BAFTA winning prison drama Wasteman is now on Netflix (UK/Ire) directed by Cal McMau + music by me
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A bunch of stuff on Bandcamp is now pay-what-you-can to celebrate Bandcamp Friday, including my recent score for BAFTA winning Wasteman + the recently remastered Engravings forestswords.bandcamp.com
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Last change to catch a handful of my work with artist/speculative architect and regular collaborator Liam Young at 'In Other Worlds', an exhibition of bold imagined futures. Showing at the Barbican in London until next week 🌍
AI companies are buying thousands of obscure books to feed datasets, scanning and then destroying them. I've been working with specialist booksellers to create FLATTENING, a new project that is creating audiovisual portraits of many of these publications www.forestswords.co.uk/flattening/
AI companies are buying thousands of obscure books to feed datasets, scanning and then destroying them. I've been working with specialist booksellers to create FLATTENING, a new project that is creating audiovisual portraits of many of these publications www.forestswords.co.uk/flattening/
Thinking about Mark Fisher today on his birthday Mark was one of the first people to ever reach out and speak to me about my music and we kept in sporadic contact until his death - his books continue to inspire + rewire my brain every time I pick one up www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/a...
Spring archive sale on my webstore for the next week 🔓 Warehouse finds + limited number tour stock forestswords.ochre.store
Spring archive sale on my webstore for the next week 🔓 Warehouse finds + limited number tour stock forestswords.ochre.store
WASTEMAN My original score for the BAFTA nominated prison film Out today 🗝️ Bandcamp pay what you like + streaming li.sten.to/wasteman-ost
WASTEMAN My original score for the BAFTA nominated prison film Out today 🗝️ Bandcamp pay what you like + streaming li.sten.to/wasteman-ost
One more week to catch Wasteman in UK cinemas and have an anxiety attack US/ROW and soundtrack release news soon 🗝️
thank you to everyone coming out early to watch me on this current @mogwai.scot tour such a privilege to be asked to warm up for one of my favourite ever bands in front of their friendly + welcoming crowds
ARMATURES@armaturesmusic.bandcamp.com · 7mo ago@mogwai.scot were brilliant last night. As was @forestswords.bsky.social Dreamy stuff really well paired.
The BAFTA nominated Wasteman is out in UK cinemas today, with an original score by me Cal McMau's anxious, brutal glimpse into the British prison system is a thrill and I'm so happy to have done the music for it US/ROW release + soundtrack news soon www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaOe...
Wasteman - Official Trailer
YouTube video by LionsgateFilmsUK
youtube.com
The BAFTA nominated Wasteman is out in UK cinemas today, with an original score by me Cal McMau's anxious, brutal glimpse into the British prison system is a thrill and I'm so happy to have done the music for it US/ROW release + soundtrack news soon www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaOe...
Wasteman - Official Trailer
YouTube video by LionsgateFilmsUK
youtube.com
Singapore ArtScience Museum / until Feb 22 Two film + VR pieces made with my regular collaborator, filmmaker and architect Liam Young, feature in new exhibition 'Another World Is Possible' which explores the practice of future world-building across cinema, design, and speculative fiction 🌱
IN STOCK: 'Engravings 2025 Edition' by Forest Swords Psychedelic dub-laced electronic hauntology on Matthew Barnes' debut album. Reissued on 2LP limited coloured vinyl. @forestswords.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2130...
Happy to say that I got the masters back for my album 'Engravings' and so it's back in print for the first time in forever Remastered by Rashad Becker, available on ltd edition night smoke vinyl/CD/digital, inc bonus tracks 🌱 li.sten.to/engravingsre...
Cover of art & music mag Tongue / South Korea Winter 25 edition 📷 Emily Hye Jin
Thrilled to be warming up for the legendary @mogwai.scot on their UK tour next winter 🌪️ forestswords.co.uk/live
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New limited repress of Bolted (Deconstructed) CD as the first edition sold out Green onbody jewel case print + 2 bonus tracks Profits go to food banks in Merseyside 💿 CD: forestswords.ochre.store 🌱 Bandcamp/stream: forestswords.lnk.to/bolted-decon...
Berlin 🔩 Celebrating iconic club Tresor's new Thursday night summer series with an intimate headline show next month 🌱 ra.co/events/2194761
Berlin 🔩 Celebrating iconic club Tresor's new Thursday night summer series with an intimate headline show next month 🌱 ra.co/events/2194761