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Mark S. Williamson
@spaceshipmark.bsky.social
Musician, educator, filmmaker. Landscape drones and scrapes. Old stones.

Children's music workshops with the Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra.

Deep in the valley, Todmorden.

#MDANT

https://linktr.ee/spaceship_mark
In the ten years I spent as a primary school class teacher, I always refused to have that awful man’s shit books in my classroom.
December 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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🏺 On #archaeology, the practice and meaning of it, as emotionally resonant & inspirational; reminds me of the affection and something more - wonder? reverence? - behind Detectorists, the soundtrack for that, and the musical connection through to Digging For Britain as Time Team's successor.
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thanks @luketurner.bsky.social for this lovely review of the ‘three days to find out’ album!

#timeteam @timeteam.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I put some archaeologists on t-shirts…

forged-river.teemill.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Do really posh people say ‘ears’ instead of ‘yes’ because that’s how a French speaking Norman lord or whatever would read it? Like with the ‘y’ making an ‘ee’ sound? Ee’ess…
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We did a LOT of stuff with the PPYO this year. I thought I’d share some of the best (although it’s all great obviously!).
First up, this, where we did lots of synth, radio and other noise. It’s pretty wild:

backupdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/noisye...
noisyelectrichorrorshocknaturewarbattlethundermissilestory, by primitive percussion youth orchestra
3 track album
backupdiscs.bandcamp.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Out now!

Visiting ancient sites to make music to visit ancient sites with.

Recorded at Mên An Tol and at various other stones, places, and sites within Penwith, Cornwall.

CDR Limited to 200 copies.

stoneclub1.bandcamp.com/album/m-n-an...
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Two versions of the same piece recorded at opposite ends of the Calder Valley. The same instruments and the same concepts interpreted by two different groups of primary school children.

backupdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...
in the snow, by primitive percussion youth orchestra
2 track album
backupdiscs.bandcamp.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The wolves are running…
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The PPYO knocking it out of the park with this one:

backupdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/epic-o...
epic of antarctica, by primitive percussion youth orchestra
1 track album
backupdiscs.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thanks Martyn! I hope he would…
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I’ll shut up about this for a bit now. But do have a listen to this album I made because I’m quite proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone and actually playing instruments and stuff.
For the latest folklore, facts and fables zine and cd (no.6!), I explore the best thing ever to be on telly; Time Team. Eight tracks dedicated to eight original team members plus an illustrated zine with a 1000 word essay on why I love it.

spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...
folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out, by mark s. williamson
8 track album
spaceship.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
For the latest folklore, facts and fables zine and cd (no.6!), I explore the best thing ever to be on telly; Time Team. Eight tracks dedicated to eight original team members plus an illustrated zine with a 1000 word essay on why I love it.

spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...
folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out, by mark s. williamson
8 track album
spaceship.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Tomorrow…
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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New album ‘Edible Fungi of West Yorkshire’ will be out tomorrow, available from my Bandcamp page- jakeblanchard.bandcamp.com or from me directly. CDr with hand printed lino cut sleeves.

I went to my Winter Chanterelle spot today as you can see, wasn’t a wise idea on crutches to be honest….
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hi there new followers! If you’re interested, I make music and you can listen to it here: spaceship.bandcamp.com
Forged River Recordings
Limited edition, beautifully packaged CDs of rudimentary music, field recordings, archive etc. (also downloads)
spaceship.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Tremendous fun at @fullofnoises.bsky.social the past couple of days making music for the Barrow Park Halloween ghost train.
Installation and action day tomorrow. Excited hear our sounds pumping out from from the sculptures/speaker housings the kids have made with John Powell Jones…
October 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Oof! Mark (responsible for the fantastic Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra of Calder Valley schoolkids & a trilogy of releases about West Yorkshire's geology) has made a tribute album and zine devoted to Time Team, which I am sure will appeal to many of you (cc @durotrigesdig.bsky.social)
folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out.
A celebration of Time Team. 16 page zine, 8 track cd.
Preorder available now!

#prehistory #megalithic #roman #standingstone #neolithic #bronzeage #stonehenge #archaeology #timeteam @timeteam.bsky.social

spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Do sign up to Mark's YouTube channel at youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out.
A celebration of Time Team. 16 page zine, 8 track cd.
Preorder available now!

#prehistory #megalithic #roman #standingstone #neolithic #bronzeage #stonehenge #archaeology #timeteam @timeteam.bsky.social

spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Coming soon: folklore, facts and fables: 6 ‘three days to find out’.
Eight track cdr and zine celebrating the best TV show ever; Time Team…

#timeteam #archaeology #prehistory #megalithic #megalith #standingstone #bronzeage #stonecircle #stonehenge @timeteam.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Restock coming soon by the way…
30 minutes of standing stone inspired dronery with the tea this morning…

Mark S Williamson - Stone Circles (A Weight of Awe) Folklore, Facts & Fables No.4 (Forged River, 2025)

#StandingStoneSunday
@spaceshipmark.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Been making a new album. This is the palette. More to follow…
October 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I’m sure my A level geology teacher told me a story about a geologist/composer who set up a bunch of people at different outcrops on the side of a mountain with hammers then somehow signalled to them when to hit their respective rocks, thus using the whole mountain as an instrument.
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM