Xavi 🐳
@blubberbaleen.bsky.social
🌌 Sound Artist, Sound Designer, Creative Technologist
👨💻 Specialist in audio implementation and programming
🌊 3+ yrs in games, 10+ in live sound
▶️ Portfolio: xaviervelastin.com/gameaudio
🏳️🌈 Part of @outmakinggames.bsky.social Leadership Team
👨💻 Specialist in audio implementation and programming
🌊 3+ yrs in games, 10+ in live sound
▶️ Portfolio: xaviervelastin.com/gameaudio
🏳️🌈 Part of @outmakinggames.bsky.social Leadership Team
remind me to not go into voice acting ☠️🏴
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
remind me to not go into voice acting ☠️🏴
Reposted by Xavi 🐳
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
anyone here ever set up a lightweight FMOD environment as a C# .NET app or something? I'm dreaming of being able to design a live show in FMOD and then trigger it using OSC from like, touch designer, or a phone, or a lighting desk 💭
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
anyone here ever set up a lightweight FMOD environment as a C# .NET app or something? I'm dreaming of being able to design a live show in FMOD and then trigger it using OSC from like, touch designer, or a phone, or a lighting desk 💭
my answer when someone asks me how long is a piece of string
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
my answer when someone asks me how long is a piece of string
Quick morning redesign of Tiny Glade (@pouncelight.bsky.social), basically just to test drive a new microphone! big respect to @noknok.bsky.social for their great work on the game's actual sound 🎶
#gameaudio #redesign #indiedev
#gameaudio #redesign #indiedev
October 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Quick morning redesign of Tiny Glade (@pouncelight.bsky.social), basically just to test drive a new microphone! big respect to @noknok.bsky.social for their great work on the game's actual sound 🎶
#gameaudio #redesign #indiedev
#gameaudio #redesign #indiedev
putting a geophone in crab holes by the beach - real clicky snappy vibes over here 🦀🦀🦀
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
putting a geophone in crab holes by the beach - real clicky snappy vibes over here 🦀🦀🦀
Bristol based mid-career artists - fellowship with @pmstudiouk.bsky.social! £5.5k bursary. Deadline 15 Oct
www.watershed.co.uk/studio/oppor...
#artsjobs
www.watershed.co.uk/studio/oppor...
#artsjobs
Dreamtime Fellowship 2026 | Pervasive Media Studio
This is an open-call to Bristol-based practitioners with an interest in making art in the public domain that involves some sort of technology.
www.watershed.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Bristol based mid-career artists - fellowship with @pmstudiouk.bsky.social! £5.5k bursary. Deadline 15 Oct
www.watershed.co.uk/studio/oppor...
#artsjobs
www.watershed.co.uk/studio/oppor...
#artsjobs
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans.
Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g... (they provide an easy form)
Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g... (they provide an easy form)
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans.
Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g... (they provide an easy form)
Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g... (they provide an easy form)
I just revisited this thing I made for a game jam (big up co-jammers Virág and Tété!) called A Drop in The Ocean - an oceanic futurist fantasy where marine life teams up to save itself from humanity. I actually think it holds up pretty well! Narrative and audio by me 💧
blubberbaleen.itch.io/drop
blubberbaleen.itch.io/drop
A Drop In The Ocean by blubberbaleen
An underwater narrative adventure celebrating the life beneath the waves 🌊
blubberbaleen.itch.io
July 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I just revisited this thing I made for a game jam (big up co-jammers Virág and Tété!) called A Drop in The Ocean - an oceanic futurist fantasy where marine life teams up to save itself from humanity. I actually think it holds up pretty well! Narrative and audio by me 💧
blubberbaleen.itch.io/drop
blubberbaleen.itch.io/drop
Tonight! 🐳🐳🐳
🔔🐳 THIS FRIDAY I am performing my piece [whalesong] for one night only. It's a sound piece about the noises and voices in the sea using an absurd array of audio tools. Perfect post-Develop night out down at @theatredeli.bsky.social
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
July 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Tonight! 🐳🐳🐳
Oh yeah and I'm at Develop tomorrow (wednesday) for one night only too
- LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm
- Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm
- Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm
Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊
- LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm
- Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm
- Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm
Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊
July 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Oh yeah and I'm at Develop tomorrow (wednesday) for one night only too
- LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm
- Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm
- Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm
Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊
- LGBTQIA roundtable at 2pm
- Spill The Tea with @outmakinggames.bsky.social 4pm
- Games Industry Biz Party at 7pm
Hit me up if you are around and don't be afraid to say hi 🌊
🔔🐳 THIS FRIDAY I am performing my piece [whalesong] for one night only. It's a sound piece about the noises and voices in the sea using an absurd array of audio tools. Perfect post-Develop night out down at @theatredeli.bsky.social
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
July 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🔔🐳 THIS FRIDAY I am performing my piece [whalesong] for one night only. It's a sound piece about the noises and voices in the sea using an absurd array of audio tools. Perfect post-Develop night out down at @theatredeli.bsky.social
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
PWYC tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-fring...
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
FRIENDS 🐳 I am presenting my sound piece [whalesong] in London for the first time since 2020 ✨ it is a love song to cetaceans (toothed and baleen 🐋) where I create oceanic soundscapes with my voice, body, and hacked game controllers.
Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social
Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025
Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social
Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025
July 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
FRIENDS 🐳 I am presenting my sound piece [whalesong] in London for the first time since 2020 ✨ it is a love song to cetaceans (toothed and baleen 🐋) where I create oceanic soundscapes with my voice, body, and hacked game controllers.
Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social
Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025
Venue: @theatredeli.bsky.social
Tickets PWYC: bit.ly/ws-deli-2025
Reposted by Xavi 🐳
We're heading to Trans Pride Brighton! 🏳️⚧️
Join us on 19th July as we celebrate and support the trans community ✨
rsvp:
www.outmaking.games/events-list/...
Join us on 19th July as we celebrate and support the trans community ✨
rsvp:
www.outmaking.games/events-list/...
June 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We're heading to Trans Pride Brighton! 🏳️⚧️
Join us on 19th July as we celebrate and support the trans community ✨
rsvp:
www.outmaking.games/events-list/...
Join us on 19th July as we celebrate and support the trans community ✨
rsvp:
www.outmaking.games/events-list/...
Reposted by Xavi 🐳
We are thrilled to be partnering with @outmakinggames.bsky.social to celebrate #PrideMonth
We asked the OMG community for their favourite games that tell LGBTQ+ stories or celebrate inclusivity.
Check out our list below and tell us about your favourite games that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
We asked the OMG community for their favourite games that tell LGBTQ+ stories or celebrate inclusivity.
Check out our list below and tell us about your favourite games that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
June 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We are thrilled to be partnering with @outmakinggames.bsky.social to celebrate #PrideMonth
We asked the OMG community for their favourite games that tell LGBTQ+ stories or celebrate inclusivity.
Check out our list below and tell us about your favourite games that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
We asked the OMG community for their favourite games that tell LGBTQ+ stories or celebrate inclusivity.
Check out our list below and tell us about your favourite games that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
morning improvisation with my head in a bowl of water 💦🫧 and a flint rock on a sheet of copper 🪨✨
June 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
morning improvisation with my head in a bowl of water 💦🫧 and a flint rock on a sheet of copper 🪨✨
Huge respect to organisations like this who are taking a stand! Seen too many that cop out by saying they're 'apolitical' or make excuses for Barclays just because it benefits them.
May 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Huge respect to organisations like this who are taking a stand! Seen too many that cop out by saying they're 'apolitical' or make excuses for Barclays just because it benefits them.
I'm working on a project atm which reminded me of this absolute gem of a sound piece
SAM KIDEL : "Disruptive Muzak"
YouTube video by SPECTRES SONORES
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I'm working on a project atm which reminded me of this absolute gem of a sound piece
Last day to apply to be a mentor for Limit Break! It is honestly the best initiative within games here, everybody is really great, and it really makes a difference.
www.limitbreak.co.uk/apply
www.limitbreak.co.uk/apply
April 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Last day to apply to be a mentor for Limit Break! It is honestly the best initiative within games here, everybody is really great, and it really makes a difference.
www.limitbreak.co.uk/apply
www.limitbreak.co.uk/apply
Reposted by Xavi 🐳
🎮 The IG50 ARE BACK!
Are you:
📍 From the UK
💪 From a working-class or low-income background?
🔎 Not yet in the games industry?
Apply for the IG50 2025 for celebration, support finding work and more!
👉 Apply now: intogames50.uk/apply-2025
👇 Or read on to find out more… (1/4)
Are you:
📍 From the UK
💪 From a working-class or low-income background?
🔎 Not yet in the games industry?
Apply for the IG50 2025 for celebration, support finding work and more!
👉 Apply now: intogames50.uk/apply-2025
👇 Or read on to find out more… (1/4)
April 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🎮 The IG50 ARE BACK!
Are you:
📍 From the UK
💪 From a working-class or low-income background?
🔎 Not yet in the games industry?
Apply for the IG50 2025 for celebration, support finding work and more!
👉 Apply now: intogames50.uk/apply-2025
👇 Or read on to find out more… (1/4)
Are you:
📍 From the UK
💪 From a working-class or low-income background?
🔎 Not yet in the games industry?
Apply for the IG50 2025 for celebration, support finding work and more!
👉 Apply now: intogames50.uk/apply-2025
👇 Or read on to find out more… (1/4)
In 20 minutes!
TOMORROW! all new craft_radio on @datafruits.bsky.social, featuring a guest set from @blubberbaleen.bsky.social, bringing us an offshoot of their project [whalesong], a generative sound play about the noises in the ocean
1100 UTC / 9 PM EST / 1 AM UK
4.19/4.20
datafruits.fm
#radio#performanceart
1100 UTC / 9 PM EST / 1 AM UK
4.19/4.20
datafruits.fm
#radio#performanceart
![craft_radio w/ host synkretic and guest xvelastin, who will be playing a performance piece based in part on [whalesong], a generative sound play about the noises in the ocean. starting at 1100 UTC on April 20 on the website www.datafruits.fm](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g6bcdunmoeel3d7pfg2jpciu/bafkreicubedtbhynhiu6pmeyc7sulqx2q5c7awrzvvwh7vgcp3nenpn62u@jpeg)
April 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
In 20 minutes!
Reposted by Xavi 🐳
“biological sex” should refer only to having sex in a lab, knocking over microscopes and shit, contaminating every surface while scientists watch you and take notes
April 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“biological sex” should refer only to having sex in a lab, knocking over microscopes and shit, contaminating every surface while scientists watch you and take notes