Huge thanks to @darktrain.bsky.social for including ‘Docklander’ - my favourite song from #SketchesOfSheep (for its lyrical content) - in this week’s episode. Very rudimentary synth lines, the Somerset Levels and London’s Docklands are in this one. Oh, and some “la la la’s”… #synthsky

Kate Bosworth@darktrain.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good evening! The Dark Train will depart UFO Central (Warminster Community Radio) y MINERVA Radio at 2200 GMT//1800 ART on Moonday night. 🍄🍂🍁❤️

A couple of beautiful shots from @moraynewlands.bsky.social (who I wasn’t aware of until today!) The #SketchesOfSheep song ‘A Misted Morn’ was inspired by a morning in the haar - also between the bridges - on this (Dundee) bank of the Tay. A different beauty, but these photos are great to see :-)

Moray@moraynewlands.bsky.social · last wk.

Morning.

As there’s an apparent view that #SketchesOfSheep echoes works of genuine DIY synth pioneers, I couldn’t resist giving a nod to #ThomasLeer & #RobertRental yesterday - by crossing this bridge that adorns the cover of their ‘The Bridge’ LP :-) #synthsky

With the news that Vinyl Villains - in #Edinburgh - is closing, I found myself wondering if there’s a credible songwriting project in writing/recording an album about 10 records/tapes/CDs I bought, in 10 shops, in 10 towns/cities. Could be very self-indulgent!

‘Walmer Crescent’ (1): This is a link to the opener on #SketchesOfSheep - it’s a “soaring synthpop belter” according to Neil Mason of @moonbuilding.bsky.social (we’ll come back to that really nice review in a bit…) voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/walmer...

walmer crescent, by Voltage Poetry Project

from the album sketches of sheep show they aren't all the same [ALBUM]

voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com

Will be posting this thread at various times today. Subjects include Rikki Fulton and Oppenheimer Analysis.

Voltage Poetry Project@voltagepoetry.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today marks four weeks since the release of #SketchesOfSheep… one surprise has been the responses to its opening song, and so this weekend I’m going to post a little thread on that, from bagpipes on #Bandcamp to #MinimalWave in car boot sales… voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/album/sketch...

A good thread (2): I know the excitement ahead of a match. There’s a song, on #SketchesOfSheep, called ‘Chesterfield’ and that mentions the club’s old #Saltergate ground. This post reminded me of various games seen at Layer Road (including v Crewe!) & Easter Road with my Dad. Great stuff!

Lippy Kid@lippykidmusic.bsky.social · 2w ago

We have my mother-in-law staying with us this weekend. At the age of 77 we're taking her to her first ever football match. Chesterfield v Crewe. She's been up since 6am this morning acting like its Christmas day :)x

A good thread (1): As the closing song on my #HomeSounds album is called ‘The First Funicular Of The Day’ (it was inspired by a visit to #Hastings and riding its West Cliff one) it’s not a surprise this caught my eye. If you’re fond of a #funicular or #Scarborough it may be worth a read…

Benjamin Myers@benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 3w ago

A niche fundraiser perhaps, but as someone who semi-resides in Scarborough I'm a big fan of funiculars: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Today marks four weeks since the release of #SketchesOfSheep… one surprise has been the responses to its opening song, and so this weekend I’m going to post a little thread on that, from bagpipes on #Bandcamp to #MinimalWave in car boot sales… voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/album/sketch...

sketches of sheep show they aren't all the same [ALBUM], by Voltage Poetry Project

9 track album

voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com

Rumour has it that some @voltagepoetry.bsky.social sounds could be heard in #Shoreditch today. Thanks to @freeyourradio.bsky.social for playing the “political observation” song from #SketchesOfSheep :-) voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/when-d...

when did we leave the future behind?, by Voltage Poetry Project

from the album sketches of sheep show they aren't all the same [ALBUM]

voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com

Given there’s a song called ‘Somehow (He Married His Own Henry Moore)’ on my new album, it was a nice surprise to find this programme on #BBC #iPlayer yesterday. No sheep sketches featured, but that’s okay :-) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Remembers... - Mary Moore Remembers... Henry Moore

British sculptor Henry Moore's daughter Mary looks back on her father's life, work and relationship with television.

bbc.co.uk

There’s not an Alexander Thomson account on here - though @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social posts very nicely on his buildings quite a bit. @glasgowsubway.bsky.social doesn’t post, sadly. So, let’s stick with the fabulous @moonbuilding.bsky.social view of ‘Walmer Crescent’: “soaring synthpop belter” :-)

monochrome motif/ Andrew Hartshorn@hartshornmusic.bsky.social · last mo.

'Walmer Crescent' is a soaring synthpop belter. Neil Mason, Moonbuilding Check out the track and the rest of the album here 👇 #synthsky #musicsky voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/album/sketch...

'Walmer Crescent' is a soaring synthpop belter. Neil Mason, Moonbuilding Check out the track and the rest of the album here 👇 #synthsky #musicsky voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/album/sketch...

sketches of sheep show they aren't all the same [ALBUM], by Voltage Poetry Project

9 track album

voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com

Thrilled at the review of ‘Sketches of Sheep Show They Aren’t All The Same’ in @moonbuilding.bsky.social weekly 124. Apparently my work is quirkier than #Blancmange and opening track ‘Walmer Crescent’ a “soaring synthpop belter” … wow :-) #synthsky #lofi

Moonbuilding@moonbuilding.bsky.social · last mo.

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 124 is out now... moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-124-... Tickets for our live sessions night on 1 Nov at The Social starring #danalogue @loulayorke.bsky.social @flcartographer.bsky.social are here... dice.fm/partner/tick... Chop chop.

If anyone delved into (and enjoyed) either the @grindrod.bsky.social Pet Shop Boys @thequietus.com article or any of the ‘52 albums to shape a soul’ blogs by @lippykidmusic.bsky.social, as a result of one of my #21IntrosToSketchesOfSheep posts - this is the song I was alluding to.

Voltage Poetry Project@voltagepoetry.bsky.social · last mo.

#SketchesOfSheepLP Track 4: Chesterfield. This is a song celebrating being on the cusp of something (as the town’s location is.) It’s also the closest to the Casiotone feel I wanted, though the ADSR riff near the end is only an homage to my #VLTone voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/track/cheste...

Very happy to say that the first public airing of anything from ‘Sketches of Sheep…’ happens c/o @darktrain.bsky.social tomorrow evening :-) ‘Nearby Exotica’ is a rail adventure around #Essex with an octaving bassline.

Kate Bosworth@darktrain.bsky.social · last mo.

Good evening! UFO Central (Warminster Community Radio) y MINERVA Radio has wilco’d a command from MOTHER to depart on Moonday evening at 2200 BST//1800 ART. 👽👽👽

‘Sketches of Sheep Show They Aren’t All The Same’ is out now, via @hartshornmusic.bsky.social #Bandcamp & a few streaming services. A Listening Party-style thread, introducing the tracks, follows (at a rate of one song per day) below from 26/9/26. #SketchesOfSheepLP will be the 🧵 hashtag :-)

monochrome motif/ Andrew Hartshorn@hartshornmusic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

OUT NOW new lo-fi vocal electronica from @voltagepoetry.bsky.social on CD, Download and streamers. #musicsky #synthsky voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/album/sketch...

There’s a strong connection to the opening song on ‘Sketches of Sheep Show They Aren’t All The Same’ in this post from @glasgow.ac.uk (yes, Glasgow Subway but no - given yesterday’s #21IntrosToSketchesOfSheep entry - it’s not the #StEnoch #Fosterito wondering.) #synthsky #GreekThomson (!) #LoFi

University of Glasgow@glasgow.ac.uk · 2mo ago

4 fun facts you may not know about the Glasgow Subway: 1. It is the 3rd oldest underground railway! 2. It runs in a loop. 3. A nickname for the Glasgow Subway is the “Clockwork Orange” 4. You can easily get to the main UofG campus by taking the subway to Hillhead Station!

Six days out from the release of ‘Sketches of Sheep Show They Aren’t All The Same’ my anthology from last autumn, #FurtherVerses, is album of the week on @revivalsynth.bsky.social. From the trams of #Birmingham to a bridge by #OveArup, via #Arbroath, #Margate and #TheRidgeway. #synthsky #lofi

Revival Synth@revivalsynth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 2 - 𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 www.revivalsynth.com 𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙑𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 : Out of Nowhere by @splitvisionnl.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/08W0JS... 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 : Further Verses by @voltagepoetry.bsky.social @hartshornmusic.bsky.social voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/album/furthe...

This sounds like an album I’d love to have made (n.b. there aren’t any Sussex songs on ‘Sketches of Sheep.’) The last time I met @danthompson33.bsky.social he asked if I knew @improbableatlas.bsky.social - I don’t, but will certainly read more of his work based on this review of Gilroy Mere’s LP!

The Quietus@thequietus.com · 2mo ago

'Title aside, Bagpuss rather than Beatnik and Basil Kirchin rather than Jack Kerouac are the touchstones here; a branch of library music well stocked with Shell guides, if you will.' Gilroy Mere - Furlongs buff.ly/KXYjjek

Not an official #21IntrosToSketchesOfSheep post, but the building adorning that @c20society.bsky.social book cover gets referenced in one of the album songs. #GraysonPerry #AHouseForEssex

Jacob Gifford Head@giffordhead.co.uk · 3mo ago

I have enjoyed reading this by @c20society.bsky.social. Though I was struck that whilst it lists almost every type of civil amenity: Parliaments, libraries, schools, universities, galleries & theatres; there isn't a single Court, police station or prison. I think that says a lot about priorities.

Yes, ‘Sketches Of Sheep Show They Aren’t All The Same’ is out on 25/09. To help set the scene, the thread below - #21IntrosToSketchesOfSheep - will, from 05/09, link to all manner of inspirations & associations :-) #synthsky #synthbraska #lofi

monochrome motif/ Andrew Hartshorn@hartshornmusic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

COMING SOON…. new album from @voltagepoetry.bsky.social CD, Download & Streaming Release date 25th September #lofi #electronica #musicsky Follow @voltagepoetry.bsky.social for more details across the next three weeks.

Happy 60th birthday to the #TayRoadBridge. There’s very little about this on #BlueSky but I’ve fond memories of sitting on its northern viewing deck & riding my bike across when it was not quite 30. Yes, I’ve a song set beneath it on my next album too… Cheers! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Roa...

Tay Road Bridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇧🇪 The Subway Set - Chanson de Charleroi - Tall Tales - Antwerpeners - Soft Beneath The Brutalist Skies - Oostende 80. IYKYK. Here’s hoping it goes well ;-) ⚽️

Rather cheekily hopping on to this excellent @jonwoolcott.bsky.social @henryrothwell.bsky.social @rathergoodart.bsky.social thread, my #fieldrecordings “+” album (out next year all being well) will feature an instrumental called ‘Tiza’s Collage’ - inspired by that very story! #HillFigures

Jon Woolcott@jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This excellent piece reveals the truth behind one of Ravilious' best loved paintings, and how the Westbury White Horse is really in Sussex...

Possibly obvious, but ‘Trans-Europe Express’ / ‘The Man-Machine’ / ‘Computerwelt’ comes to mind. ‘Victorialand’ / ‘Blue Bell Knoll’ / ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ also.

Some #fieldrecordings adjacent excitement today, finding an article by @polysemic.bsky.social in the journal of @thersaorg.bsky.social featuring the ‘pastime’ of the #UffingtonWhiteHorse. Though just an illustration of the article’s key point, it might still get referenced in a particular track :-)

With this World Cup now over, a thanks to folk here - including @lippykidmusic.bsky.social @david-soulscorch.bsky.social @drtechnical.bsky.social @theunfinished.bsky.social @kieranmahon.bsky.social @brimcrob.bsky.social - who helped with my enjoyment of it :-)

No #WorldCup games tonight, so another #synthbraska post. There’s a song partly set in #Edinburgh on it (involving a Barbara Hepworth sculpture in the Botanics) but this got me wondering if there’s a future album’s worth of inspiration from independent shops I’ve visited in the city over the years…

The Whimsical Muse@whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 4mo ago

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to inhale the intoxicating aroma of vintage books in a quaint bookstore on a cobblestone side street in Edinburgh during a pouring rain?

No #WorldCup matches tonight and so some more #synthbraska build-up. There’s a song on the album inspired by seeing a book on #HenryMoore in #Grasmere. I really should visit @henrymoorestudios.bsky.social & @hmileeds.bsky.social sometime :-) #lofi #electronica henry-moore.org