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Daryl Worthington

@darylworthington.bsky.social

Spool's Out cassette reviews columnist at The Quietus. Sound maker at Beachers. Co-runner of Bezirk tape label.

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Hausu Mountain@hausumountain.bsky.social · 3w ago

😭🎷 Crying Laughing - 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 - reviewed in @thequietus.com by @darylworthington.bsky.social "To hear them groove is like looking in at the workings of a clock, each player a separate, differently sized cog rotating on their own axis but linking together to generate a singular pulse."

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for September by Daryl Worthington | The Quietus

There’s an archaic English word in need of a comeback as this apocalyptic summer draws to a close. ‘Forthirst’ was used like we’d use ‘starve’ now, but for thirst rather than hunger. It went out of co...

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The Quietus@thequietus.com · 3w ago

A double cassette of water music, Hussite techno, speculative Cornish folk, and music to take the edge off a trip to hospital, Daryl Worthington reviews the cassettes of late summer Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for September buff.ly/pAgs61O

Technofeudalismus by Kalich album cover. Chaotic abstract composition of twisted metallic spikes and mace-like forms torn by jagged silver and orange streaks, glossy textures and diagonal slashes.Synthetic Water Music by Various Artists album cover. Dreamlike plant-like fountain rising from a ribbed vase, its layered blossoms curling into spirals with translucent blue streams overhead against a light purple-blue backdrop.
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 4w ago

'Connections between sound’s mystifying action and sites of worship flow through Ibukun Sunday’s new record. The album takes inspiration from African devotional traditions, seeking to create “a soundtrack of praise”' Olúsín [Worshippers] by Ibukun Sunday is tQ's Album of the Week buff.ly/0z6OBSk

Olúsín [Worshippers] by Ibukun Sunday album cover. Black and white photograph of the interior of a church with worshippers highlighted by a swathe of light falling through the window from outside.
Daryl Worthington@darylworthington.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New issue of the @thewiremagazine.bsky.social is out, inside I interviewed the brilliant Jad Atoui about hard drives, resonance, raves and his brilliant new album and I also reviewed a GRM event in Paris. They sit among a whole host of great stuff to read in this issue. SUPPORT/SUBSCRIBE!

The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Wire 511 is out now! Featuring Space Afrika on the cover, plus Nuno Canavarro, Lucy Liyou, Jad Atoui, Rump State, Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra, Darla Quintana, Jennifer Herrema’s Invisible Jukebox, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

Daryl Worthington@darylworthington.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the latest edition of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social I wrote an Unlimited Editions on the wonderful GLARC! An online version of the article is now up at The Wire website, along with a playlist of some of my favourite things from the label... www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...

Daryl Worthington - The Wire

To accompany his article on GLARC in The Wire 510, Daryl Worthington compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the Glasgow based label

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Daryl Worthington@darylworthington.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New edition of the Spool's Out tape column is @thequietus.com It was, as always, a total joy to write this. Dive in, I hope you'll find a little plastic rectangle that will make you smile today... thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for July by Daryl Worthington

A decision made on any recording is whether to capture its setting or obscure it – keep the recording earthed to the real world or synthesize another one. Some recordings of instrumentalists strive to...

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miloš hroch@miloshroch.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The new issue has just dropped. It has a two-page profile of Tomáš Šenkyřík by @darylworthington.bsky.social, among other stuff. I spoke to Aldana Duoraan & Tomáš Niesner about their album Plot, which captures their unlikely combination of fingerpicked guitar and mouth harp with open horizons.

The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Wire 509 is out now! Featuring EarthBall on the cover, plus DoYeon Kim, Onilu, Jocy de Oliveira, Tomáš Šenkyřík, Eoobe, Aldana Duoraan & Tomáš Niesner, Richard Dawson’s Jukebox, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

Daryl Worthington@darylworthington.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For @thequietus.com I wrote about the new record from one of best bands on the planet… the new DEAFKIDS album is a high velocity meteor, thrillingly urgent and propelled by intricate webs of history and tradition. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Reach for the Scars: Cicatrizes Do Futuro by Deafkids | The Quietus

Drawing inspiration from the carnival-esque rituals of Bumba Meu Boi, the Brazilian duo find paths to the future in ancient rhythms, not far-off galaxies

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The Quietus@thequietus.com · 4mo ago

'Paradessence retains the lush intricacy of their previous work but adds a sense of disorientation and rupture – the surreal eruptions and colourful misfires inevitable when it’s possible for worlds to merge.' Visible Cloaks - Paradessence buff.ly/u4l8v4G

Visible Cloaks - Paradessence album cover. Black and white photograph of a mirror (?) being held at a slanting angle with fine detail showing particles (soundwaves?) spilling off.
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 4mo ago

Originally conceived as short online videos, the Korean-American guitarist's new suite of improvised tracks manages to re-invent the guitar without hiding it behind a swathe of electronics and effects Han-earl Park - uᴉɐƃ∀ ʍǝN sI plO sI ʇɐɥM buff.ly/ZOElwNQ

Han-earl Park - uᴉɐƃ∀ ʍǝN sI plO sI ʇɐɥM album cover. The guitarist playing his instrument—black and white photograph cut into strips which are slightly out of sync with each other.
Daryl Worthington@darylworthington.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Support independent, human-crafted journalism if you can. Support @thequietus.com ongoing heroic struggle to save us all from spending our days reading weird AI generated texts that without fail are structured: ‘xxxx is not only xxxx, it’s xxxxx… + random list of three adjectives’

The Quietus@thequietus.com · 4mo ago

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Luke Turner@luketurner.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Quietus is 90% funded by subscribers, and we need another 500 this spring to help us fight the AI-pocalypse – with this in mind, there's a huge sale on our top tier subscriptions. If you like what we do, here's how you can help: thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

The Quietus Spring Sale is Here! Help us Fight the AI-pocalypse | The Quietus

There’s something appallingly physical about the language that’s used to describe the radical changes that are affecting every aspect of our culture. AI slop. Enshittification. It’s all rather revolti...

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Daryl Worthington@darylworthington.bsky.social · 5mo ago

May’s edition of the Spool’s Out tape column is up @thequietus.com - chock full of radical sounds on little plastic rectangles to keep the righteous levity of the May Day bank holiday going a little longer thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for May by Daryl Worthington

There’s been a vaguely sinister corporate connection between work and instrumental music since at least the founding of the Muzak corporation in the 1930s. A variation of this belief – that certain ty...

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Daryl Worthington@darylworthington.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Read the link and support @thewiremagazine.bsky.social if you can. They're the best - and one of the last strongholds of independent, forward thinking music journalism holding off a cultural land- and soundscape of non-sensical generative algo beige (bAIge?)

The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 6mo ago

An annual message from The Wire Publishing an independent music magazine is tougher than ever. We need your continuing support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Daryl Worthington@darylworthington.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Stunning looking new @thewiremagazine.bsky.social out! Inside I reviewed a new BEAM SPLITTER album and a couple of concerts involving the brilliant Emilie Škrijelj & Tom Malmendier. And! Interview with Delphine Dora by @miloshroch.bsky.social I’m excited to read. And! the mighty SUNN 0)))!!!!

The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Wire 507 is out now! Featuring Sunn O))) on the cover in special Savage Pencil black and white editions, plus Delphine Dora, The Sleeves, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Brion Gysin, Irmin Schmidt’s Invisible Jukebox, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/