Fenner Pearson
@fennerpearson.bsky.social
Salford and Kirkby Lonsdale. Electronic music… and that kind of thing.
https://linktr.ee/fennerpearson
https://linktr.ee/fennerpearson
Warren Ellis, on stage at The Barbican, telling us about his afternoon spent at the Southbank Centre due to his mistaken belief that that was where Dirty Three were playing this evening.
December 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Warren Ellis, on stage at The Barbican, telling us about his afternoon spent at the Southbank Centre due to his mistaken belief that that was where Dirty Three were playing this evening.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Programming in COBOL.
I reckon the last code I wrote using that would have been 1995, but I reckon I could still cut it *cracks knuckles*
Programming in COBOL.
I reckon the last code I wrote using that would have been 1995, but I reckon I could still cut it *cracks knuckles*
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I can disassemble and reassemble a 700 series telephone. Not expecting ever again to rejuvenate a carbon granule microphone by slapping it.
I can disassemble and reassemble a 700 series telephone. Not expecting ever again to rejuvenate a carbon granule microphone by slapping it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Programming in COBOL.
I reckon the last code I wrote using that would have been 1995, but I reckon I could still cut it *cracks knuckles*
Programming in COBOL.
I reckon the last code I wrote using that would have been 1995, but I reckon I could still cut it *cracks knuckles*
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An atmospheric improvisation from @danmud.bsky.social and the Sons of Silence...with Angus MacLise's New Universal Solar Calendar as an inspiration: thesonsofsilence1.bandcamp.com/album/on-the...
"on the Angus Calendar", by Daniel Mudford of Balham
6 track album
thesonsofsilence1.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
An atmospheric improvisation from @danmud.bsky.social and the Sons of Silence...with Angus MacLise's New Universal Solar Calendar as an inspiration: thesonsofsilence1.bandcamp.com/album/on-the...
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It’s an absolute joy listening to my mates absolutely smashing out some amazing albums of late. And as its Bandcamp Friday, here’s some suggestions for you… 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It’s an absolute joy listening to my mates absolutely smashing out some amazing albums of late. And as its Bandcamp Friday, here’s some suggestions for you… 🧵
Bit niche, but here's a podcast featuring a refreshingly rational discussion about the potential benefits and risks of AI, which includes a couple of my colleagues.
www.amat.co.uk#podcast
www.amat.co.uk#podcast
AMaT - clinical audit assurance software for quality improvement
AMaT brings real-time tracking and management to clinical audit with dashboards and reporting which make it simple to deliver real quality improvement
www.amat.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Bit niche, but here's a podcast featuring a refreshingly rational discussion about the potential benefits and risks of AI, which includes a couple of my colleagues.
www.amat.co.uk#podcast
www.amat.co.uk#podcast
God, it's over thirty-six years since this performance.
And it would be thirty-four years until I wrote another song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqzm...
And it would be thirty-four years until I wrote another song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqzm...
Halo Jones - No More Mr NG
YouTube video by Ashley Jones
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
God, it's over thirty-six years since this performance.
And it would be thirty-four years until I wrote another song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqzm...
And it would be thirty-four years until I wrote another song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqzm...
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Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)
I remember when I first heard about this album, I felt they’d messed with something that shouldn’t be touched.
But I was wrong. The RPO does as an amazing job here.
Merry Christmas!
music.apple.com/gb/album/chr...
But I was wrong. The RPO does as an amazing job here.
Merry Christmas!
music.apple.com/gb/album/chr...
Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Deluxe) by Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Apple Music
Album · 2017 · 17 Songs
music.apple.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I remember when I first heard about this album, I felt they’d messed with something that shouldn’t be touched.
But I was wrong. The RPO does as an amazing job here.
Merry Christmas!
music.apple.com/gb/album/chr...
But I was wrong. The RPO does as an amazing job here.
Merry Christmas!
music.apple.com/gb/album/chr...
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Christmas is looming. Books make great gifts. If there is anyone in your life who might enjoy a signed/dedicated copy of one/some/all of these paperbacks (even if that person is you) drop me a line.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Christmas is looming. Books make great gifts. If there is anyone in your life who might enjoy a signed/dedicated copy of one/some/all of these paperbacks (even if that person is you) drop me a line.
Today, I am very much enjoying this by Guerrilla Biscuits:
guerrillabiscuits.bandcamp.com/album/could-...
guerrillabiscuits.bandcamp.com/album/could-...
Could we dream in colour..., by Guerrilla Biscuits
1 track album
guerrillabiscuits.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today, I am very much enjoying this by Guerrilla Biscuits:
guerrillabiscuits.bandcamp.com/album/could-...
guerrillabiscuits.bandcamp.com/album/could-...
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Arcturus by ARC is up as a free to download/name your price album on Bandcamp till the end of December.
dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/arctur...
Live @ the Hampshire Jam III festival in Liphook in Oct 2004. ARC = label boss Ian Boddy & his sorely missed friend & musical collaborator Mark Shreeve.
dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/arctur...
Live @ the Hampshire Jam III festival in Liphook in Oct 2004. ARC = label boss Ian Boddy & his sorely missed friend & musical collaborator Mark Shreeve.
Arcturus (DiN19), by ARC
3 track album
dinrecords.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Arcturus by ARC is up as a free to download/name your price album on Bandcamp till the end of December.
dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/arctur...
Live @ the Hampshire Jam III festival in Liphook in Oct 2004. ARC = label boss Ian Boddy & his sorely missed friend & musical collaborator Mark Shreeve.
dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/arctur...
Live @ the Hampshire Jam III festival in Liphook in Oct 2004. ARC = label boss Ian Boddy & his sorely missed friend & musical collaborator Mark Shreeve.
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“David, who shall we invite to the wedding?”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
October 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM
“David, who shall we invite to the wedding?”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
Dirty Three, Glasgow.
Hopes 100% realised.
Hopes 100% realised.
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Dirty Three, Glasgow.
Hopes 100% realised.
Hopes 100% realised.
"Out there's always a construction site/ A Starbucks
/And yet another Gugenheim"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ulb...
/And yet another Gugenheim"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ulb...
Youme & Meyou - Einstürzende Neubauten
YouTube video by Jarib
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Out there's always a construction site/ A Starbucks
/And yet another Gugenheim"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ulb...
/And yet another Gugenheim"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ulb...
@warringtonruncorn.com I’m impressed by your gsm here, mister.
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@warringtonruncorn.com I’m impressed by your gsm here, mister.
Leisure Process - 'A Way You'll Never Be'
Listeners of a certain age won't need any clues as to the bass player on this.
#lostbangers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIT...
Listeners of a certain age won't need any clues as to the bass player on this.
#lostbangers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIT...
Leisure Process — A Way You'll Never Be ///// (May 1982) — feat. Mark King & Phil Gould / Level 42
YouTube video by Andy JS
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Leisure Process - 'A Way You'll Never Be'
Listeners of a certain age won't need any clues as to the bass player on this.
#lostbangers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIT...
Listeners of a certain age won't need any clues as to the bass player on this.
#lostbangers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIT...
In lieu of the radio show, may I introduce you to a new podcast, National Grid, featuring @guerrillabiscuits.bsky.social and me.
We'll be talking to various people playing in what I think is generally referred to as the grassroots electronic music scene.
www.mixcloud.com/fennerpearso...
We'll be talking to various people playing in what I think is generally referred to as the grassroots electronic music scene.
www.mixcloud.com/fennerpearso...
National Grid ep0 - The Pilot
Pilot episode of the National Grid podcast, featuring Dave Shooter (Guerrilla Biscuits) and Fenner Pearson (Electronic Ears, Esleben)
www.mixcloud.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In lieu of the radio show, may I introduce you to a new podcast, National Grid, featuring @guerrillabiscuits.bsky.social and me.
We'll be talking to various people playing in what I think is generally referred to as the grassroots electronic music scene.
www.mixcloud.com/fennerpearso...
We'll be talking to various people playing in what I think is generally referred to as the grassroots electronic music scene.
www.mixcloud.com/fennerpearso...
Also, no #electronicears this week due to
a) a busy few days (which doesn't usually stop me, tbh), but also
b) a weekend spent decorating, which I actually enjoyed. (Not usually my bag.)
My thanks to anyone who is even remotely disappointed :-)
Anyway, back next week, fo' sure.
a) a busy few days (which doesn't usually stop me, tbh), but also
b) a weekend spent decorating, which I actually enjoyed. (Not usually my bag.)
My thanks to anyone who is even remotely disappointed :-)
Anyway, back next week, fo' sure.
November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Also, no #electronicears this week due to
a) a busy few days (which doesn't usually stop me, tbh), but also
b) a weekend spent decorating, which I actually enjoyed. (Not usually my bag.)
My thanks to anyone who is even remotely disappointed :-)
Anyway, back next week, fo' sure.
a) a busy few days (which doesn't usually stop me, tbh), but also
b) a weekend spent decorating, which I actually enjoyed. (Not usually my bag.)
My thanks to anyone who is even remotely disappointed :-)
Anyway, back next week, fo' sure.
Found a couple of tracks by David Sylvian on Bandcamp that I didn’t know existed.
Here’s the link if you are in the same ‘I like Sylvo but didn’t know about those tracks’ boat.
davidsylvian.bandcamp.com/music
Here’s the link if you are in the same ‘I like Sylvo but didn’t know about those tracks’ boat.
davidsylvian.bandcamp.com/music
David Sylvian
David Sylvian is an English songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist whose solo work represents a unique fusion of avant-garde, ambient, electronic music, and progressive rock. After rising to pr...
davidsylvian.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Found a couple of tracks by David Sylvian on Bandcamp that I didn’t know existed.
Here’s the link if you are in the same ‘I like Sylvo but didn’t know about those tracks’ boat.
davidsylvian.bandcamp.com/music
Here’s the link if you are in the same ‘I like Sylvo but didn’t know about those tracks’ boat.
davidsylvian.bandcamp.com/music
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A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
We went to Pengshui on Monday, which was fantastic, but between tracks Illaman mentioned they had some roots in electronic music, so I embarked down that rabbit hole, yesterday.
For the sake of brevity, let me just say that I am enjoying this:
submotionorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/five-p...
For the sake of brevity, let me just say that I am enjoying this:
submotionorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/five-p...
Five Points, by Submotion Orchestra
5 track album
submotionorchestra.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We went to Pengshui on Monday, which was fantastic, but between tracks Illaman mentioned they had some roots in electronic music, so I embarked down that rabbit hole, yesterday.
For the sake of brevity, let me just say that I am enjoying this:
submotionorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/five-p...
For the sake of brevity, let me just say that I am enjoying this:
submotionorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/five-p...
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(Obvious bias aside) this compilation is a wonderful listen
Full of great tracks from start to end, a range of styles beautifully executed, yet still speak coherently
Give the artists involved a follow
Physical & DL from 5/12/25 monochromemotif.com @hartshornmusic.bsky.social
#musicsky #synthsky
Full of great tracks from start to end, a range of styles beautifully executed, yet still speak coherently
Give the artists involved a follow
Physical & DL from 5/12/25 monochromemotif.com @hartshornmusic.bsky.social
#musicsky #synthsky
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
(Obvious bias aside) this compilation is a wonderful listen
Full of great tracks from start to end, a range of styles beautifully executed, yet still speak coherently
Give the artists involved a follow
Physical & DL from 5/12/25 monochromemotif.com @hartshornmusic.bsky.social
#musicsky #synthsky
Full of great tracks from start to end, a range of styles beautifully executed, yet still speak coherently
Give the artists involved a follow
Physical & DL from 5/12/25 monochromemotif.com @hartshornmusic.bsky.social
#musicsky #synthsky
For those kind enough to take an interest, the latest #electronicears is now available on Mixcloud:
www.mixcloud.com/fennerpearso...
www.mixcloud.com/fennerpearso...
Electronic Ears Ep514
www.mixcloud.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
For those kind enough to take an interest, the latest #electronicears is now available on Mixcloud:
www.mixcloud.com/fennerpearso...
www.mixcloud.com/fennerpearso...
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If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”