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Nic Brown

@nicbrown.bsky.social

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Ageing music obsessive: from drum & bass to death metal via hip-hop, jazz and Terminal Cheesecake.

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Rosco))) @thirty3forty5.bsky.social · 9h

Grab an earful if you enjoy The Notwist in their Hochzeitskapelle incarnation. Wonderful Sousaphone Dub excursions

thealienduborchestra.bandcamp.com/album/plays-...

@monorailmusic.bsky.social monorailmusic.com/product/play...

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 9h

Totally agree. Throughout their career they've consistently hit incredible heights but this is something else entirely. I've listened to little else since it dropped last week.

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Left field Arabic pop at its most sublime. yasminehamdan.bandcamp.com/album/yasmin...

Yasmine Hamdan - I remember I forget بنسى وبتذكر, by Yasmine Hamdan

yasminehamdan.bandcamp.com

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 1d

👍 🔥

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Kjelli Blaik @kjelliblaik.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for new music recommendations. I’ve got 8 hours of driving today. What should I listen to?

cc @iheartnoise.bsky.social

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 1d

The stunning new album from The Necks will take up over 3 of those 8 hours. thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/disquiet

Disquiet, by The Necks

thenecksau.bandcamp.com

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Gutted to hear that D'Angelo has died. RIPower legend.

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Blair Millen @doepud.co.uk · 2d

Here's one for you Nic @nicbrown.bsky.social 👍

egoless.bandcamp.com/album/balkan...

BALKAN DUB SYSTEM, by BALKAN DUB SYSTEM

egoless.bandcamp.com

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 2d

👍 🔥 This landed in my inbox earlier today and it's right up my street!

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 2d

This might be even more of a trip than that Sum Of R album I've been raving about to anyone who'll listen. ovomusic.bandcamp.com/album/gemma

ovomusic.bandcamp.com

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 3d

👍 Happy to check it out.

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent - thanks.

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed!

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 3d

I haven't listened to Bowie in years but thanks anyway and if I can (I use Bandcamp, not Spotify), I'll check them out!

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 3d

I was 10 in 1972 so I had to make do with the odd promo clip of Alice Cooper and David Bowie.

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Digging this brace of hypnorock epics from Spelterini. kythibong.bandcamp.com/album/hyomon...

Hyomon-Dako / Magnésie, by SPELTERINI

kythibong.bandcamp.com

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 6d

More electro-shaabi 🔥 from Heat Crimes. heatcrimes.bandcamp.com/album/raasny

Raasny, by Abosahar

heatcrimes.bandcamp.com

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florgoth @florgoth.bsky.social · 9d

Done!
This switches from groovy to ultra-heavy and kinda terrifying from one second to the next!
But there is so much genuine beauty in between those abrasive passages; the last track specifically is pretty haunting.
This is a journey and a half!

Highly, highly recommended!

florgoth @florgoth.bsky.social · 9d

#NowPlaying
@nicbrown.bsky.social called this the "most far out doom metal album of 2025".
I'm intrigued, yet a little scared...

Going in!

sumofr.bandcamp.com/album/spectral

Spectral, by Sum Of R

sumofr.bandcamp.com

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 9d

👍🔥🔥🔥

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 9d

That's my favourite track too!

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 10d

And the award for most out there doom metal album of 2025 goes to ... wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/spectral

Spectral, by Sum Of R

wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Klein goes deep. klein1997.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-...

sleep with a cane, by Klein

klein1997.bandcamp.com

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florgoth @florgoth.bsky.social · 13d

A new #BandcampFriday means new recommendations from me!

I have no theme in mind this time, so it'll simply be some of my favorite songs and albums on Bandcamp.

This'll get updated throughout the day, so check back once in a while if you want. 👍

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 15d

Paul St. Hilaire & co have conjured up a dub techno masterpiece here. kynantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/paul-s...

Paul St. Hilaire - w/ The Producers, by Paul St. Hilaire

kynantrecords.bandcamp.com

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 17d

I don't recall having crossed paths with the Welsh triple harp before, but in the hands of Cerys Hafana it's a thing of beauty. ceryshafana.bandcamp.com/album/angel

Angel, by Cerys Hafana

ceryshafana.bandcamp.com