Already pretty late to start this...but this might be fun?
Music Weeklies Challenge@musicweeklies.bsky.social · last mo.This week's theme is #Unplug Could be acoustic, could be about getting away from it all, whatever it means to you. Upload your track with the hash, tag us, and be sure to feedback others.
Dave Lombaordo's drumming on Slayer's "South of Heaven" album was, and continues to be all these decades later, a pinnacle of thrash metal drumming. A combo of brutal force, technical ability and top-level musicality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j28B...
Dave Lombardo Performing Ghost of War Live
YouTube video by Slayergumbo
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This year's #Pride challenge is #OpenMinded! Digital: Find two new plugins and use them in your music. Acoustic: find two new approaches to your instrument and use them in your piece. Tell us what you did, and don't forget to spread the love by listening to and feedbacking each other. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
There'll be two more albums by me later that year. (At least two). moinlabs.de/words/two-al...
Two Albums in the Pipeline
Two release dates have been decided: you’ll get Drei Karten next, and minmax later – both still within 2026.
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It's so great to watch normal house cats solving game theory puzzles in realtime in a way that most senior managers don't even come close to.
Discussing a potential gig for next weekend, I had a Groucho Marx epiphany: "I don't want to play a gig where I would not absolutely want to be in the audience". As a result: no gig next weekend for me. I might do a Blechtrommel mob, though, because I might like that if I was in the audience.
What makes me feel good? Summer rain. And heavy metal. Like, really heavy. "Sommerregen", for @musicweeklies.bsky.social #feelgood moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/sommer...
Sommerregen, by Rainer Straschill
from the album Wooczyk Meeklies
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Recording some doom metal Messiaen-style guitar parts for "Sommerregen" (which is what I do for @musicweeklies.bsky.social #feelgood)
Discussing a performance at some publicly founded (meaning: our money) community arts event. Organization is a nightmare, so I angrily went Cage. Here's the core of the artistic concept we settled on: "the Cat does not care".
"Fluxus gegen alles". Something that came to mind as a project title candidate. Now, how would that feel?
"Atlas" (my upcoming album) now has a release date. It's Corpus Christi, i.e. next Thursday on the lead platform. moinlabs.de/words/atlas-...
ATLAS – Release Announcement
Atlas shall have its release on Corpus Christi this year.
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Doing field recordings is kinda nice. If you pick the right field, that is.
It had somehow escaped me (or I had repressed the memory) that Ralph Towner had died in January. Listening to a silent candle for/by this great musician youtu.be/A48MEhnGKUU?...
The Silence Of A Candle
YouTube video by Ralph Towner - Topic
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Remember those games that you started long ago and somehow never finished? And for some reason decided to give them another spin, starting at #FirstLevel ? As part of this week's @musicweeklies.bsky.social challenge, my game was the Korg Gadget for Switch moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/tried-...
Tried again, by Rainer Straschill
from the album Wooczyk Meeklies
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Mid-work had to resolve a hiccup in the audio setup, and tested it by firing up some album. Now work is on hiatus, as I need to listen to Jack DeJohnette: Works.
Musicians, get involved! A chance to be involved in music making in a super supportive community. WIP, trying things out, seeing what you can come up with in a week is a joy (I need to post more wips 😅 as I rarely ‘finish’ a track these days!)
Music Weeklies Challenge@musicweeklies.bsky.social · 3mo agoA new adventure begins, simple on the surface but full of promise. Compose the music of the first level in a video game; a beginning that invites the player in and sets the journey in motion! This week's theme, #FirstLevel!
This new @musicweeklies.bsky.social looks great #FirstLevel. What's your inspiration? PacMan or Space Invaders? Hack? Or the opening/tutorial of a huge modern game? Or no VGM at all?
Music Weeklies Challenge@musicweeklies.bsky.social · 3mo agoA new adventure begins, simple on the surface but full of promise. Compose the music of the first level in a video game; a beginning that invites the player in and sets the journey in motion! This week's theme, #FirstLevel!
You’re lying there in bed, feeling really cosy… but there’s this... thing in your head, you’re not quite sure what it is, but it’s really annoying and it’s got no business being there right now. Made for @musicweeklies.bsky.social (theme Out of Place)
Some youtube video claimed cats purr at 25Hz. Which would be around G. Now Dr. Emmy Noether did not know this, and prefers to purr Dorian. I like Dorian. I like Emmy.
"18 years ago". Reyn Ouewehand's performance of "Green Beret" produly stood the test of time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8UB...
Reyn vs Martin Galway - Green Beret
YouTube video by Reyn Ouwehand
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Yesterday, #maxialbum saw its double vinyl release. Which closes the project. Of which I'm hugely proud. moinlabs.de/words/max-on...
MAX. On Vinyl.
April 15th of 2026 is the official release date for the vinyl version of #maxialbum. Formally closing what, in many ways, was my biggest album project to date. It’s beautiful!
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Yesterday, I went to some pressing plant and picked up a few boxes...yes, the vinyl version is here! #maxialbum
This is fun: once respectable newspaper FAZ interviews Deutsche Bank's chief investment strategist on what to do. Llokjng at this banks performance, it might be advisable to do the opposite www.faz.net/aktuell/fina...
Ulrich Stephan: Wie sollen Anleger auf teure Energiepreise reagieren?
Ulrich Stephan, den Chefanlagestrategen der Deutschen Bank für Privat- und Firmenkunden, spricht über die angespannte Lage an den Märkten durch den Irankireg – und worauf Anleger nun achten sollten.
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More than 20 years after it was made, the knobs on my OG Waldorf Q had literally turned to dust. Fortunately, in an age of 3D printing, the new version looks much cooler! Thanks, Rolando, for the prints!
Pressing plant announced assembly for 2-23 - which is next Monday. Which means on Tuesday I'll pick up the #maxialbum double vinyl in Augsburg.