brian foote
@brianfoote.bsky.social
kranky, peak oil, conflict of interest, leech, smoke point, false aralia, FO
after ~30yrs of playing together in various configs, paul & I are releasing our first lp as a duo. I’ve jammed many hours with many people but none as numbered as w our boy strategy; so it’s fitting this one is a snapshot of us first thought best thoughting it & forcibly leaving it alone for once.
February 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
after ~30yrs of playing together in various configs, paul & I are releasing our first lp as a duo. I’ve jammed many hours with many people but none as numbered as w our boy strategy; so it’s fitting this one is a snapshot of us first thought best thoughting it & forcibly leaving it alone for once.
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Coming up from Peak Oil; Indonesian gamelan x dub methodologies from Hoavi, stretching out in a space between Xth Reflexion, Don’t DJ, Uwalmassa, Shackleton, Steve Reich
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February 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Coming up from Peak Oil; Indonesian gamelan x dub methodologies from Hoavi, stretching out in a space between Xth Reflexion, Don’t DJ, Uwalmassa, Shackleton, Steve Reich
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we re hosting a 5 Gate Temple show here in Los Angeles in a few weeks
February 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
we re hosting a 5 Gate Temple show here in Los Angeles in a few weeks
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As promised, here’s a new one on peak oil. New LP out next month.
Paperclip Minimiser - II A2
📡📻🔒Sheffield Live! 93.2FM
paperclipminimiser.bandcamp.com/track/ii-a2
#NightTrainNowPlaying
Paperclip Minimiser - II A2
📡📻🔒Sheffield Live! 93.2FM
paperclipminimiser.bandcamp.com/track/ii-a2
#NightTrainNowPlaying
II A2, by Paperclip Minimiser
from the album II
paperclipminimiser.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
As promised, here’s a new one on peak oil. New LP out next month.
Paperclip Minimiser - II A2
📡📻🔒Sheffield Live! 93.2FM
paperclipminimiser.bandcamp.com/track/ii-a2
#NightTrainNowPlaying
Paperclip Minimiser - II A2
📡📻🔒Sheffield Live! 93.2FM
paperclipminimiser.bandcamp.com/track/ii-a2
#NightTrainNowPlaying
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Paperclip Minimiser
II
OTW from Peak Oil - John Howes with a second volume featuring some of the most distinctive, uncannily sensuous electronic music in circulation right now - big RIYL DJ ojo, Carrier, Monolake
boomkat.com/products/ii-...
II
OTW from Peak Oil - John Howes with a second volume featuring some of the most distinctive, uncannily sensuous electronic music in circulation right now - big RIYL DJ ojo, Carrier, Monolake
boomkat.com/products/ii-...
February 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Paperclip Minimiser
II
OTW from Peak Oil - John Howes with a second volume featuring some of the most distinctive, uncannily sensuous electronic music in circulation right now - big RIYL DJ ojo, Carrier, Monolake
boomkat.com/products/ii-...
II
OTW from Peak Oil - John Howes with a second volume featuring some of the most distinctive, uncannily sensuous electronic music in circulation right now - big RIYL DJ ojo, Carrier, Monolake
boomkat.com/products/ii-...
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STORE // Manchester-based producer John Howes returns to Peak Oil under his Paperclip Minimiser alias with II, a dense yet spacious transmission of cyberpunk techno rooted in the lost futures of the early digital age. inverted-audio.store/products/pap...
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
STORE // Manchester-based producer John Howes returns to Peak Oil under his Paperclip Minimiser alias with II, a dense yet spacious transmission of cyberpunk techno rooted in the lost futures of the early digital age. inverted-audio.store/products/pap...
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PREORDER: 'II' by Paperclip Minimiser
Electronic producer John Howes returns with a Peak Oil-released full-length balancing club techno with experimental production.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...
Electronic producer John Howes returns with a Peak Oil-released full-length balancing club techno with experimental production.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...
January 29, 2026 at 4:24 PM
PREORDER: 'II' by Paperclip Minimiser
Electronic producer John Howes returns with a Peak Oil-released full-length balancing club techno with experimental production.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...
Electronic producer John Howes returns with a Peak Oil-released full-length balancing club techno with experimental production.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...
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Paperclip Minimiser - II
radical dub techno sculptures from Peak Oil, fitting right in line with future-blast labelmates Topdown Dialectic and Purelink. been rinsing hard for days. drops in March but I figured you guys might want a heads up before physical copies sell out
radical dub techno sculptures from Peak Oil, fitting right in line with future-blast labelmates Topdown Dialectic and Purelink. been rinsing hard for days. drops in March but I figured you guys might want a heads up before physical copies sell out
February 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Paperclip Minimiser - II
radical dub techno sculptures from Peak Oil, fitting right in line with future-blast labelmates Topdown Dialectic and Purelink. been rinsing hard for days. drops in March but I figured you guys might want a heads up before physical copies sell out
radical dub techno sculptures from Peak Oil, fitting right in line with future-blast labelmates Topdown Dialectic and Purelink. been rinsing hard for days. drops in March but I figured you guys might want a heads up before physical copies sell out
paperclip minimiser ‘II’ is the first peak oil release of the new year. @congburn.co.uk returns to us demonstrating dazzlingly what flexing on the tools you ll use tomorrow sounds like today. available everywhere march13.
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
paperclip minimiser ‘II’ is the first peak oil release of the new year. @congburn.co.uk returns to us demonstrating dazzlingly what flexing on the tools you ll use tomorrow sounds like today. available everywhere march13.
we have a double header of a show to launch the 12th year of ‘tipping point’ featuring jamie hodge (aka born under a rhyming planet) and rikki r. godd, a new alias on chicago’s spectral disc. tune in to @dublab.bsky.social today 2-4pm pst.
January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
we have a double header of a show to launch the 12th year of ‘tipping point’ featuring jamie hodge (aka born under a rhyming planet) and rikki r. godd, a new alias on chicago’s spectral disc. tune in to @dublab.bsky.social today 2-4pm pst.
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JUST IN! 'False 06' by Borgesian Term
Sixth volume of the False series of releases on False Aralia records from the group consisting of Anya Prisk, Harriet Brown, DJML, and aka Izaak.
Expect four abstract dubby ambient downtempo melters.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2125...
Sixth volume of the False series of releases on False Aralia records from the group consisting of Anya Prisk, Harriet Brown, DJML, and aka Izaak.
Expect four abstract dubby ambient downtempo melters.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2125...
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
JUST IN! 'False 06' by Borgesian Term
Sixth volume of the False series of releases on False Aralia records from the group consisting of Anya Prisk, Harriet Brown, DJML, and aka Izaak.
Expect four abstract dubby ambient downtempo melters.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2125...
Sixth volume of the False series of releases on False Aralia records from the group consisting of Anya Prisk, Harriet Brown, DJML, and aka Izaak.
Expect four abstract dubby ambient downtempo melters.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2125...
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STORE // False Aralia 05, a 3-track LP from Vehicular exploring dub ambient, rhythmic noise and experimental glitch. Highly tipped if you're into the weirder shades of downtempo electronic music. inverted-audio.store/products/veh...
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
STORE // False Aralia 05, a 3-track LP from Vehicular exploring dub ambient, rhythmic noise and experimental glitch. Highly tipped if you're into the weirder shades of downtempo electronic music. inverted-audio.store/products/veh...
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Peak Oil host UK hardcore ‘nuum specialist Low End Activist on deep manoeuvres in the gully between serotonin-depleted ambience, restless tech-step, dark garage and grime, on two new tape editions
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December 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Peak Oil host UK hardcore ‘nuum specialist Low End Activist on deep manoeuvres in the gully between serotonin-depleted ambience, restless tech-step, dark garage and grime, on two new tape editions
boomkat.com/artists/low-...
boomkat.com/artists/low-...
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REVIEW // ‘Airdrop II’ and ‘Airdrop III’ find Low End Activist blending ambient tones with the UK hardcore continuum, refracting late-90s rave energy into something fresh and timeless. Airdrop sits perfectly between past, present and future. inverted-audio.com/review/low-e...
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
REVIEW // ‘Airdrop II’ and ‘Airdrop III’ find Low End Activist blending ambient tones with the UK hardcore continuum, refracting late-90s rave energy into something fresh and timeless. Airdrop sits perfectly between past, present and future. inverted-audio.com/review/low-e...
a solid @lowendactivist.bsky.social ‘airdrop ii’ take on @residentadvisor.bsky.social today
Low End Activist - Airdrop II · Album Review ⟋ RA
A personal and political archive of the darkest, forgotten corners of UK club music.
ra.co
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
a solid @lowendactivist.bsky.social ‘airdrop ii’ take on @residentadvisor.bsky.social today
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Peak Oil’s eminently watchable False Aralia sub-label return with a pair of EP’s revelling in a signature spirit of hallucinatory dub chicanery, Trip Hop x fluid hydrodynamics, primed to file next to /\\Aught, Pole, Short Span, Vlad Delay
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November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Peak Oil’s eminently watchable False Aralia sub-label return with a pair of EP’s revelling in a signature spirit of hallucinatory dub chicanery, Trip Hop x fluid hydrodynamics, primed to file next to /\\Aught, Pole, Short Span, Vlad Delay
boomkat.com/labels/false...
boomkat.com/labels/false...
thanks philip
In the newsletter this week: a vinyl-only collection from NZ ambient lifer Rosy Parlane, an incredible new Bill Orcutt solo LP, trips to the dark side of drum & bass and UKG from Peak Oil's Low End Activist, SDEM's hardware hip-hop for Gescom heads... futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-144-one...
FR 144: One Perfect Day and Various Small Whistles
New records from Bill Orcutt, Lia Kohl, Avalon Emerson, and more
futurismrestated.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
thanks philip
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November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Album 2 of these early hours
Low End Activist - Airdrop II
Low End Activist - Airdrop II
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Album 2 of these early hours
Low End Activist - Airdrop II
Low End Activist - Airdrop II
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new double-drop from Low End Activist is very very nice
(↓ Airdrop 2 AND 3 out now)
(↓ Airdrop 2 AND 3 out now)
Airdrop II, by Low End Activist
10 track album
lowendactivist.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
new double-drop from Low End Activist is very very nice
(↓ Airdrop 2 AND 3 out now)
(↓ Airdrop 2 AND 3 out now)
low end activist ‘airdrop ii’ & ‘airdrop iii’ out now.
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
low end activist ‘airdrop ii’ & ‘airdrop iii’ out now.
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Four albums for today 🌌
techno/idm edition
techno/idm edition
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Four albums for today 🌌
techno/idm edition
techno/idm edition
lifted ‘3’ included
Tune in and drop out with these crucial ambient releases from October.
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, October 2025
Our guide to the month’s crucial ambient LPs.
daily.bandcamp.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
lifted ‘3’ included
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False Aralia 05 & 06 🌬️
mindfuck experimental dub from Izaak Schlossman on a laser-focused imprint from Brian Foote of Peak Oil. think Purelink & Topdown Dialectic, further abstracted and more human at the same time. incredible project so far, these new 12"s may be the best yet
mindfuck experimental dub from Izaak Schlossman on a laser-focused imprint from Brian Foote of Peak Oil. think Purelink & Topdown Dialectic, further abstracted and more human at the same time. incredible project so far, these new 12"s may be the best yet
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
False Aralia 05 & 06 🌬️
mindfuck experimental dub from Izaak Schlossman on a laser-focused imprint from Brian Foote of Peak Oil. think Purelink & Topdown Dialectic, further abstracted and more human at the same time. incredible project so far, these new 12"s may be the best yet
mindfuck experimental dub from Izaak Schlossman on a laser-focused imprint from Brian Foote of Peak Oil. think Purelink & Topdown Dialectic, further abstracted and more human at the same time. incredible project so far, these new 12"s may be the best yet
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also coming up from False Aralia; slow-mo trotters in a classic burial mix style, more anonymous shenanigans, intrigue & stuff ✨
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October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
also coming up from False Aralia; slow-mo trotters in a classic burial mix style, more anonymous shenanigans, intrigue & stuff ✨
boomkat.com/products/fal...
boomkat.com/products/fal...