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Good morning everyone. The 3rd issue of my IN THE APRIL SUN indie pop fanzine is now on sale. I have stock in hand so will be posting out right away. It's a beautiful issue, so do share/grab one. It has some lovely stuff in it; Heavenly, the Lemonheads, Chime School, The Felt Tips & much more.
In The April Sun (Indie Pop Fanzine #3) -- OUT TODAY! from Assistant
In The April Sun (Indie Pop Fanzine #3) -- OUT TODAY! from Assistant
assistant.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Out Now for lovers of Frippertronics!

Cloudland Blue Quartet "Disquietmusik IX"

cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/disqui...

I-VIII also available

Stream Free/Download Name Your Price

DL Bundle has 5hrs 20mins of bonus material

"If never did anything else, I'd still do these every year"
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Bandcamp Friday continues until 8am tomorrow morning… Plenty of time for you to start or, indeed, continue, to fill your proverbial boots in the CBQ store…
Sadly there're no discounts in my store for #BandcampFriday

Why not Dave?

Well, because my releases are all already FREE TO STREAM/NAME YOUR PRICE TO DOWNLOAD (AND most downloads come with loadsa bonus material)

Can I go any lower than zero? No

Fill your boots!

cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you were to buy a 10 track album via Bandcamp for £13. Post fees, for the artist, that's the equivalent of streaming all 10 tracks, on Spotify, every day, for a year

But Spotify would pay the artist £0, as 365 streams per track doesn't reach their threshold of 1,000

So, you know, go to Bandcamp
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Out now - a new 52 page fanzine from @assistant.bandcamp.com get your copy for just £6 from here: assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...

Why, yes, there is indeed a very informative interview with Cloudland Blue Quartet in there, re the history of CBQ, the CBQ modus operandi, music curation etc etc
In The April Sun (Indie Pop Fanzine #3) -- OUT TODAY! from Assistant
In The April Sun (Indie Pop Fanzine #3) -- OUT TODAY! from Assistant
assistant.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Sadly there're no discounts in my store for #BandcampFriday

Why not Dave?

Well, because my releases are all already FREE TO STREAM/NAME YOUR PRICE TO DOWNLOAD (AND most downloads come with loadsa bonus material)

Can I go any lower than zero? No

Fill your boots!

cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Out Now for lovers of Frippertronics!

Cloudland Blue Quartet "Disquietmusik IX"

cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/disqui...

I-VIII also available

Stream Free/Download Name Your Price

DL Bundle has 5hrs 20mins of bonus material

"If never did anything else, I'd still do these every year"
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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These will be available tomorrow! Issue 3 of IN THE APRIL SUN has been, as ever, a labour of love.
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#NP Minnesota’s own Halloween, Alaska. Got into them thanks to the presence of The Bad Plus drummer, Dave King. This is not jazz though. It’s superb atmospheric music more in the vein of The Blue Nile…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallowe...
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Studied Jacques Prevert in 6th year. Today, decided to give a spin to Yves Montand singing his words…
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Out tomorrow on Bandcamp at 8am, "Disquietmusik IX", an album of new Frippertronic Guitar Improvs

As ever, Free to stream/Name your price to download

The extended download bundle includes 5hrs 40 of bonuses

"Disquietmusik I" - "Disquietmusik VIII" available here cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Morning Thursday morning… Have (hopefully another) top day everybody!
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Today’s acquisition is a 2009 Oxfam sponsored comp of top African music, my 527th CD purchase of 2025…
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Out Now!
Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 747 (2025 Vol 48)
www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu...
Brilliant music you've not heard, yet!
7 New LPs of the Week
2 New CBQ Related Items
7 Back Catalogue LPs of the Week
6 Compilations
14 Other New Things into the Library
Broaden your musical horizons!!
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Quite a classical/jazz heavy one - I esp liked Emily Mayer & Orbital Dance – both quite jolly

Was the Richard Durand meant to skip? If so it's annoying

of the others I liked:
Mud – loved them back in the day
Propaganda
Cold Blue
Brahms
Joseph Kamaru
Citrine
CBQ Having fun with Lust for Life
December 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Out this Friday on Bandcamp at 8am, "Disquietmusik IX" an album of new Frippertronic Guitar Improvs. Free to stream/ Name your price to download - download bundle includes 5hrs 40 of bonuses... Vols I-VIII available here cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
OK turns out, I had 10/100, not 5. Read through all 100 critiques and rejected 63 based on those. Listened to 27 in an A&R guy stylee. Only 10 made the cut. The rest just weren't very good, and, in some cases, awful but, of course, only IMHO. I'm always open to new music but I need to like it LOL...
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Nice review for the EP I recently mastered for Creola.

skysedgemagazine.substack.com/p/creola-ep-review-ascension

Head over to With Bells Records on Bandcamp for a wee listen withbellsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ascension if you like dusty analogue hardware driven acid house. Sue Perb.
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“So you’re a musician? Are you on Spotify?”
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I have, quite literally, hundreds and hundreds of 2025 studio LPs but only 5 of these and have only heard of a few more on this list. Just goes to show how much great new music is being released these days. Need to look (or listen) into these further…
Hark! The Quietus Albums of 2025 chart is here! Prepare to be astounded, thrilled and (potentially) perplexed. tQ subscribers can also dive into selections from all 100 albums in our bumper 9-hour playlist. #tQCharts

What have been your top picks of the year?

buff.ly/sltLcA7
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Out Now!
Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 747 (2025 Vol 48)
www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu...
Brilliant music you've not heard, yet!
7 New LPs of the Week
2 New CBQ Related Items
7 Back Catalogue LPs of the Week
6 Compilations
14 Other New Things into the Library
Broaden your musical horizons!!
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Out this evening...

Latest Podcast: Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2025 Vol 48...

Catch up here: www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu...
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Morning Monday morning… Week 49 begins, as does the final month of a year which I’ve perceived as having disappeared incredibly quickly… Have a top day people!
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
New podcast out tomorrow evening... Until then, here's last week's again...
Out Now!

Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 746 (2025 Vol 47)

www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu...

Brilliant music you've not heard....yet!

7 New LPs of the Week
2 New CBQ Related Items
7 Back Catalogue LPs of the Week
20 Other New Things into the Library

Broaden your musical horizons!!
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM