In a more languid vein today... Felicia Atkinson is a French musician who utilized ASMR on the album this piece, "Des Pierres," appears on - The Flower and the Vessel, from 2019. Stephen O'Malley contributed guitar to this track's slow burn. #AmbientAugust

Des Pierres, by Félicia Atkinson

from the album The Flower And The Vessel

feliciaatkinson.bandcamp.com

I've also tried the things that society told me I was supposed to do to have a happy life, and it didn't work, and I know it was just a giant lie.

Today I learned the Bandcamp shareable link they provide for individual tracks doesn't work on Bluesky 🤷

A pillar of textural ambient, Lawrence English has a vast catalog of exceptional music and collaborations, released on his Room40 label and elsewhere. I first found him through his 2008 release Kiri No Oto; today I'm posting "Another Body" from his 2014 release Wilderness of Mirrors. #AmbientAugust

Another Body, by Lawrence English

from the album Wilderness Of Mirrors

lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com

Here is the Tom Tom Club in London, 1982. We were about to play Wembley Arena with Talking Heads. From left, Steve Scales, Laura Weymouth, Alex Weir, Lani Weymouth, Tyrone Downie, Chris Frantz. Front, Tina Weymouth.

argalirecordsnetlabel.com/2026/06/17/1... @argrecnetlabel.bsky.social update: Still accepting tracks for this comp. Submission deadline Sept 4th. We already have tracks from @an-eel23.bsky.social , @katesattler.bsky.social , Cousin Silas, and more, and am eagerly awaiting 🫵 YOUR 🫵 track! Thanks all.

Now Accepting Tracks For The 19th Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel experimental music/noise compilation!

Argali Records Netlabel is now accepting tracks for the nineteenth quarterly, non-themed experimental music/noise compilation. If you are interested in this, please check out our submission procedu…

argalirecordsnetlabel.com

the wolf howls the owl hwolfs

Today's selection is "Monochrome Existence 2" from Cymatic Scan, by Bill Laswell and Tetsu Inoue. It verges on Isolationism, though it's not bleak, simply meditative... Inoue disappeared in 2007, leaving behind a solid body of both solo and collaborative work. #AmbientAugust

Monochrome Existence 2

YouTube video by Bill Laswell and Tetsu Inoue - Topic

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We saw The Odyssey today. Better than Troy, way better than Alexander. I agree with the Guardian reviewer who wondered where all the sex from the OG poem had gone, but Nolan's really not into sex scenes... Overall I'd say it might be his best film, and Memento is one of my all-time favorite movies!

Tim Hecker's music resonates with me on a level I can't explain. Maybe it's the quality in his music that a friend described as "yearning." I could post his tracks for the entire month, but I'll just post what might be his best short form piece, "Her Black Horizon". #AmbientAugust

Tim Hecker - Her Black Horizon

YouTube video by Jamie Kobić

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Miss this place.

For Ambient August, going to start things off in honor of the soundtrack that put me on the road to ambient - "Coelecanth" by Shriekback, from the Manhunter soundtrack. youtu.be/Det9Lgg-a8g?... #AmbientAugust

COELOCANTH - BY Shriekback

YouTube video by SITHWAX

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Post ambient music in August. Pay attention to the rules. #AmbientAugust

CoinneachRooney@coinneachrooney.bsky.social · last wk.

Sick of summer sun? Good news: we're going cold and ambient. Post an ambient track each day in August. Modular synths, lo-fi guitars, digital landscapes, or whatever feels right to you. There are rules, but you'll only find out what they are after breaking one. 😂 Use #AmbientAugust when you post.

No music terms? Bummer. '71: Anti-elite Motherboard Psych-out Solar farm Wild card

My Bloody Vinyl Time@mybloodyvinyltime.bsky.social · 5d ago

Interesting. 1972 had: Accretion disc Ombudsperson Rubber chicken Wafflestomper Bird flu

People across America are googling "The Odyssey .epub free" at greater rates than at any point in history before.

I see shame still exists, that's good. www.404media.co/ai-company-t...

Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

404media.co

The Guardian has some good music news this morning, between this and their review of Arca's "XXXXX" - www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Melodies International presents Ariwa Sounds review – head-spinning classics from dub legend Mad Professor

With cuts from the producer’s Ariwa Sounds label between 1984 and the present day, this compilation hops from skulking proto-grime to dreamy lovers rock

theguardian.com

Sci-fi has always been my fiction reading genre of choice. It’s tragic that the world is being destroyed by bros who absorbed only the simplest posthumanist/transhumanist tech visions in sci-fi and none of the warnings about actually implementing them.

Great article about Brion Gysin's Cut-Ups by the esteemed Iain Sinclair in @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“Do you know how to read?” “No. It is one of the black arts.” He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.

This is just book burning by another name

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

AOFN Audio released Grizzly, a free macOS and Windows stereo modulation plugin modeled on the Gristleizer, offering VCA/VCF modes, flexible LFO shaping, sync options, and stereo widening. www.audiopluginguy.com/news-aofn-au...

AOFN Audio releases Grizzly, a free modulation plugin based on the infamous Gristleizer.

AOFN Audio released Grizzly, a free macOS and Windows stereo modulation plugin modeled on the Gristleizer, offering VCA/VCF modes, flexible LFO shaping, sync options, and stereo widening.

audiopluginguy.com

This is my kind of techno (though describing it to someone by its title might be interesting) pppicture.bandcamp.com/track/qeeeee...

Qeeeeeeee, by Picture

from the album Eeeeeeee

pppicture.bandcamp.com

If you had a car that could suddenly accelerate into the back of another car without warning (to pick a topical example), you wouldn't say that car is trying to defy its human masters by attacking other cars, you'd say it's a shit car.

All it took for the NYT to write critically about Elon Musk was his stock losing half its value

it’s noteworthy to me that all the ai hype has shifted to either “terminator is imminent” or “unlimited everything is imminent” recently. definitely not a whiff of desperation to it

Erica "digifox" Kovac@digifox.binaryden.net · last wk.

I'm already very tired of the AI alarmism and it's barely even started in earnest.