derekwalmsley.bsky.social
Derek Walmsley
@derekwalmsley.bsky.social
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I'm almost always trying to make the text flow better or reduce the number of words. Music writing in The Wire, Electronic Sound, The Quietus, LRB, elsewhere. slowmotion.blog
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 1d
Awesome
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 2d
Hiphop is unimaginable with those first two.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 3d
Maybe gamble on swinging by and seeing if any cancellations.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 3d
Without question, Better Help bragging about how it's purchased an advert to help me unclench my jaw.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 3d
I had not clocked that legit legend Martin Carthy is up for a Mercury Music prize in his mid eighties. Still one of the best gigs you can go and see, like touching the history of the music

www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2545816...
Folk legend who inspired Bob Dylan to write a classic is up for Mercury Prize
Hampstead raised Martin Carthy is among 12 nominees for the Mercury Prize for his album released 60 years after his debut
www.hamhigh.co.uk
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 4d
Great to hear!
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 4d
I had a dig around on YouTube and the clips sounded bad but might well be very different source/provenance. Very curious now, thanks! Always been fascinated by that crazy ambitious tour
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 4d
they’ve had a shocker there.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 4d
In two days I somehow swung by both Dialogue Cafes, where you order with BSL and it's staffed by d/Deaf or hearing impaired people, in London: in University of East London and Stratford. Great spots and fantastic ventures, super cool, go check 'em out
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 5d
This looks like it'll be a notable event.

www.vam.ac.uk/event/B1WMev...
No Man Is An Island: Dennis Brown Remembered - V&A Academy Talk at V&A South Kensington · V&A
Join us as we celebrate the genius of Dennis Emanuel Brown in an afternoon of music, memories, and tributes to his extraordinary legacy.
www.vam.ac.uk
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 5d
Pretty intrigued to hear what’s in this pie, NGL
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 6d
Would be curious to know how the sound quality is.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 7d
[not sure if serious or not GIF]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbO1...
"How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments
YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments
www.youtube.com
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 8d
Sorry for the tired photo. Had to get up multiple times in the night to reassure him I was not dead.
Blurred photo of a stripy male cat looking angelic next to food bowls the morning after keeping us up all night
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 8d
This is your @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social new piece klaxon www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
www.theguardian.com
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 8d
I suspect they would say that both albums are A +++ (and rightly so)
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 9d
Love this little note on the bottom of a rave blurb for the reissue of Goldie’s Timeless on the @boomkat.com site (and still not on Spotify)
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 9d
No, I don’t recognise that Tom.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 9d
tbf this has made me laugh a lot
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 9d
How bizarre but delightful to see a big piece on Rachel’s so many years after listening to them to death way back when. A Neil Kulkarni elegy would have been the way in, of course

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
‘People seemed deeply insulted’: how cult 90s band Rachel’s took chamber music out of the classical world
The graceful ensemble prefigured the neo-classical phenomenon and found surprising success in the post-Nirvana alt-rock boom. After the deaths of two members, reissuing their debut has proven bittersw...
www.theguardian.com
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 10d
This is Pete Burns at Probe Records?
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 11d
good reminder to revist some old stuff
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 11d
oh is that happening?
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 13d
haha lol still good stuff.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 13d
Congrats!
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