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Sleepless

@paulsdmcr.bsky.social

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Very cheap unreleased stuff (1997-2015) https://shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com https://youtube.com/@Sleepless1138 The Paul half of Shadow Dancer. Balkan Vinyl / GND / Unknown To The Unknown / BNR / Bad Life / Turbo

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · Aug 4

Normal pricing has been resumed. Albums £1 each, £3 for the bundle. Cheap & “cheerful” rough 90s #techno #IDM #house #ambient & a dribble of #techstep for all.
I’ll shut up about it now…just needed a post to pin.

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SHADOW DANCER

Brothers Al & Paul Farrier. Previously released music on Boysnoize Records, GND, Unknown To The Unknown, Turbo, Balkan Vinyl & Bad Life. https://www.discogs.com/artist/844754-Shadow-Dancer

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · 2h

JUST IN: ‘Yellow House’, ‘Veckatimest’, ‘Shields’ & ‘Painted Ruins’ by Grizzly Bear

Four repress-es from the firm shop favourite neo-psych, indie, and chamber folk melders, coinciding with their first gigs since 2019 this week.

www.normanrecords.com/artist/4362-...

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 2h

I couldn’t get into The Duke Of Burgundy at all, but I’d like to check out In Fabric

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Bruce Levenstein @brucelevenstein.bsky.social · 2h

I did manage to get one photo of Autechre last night.

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Tudor Acid @tudoracid.bsky.social · 5h

My new release- dancing with the weather- out now on bleep £4.99 download for 51 minutes of music

bleep.com/release/5286...

Dancing with the weather screenshot from bleep.com

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 3h

It didn’t grab me when I saw it years ago but a recent rewatch had me mesmerised by its dreamlike atmosphere. The attention to detail draws you into the uncomfortable, inescapable sensory experience

Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 3h

I admit there’s not much in the way of plot, which is why I found it underwhelming at the time. Recent viewings had me appreciating it as an experience; the tone and texture and all that filmponce stuff

Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 3h

It’s not you, it’s them. They just don’t have the same inventive, world-building approach to sound anymore

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 3h

iTunes bargain heads up. A film for audio geeks, about an audio geek. Much like one of those nightmares you have about being at a workplace where everything and everyone feels wrong. Not for everyone, but I bet David Lynch loved it. Very good soundtrack by Broadcast, too

Berberian Sound Studio by Peter Strickland https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/berberian-sound-studio/id574813624 for £3.99

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 19h

Other than being nightmare fuel, what is the point of videos like this? Who needs them?

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bryan! @bryguy.bsky.social · 19h

some of these are basically just the show "From"

Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 19h

Oh god just saw this OpenAI generated video someone posted to Reddit of ‘A girl knocks on your door at 3am’ and this may be the least mentally healthy product on the planet it not most terrifying

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 19h

He’s definitely got the same insufferable energy as Zomby did back in 2011

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 20h

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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On Her Majesty's Rail Replacement Bus Service 🔞🦀 (Crab Verified) @ipsumlorem.bsky.social · 22h

I've just seen Drew Struzan described as being "To film posters as John Williams is to movie scores", and I can't think of a more fitting description.

18.03.1947 - 13.10.2025.

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 22h

Do they literally mean radium, as in the element? The carcinogenic, toxic stuff?

Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 22h

Such a strong memory of buying Talkie Walkie at an Edinburgh record shop on a cold February day in 2004, then walking around the city, listening to it on my CD Walkman. This was the track that made me decide the album was a banger

Mark's Music @marksmusic1977.bsky.social · 23h

#Totentanz2025
Air - Run
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Air - Run

YouTube video by haemoglobink

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 23h

Not sure if my brain isn’t working properly but didn’t MPCs used to allow LFO modulation of external synths via MIDI CC? The 3.5 OS for the One/Live/X has no such function, which seems….well….rubbish

Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 1d

I was wondering about that. I only ever played Repton on one or programmed that Turtle coordinates thing in school. Never knew it had MIDI sequencer software

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 1d

They weren’t built for live tweaking, it seems. Much like the horribly steppy PG controller for the Alpha Juno (although the Novation SL mkII could tweak it smoothly for some reason), or the MIDI buffer jam I’d get from attempting to externally control a TX81z

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circuitbenders.co.uk @circuitbenders.co.uk · 1d

You raise a good point. I have a CZ5000 somewhere... i wonder if this will work to replace the up/down buttons.
Its always going to sound like its stepping to some degree though i suspect.
www.circuitbenders.co.uk/forsale/P800...

Circuitbenders - Korg Poly800 data entry knob kit

Custom built electronic audio insanity machines

www.circuitbenders.co.uk

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 1d

My CZ-1 was really noisy. Don’t know if that was a common thing or I just had a dodgy unit

Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. It was quite frustrating to use. Some great sounds but it was very toylike

Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 1d

When I was 10 or 11 I had a Casio brochure full of big photos of the CZ range (being modelled by members of The Human League), and they were my dream synths. Especially the 5000 & 1000, with all those buttons I found so mysterious. All I had was the diminutive SK-1

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Bruce Levenstein @brucelevenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 1d

This is a clone that might actually fix a big problem with the original CZ-1: live tweaking the parameters wasn’t really possible due to only having up & down buttons to step through them. The Parameters dial on this suggests an improved method

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Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to believe the new Behringer clone of the Casio CZ-1 is any good until they get Vince Clarke to recreate Breath Of Life with a bunch of them

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