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Peter Barnard
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Artist/Sound Maker. I also host a quarterly radio programme, ‘Outertones’ on at CAMP. (he/him)

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Peter Barnard @peterbarnard.bsky.social · Dec 18
To any new followers, here's my monthly radio show, 'Outertones' on CAMP Radio.
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Algorithms have decimated our ability to handle "difficult" art. We have infinite access to music, yet we use it to seek finite comfort in the familiar. Reclaiming music culture means rejecting the economics of ease and relearning how to listen to things we don't immediately understand.
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Recursive topology. 🗾📉 #artsky
A high-contrast, black and white digital abstract art piece. It features a dense, triangular wireframe mesh that resembles a corrupted woven fabric. The mesh is fragmented, with large black voids and jagged edges caused by datamoshing. A sharper, white wireframe layer sits on top of a darker, glitchy background, creating a sense of depth and digital decay.
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Cover design for 70s Pelican books always on point.
A paperback copy of “Seven Types of Ambiguity” by William Empson, published as a Pelican Book. The cover features a geometric pattern of interlocking cubes in black, white, and bright coral against a white background, with the Pelican logo in the top right corner.
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Grisey last night at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Plus Cassandra Miller, Rebecca Saunders, and John White. Pardon the dream house lighting.
A blue-lit promotional poster for a London Sinfonietta concert titled “Grisey: Quatre Chants.” The text describes Gérard Grisey’s Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil and additional works by Cassandra Miller, Rebecca Saunders, and John White. The poster includes the date “Friday 28 November” and “25/26 Season,” along with a QR code linking to the full programme. The lower half shows a close-up, blue-tinted photograph of an unidentified man’s face, resting his hand against his cheek. At the bottom, the Southbank Centre logo appears with the word “Resident.” A dimly lit concert stage set up for an orchestral performance. Empty music stands and chairs are arranged across the wooden floor, with various percussion instruments, a harp, and stands visible. Blue stage lighting illuminates the back wall, creating a dramatic atmosphere. No musicians are present, giving the space a quiet, anticipatory feeling.
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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An early milestone in electronic music from 1956. Still audacious 69 years on.

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge/Kontakte (1962, Deutsch Grammophon) #vinyl #nowplaying
A vinyl record is playing on a turntable in front of the album cover for Karlheinz Stockhausen's "Gesang der Jünglinge · Kontakte.
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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An anatomy illustration remade as a 3D mesh, broken apart, reprinted, and re-scanned. #art #artsky
High-contrast black-and-white image of a distorted human head. Teeth, muscle textures, and polygonal mesh patterns overlap and fragment, creating a chaotic, glitch-like surface.
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Gotta dig that beatnik drumming

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Theatre of Eternal Music - Bb Dorian Blues (Fifth Day Of The Hammer) (La Monte Young, 1963)
YouTube video by The Magnetic Fields
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November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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A death metal band called Abandonment who abandon their vocalist at a gas station.
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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An odd combination of sorts #art #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
Abstract black-ink drawing featuring a set of large, uneven teeth at the center, surrounded by intersecting geometric shapes including rectangles, triangles, and a grid. Dense cross-hatching and scribbled textures fill many of the shapes. An eye-like circular form appears in the upper left. The overall composition is chaotic and layered, with heavy shadows and overlapping lines.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Tfw people will be nostalgic for pre-ai internet.
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Drafting… #art #sketchbook #wip.
A photo of a sketchbook page featuring three triangle studies in black ink. The top triangle is large and divided vertically: the left side is a solid, heavy black mass, while the right side consists of chaotic, aggressive scribbles representing structure. Below it are two smaller triangles with a similar design, but with much neater, more controlled shading and sharper edges.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A study in grey areas. ⚫️⬜️ #artsky
photograph of a hand-drawn sketch on textured white paper. The drawing features several geometric shapes: a dark, textured sphere in the lower left; two overlapping vertical rectangles in the center, one taller than the other, shaded in grey with a darker blue-grey overlap area; and a dark horizontal parallelogram in the upper right. A diagonal black line runs from the bottom left, passing through the sphere and the rectangles, and ending towards the top right. The drawing is executed in pencil and what appears to be watercolor or ink, showing brushstrokes and paper texture.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Yves Klein - Leap Into The Void (1960)
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Ai music would probably be more interesting if it was informed by Roland Kayn's writings.
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Tortoise at Barbican Hall, London. Part of EFG London Jazz Festival.
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Discovered this back in my art school days. Still deeply transcendent on every listen. #cdfriday #jazzsky #nowplaying

Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness (1971/2002, Verve Records/Impulse!)
An album cover with a colorful, soft-focus background of green and yellow foliage. In the foreground, a smiling person with a large afro hairstyle wears a vibrant, patterned garment and a red scarf. Text in the upper right reads “alice coltrane – universal consciousness,” and the Impulse! record label logo appears near the bottom.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Yellow bumper sticker reads: "Keep Honking! I'm Listening to Alice Coltrane's 1971 Meteoric Sensation 'Universal Consciousness'” in bold black text.
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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(A) clearing. 🌌🖊️ #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
A black and white ink sketch of a windswept field at night. In the foreground, thick, diagonal strokes depict tall grass bending sharply to the right. Above, a round moon sits in a sky filled with scratchy, horizontal lines that suggest moving clouds and wind.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I like difficult music and you should too.

Thomas Kessler / Brian Ferneyhough – Basler Komponisten New Music From Basle (198?, Musicaphon/Basler Komponisten New Music From Basle) #nowplaying
A Basler Komponisten (New Music from Basle) record album cover resting on a turntable with a black vinyl record playing. The album cover features a black and white image of a view of a city on a river, framed by a dark, abstract, arched concrete or stone structure. The text on the cover lists the composers and works: "Brian Ferneyhough Time And Motion Study II," "Thomas Kessler Piano Control," and "SMOG”
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Generative technology that is quite impressive, in spite of being destructive to the enviroment, but used to create some of the most lamest iterations of memes or punchlines ever.
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Took a public domain geological image and converted it into a 3D STL mesh. Then, overlaid the wireframe back onto the original photo. 🖼️🕸️ #artsky
A low-angle, abstract, black-and-white image of a geological cross-section features a large, dark, rocky formation occupying the lower three-quarters of the frame. This formation is composed of horizontal layers of varying thickness, suggesting different strata or sediment. The rock face is highly textured, with subtle variations in tone that give it depth. The upper quarter of the image is a light, almost blank sky, subtly tinged with beige, creating a contrast with the dark rock. Overlaid on this geological scene is a dense, intricate network of thin white lines forming a triangulated mesh. These lines create a polygonal wireframe effect, dissecting the rock formation into numerous irregular shapes. The mesh is particularly dense along the contours of the rock and along the lines representing the different strata within the formation. The overall impression is one of a deconstructed or digitized landscape, where the natural forms are broken down into geometric components.
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Art of the day.

László Moholy-Nagy - Construction IX (1922). Colour lithograph in black and green on wove paper.
A geometric abstract artwork featuring overlapping black, white, and gray vertical shapes and thin intersecting lines on a muted light-green background. The forms resemble elongated panels or planes arranged in a balanced, architectural composition.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Chance to listen again to last night's episode of Outertones on Mixcloud @campradio.bsky.social

Playing tracks by Catherine Lamb, Christina Vantzou, Angélica Castelló and more!
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/oute...
Outertones  / 13th November 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Listen again: Outertones / 13th November 2025

Playing tracks by Catherine Lamb, Christina Vantzou, Angélica Castelló, Mette Rasmussen & Chris Corsano, Steve Reich and more.

@peterbarnard.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/oute...
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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7-8pm: Outertones

Featuring a broad mix of different genres with tracks focusing on a particular sonic effect. From "drone", "rumble", "resonance" to "immersion.

@peterbarnard.bsky.social | www.peterbarnard.net
#Experimental #SoundArt #AvantGarde #World #Electronic

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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM