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john // OBLADADA

@johnjnicol.bsky.social

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Graphic designer (for hire) who loves nature (especially fungi + slime molds), seldom visited places, mountain biking and weird music. Bonnie Scotland (he/him) Music reviews + mixes: https://obladada.com Graphic Design: https://industrycottage.co.uk

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 1d

Tune in to my latest mix Galaksia Superbazaro (galactic supermarket) at your leisure...
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/obla...

@campradio.bsky.social
#psychedelicrock
#ambient
#drone
#spacemusic
#avant-garde

tracklist for my latest soniko mix - a text version of this is within the comment section of the mixcloud link in this post

the sleeve for soniko 49 - featuring a superb common puffball!

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CAMP Radio @campradio.bsky.social · 2d

7-9pm: OBLADADA SONIKO

SONIKO: packed full of kosmic delights. psych grooves, abstract textures, avant garde voids, wormhole drones, and dream states. An exhilarating 2-hour adventure…

@johnjnicol.bsky.social | obladada.com
#PsychedelicRock #Ambient #Drone #Collage #AvantGarde

*⏰CEST

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 2d

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Soniko 49 - 'galactic supermarket' featuring 54 tracks, beams across the airwaves tonight...

6-8 pm (UK) / 7-9 pm (CET) listen.camp

@campradio.bsky.social

#psychedelicrock #ambient #drone #spacemusic #avantgarde

The sleeve for Soniko 49 - 'Galasksia Superbazaro (galactic supermarket) featuring a rather groovy common puffball!

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, a super harvest moon. Looks wild here tonight.

john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 4d

No. Tonight near Edinburgh.

john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 4d

A super harvest moon at the end of the street.

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 5d

I think it might be a western conifer seed bug.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall said she’d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. 🚀

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 7d

a toothed jelly fungi on today's ride. beautiful! #fungi

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum in the moss looking amazing - translucent and weirdly textured

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 8d

The autumn leaf buffet is open! #adoptdontshop

Our buns, Riley and Rowan enjoying playing amongst the leaves on our patio as it gets dark.

john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 10d

A true champion for animals!
#rip Jane Goodall

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 14d

Probably my favourite Fahey sleeve. What looks like something hugely gentle and polite proceeds to hits you over the head with “Requiem for Molly”

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 15d

A lame to fame for sure but delighted to spot this little beauty today. Apparently its very rare - a yellow fan. #fungi

A yellow fan (spathularia flavida) fungi growing in the leaf litter

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 16d

Stayed On It all day long...
horselords.bandcamp.com/track/stay-o...

Stay on It, by Horse Lords

from the album Mixtape IV

horselords.bandcamp.com

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 20d

The Godz - White Cat Heat [US, Lo-Fi, Avantgarde] (1966) Impersonation of sex-crazed felines - keep away from dogs
https://redd.it/bch6o8
https://youtu.be/T5Tm1xt0t7o

The Godz - White Cat Heat [US, Lo-Fi, Avantgarde] (1966) Impersonation of sex-crazed felines - keep away from dogs

youtu.be

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 21d

every wander or spin on the bike at the moment is mind-blowing! the more I learn, the less I know!
#fungi abound!

young common puffballs growing on a mossy stump

a group of weeping widow amongst the leaf litter

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 29d

Tune into Fremdaj Koloroj (Alien Colours) at your leisure
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/obla...
@campradio.bsky.social

#psychedelicrock
#ambient
#drone
#collage
#avantgarde

image with the tracklist of my latest mix - a text version of this tracklist is in the comment section of the mixcloud link in this post

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CAMP Radio @campradio.bsky.social · 29d

Listen again: OBLADADA SONIKO / 12th September 2025

Playing tracks by Larkin, Julia Reidy, Peter Rehberg, Tinkerbells Fairydust, Lichen Gumbo and more.

@johnjnicol.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/obla...

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 29d

Tune into Fremdaj Koloroj (Alien Colours) at your leisure
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/obla...
@campradio.bsky.social

#psychedelicrock
#ambient
#drone
#collage
#avantgarde

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 29d

m.youtube.com/watch?v=vnII...

joshua abrams and natural information society sideways fall

YouTube video by picnicatlicklerock

m.youtube.com

john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 29d

lizdurette.bandcamp.com/album/primor...

Primordial Soup, by Liz Durette

9 track album

lizdurette.bandcamp.com

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · Sep 12

Children Of The Sixth Root Race - We Are The Dinosaurs [USA, Psychedelic Rock](1973)
https://redd.it/ubl5if
https://youtu.be/-je13G5D8bg

Children Of The Sixth Root Race - We Are The Dinosaurs [USA, Psychedelic Rock](1973)

youtu.be

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john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 29d

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0m...

Atlanteans

YouTube video by Fire, Water, Air - Topic

m.youtube.com

john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 29d

john // OBLADADA @johnjnicol.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Soniko 48 - 'alien colours' featuring 51 tracks, beaming its odd spectral brainwaves through the airwaves tonight...

6-8 pm (UK) / 7-9 pm (CET) listen.camp

@campradio.bsky.social

#psychedelicrock #ambient #drone #collage #avantgarde

the sleeve of our latest mix fremdaj koloroj (alien colours) - the image is of a chicken of the wood fungi growing from a dead yew tree.

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