lost Weekend.
Please come and join us. RSVP below
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
Please come and join us. RSVP below
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/merch/the-lo...
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Thanks @ikjoyce.bsky.social & @audioobscura.bsky.social for recalling my 2020 Project album. 'Learning to Swim'. 20 songs all 20 secs long. Flash pop fiction, perfect for dwindling attention spans.
20x20project.bandcamp.com/album/learni...
20x20project.bandcamp.com/album/learni...
Learning To Swim, by Patrick Wray
20 track album
20x20project.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thanks @ikjoyce.bsky.social & @audioobscura.bsky.social for recalling my 2020 Project album. 'Learning to Swim'. 20 songs all 20 secs long. Flash pop fiction, perfect for dwindling attention spans.
20x20project.bandcamp.com/album/learni...
20x20project.bandcamp.com/album/learni...
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Reposted by Audio Obscura
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is such sad news. That 1st Roses album meant so much to me in my late teens. A massive part of my RIP Mani
Very sad news to hear. RIP Gary "Mani" Mountfield.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is such sad news. That 1st Roses album meant so much to me in my late teens. A massive part of my RIP Mani
The 20x20 project is something I created in 2020 is now 5 years old!
20 artists, 20 albums, 20 tracks per album, each track 20 seconds long!
There were some fantastic releases. Dive in and have a listen.
20 artists, 20 albums, 20 tracks per album, each track 20 seconds long!
There were some fantastic releases. Dive in and have a listen.
Was reminded of this brilliant project spearheaded by @audioobscura.bsky.social earlier- It was such a hard challenge, I am honoured to have been a part of it. I'm truly in awe of just how concise and perfectly formed some of these albums are.
20x20project.bandcamp.com
20x20project.bandcamp.com
20x20 Project
We asked 20 artists to submit an album of sound, the rules were as such, each album to have 20 tracks, each track to be 20 seconds long. No more, no less. The sound / music is entirely up to the artis...
20x20project.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The 20x20 project is something I created in 2020 is now 5 years old!
20 artists, 20 albums, 20 tracks per album, each track 20 seconds long!
There were some fantastic releases. Dive in and have a listen.
20 artists, 20 albums, 20 tracks per album, each track 20 seconds long!
There were some fantastic releases. Dive in and have a listen.
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Following on from The Lost Weekend which came out on tape is September on @mortalitytables.bsky.social tomorrow we're releasing The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) which is built around the same field recordings and music as the first but is different.
On sale around 8am tomorrow on Bandcamp!
On sale around 8am tomorrow on Bandcamp!
On Thursday we will release ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’ by Audio Obscura.
Limited edition CD (35 copies).
Digital edition containing the original version of ‘The Lost Weekend’ plus ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
@audioobscura.bsky.social
Limited edition CD (35 copies).
Digital edition containing the original version of ‘The Lost Weekend’ plus ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
@audioobscura.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Following on from The Lost Weekend which came out on tape is September on @mortalitytables.bsky.social tomorrow we're releasing The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) which is built around the same field recordings and music as the first but is different.
On sale around 8am tomorrow on Bandcamp!
On sale around 8am tomorrow on Bandcamp!
Following on from The Lost Weekend which came out on tape is September on @mortalitytables.bsky.social tomorrow we're releasing The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) which is built around the same field recordings and music as the first but is different.
On sale around 8am tomorrow on Bandcamp!
On sale around 8am tomorrow on Bandcamp!
On Thursday we will release ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’ by Audio Obscura.
Limited edition CD (35 copies).
Digital edition containing the original version of ‘The Lost Weekend’ plus ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
@audioobscura.bsky.social
Limited edition CD (35 copies).
Digital edition containing the original version of ‘The Lost Weekend’ plus ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
@audioobscura.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Following on from The Lost Weekend which came out on tape is September on @mortalitytables.bsky.social tomorrow we're releasing The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version) which is built around the same field recordings and music as the first but is different.
On sale around 8am tomorrow on Bandcamp!
On sale around 8am tomorrow on Bandcamp!
Reposted by Audio Obscura
On Thursday we will release ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’ by Audio Obscura.
Limited edition CD (35 copies).
Digital edition containing the original version of ‘The Lost Weekend’ plus ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
@audioobscura.bsky.social
Limited edition CD (35 copies).
Digital edition containing the original version of ‘The Lost Weekend’ plus ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
@audioobscura.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
On Thursday we will release ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’ by Audio Obscura.
Limited edition CD (35 copies).
Digital edition containing the original version of ‘The Lost Weekend’ plus ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
@audioobscura.bsky.social
Limited edition CD (35 copies).
Digital edition containing the original version of ‘The Lost Weekend’ plus ‘The Lost Weekend (Fragmented Version)’.
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
@audioobscura.bsky.social
Crazy to think that this coming February 'Loop Finding Jazz Records' (a high water mark of glitch) will be 25 years old!
Think I'm mainly going to listen to Clicks_+_Cuts today
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Crazy to think that this coming February 'Loop Finding Jazz Records' (a high water mark of glitch) will be 25 years old!
Think I'm mainly going to listen to Clicks_+_Cuts today
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Think I'm mainly going to listen to Clicks_+_Cuts today
As most of the southen half of the UK is effected by
#StormClaudia
You can wallow in the beauty of storms if you like by listening to my Lifefiles album: The Naming Of Storms released on @mortalitytables.bsky.social in 2023
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/album/lifefi...
#StormClaudia
You can wallow in the beauty of storms if you like by listening to my Lifefiles album: The Naming Of Storms released on @mortalitytables.bsky.social in 2023
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/album/lifefi...
LIFEFILES / LF11 / The Naming Of Storms, by Audio Obscura
7 track album
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As most of the southen half of the UK is effected by
#StormClaudia
You can wallow in the beauty of storms if you like by listening to my Lifefiles album: The Naming Of Storms released on @mortalitytables.bsky.social in 2023
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/album/lifefi...
#StormClaudia
You can wallow in the beauty of storms if you like by listening to my Lifefiles album: The Naming Of Storms released on @mortalitytables.bsky.social in 2023
mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/album/lifefi...