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🎵 Music writer for Electronic Sound, veteran blogger, short story author 🎤 Comedian (Title Fight, Glang Show, A Lovely Time) 🍊 Operations droog for Anthony Burgess Foundation 💢 Was a sentient tower (grrrrrr) Read my blog: https://fatroland.blogspot.com.

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Feb 18

Hello, new followers. Good to see you here. I write about electronic music for my ancient blog and for Electronic Sound magazine. I perform comedy and run an events space. Oh and I'm a stroke survivor, which makes me cool. Please pop me a follow if you like and/or hate those kinds of things.

Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 7h

Internet killed the video star. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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.

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 2d

New mag klaxon. Issue 130 of Electronik Sound magazine is out today. Gary Numan is the kover star, and there are the usual interviews, reviews and excellent kontent. And yes, it kontains my 130th kolumn – this one's all about your kranium. www.electronicsound.co.uk

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 7d

Kraftwerk are going on tour. Not to overstate things, but seeing them live is like listening to the origin of everything that matters. www.electronicsound.co.uk/news/kraftwe...

Kraftwerk UK Tour 2026 – Electronic Sound

After recently completing a hugely successful worldwide concert tour including a festival stealing appearance at Coachella, Kraftwerk legend Ralf Hütter is pleased to announce a new UK and Ireland…

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 7d

"It's a miserable tune, all minor chord and morose. The lyrics depict corporate fat cats as predators to be avoided – indeed, to be run away from."

✍️ Read my new blog post: Raves against the machine – Mr C (and Octo Octa) lead the way fatroland.blogspot.com/2025/10/rave...

Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 12d

"It's basically him impersonating a late-career Michael Jackson ballad, with a bit of falsetto and some washboard abs thrown in for good measure. Meh."

✍️ Read my new blog post: Ultimate 90s Number One – Baby Spice, Baby D and a bunch of terrible Brothers fatroland.blogspot.com/2025/09/ulti...

Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 15d

The Daily Mash reports on "Brian Eno and other chancers who masquerade as experimental geniuses". Uh-oh...

Brian Eno, and other chancers who masquerade as experimental geniuses

IF you don't 'get' an artist, it's not because they're too clever for you but because, like these guys, they're purveyors of pseudo-intellectual bollocks.

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 17d

Who’s in the magazine this month so I can write about them?” Fat Roland asked. Interesting we thought. “It’s Delia Derbyshire,” we said. What could possibly go wrong…

🗓️ Posted 14 November 2019: Fat Roland column on Delia Derbyshire for Electronic Sound. www.electronicsound.co.uk/columns/bang...

Delia Derbyshire – Electronic Sound

I envy Delia Derbyshire and all the music she magically made from toasters and wooden spoons and fart cushions. When I faff around all day, smearing my belly with guacamole to add texture to my…

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 18d

"I grew up without the internet... I relied on the radio to learn about all the cool new bops. Mainstream radio was pretty tofu, with ballads, AOR and pop factory piffle. Allan's riotous shows on Key 103 felt like a portal into something subversive..." fatroland.blogspot.com/2025/09/set-...

Set for take-off: remembering Stu Allan

There have been many famous radio DJs. There was John Peel, there was that Moyles one, and, er, someone called Dave probably. But for us Man...

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 19d

"Allan's riotous shows on Key 103 felt like a portal into something subversive, as if it was a private broadcast of all the stuff you weren't allowed to listen to."

✍️ Read my new blog post: Set for take-off – remembering Stu Allan fatroland.blogspot.com/2025/09/set-...

Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 25d

A real coup for Co-op arena. First the BRIT Awards and now the MOBO Awards. Soon they'll be hosting Fat Roland's Smallest Marrow Competition. www.musicweek.com/media/read/m...

MOBO Awards joins the BRITs at Co-Op Live in Manchester

It will be the first time for the MOBOs in Manchester, and the event will form part of the MOBO Organisation’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 28d

Craftworks. Kraftwerk. Craftworks. Kraftwerk. Yes? Craft? Kraft?! Oh suit yerself. Here is my latest column for Electronic Sound magazine (requires subscription). www.electronicsound.co.uk/columns/bang...

Terrible Guest Ales – Electronic Sound

More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell): Craftworks’ jukebox

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · 29d

I've just typed "Burgess Foundation" as "Burgess Fecundation". Should this be our new name?

Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Sep 11

"I pressed the little circle next to my post because I didn't know what the circle was, and suddenly Grok whirred into life."

✍️ My new blog post about X and AI. Oh dear. Back with another one of those Grok-rockin' tweets fatroland.blogspot.com/2025/09/grok...

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Sep 7

Reminder: At 3pm today, the Fat Roland alarm will go off. Please prepare by having to hand an egg whisk, two car manuals and a cone of marbles (medium). No further instructions will be given.

Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Sep 6

I reckon I could fight a goose. I don't want to fight a goose. But it is very important to my masculinity to know that, if given the opportunity, I could fight a goose. I wouldn't win, but let's not get caught up on details.

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Sep 6

"Morrissey is apolitical," says the gladioli stormtrooper on his invitation to perform for Reform. Frankly, Mr Skanky, you're as apolitical as Farage trying to paint his face with a St George cross using Churchill's nicotine-stained dribble. What hokum.

Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Sep 5

I hope people don't find MY secret projects. My 78-page outline for One Direction Butter Mannequins: The Adult Musical is staying in my bottom drawer and that's that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

David Bowie's final project was a musical set in London

Shortly before his death, the star wrote dozens of notes for a musical set in 18th Century London.

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Sep 3

"In an effort to reclaim the national debate, I have designed six flags dedicated to electronic music... Should flags have teeth?!"

✍️ New blog post: Full-mast hysteria – waving the flag for electronic music fatroland.blogspot.com/2025/09/full...

Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Sep 2

▶️ Kneecap + Paul Hartnoll: Sayōnara. Subversive euphoria from Kemi Badenoch's least favourite rabble rousers, with a little help from one half of Orbital. They're having a ball(gag). www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLt0...

KNEECAP and PAUL HARTNOLL - SAYŌNARA (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

SAYŌNARA (OFFICIAL VIDEO) FOLLOW: WEBSITE: https://www.kneecap.ie/ SPOTIFY : https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ZVACPeq7ccGCoUXwtafUU INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/kneecap32/ TIK TOK :…

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Aug 31

"It reminds me a bit of Tycho and The Black Dog. The music, not the handbags ."

✍️ New blog post: Bochum Welt walks the catwalk with Jil Sander fatroland.blogspot.com/2025/08/boch...

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Fil McIntyre @filmci.bsky.social · Aug 26

Finally my special skill is given public recognition thanks to @fatroland.bsky.social in @electronicsound.bsky.social mag.

Magazine text. Arrow points at one paragraph: He called it a "wall of sound" because his special skill was layering his studio instruments on top of each other without everything toppling over. This is almost as impressive as my mate Fil who can pack a car boot better than anyone I've ever known. How did he fit the camping chairs in? And the fully inflated paddling pool?! The guy's a spatial wizard.

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Aggressive, rough, and enough to make a hamster spill its lapsang souchong,"

✍️ New blog post: The dark destroyers – my interview with Black Sites in the latest issue of Electronic Sound magazine fatroland.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

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⚜️ Fritz von Runte ⚜️ @vonrunte.bsky.social · Aug 16

I had a lovely time celebrating @fatroland.bsky.social s birthday last night. Topics were Tamarind, low vitamin D epidemic, room temperature beer tastes like butter, Gabrielle's Wish, Doves band members peed everywhere, Moss Cider and Wesley's Community Furniture

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Aug 18

▶️ Alexander Kulikov: Sunset. A foggy offering from this LA producer signed to Scotland's Soma Records. Minimal, ambient and a perfect Monday meditation. EP due out on August 29. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP68...

Alexander Kulikov - Sunset [SOMA688D]

Support here: https://alexanderkulikov.fanlink.tv/OctoberDreamsPt1 Alexander Kulikov - October Dreams Pt 1 [SOMA688D] 1. Sunset 2. Night and Wind 3. Stream 4. Stream (Luke Hess Remix) Soma welcomes…

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Fat Roland @fatroland.bsky.social · Aug 14

What connects Motorhead, Motley Crue, Blue Oyster Cult, Husker Du and Spinal Tap? The metal umlaut, of course. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_u...

Metal umlaut - Wikipedia

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