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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about my Unsound 2025 highlights, including Jim O'Rourke & Eiko Ishibashi, Abdullah Miniawy, Kara-Lis Coverdale, and a Kyoto DJ named 1729 who played two of the best ambient sets I've ever heard futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-139-wea...

FR 139: Weaving Webs at Unsound 2025

Jim O’Rourke & Eiko Ishibashi, Kara-Lis Coverdale, 1729, and other highlights from the Kraków festival

futurismrestated.substack.com

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · 17d

I love the new album from @thebreathinglight.bsky.social
A very cool atmoshpere to the sound!

#punk #goth #experimental #vinyl

breathinglight.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

In the True World, by The Breathing Light

13 track album

breathinglight.bandcamp.com

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Sep 16

A very interesting conversation- recommended!

Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · Sep 16

I had a fantastic conversation with William Tyler about his new full-length collaboration with Kieren Hebden (and much more) futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-134-wil...

FR 134: William Tyler Is Chasing Spirits at the Crossroads of Ambient and Folk

The Nashville guitarist on working with Four Tet, seeking catharsis, and cultivating a Southern strain of hauntology

futurismrestated.substack.com

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Sep 9

Highly recommended!

#ambient #electronic

Whitelabrecs @whitelabrecs.bsky.social · Sep 9

At 9pm (UK time) I’ll be hosting a listening party for the new @tapesandtopog.bsky.social album ‘Partial Holograms’.

🎟️ You’re invited to join us of course! Here’s the link:
whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/merch/tapes-...

Tapes and Topographies - Partial Holograms (Listening Party) from whitelabrecs

Listening Party from whitelabrecs.

whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com

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quiet details @quietdetails.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tomorrow friends, first thing as always

qd39 Raica @chloeharris.bsky.social
The Absence of Being

quiet details @quietdetails.bsky.social · Sep 3

So pleased to say that coming next week is a gorgeous and deeply heartfelt entry in the quiet details series from the legendary Chloe Harris @chloeharris.bsky.social here as Raica

Out next Wednesday 10th September, digital and CD editions

Listening party Thursday 11th at 19:00 UK time

#music

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Sep 9

A fantastic new project and label from Jo Johnson!

#ambient #electronic #experimental

Jo Johnson @jo-johnson.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'm so happy to tell you that my album Alterations Volume One is out now. We're holding a little listening party at 7 pm UK time tonight to celebrate. It's free and you're very welcome to join us.

silverthreads.bandcamp.com/album/altera...

It's a big project but I do go on a bit here, apologies...

My cat Spiegel checking out the new @silver-threads.bsky.social stickers and Alterations album on a weathered wooden garden table

The Alterations CD album with new mirror Silver Threads sticker appears to have been washed up on a pebble beach

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today's #WeAreAllDC protest in downtown Washington, D.C. demanding an immediate withdrawal of federal troops from the District and an end to the federalization of the local police department.

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great album! I already have my vinyl 😊

Oren Ambarchi_Black Truffle @orenambarchi.bsky.social · Aug 28

New vid by @maxluc.bsky.social of “Shesh”, the last track from the Ghosted III album, out tomorrow on Drag City records
youtu.be/OydnLmtscyg

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin "Shesh" (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Drag City

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PremRock @premrock.bsky.social · Aug 28

Went deep with @gardenerjams.bsky.social on the new triple offensive!

daily.bandcamp.com/features/shr...

For ShrapKnel, Triples Is Best

The duo of PremRock and Curly Castro reach new heights on their three(!) new records.

daily.bandcamp.com

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yes, I was! I try to make all of the @quietdetails.bsky.social listening parties. They are always a good time.

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Aug 22

Listening to this now 😀 Great album!

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Whitelabrecs @whitelabrecs.bsky.social · Aug 21

New on the blog: Adrian Lane’s Grounding Sounds; the artist’s favourite records of all time, with a mix, photos and thoughts:

whitelabrecs.com/blog/b/groun...

Some massive records in there by the likes of Fennesz, Johann Johannsson, Max Richter and plenty more…

#ambientmusic

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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · Aug 19

I interviewed Florida rave pioneer Peter Wohelski about TRiP Magazeen, a DIY zine from 1992-94 that covered UR, Aphex Twin, Mixmaster Morris, Laurent Garnier and so many more. Newly compiled, it's a time machine from a lost, pre-internet world.
futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-130-thi...

FR 130: This ’90s Zine Lays Bare the Roots of U.S. Rave History

Peter Wohelski’s TRiP Magazeen is a lost snapshot of progressive electronic culture in its infancy

futurismrestated.substack.com

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Aug 19

New Drag City release from Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke is amazing.

#experimental #drone #ambient #nowplaying

eikoishibashi.bandcamp.com/album/pareid...

Pareidolia, by Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke

5 track album

eikoishibashi.bandcamp.com

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Aug 12

The vinyl in real life.

A picture of the new Open Mike Eagle vinyl on my turntable.

livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Aug 12

Just got my copy of the new @mike-eagle.bsky.social vinyl- looks great, sounds fantastic!

#rap #indie #experimental #nowplaying

openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com/album/neighb...

Neighborhood Gods Unlimited, by Open Mike Eagle

14 track album

openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com

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Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social · Aug 12

Good news. A new release from The Necks.

thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/disquiet

Disquiet, by The Necks

4 track album

thenecksau.bandcamp.com

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · Aug 9

"His set is sweeping and vulnerable, touching on all eight years of his discography — including "nite flite," a dj blackpower cameo — with immense gratitude, family pride and a few tears."

MIKE — Tiny Desk Concert: www.npr.org/2025/08/07/g...

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · Jul 31

@ninacorcoran.bsky.social and I have talked about six punk records per week all year on our podcast PUNK THIS WEEK.

today, we share a very special bonus episode for paid see/saw subscribers: six year-end contender punk records that we never discussed on the podcast. throw us a few bucks and listen!

overlooked punk favorites of 2025 so far, a bonus podcast

Evan and Nina get into six year-end contenders that went previously unmentioned on the podcast.

see-saw.fun

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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · Jul 29

in the new episode of the PUNK THIS WEEK podcast, @ninacorcoran.bsky.social and I get into new records by Golomb, Guyscrapers, and G.I. Bill (plus three artists that start with an L and not a G). This podcast post includes a photo of an exceptional slice of pie. Click for the pie, stay for the pod.

punk this week podcast 44: golomb + guyscrapers

There’s a photo of a really good slice of pie in this post.

see-saw.fun

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · Jul 27

"When most hip-hop artists were still sampling James Brown drumbreaks, Sensational was freestyling over Karlheinz Stockhausen records. For three decades, the raspy-voiced MC has been dropping his trademark stream-of-consciousness bars over electronic-leaning, off-kilter beats."

Style Wars over Stockhausen

The experimental hip-hop pioneer and enigmatic rap mystic Sensational

www.zensounds.de

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Whitelabrecs @whitelabrecs.bsky.social · Jul 26

🎧 Out now on Whitelabrecs:

Akira Film Script – Live At The Modern
🔗 whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

15 Ambient tracks at a generous 1hr 45min by this San Francisco, US based artist.
Made to be shuffled, that’s 32,768 listening combinations! Digital scrapbook included

#ambientmusic

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Jul 23

This is a couple of hours! I'll be there :)

Plant43 @plant43.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hey everyone. Free Bandcamp Listening Party TODAY at 7:30 PM GMT+1. Hear my new album 'Feeding the Machines' in full.

Hope to see some of you in the chat.

plant43.bandcamp.com/merch/feedin...

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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · Jul 23

Have you got an idea for a Wire chart?

We welcome charts from record shops, radio shows, DJs, venues, labels, musicians, readers, etc. All published charts receive a fee of £25.

Email a top 15 to [email protected] – the more unusual the better.

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livesoncoffee (chris) @livesoncoffee.bsky.social · Jul 19

Top scrobbled albums from last week.

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