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GLOWING NEON WARNING SIGN Electro/video duo Postpunk/acid/techno. Posts mostly from Tim. mnsfprdctn.bandcamp.com https://linktr.ee/mnsfprdctn timday101.bsky.social cleanskies.bsky.social

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Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 5h

Trans Europe Express I reckon then Radioactivity or Man Machine. Autobahn suffers from side one being much better than side two (though side two is still good). All the “proper” albums after Autobahn are good including EC (Techno Pop was a better title though IMO as a statement of intent).

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 2d

So yeah the “more to come”. We are super happy with this review from Oxfordshire Music Scene it’s all there. Dystopian disco, eroded acid lines, club ready body blows, “a minimal, industrial slab of post-capitalist catharsis”. It’s like they get us #oxfordmusic #oxfordmusicscene

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Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 11d

"The erotic, S&M infused ‘Harder, Faster’ gets the blood pumping, and the nether regions tingling.... dragging us deep into Clive Barker territory." apparently, if you were wondering what our remix sounds like. Launch at the Bully this Thursday! louderthanwar.com/octavia-freu...

Octavia Freud and The Weird Sisters - Mancbeth Remixed - Album Review

Mancbeth Remixed from Octavia Freud and The Weird Sisters revives that blistering, pumping 90s nightclub vibe - Review by Brian Gorman

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Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 12d

In other news I have been messing around with my new #ericasynths #Perkons and a TD-3 resulting in the video of a track which will in no sense be ready for this gig.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 12d

Next up we are supporting the mighty The Utopia Strong and Andrew Liles for @divine schism at the Little Bully. We are on first so get there early.

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Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 12d

Behringer Model D, Crave and Edge

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 14d

Bye

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 14d

If you can’t pound on big red buttons to demand more tractors it isn’t cybernetics just sparkling feedback loops

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Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 14d

OK I will rephrase. I am having trouble gauging the level of hostility or otherwise. Is this haha you are a wrong idiot and your band is shit or haha you are correct and I agree with you or somewhere in between? Sorry social media is famously lacking nuance and I've had a long day.

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Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

As a music teacher 100%

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

I don’t even know what this meme means

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

So today’s boomer/spotify rant (sorry to the good boomers. #notallboomers ) has got me 10x more engagement and follows than anything posting about our music. And this is on bluesky which doesn’t even *have* an algorithm. Pretty sure this is symptomatic of something. Anyway, as you were.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

Tbf it’s more a mindset than an age. I’m 59 btw

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

I’m 59 so

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

That is kind of my point.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

Look I’m not going on about whether *my* band is successful. The problem is that I can name 7 or 8 genuinely great bands in my city and *none* of them will be more than locally successful because the middle rungs of the ladder have been broken.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

That’s a whole different argument but not one I disagree with.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

This is the way

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah I saw Fontaines DC with 30 people in a sweaty basement. But that kind of breakthrough is now rare and there are structural reasons why

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

That is kind of the point I wanted to make! There is good music but the current system- very much including Spotify- pretty much ensures those bands will remain obscure.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

Edit to clarify: #notallboomers. I am 59 and spend a *lot* of time finding new music. It’s not about that. But if you look at the charts in the 80s and 90s it was full of experimental weird stuff that doesn’t get discovered by a mass audience today.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

I mean I’m 59. Boomer is a state of mind not an age

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Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

tbf though 1) evidently you aren’t the people complaining about no good music in the charts and 2) I’ve checked my Spotify plays and pretty sure people aren’t discovering us through streaming. We can fill a room locally so it’s not entirely because we’re rubbish.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

In conclusion: Metallica were right about Napster. Sorry Lars.

Means Of Production @mnsfprdctn.bsky.social · 15d

Even if we were to get a decent tour support offer we probably can’t afford to take time out of work to take it up. Though we’d try.

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