- Sidings – Craven Faults – https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/sidings – another epic journey through time and Yorkshire, following closed railway lines and abandoned industrial spaces on the ground and in the mind. The modular sounds and patterns are deeper, as is the psychic exploration of place.
- Noon State – Simon Heartfield – @simonheartfield https://simonheartfield.bandcamp.com/album/noon-state-ep – Some mornings you wake up and need to get crunchy. A three track EP of 90s-reminicent industrial techno that will make you want to dig out the welder’s goggles and leather jacket, and forget to wear a shirt. Didn’t work for me then, wouldn’t work now, but this was the soundtrack anyway.
- 23 Minutes over Brussels – Suicide – https://www.discogs.com/release/10186937-Suicide-Suicide – Inspired by Rock’s Back Pages making some Alan Vega articles free this week, the infamous 1978 live recording from when Suicide supported the Clash in Brussels and instigated a riot. It was the future being made and no-one there could appreciate it.
- Acid Pavilions – Rupert Lally and Nicholas Langley – https://thirdkindrecords.bandcamp.com – The Third Kind subscription is still giving great returns, and this is a recent one, a collaboration between label founder Langley and resident and peripatetic composer Lally. It’s a luscious little confection bit of wonky synth, bass and shuffly percussion that reminds me of Plaid.
- Peter Saville’s Wrapping Paper – The Music Liberation Front Sweden – https://submarinebroadcastingco.bandcamp.com/album/peter-saville-s-wrapping-paper – SubCastCo’s output is sporadic these days and I’m listening to this because Third Kind are about to release an LP by the MLFS as well. This one is, well, a lot of things. A two part Terry Riley/Philip Glass systems loop, some droney ambient collaging, a lost Boards of Canada colloboration and fragments from someone’s dreams of a female fronted 60s pop band, including a song reminding Bob that he’s a dog. There’s a restless mind at work, and now I’m looking forward to the next one.
Listening Diary 2026-01-23
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