Ben Hogwood
@benarcanafm.bsky.social
The music sounds better with you! Music rights for Naxos; editor of Arcana.fm; writing for musicOMH & Presto Music. Dreams of forming acoustic band Good On Paper while supporting the Canaries #ncfc
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Ben Hogwood
@benarcanafm.bsky.social
· Feb 1
10 today!
On the train and finally getting round to Daniel Avery's new one Tremors - typically intense soundscapes that are more song-based this time #commuterworld
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
On the train and finally getting round to Daniel Avery's new one Tremors - typically intense soundscapes that are more song-based this time #commuterworld
The right decision to part with Manning...but more change needed. I feel for him but he arrived for the wrong person at the wrong time #ncfc
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The right decision to part with Manning...but more change needed. I feel for him but he arrived for the wrong person at the wrong time #ncfc
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November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
WIN a set of #Christmas cards
Repost and follow me to enter
I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov)
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Good morning sunshine! A pic from my run earlier on...now on the train with a second listen to Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider's collaboration album A Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams #commuterworld
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Good morning sunshine! A pic from my run earlier on...now on the train with a second listen to Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider's collaboration album A Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams #commuterworld
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Anything new from @flcartographer.bsky.social is always an event, but we are especially excited to be releasing this beautiful new album on Friday.
Field Lines Cartographer
"Apeiron Anxiety"
Heavyweight Vinyl/Digital
CiS188
07.11.2025
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
+ All good record shops.
Field Lines Cartographer
"Apeiron Anxiety"
Heavyweight Vinyl/Digital
CiS188
07.11.2025
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
+ All good record shops.
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Anything new from @flcartographer.bsky.social is always an event, but we are especially excited to be releasing this beautiful new album on Friday.
Field Lines Cartographer
"Apeiron Anxiety"
Heavyweight Vinyl/Digital
CiS188
07.11.2025
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
+ All good record shops.
Field Lines Cartographer
"Apeiron Anxiety"
Heavyweight Vinyl/Digital
CiS188
07.11.2025
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
+ All good record shops.
Catching up with recent album releases, and enjoying the futuristic electronica of HAAi, with busy beats and wide open spaces on her new one Humanise #commuterworld
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Catching up with recent album releases, and enjoying the futuristic electronica of HAAi, with busy beats and wide open spaces on her new one Humanise #commuterworld
Calm waters from Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider this morning, in the form of their new collaborative album A Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams #commuterworld
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Calm waters from Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider this morning, in the form of their new collaborative album A Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams #commuterworld
Excellent work!
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Excellent work!
Back with WiFi for the first time in 11 days. It's revealing - and scary - to note just how essential it is to everyday life! The cafes of Tonbridge might now experience a temporary drop in coffee sales
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Back with WiFi for the first time in 11 days. It's revealing - and scary - to note just how essential it is to everyday life! The cafes of Tonbridge might now experience a temporary drop in coffee sales
A rare #commuterworld selfie...while waiting for the Redhill train. Today's soundtrack is Nine Inch Nails' epic soundtrack for the TRON: Ares film, a million miles from Kent!
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A rare #commuterworld selfie...while waiting for the Redhill train. Today's soundtrack is Nine Inch Nails' epic soundtrack for the TRON: Ares film, a million miles from Kent!
I find it remarkable how many 'broadsheet' football match reports fail to tell you the basic facts of what really happened
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I find it remarkable how many 'broadsheet' football match reports fail to tell you the basic facts of what really happened
Wow, George Michael's A Different Corner never loses its potency. Something in my eye every time!
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Wow, George Michael's A Different Corner never loses its potency. Something in my eye every time!
Well there's a thing...a storm named after me! I was born in the South East, too...
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Well there's a thing...a storm named after me! I was born in the South East, too...
House move more or less done...and the owner of the house looks satisfied with our work so far!
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
House move more or less done...and the owner of the house looks satisfied with our work so far!
Moving house this weekend, first move in 11 years and it's a real head scrambler...in a good way, thankfully. Needless to say there are far too many books and CDs, still!
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Moving house this weekend, first move in 11 years and it's a real head scrambler...in a good way, thankfully. Needless to say there are far too many books and CDs, still!
Off to the Gramophone Awards tonight - always a special date in the calendar, and a moment to be grateful for the wonderful music we've been served the last year🎵 Equally importantly, the tuxedo is intact!
October 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Off to the Gramophone Awards tonight - always a special date in the calendar, and a moment to be grateful for the wonderful music we've been served the last year🎵 Equally importantly, the tuxedo is intact!
I missed this - could be v interesting:
PREORDER: 'Einstein on the Beach' by Suzanne Vega, Ictus, Collegium Vocale Gent
Reimagination of Philip Glass’s 1976 minimalist landmark.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2122...
Reimagination of Philip Glass’s 1976 minimalist landmark.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2122...
October 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I missed this - could be v interesting:
Past the fortress with music from Scanner this morning - the calm of his new one Forces, Reactions, Deflections #commuterworld
October 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Past the fortress with music from Scanner this morning - the calm of his new one Forces, Reactions, Deflections #commuterworld
I had a really enjoyable chat with Francesco Cilluffo about Delius the opera composer - and learned a lot...
New post - a revealing interview with conductor Francesco Cilluffo about the little-known Delius work The Magic Fountain, which he will oversee at Wexford Festival Opera later this month: arcana.fm/2025/10/11/f...
Talking Heads: Francesco Cilluffo
by Ben Hogwood pictures (c) Ribaltaluce Studio (Francesco Cilluffo); Pádraig Grant (rehearsals) Arcana has the pleasure of an audience with conductor Francesco Cilluffo, in his third year as Princi…
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October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I had a really enjoyable chat with Francesco Cilluffo about Delius the opera composer - and learned a lot...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Inevitable, but sad - used to love a late night MTV2 / dance binge. Different methods now, I guess!
MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK
The broadcaster will stop showing music videos in December, but its main channel will remain on air.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Inevitable, but sad - used to love a late night MTV2 / dance binge. Different methods now, I guess!
The Alzheimer's Society partnership for England v Wales - an inspired move. More of that please!
October 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Alzheimer's Society partnership for England v Wales - an inspired move. More of that please!
Metronomy's album The English Riviera is playing in the pub currently...it was on very heavy rotation on release in 2011, but I'd forgotten just how winsome its harmonies are. A beauty
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Metronomy's album The English Riviera is playing in the pub currently...it was on very heavy rotation on release in 2011, but I'd forgotten just how winsome its harmonies are. A beauty
On the train today with Total Kompakt 25, the Cologne label's reliably excellent annual round-up of assorted electronica #commuterworld
October 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
On the train today with Total Kompakt 25, the Cologne label's reliably excellent annual round-up of assorted electronica #commuterworld
Thoughts for @arcanadotfm.bsky.social on yesterday lunchtime @wigmore-hall.org.uk with the Kleio Quartet - the contrasting worlds of Elgar, Webern and Haydn: arcana.fm/2025/10/07/k...
In concert – Kleio Quartet @ Wigmore Hall: Elgar, Webern & Haydn
Kleio Quartet [Juliette Roos, Katherine Yoon (violins), Yume Fujise (viola), Eliza Millett (cello)] Elgar String Quartet in E minor Op.83 (1918)Webern 5 Movements for String Quartet Op.5 (1909)Hayd…
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October 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thoughts for @arcanadotfm.bsky.social on yesterday lunchtime @wigmore-hall.org.uk with the Kleio Quartet - the contrasting worlds of Elgar, Webern and Haydn: arcana.fm/2025/10/07/k...