Jump for your love!
Many of the posts I write start as mental earworms – either a piece of music, or an idea, or…
Category: Music
The Music of Roland Sebastian Faber
I recently came across this audio work I made back in 2010. It is was one of the first things…
The Story of Carol of the Bells/Shchedryk
On Christmas Eve, I did a special radio broadcast on FOTW Radio, mainly for a group of Japanese listeners who…
Heavy metal bands in the 80s – Is heavy metal bad for you?
“As Barry listened to the music, he became mesmerized by it, as a whole new world opened up to him.…
Altin Gün: One of the best things about 2021
The world might be a bit shit at the moment – and that’s maybe an understatement! But you can’t go…
RIP Roky Erickson, an absolute Halloween legend
In Australia, when a friend or colleague does something good, we say something like, “hey, you’re an absolute legend!” But…
That Time Tangerine Dream almost moved to Australia
I was listening to an interview with Tangerine Dream recorded during their 1982 tour — and I was shocked to…
The Baroque Rhythm of Life
This is a post for my friend Eleanor Gray of the Cassettes and Chocolate Milk blog, who gave me the…
The turn of a friendly card (fate falls in my favour, maybe)
It’s been a long while since I’ve written a music post. When I started this blog many moons ago, it…
The frenetic madness of Hyboid!
It’s not often you get a chance to find out the origin of many classic synthesizer sounds; usually it’s a…