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Roland Oakes

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jun 1

Years ago, I used to make music which did OK with quite a lot of streams and downloads and even a bit of airplay.

I've made something new that I'm looking forward to getting out, but before doing anything with it I'm going to give some of some old stuff away. Check my profile for codes.

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · 23d

I happened to see these perform in HMV in Liverpool entirely by accident. Bought the album off the back of that and still return to it from time to time now.

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · 26d

Yeah. I'm in.

I was walking through some woods with a colleague on some work business this week and genuinely had to fight the childhood urge to pick up every conker I saw.

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · 27d

I'm giving a load of my old stuff away just because.

Actually, no, let's be honest. It's to build up a bit of a mailing list for when I've got something new. Anyway, go grab one.

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · 27d

It's Sunday afternoon and it's a bit miserable out. Have some free stuff.

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 25

And you can tell where someone comes from when they say "Home and Bargain" :-)

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 25

We watched all three of those, one a week for three weeks, with our eldest when she was 10. She absolutely loved them and it was great for us to see them again. Those films are properly worth returning to.

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 25

If I thought for a moment that that would still be there now I'd pop down and grab it! What a great idea.

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 25

Some more bank holiday codes...

Archive 2: Stuff I Sang

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 25

Kate Bush, Run DMC, James Brown, Reef, NWA, Milli Vanilli, Nu Shooz, Derek B, Live, Bomb the Bass, Fatback Band, Wee Papa Girl Rappers, Q-Tex... All feature somewhere in "Stuff I Stole"

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More codes underneath...

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nice one. Thank you!

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Going through the archive stuff has been a lovely reminder of that period of my life when I had the time to work through *22* mixes of a track before I was happy with it.

I can confidently assure you that none of the new stuff has had anything like this level of quality control.

A picture of a CDR with "So Long prov mix 22 edit" written on it in marker pen.

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Just a reminder that two more tracks from the archives went live on Bandcamp yesterday, featuring the unique voice of Billie Holliday, sampled from a wonderful live LP of songs and interviews from the 50s.

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Two Kinds of Blues, by Roland Oakes

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 15

Some more tracks from the archive have just gone live on Bandcamp.

Featuring vocals from the first lady of jazz, "Two Kinds of Blues" is two haunting and atmospheric tracks with that unique voice, smooth synths, dubbed out piano and laid back beats.

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Two Kinds of Blues, by Roland Oakes

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here - have a code for some things I made a while ago. These are actual sung songs that came out under a different name. One of the tracks, "Adrenaline" did really rather well.

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jul 20

Just a reminder to grab the three archives for free (or name your price).

- Archive 1: Stuff I Stole. Sample-heavy fun made from, guess what, stuff I stole.

- Archive 2: Stuff I Sang. Actual songs. Which I sang.

- Music From The Dark Outside

More to come soon...

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jul 14

Following Archive 1: Stuff I Stole, here's Archive 2: Stuff I Sang.

These are songs that are dubsteppy, breakbeaty and lovely. And free.

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jul 13

Some codes for Archive 2: Stuff I Sang.

This one is three proper songs + three bonus versions. You might loosely describe these a vocal dubstep. You might not. Up to you.

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jul 12

I've just stuck the second Archive thing up on Bandcamp. The first one was Stuff I Stole, this one's Stuff I Sang. Go grab it for free.

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jun 30

Absolutely love that tune ❤️

Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hello new followers. Have a free thing:

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Lippy Kid @lippykidmusic.bsky.social · Jun 27

New album from Public Enemy available as a name your price download for 72 hours...

In their words. Pass it on ✊🏾x

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Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025, by Public Enemy

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jun 19

A few more codes for this nonsense.

Some sample-heavy stuff from the archives. It should be called "Stuff I Stole", really.

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jun 10

Looks like that last batch of codes has gone.

I stole loads of other people's stuff and made these. They're quite good fun, honest.

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Roland Oakes @rolandoakes.bsky.social · Jun 8

It its own understated bleepy way.