crompsy
@crompsy.com
It’s Me, Crompsy. Artist, Designer, Selector.📍Vancouver, Canada https://davidcrompton.net/
The Spite guarantee: 1. No subscriptions, user accounts, data harvesting, or upsells. Ever. 2. No recommendations or algorithms. Taste is your problem. 3. Any proceeds are used to buy more mp3s from artists on Boomkat and Bandcamp because that’s the circle of life. apps.apple.com/us/app/spite...
Just realized this one turned 10 this year. Happy belated anniversary to Gold Panda’s “Good Luck and Do Your Best”, a record that’s got a lot of joyful rotation in our home over the years.
It vexes me to no end that so many people have willingly ceded their taste to a fucking algorithm. Not knowing what to watch, read, or listen to next is one of the most exciting problems a person can have.
hellaniche, a new project launches at @vancouverartbookfair.com this weekend. Kicking this chapter off, we’ll have some new stuff at the table to celebrate. If you’re in the city, come through and say hi! #vabf2026 #vabf #vancouverartbookfair #artbooks #artbookfair
Just saw a dude out with his shop vac vacuuming up freshly fallen cherry blossoms. Wow.
The Vancouver Art Book Fair is looking for volunteers! 🗓 May 15–17, 2026 📍 Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre 📧 To apply, email volunteers@vancouverartbookfair.com with your availability.
Local weather commentary: 'vigorous cold front' wtf. Spring, I *finally* believed in you and your potential as a bringer of warmth and positive change. Who hurt you? Sincerely, Crompsy
Just getting around to reading this @metalabel.bsky.social joint. squad.metalabel.com/acf2026?vari...
Anonymous Creative Futures 2026
Economic precarity is up. Market demands are too. People are drowning in digital overload. Political threats loom. The second Anonymous Creative Futures survey shares what 300+ anon artists and creato...
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"Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a planet where the sound of rain falling is like Bach?” This quote from Oliver Sacks via Bill Hayes (Insomniac City) is resonating now as I sit in a cabin in the northwest coast rainforest.
It’s true. I’ve detected zero fuckery in my use of it. I love the clarity of the design objective. Lean, beautiful and functional.
James A. Reeves@jamesreeves.co · 6mo agoSpite is a dignified music player without any fuckery. www.jamesreeves.co/spite/
Absolutely heartbroken to learn of the passing of the singular, inimitable Eliane Radigue. I have everything to say and nothing to say so I'll simply pass along this link to an interview I gave on Eliane and her work. She is now, officially, eternal. www.museoreinasofia.es/en/radio/son...
Momentum is building in support of this motion from @seanorr.bsky.social and @ptfry.bsky.social on the agenda next week at City Hall. Let's make sure we keep ICE out of Vancouver. Sign up to speak to Council: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors@copevancouver.bsky.social · 7mo agoNext week at City Council: Cllrs @seanorr.bsky.social and @ptfry.bsky.social have a motion to make sure ICE is not deployed at this summer's World Cup events. It only takes a minute to let Mayor and Council know you think this vote should be unanimous. Add your voice here: www.votecope.ca/no-ice
"This is what never fails to amaze me. Music is better than people, yet people make music." (Henry Rollins, Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 1) #musicsky
Completely obsessed with this Trio Ramberget record. Midwinter perfection straight out of Gothenburg. 💙 album.link/TrioRamberget
Trio Ramberget by Trio Ramberget
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Hey @hinderson.com — top of the season!! Curious—have you considered a simple like button for releases in addition to ratings? For people like me who don’t rate records but still like to show some love?
Lots of great new adds to my annual Holiday Snow Globe playlist since the initial drop this year! She’s now weighing in at 658 tracks / 35h and 34m. ✌️✨❄️ #musicsky #christmas davidcrompton.net/snowglobe
Holiday Snow Globe
Holiday Snow Globe is a carefully curated soundtrack of Christmas adjacent music.
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Just dropped the 16th edition of my holiday playlist. This years’ collection weighed-in at 632 songs/34 hours of hand selected music at release. Enjoy! ✌️✨💙 buttondown.com/crompsy/arch... #Music #Christmasmusic #HolidaySnowGlobe
Transmission 8.9 | 12.05.25 • Buttondown
Gratitude for Culture Crawl, the return of Holiday Snow Globe (year 16!), and meditations on Silent Nights and the irreplaceable pulse of human curation.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
The latest transmission of my newsletter just went out. Studio updates, current obsessions, a new playlist and more ✌️: buttondown.com/crompsy/arch...
Transmission 8.5 | 11.01.25 • Buttondown
Studio updates for the East Van Culture Crawl, A Soft Geometry on the CBC, The Lowdown, Local art shows and current music obsessions.
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