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wordsSHIFTminds is Auckland, New Zealand-based composer and musician Chris Bell. No guru, no method, no teacher. Music is the best. https://www.instagram.com/wordsshiftminds/ https://soundcloud.com/wordsshiftminds https://wordsshiftminds.bandcamp.com

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 2d

"...What really sets it apart, tho, is an almost hyperreal 'in the room with you' production sound..."

Musician and Bluesky regular @etherdiver.bsky.social on the recent wordsSHIFTminds album 'Memento Mori' from 'Other People's Music' (link in image).

"wordsSHIFTminds – Memento Mori

"Intense multigenre mixture of synthwave, DnB, breakbeats and more, delivered with a uniquely present production aesthetic. This is an album that not only refuses to color in the lines, it seems likely it doesn’t see those lines. Rollicking breaks are paired with funky horn lines; synthwave pulse sits alongside fuzzy chillwave instrumentations; sleepy downtempo meets obliquely abstract synth. What really sets it apart, tho, is an almost hyperreal 'in the room with you' production sound.

"Whereas so much electronic music in general, and synthwave in particular, has a pristine, crisp and bloodless sound, this seems to somehow inhabit the real world – the sounds are synthetic, yes, but they feel real in a way that synths often don’t. It’s a cool aesthetic that pairs well with the variety of electronica on offer.

(Listened to the entire album)"

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Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 2h

No surprise Israel faked fictional underground Hamas tunnels they used as a pretext to bomb palastinian hospitals at the time.. They used 3d asset packs like the scottish museum boat building models.

thecradle.co/articles/isr...

Israel created fake 3D videos of 'Hamas tunnels' to justify attacks on Gaza hospitals: Report

The Israeli army used 3D images from video games, online assets, content creators, and even the Scottish Maritime Museum

thecradle.co

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 3h

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

youtu.be

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 6h

I'm guessing I saw this on Channel 4's 'The Tube' in the UK.

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 6h

You mean like, what possessed him to think he might have a career in politics?

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 6h

Will the boomers please rustle their mortgage agreements? And for the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your PlayStation controllers.

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 7h

Done. 😊

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 7h

Girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa. Possibly.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 9h

Five years old today! #music #synthwave #synths #electronica #downtempo #bandcamp #youtube #itunes #applemusic #distrokid

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10h

Yup, Chris 'Performative' Bishop for leader, Stan Walker as minister of Māori affairs and Don McGlashan as finance minister. That'll shake things up a bit.

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 10h

And in the news today, quite a lot of things are really quite bad. More at 10.

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11h

"Christopher Luxon loses ground", trips over own gaffes, and falls, shiny-head-first, into a Federated Farmers manure heap leaving him comfortable, relaxed, horizontal.

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 11h

Worst in 11 years.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 1d

Same data but just for September months. Completely unnecessary self flagellation. It's like all the lessons learned on the need for fiscal kick-starts are being roundly ignored. Small island, housing ponzi, rogergnomics, 8-wire, whip the poor exceptionalism. (2/2)

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 11h

Am I right in thinking that what's called sumac in the US is very different from the sumac that's used in the Middle East (Rhus coriaria from the Staghorn Sumac bush) as a peppery, lemony seasoning on hummus, etc., and that the US sumac is poisonous...?

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 12h

It would be fair to say D'Angelo was a genuine pioneer. R.I.P.

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning neo-soul pioneer, dies aged 51

Singer known for tracks such as Brown Sugar and Untitled (How Does It Feel) died at home from pancreatic cancer

www.theguardian.com

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 14h

Oh dear what a pity such a shame never mind

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 14h

Israel limits aid and keeps Rafah crossing closed in dispute over hostage remains

Tensions high as Israel accuses Hamas of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of 24 hostages

www.theguardian.com

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 18h

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 14h

"And now last year's 'Christmas In The Park' proudly sponsored by Bayer Cropscience AG, manufacturers of Roundup..."

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 14h

There are still lots of top chimney-sweep jobs out there, too! Or how about singing telegrams? 🙄

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 1d

It was a waste of time because as soon as the title card and theme tune came on, it gave the game away. But they had voice-overs to introduce the programmes, and I think it even appeared as 'Boss Cat' in the newspaper TV listings.

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 1d

They used to mis-name it 'Boss Cat' on the BBC because there was a brand of cat food around at the same time called Top Cat and the Beeb wasn't allowed to advertise. 😊

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 1d

Yay! Bob Godfrey's 'Roobarb'. A masterpiece of 1970s TV.

wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 1d

Turned on the TV after reading your post. The Australian 'Chase' is on. One of the first questions I hear is about 'Luther'. 👻

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 1d

#nzpol

Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 1d

Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt

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wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social · 1d

It's shameful. 😢