📁 From the archive: In 2017, I chatted to Gabe from Factory Floor and Chandrasonic from Asian Dub Foundation about alternative soundtracks. I squeeze in mentions of Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange and Benny Hill. www.electronicsound.co.uk/features/lon...

Despite all my rage I'm still just

Woah, I've just read about the J Dilla Workinonit sample chain, which links Dilla's 2006 track to Funk, Inc's Kool Is Back (1971) via Mantronix, Original Concept, Art of Noise and Yes.

Fat Roland@fatroland.bsky.social · 2d ago

Utah Saints' What Can You Do For Me (1993) sampled the Bernard Sumner remix of Technotronic's Rockin' Over The Beat (1990) which sampled Dee-Lite's World Clique (1990) which in turn sampled Yellow Magic Orchestra's Hirake Kokoro-Jiseiki (1981). Four generations of sampling. Is there a longer chain?

Utah Saints' What Can You Do For Me (1993) sampled the Bernard Sumner remix of Technotronic's Rockin' Over The Beat (1990) which sampled Dee-Lite's World Clique (1990) which in turn sampled Yellow Magic Orchestra's Hirake Kokoro-Jiseiki (1981). Four generations of sampling. Is there a longer chain?

5 words/phrases from my birth year and, co-incidentally, from my impending birthday party: Autoerotic asphyxiation Gender dysphoria Kneecapping Lube Yoga pants

Daniel Carpenter@dancarpenter.bsky.social · 4d ago

Holy shit. 5 words from my birth year. Intifada Effed up Mix tape Cool beans Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig

"I did something I had never done before: a 720-twist standing backflip. No wait, not that. I listened to her neon green iconic long-player Brat." ✍ Read my latest blog post: Music, Charli, Listening, Argos fatroland.blogspot.com/2026/07/musi...

WORLDBUILDING SHORT STORY COURSE w/ @davidhartley.bsky.social 🌍✍ 📌 @levyoldlibrary.bsky.social M19 3QE 📅 Aug 28 - Jan 15 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuild... Learn how to craft living worlds for your stories in this practical course with author David Hartley. Let's build worlds together!

"Some people will not tolerate laughing at a man whose painted his moustache green and put a daisy on it and is pretending to be spaghetti." The delightful John-Luke Roberts on conversational stand-up, Eddie Izzard and a purloined parper. www.chortle.co.uk/corresponden...

You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.

A panel of expert music writers have given their hot tips for this year's Mercury Prize. Also, in unrelated news, me and a bunch of Picky Bastards writers got drunk on brake fluid then paffled on about the Mercury. Have a read. pickybs.com/2026/07/24/t...

The Picky Bastards Mercury Prize Shortlist 2026

Another year and another Mercury Prize shortlist for us to dive into. Before we argue with each other about the actual Shortlist (podcast event of the year incoming), let’s shout about the albums w…

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Pottering about all day long, cutting cutting cutting. Swedemason does a tune about retirement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSg2...

Cutting - Swedemason

YouTube video by swedemason

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I made some sunshine.

Felt cute, might delete later.

Just had my meeting with Burnham. I am no longer Skateboard Tricks & Cool Backflips Minister. Gutted.

I watched some of the England game. Tuned in three minutes before the England people scored, I then saw the equaliser, and then I switched off because I thought 'one each, that's nice'.

Dub no Fat with my Roland man.

In the new issue of Electronic Sound, out today, I talk to Mouse on Mars about their new album with Lee 'Scratch' Perry, about spatial audio, music as fireworks, and Perry's special kinda voodoo.

I would like to stress that I have done nothing wrong. The Nigel Farage was just resting in my account.

▶️ dgoHn: I Couldn't Remember So I Made Something Up. A brilliantly melodic melange of IDM and breaks, so very Planet Mu and fun. dgohn-music.bandcamp.com/track/i-coul...

I Couldn't Remember So I Made Something Up, by dgoHn

from the album Tessares

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FAT ROLAND'S ELECTRIC SHORTS — I challenge writers to tell five-minute stories through the medium of Microsoft Powerpoint, and if they include its awful inbuilt transitions, clip art and stock sound effects, I'll be extra pleased. Expressions of performer interest welcome!

AI Weiwei's 24-hout performance, happening right now.

This is a modular mug, which means as you drink from it, all the tubes connecting your innards rewire themselves. I think. Anyway, it's lovely and you should buy one. electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/p/modul...

Modular Mug — Electronic Sound

Ceramic 11 oz mug 9.6 cm height 8.2 cm diameter

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▶️ Plug: Amental World. Belgian label De:tuned digs up old Vibert gubbins and gives us the first Plug album for nearly 15 years. Taken from Variety Magic, Amental World sounds like The Avalanches having a stroke, and I should know. detunedrecords.bandcamp.com/track/amenta...

Amental World, by Plug

from the album Variety Magic

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Happy Canada Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fX4...

Venetian Snares - Szamar madar

YouTube video by darkjenova

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Contrary to popular belief, I am actually allowed out on my own. Here are some recent-ish music events I have attended while I've been allowed out. ✍ Klingfully klangtastic: bleeps and Blackpool and other live treats fatroland.blogspot.com/2026/06/klin...

An old picture of me looking disappointed.

"I’m talking about a revolution in consciousness." Here's me talking to George Evelyn aka Nightmares On Wax back in 2018 about rocking it in Ibiza, trying to be timeless, and finding his new nirvana. www.electronicsound.co.uk/features/lon...

There's one final chance to visit Saul Hay gallery in Castlefield. Their final exhibition is 10x10 featuring tonnes of 10cm x 10cm artworks. After Saturday, the gallery enters a new chapter, and the existing building will be jimmied off its foundations and floated down the Rochdale Canal. Probably.

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