Derek Walmsley
@derekwalmsley.bsky.social
I'm almost always trying to make the text flow better or reduce the number of words. Music writing in The Wire, Electronic Sound, The Quietus, LRB, elsewhere. slowmotion.blog
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 AM
And for @electronicsound.bsky.social I had a blast shooting the breeze with Oneohtrix/Daniel Lopatin swapping a couple of sample library CD tips and talking anything and everything re: his great new Tranquilizer album
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 AM
And for @electronicsound.bsky.social I had a blast shooting the breeze with Oneohtrix/Daniel Lopatin swapping a couple of sample library CD tips and talking anything and everything re: his great new Tranquilizer album
Words from me, for @thequietus.com Organic Intelligence series, I surveyed the resilient underground scene in Euskadi with music from @abjectmusic.bsky.social and help from Hegoa et al, tracing the roots back to punk communities (full guide for tQ subscribers only)
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Organic Intelligence LII: Treasures of the Basque Country | The Quietus
“I guess it’s shadowy seen from an outside point of view,” says Mikel Acosta of Hegoa Diskak, an independent label repping the undervalued music of the Basque Country. ‘Shadowy’ was the term given to ...
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January 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Words from me, for @thequietus.com Organic Intelligence series, I surveyed the resilient underground scene in Euskadi with music from @abjectmusic.bsky.social and help from Hegoa et al, tracing the roots back to punk communities (full guide for tQ subscribers only)
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@simonprice.bsky.social don't know if you’ve seen there's an artist Delaney Bailey, but I though it was very Callum Mcmanaman
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
@simonprice.bsky.social don't know if you’ve seen there's an artist Delaney Bailey, but I though it was very Callum Mcmanaman
Reckon I‘d be pretty chill in this scenario as long as there was wireless phone charging
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Reckon I‘d be pretty chill in this scenario as long as there was wireless phone charging
One of the very greatest middle eights ever too
January 19, 2026 at 10:24 PM
One of the very greatest middle eights ever too
A video that takes your breath away 35 years later
January 19, 2026 at 10:19 PM
A video that takes your breath away 35 years later
Incredible
#FallFriday Totally Wired live in New York 1981 - excellent restoration by Nacho Video. Read the YouTube caption for more info and recollections from @marcrileydj.bsky.social, including opening for The Clash on the same tour
youtu.be/pr6WLK9k9wE
youtu.be/pr6WLK9k9wE
The Fall | Totally Wired | Live in New York | June 1981
YouTube video by Nacho Video
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Incredible
Reposted by Derek Walmsley
Bandcamp Bans Music Substantially or Wholly Generated by AI
Source: Bandcamp. Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows: Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or…
Source: Bandcamp. Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows: Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or…
Bandcamp Bans Music Substantially or Wholly Generated by AI
Source: Bandcamp. Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows: Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement. The second point is straightforward and should be not be controversial.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Bandcamp Bans Music Substantially or Wholly Generated by AI
Source: Bandcamp. Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows: Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or…
Source: Bandcamp. Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows: Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or…
Great, funny, serious discussion of the Asterix books, in previous post
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Great, funny, serious discussion of the Asterix books, in previous post
Reposted by Derek Walmsley
New Christmas episode up now! Asterix and the Roman Agent - and LOADS more Asterix books - with Louie Stowell, Robert Shearman, Una McCormack & Andy Miller. 🎄📚🎅
@robertshearman.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
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@robertshearman.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
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December 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New Christmas episode up now! Asterix and the Roman Agent - and LOADS more Asterix books - with Louie Stowell, Robert Shearman, Una McCormack & Andy Miller. 🎄📚🎅
@robertshearman.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6mIn...
@robertshearman.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
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@robertshearman.bsky.social hi Robert, I’m sure many people might have explained about that ‘alternative’ Finnish Asterix title by now? If not, it piqued my interest, because ‘boikkane’ looks very Finnish, but the letter B is not even in the Finnish alphabet!
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
@robertshearman.bsky.social hi Robert, I’m sure many people might have explained about that ‘alternative’ Finnish Asterix title by now? If not, it piqued my interest, because ‘boikkane’ looks very Finnish, but the letter B is not even in the Finnish alphabet!
This kind of longterm trend is rarely covered in the media, but good news can happen, unexpected as it seems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This kind of longterm trend is rarely covered in the media, but good news can happen, unexpected as it seems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Fantastic, I don't think I've heard this for many years, if at all.
It's not really germane to your observation but I'm simply compelled to make the riddim connection here as I think it's a particularly sublime case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1F...
The Paragons - Riding On A Windy Day (With Lyrics)
YouTube video by Allan Taipalus
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January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Fantastic, I don't think I've heard this for many years, if at all.
We all try to avoid clickbait videos this kind of year, but who can possibly resist “Augustus Pablo plays guitar WRONG WAY UP and styles it out like a PRO"?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWN...
ROOTS!! Rare Footage of Augustus Pablo And Hugh Mundell(1979)
YouTube video by RootsReggaeDubAmsterdam
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January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
We all try to avoid clickbait videos this kind of year, but who can possibly resist “Augustus Pablo plays guitar WRONG WAY UP and styles it out like a PRO"?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWN...
One of those mishearings that feel particularly powerful, I'd always heard "Blackman’s heart cries out..." as "Black men all rise up".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKvi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKvi...
JUNIOR DELGADO - Blackman Heart [1978]
YouTube video by Bionic Dub
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January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
One of those mishearings that feel particularly powerful, I'd always heard "Blackman’s heart cries out..." as "Black men all rise up".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKvi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKvi...
Forgot to post about this at the time, but @bturneroverdrive.bsky.social did a cool interview with the very good people of @prolapseband.bsky.social back in October, with lots of stuff about their very crunchy album
brianturnershow.com/2025/10/15/b...
brianturnershow.com/2025/10/15/b...
Brian Turner Show (on East Village Radio), Episode 183, with Linda Steelyard and Mick Derrick of Prolapse, October 15, 2025
Formed in Leicester, UK in 1992, Prolapse were the perhaps the antidote to the flag-waving, nostalgic Britpop infusion to that decade; a chaotic, repetitive, sometimes dream-pop-leaning unit fronte…
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January 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Forgot to post about this at the time, but @bturneroverdrive.bsky.social did a cool interview with the very good people of @prolapseband.bsky.social back in October, with lots of stuff about their very crunchy album
brianturnershow.com/2025/10/15/b...
brianturnershow.com/2025/10/15/b...
The opening scene of Sátántangó stays in the mind for years. A bunch of cows milling around, but also loaded with allegorical power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rN...
Sátántangó - Béla Tarr (1994) - Cows Without Owner - Memorias del Cine - YouTube
YouTube video by Memorias del cine
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January 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The opening scene of Sátántangó stays in the mind for years. A bunch of cows milling around, but also loaded with allegorical power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rN...
Amazing YouTube channel
Remembering David Johansen on his birthday. Here are the New York Dolls shaking things up in 1973
youtu.be/nrdqX_auyPc
youtu.be/nrdqX_auyPc
Personality Crisis - New York Dolls | The Midnight Special
YouTube video by The Midnight Special
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January 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Amazing YouTube channel
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Damn, they were the most extreme distillation of pure Rawk, almost its logical conclusion. RIP to a master
January 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Damn, they were the most extreme distillation of pure Rawk, almost its logical conclusion. RIP to a master
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Terrible news. No other musician has transported me so many times from black dog to grinning maniac. Proper, no-holds-barred artist.
So sad to hear the grapevine of death a few years back of High Rise’s Munehiro Narita, perhaps my favourite ever guitarist. Just been publicly announced. The wildest soloist you could imagine and an absolute beast on a riff. No rock music ever kicked more ass than this youtu.be/xDxqmLLgaeg?...
High Rise: Live (1994)
YouTube video by Lukáš Grygar
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Terrible news. No other musician has transported me so many times from black dog to grinning maniac. Proper, no-holds-barred artist.
Hat tip to the main man Alan Cummings and the great
@bturneroverdrive.bsky.social for the sad news.
@bturneroverdrive.bsky.social for the sad news.
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Hat tip to the main man Alan Cummings and the great
@bturneroverdrive.bsky.social for the sad news.
@bturneroverdrive.bsky.social for the sad news.
So sad to hear the grapevine of death a few years back of High Rise’s Munehiro Narita, perhaps my favourite ever guitarist. Just been publicly announced. The wildest soloist you could imagine and an absolute beast on a riff. No rock music ever kicked more ass than this youtu.be/xDxqmLLgaeg?...
High Rise: Live (1994)
YouTube video by Lukáš Grygar
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
So sad to hear the grapevine of death a few years back of High Rise’s Munehiro Narita, perhaps my favourite ever guitarist. Just been publicly announced. The wildest soloist you could imagine and an absolute beast on a riff. No rock music ever kicked more ass than this youtu.be/xDxqmLLgaeg?...