Archive for the ‘UK experimental music’ Category

Strictly Drone II

April 30, 2020

This collection (the second in my occasional drone series) features a Bumblebee, a Shamisen, a Nebulophone and a lot of layering. The photo is of the Moon from our garden, on a long exposure. It moved across the sky while nobody was looking.

I recommend playing this back on good headphones or on a music system with good bass.

Be sure to check the track info for ‘Bee Flight’, for details of how it was made.

Shamisen played by Yukari Lagowski. Bee sounds reproduced with permission.

Ohm 2019 live gear diagram

April 26, 2020

Here you can see the layout of my live gear for my gig organised by Sleepers, at Ohm in Berlin, in November 2019.  The Tascam is a digital recorder, used to capture the live set from the mixer outputs. The feint lines are audio signals. The others are MIDI or sync signals.

Beats came mostly from the Novation Circuit, which is two synths and four (drum/sound) sample locations in a sequenced box, and Korg ES-1 (sampling drum machine).

The iPad supplied various samples and noises programmed at the same BPM as the main beats.

The Eoten B is a handmade noise box by Orgeldream that can take inputs or generate a racket by itself.

‘Fla’ is a Boss BF3 flanger pedal and the Zoom is a CDR-70 multi effects pedal that provides the wonderfully smooth reverb.

The Volca Kick and Bass did a couple of tracks synched to each other but they didn’t perform well in the club and lost sync at times – not sure if they overheated or got moody. Either way, I sold them once I’d returned home.

The Circuit held its own really well in the club and I was pleased with how far I’d got programming it, having only bought it two weeks before the gig. Looking forward to hooking up a Circuit Mono Station synth to it in the next week or two.

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Legion Konstruktor’s Arkive

March 29, 2020


Live at Knowledge 24 June 1992

March 7, 2020



Toneshift’s 10th birthday guest mix

February 22, 2020

Happy 10th birthday to Toneshift!!

More background info here…..

S.E.T.I. Wroclaw video now up…

November 17, 2019

I’ve uploaded the video of me performing at Wroclaw Industrial Festival, which was recorded by Yukari (moshcam) and Jean-Yves Millet for the balcony camera. The sound is taken from my on-stage mixer for clarity. The full recording will be available on CD in 2020.

You will need good bass to listen correctly –> S.E.T.I. WIF XVIII 9NOV19

New digital releases and other BC news

May 6, 2019

At my Bandcamp page you can find two new sets of recordings and will also note that I have changed a few albums to be ‘Name Your Price’. Please enjoy responsibly!


The end of Throbbing Gristle and start of PTV – letter from GPO – 17 Oct 1981

March 21, 2019

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S.E.T.I. will play live at Wroclaw Industrial Festival – Nov 2019

March 15, 2019

I can finally confirm that I’ll be playing live as S.E.T.I. in Wroclaw in November 2019.

More details and a growing list of bands can be found here

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‘Additive Noise Function’ triple vinyl

March 12, 2019

Close To The Noise Floor Presents… Additive Noise Function: Formative UK, European & North American Electronica 1978-84, Various Artists Limited Edition Triple LP – including the Nagamatzu classic ‘Faith’, which was recorded in my parents’ dining room in Ipswich in 1983, by John Bowers.

ANF4More details and order link here