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Following the release of a new DJ Kicks mix, we reflect on a changing approach to dance music with the ever-versatile @teedofficial.bsky.social...
Wonder: A Conversation with TEED - Ransom Note
Following the release of a new DJ Kicks mix, we reflect on a changing approach to dance music with the ever versatile TEED.
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In conversation with Tom Sharkett...
Good Rubbish: Tom Sharkett On Mistakes, Mentors & Going Solo
From W. H. Lung to Julie Byrne's touring band to solo producer, all in the space of eighteen months - Tom Sharkett on making an electronic record that's allowed to sound like a person playing it.
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REVIEW: A strong first @primavera-sound.bsky.social Porto for us. The gentle disbelief of those who’d been before turns out to have been entirely warranted. One of Europe’s best cities for a weekend, and one of the best reasons to visit it. We'll be back...
Primavera Porto 2026 – A First-Timer's Confession
A strong first Primavera. One of Europe's best cities for a weekend, and one of the best reasons to visit it.
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If there is one thing that could induce us to kill each other, it's the conflict-driven business model of the big social media companies. When will the government insist that a harmonious society is more important than their goddamn profits?
Seeds Mix #11: Patricia Wolf's Wander in the Garden Her recent release on Music To Watch Seeds Grow By; Yarrow emerged from weeks spent at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado, working alongside ecologists studying plants and pollinators: www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/...
Seeds Mix #11: Patricia Wolf's Wander in the Garden - Ransom Note
Patricia Wolf makes music from the inside of an ecosystem. For this mix, she turned her attention to morning. Imagining this year's Watching Trees festival crowd coming down from a long night of danci...
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Dracula’s Daughter shows up uninvited, bleeds on your carpet, and rewinds itself. Girls Chat Room – Babystar & James Weissinger (one half of Zillas on Acid meet filmmaker Ari Ratner “somewhere between a VHS birthday party and a waking nightmare" www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...
Video Premiere: Girls Chat Room - Dracula's Daughter - Ransom Note
Dracula's Daughter shows up uninvited, bleeds on your carpet, and rewinds itself...
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And another thing that dropped over the weekend was this lovely little walk down memory lane with @theransomnote.com - a playlist of all the stuff I was listening to when starting the band. So expect dEUS, Mogwai, BoC, Autechre, etc. www.theransomnote.com/music/playli...
What I was listening to when I started worriedaboutsatan, 20 years ago - Ransom Note
Gavin Miller has been making music as worriedaboutsatan for twenty years now. Twenty albums, too, the latest being No Knock No Doorbell, out on his own This Is It Forever label.
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Much love to our friend Jim Ottewill for his ace interview with Truus DeGroot on his ace 'Deeper Into Out of Space' Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...
#45 Deeper Into Outer Space | Truus De Groot
The Dutch artist shares wisdom from five decades sharpening the edges of DIY electronic music culture…
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Hazy, hopeful stardust on the spring air – locked-groove krautrock discipline shot through with kosmische shimmer. Jakarta’s Strange Fruit, with the last track from their Drips EP on Gentle Tuesday, is something super special... www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...
Premiere: Strange Fruit – Pouvoi Moteur - Ransom Note
Hazy, hopeful stardust on the spring air - locked-groove krautrock discipline shot through with kosmische shimmer.
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We’re bringing Telepathic Fish (Mixmaster Morris & DJ Food), Kayla Painter (Live), Stella Z & Weirdo Therapy to the chill-out space at this year’s edition of Field Maneuvers. Returning to its secret Norfolk location 21–23 August. Read on for the wider lineup: www.theransomnote.com/music/field-...
Field Maneuvers 2026 reveals full lineup - and its most ambitious ambient programme yet - Ransom Note
We're bringing Telepathic Fish, Kayla Painter (Live) Stella Z, Weirdo Therapy to the chill out space at this year's edition alongside the rest of the massive lineup for 26.
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A collision of timelines, Xylitol's 'Blumenfantasie' is one of the most quietly assured records you’ll hear this year. Catherine Backhouse talks us through the album & memories of raving in East Berlin in the early 2000s www.theransomnote.com/music/track-... @planetmurecords.bsky.social
Track By Track: Xylitol - Blumenfantasie - Ransom Note
Catherine Backhouse aka Xylitol reflects on her new album, one of the most quietly assured records you'll hear this year.
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Dark Entries & Ransom Note present a defiant comeback from Gavilan Rayna Russom aka Black Meteoric Star, ft remixes from Russell E.L. Butler & Borusiade "Black Meteoric Star is one of those characters I created for survival. And this moment demands its return" www.theransomnote.com/music/news/g...
Gavilán Rayna Russom's Black Meteoric Star returns with new single '5am Open Air Sunrise' - Ransom Note
Dark Entries and Ransom Note present a defiant comeback from Gavilán Rayna Russom, featuring remixes from Russell E.L. Butler and Borusiade.
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A collective of musicians from the North of Ireland’s underground and alternative scenes has come together for Occupied Minds, a genre-spanning solidarity compilation featuring David Holmes, RÓIS, Phil Kieran, Elaine Howley, Huartan, Rory Friers and more. www.theransomnote.com/music/news/u...
Underground North: Artists from across the North of Ireland unite for Palestine solidarity compilation - Ransom Note
A collective of musicians from the North of Ireland's underground and alternative scenes have come together for Occupied Minds, a genre-spanning solidarity compilation landing on Rudimentary Records o...
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.@caughtbytheriver.bsky.social are back in the physical world this May, with a weekend at Elmley Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey. 150 people, 3,300 acres of marshland, Modern Nature Andrew Wasylyk... Music to Watch Seeds Grow By on the bill too. Details: www.theransomnote.com/music/events...
Caught by the River heads to Elmley Nature Reserve this May, with Music to Watch Seeds Grow By on the bill - Ransom Note
Caught by the River are bringing their long-running celebration of nature, music and writing back into the physical world this spring, with a weekend event at Elmley National Nature Reserve on the Isl...
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The Japanese selector and producer DJ Nobu turns inward for a five-track meditation on Buddhist philosophy, out 27th March on @fabriclondon.bsky.social Originals: www.theransomnote.com/music/news/d...
DJ Nobu announces 'Shō' EP on fabric Originals - Ransom Note
The Japanese techno selector-producer turns inward for a five-track meditation on Buddhist philosophy.
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Seoul-based ambient duo Salamanda – Uman Therma (Sala) and Yetsuby (Manda) – are the latest artists to contribute to Music To Watch Seeds Grow By... Their entry, Seeds 008, arrives April 16th and takes a single basil plant on a windowsill as its entire world. www.theransomnote.com/art-culture/...
Seoul duo Salamanda meditate on basil consciousness for Music To Watch Seeds Grow By - Ransom Note
Seoul-based ambient duo Salamanda - Uman Therma (Sala) and Yetsuby (Manda) - are the latest artists to contribute to Music To Watch Seeds Grow By. Their entry takes a single basil plant on a windowsil...
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Sally Rodgers and Steve Jones, as A Man Called Adam, have been making records about the natural world since before it was the done thing... They bring their Remember Nature project to Tate Modern as part of Gathering Ground: www.theransomnote.com/music/events...
A Man Called Adam: Remember Nature @ Tate Modern - Ransom Note
Sally Rodgers and Steve Jones have been making records about the natural world since before it was the done thing.
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Field Maneuvers the beloved Norfolk festival, now heading into its thirteenth year, returns from 21–23 August this year has announced the labels, parties and collectives takeovers and hyped to announce that our very own Music To Watch Seeds Grow By will be taking the helm in the ambient tent.
Field Maneuvers 2026 reveal first wave of takeover partners - including our very own Music To Watch Seeds Grow By - Ransom Note
Field Maneuvers has dropped its first wave of take partners for the 2026 edition, and yes - we're in there.
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With the current climate doing its best to grind things down, sometimes making music with your people is all you can do & LA’s underground is responding in kind. Point Winona Sound Library Vol 1 gathers some of LA’s finest under one roof @ Los Feliz hilltop: www.theransomnote.com/music/premie...
Premiere: SSRI – Omnicallora [Elbow Grease/DX3] - Ransom Note
With the current climate doing its best to grind things down, sometimes making music with your people is all you can do - and LA's underground is responding in kind. Few collectives embody that spirit...
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"Music that makes you feel deeply human, as you’ve never felt before." @theransomnote.com @joshuaidehen.bsky.social. ☀️ www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/... ☀️
Paraiso: Portugal’s Rave History. Making its UK premiere at Rio Cinema, Dalston 28 May 2026 as part of Dock N' Roll the 81-minute documentary/love letter digs into the decentralised, DIY rave scene that swept the country in the 90s... www.theransomnote.com/music/parais...
PARAISO: Portugal's Rave History gets its UK Premiere this May
The documentary tells the story of the underground movement that rewrote Portugal's cultural soundtrack, one strobe-lit warehouse at a time.
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Inner Rhythm Mysticism and R$N are joining forces for a new series of intimate London parties. The first one lands at Vespers Club on April 18th with Trystero (live) Salon des Amateurs affiliate Philipp Otterbach, Tia Cousins & Manuol Bone. www.theransomnote.com/music/irm-x-...
IRM x Ransom Note bring Trystero's live show & Philipp Otterbach to Peckham this April - Ransom Note
Inner Rhythm Mysticism and Ransom Note are joining forces for a new series of intimate London parties. The first one lands at Vespers Club on April 18th with its opening statement.
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In shadowy Arch Groves where the Stranded did dwell, With sub-bass that rumbled like a low midnight bell, The guitars they did scrape at the edges and hover, While dusty beats floated from one side to the other.
Premiere: Stranded – Arch Groves - Ransom Note
Dub-soaked sub-bass rumble for the last bus home
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Laurent Garnier, A Love From Outer Space, Decius, Tia Cousins, Pete Herbert's Music for Swimming Pools and many more join Heidi Lawden, Luke Una, Jimpster and Greg Wilson for this year's Campo Sancho edition... www.theransomnote.com/music/events...
Campo Sancho 2026 announces their best lineup yet - Ransom Note
Laurent Garnier, A Love From Outer Space, Decius, Tia Cousins, Pete Herbert's Music for Swimming Pools and more join Heidi Lawden, Luke Una, Jimpster and Greg Wilson for this year's edition
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Deep in the woods at the Bush of Ghosts stage @ Watching Trees, Scottish producer Brian d’Souza, aka Auntie Flo brought his ‘Plants Can Dance’ project to life in a 5-hour ambient set. Brian’s ode to the Sunflower is out on the 19th Feb, launch party on the 21st www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/...
Seeds Mix #8: Brian d’Souza- Live @ Bush of Ghosts - Ransom Note
"It's nice to play at night as you have a natural sensory deprivation of sight. One is more absorbed in their other senses, including the sounds they hear."
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Craven Faults, North Yorkshire's enigmatic answer to Tangerine Dream, favourite of 'the gothfather' Robert Smith + remixer of The Cure curates a special playlist ft. Can, Laurie Spiegel, The Velvets & more ⚙️ 🎛️ @cravenfaults.bsky.social @theleaflabel.com
Unconscious Refinement: a playlist of influences by Craven Faults - Ransom Note
North Yorkshire's enigmatic answer to Tangerine Dream chronicles a lifetime of listening in a playlist of pivotal influences
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Between innocence and anger, Ghazi Barakat’s Pharoah Chromium project delivers a devastating meditation on Gaza on his latest work, Chronicles on Discrepant www.theransomnote.com/music/news/p...
Pharoah Chromium Chronicles the Weight of Witness on New LP - Ransom Note
Between innocence and anger, Ghazi Barakat's Pharoah Chromium project delivers a devastating meditation on Gaza.
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The Berlin University of the Arts' Master’s program in Sound Studies & Sonic Arts, faces elimination amid budget crisis for Berlin’s only university-level degree program in a field where the city has international renown. www.theransomnote.com/music/news/b...
Berlin's University of the Arts to close historic sound studies program - Ransom Note
Europe's leading sonic arts program faces elimination amid budget crisis
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When two generations of Lisbon’s underground collide, the result is visceral, raw & uncompromising. Scam Dust is Tiago Lux Fragil resident and ‘DJ’s DJ’) and Shcuro of Discos Paraiso channel Detroit filtered through Sheffield with a distinctly Lisbon sensibility www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/...
Tiago & Shcuro pres. Scam Dust - The 'Shine A Light On' Mix - Ransom Note
When two generations of Lisbon's underground collide, the result is visceral, raw, and uncompromising.
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Since founding Plus Instruments in Eindhoven in 1978, Truus de Groot has carved an uncompromising path through the experimental underground. Five decades into her restless creative journey, her 9th album as Plus Instruments, ‘Unnoticed,' lands on Feb 11th. www.theransomnote.com/music/news/d...
Dutch Underground Pioneer Truus de Groot Returns with Ninth 'Plus Instruments' Album - Ransom Note
Five decades into her restless creative journey, Truus de Groot remains an unstoppable force in experimental music. The Dutch artist's ninth album as Plus Instruments, Unnoticed, lands on February 11t...
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