Simon Collison
@colly.com
Creative director & digital designer, human, etc. Music and art as Site Nonsite: https://bsky.app/profile/sitenonsite.com
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Yet to come down from last night’s Radiohead gig. We were lucky to get codes and decided we’d stump for vip tickets if that’s all there was, and got front row. I’ve seen them several times, including Glasto ‘97, but last night was perfect, the entire band giving everything. Just… wow. Here’s Jonny…
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Yet to come down from last night’s Radiohead gig. We were lucky to get codes and decided we’d stump for vip tickets if that’s all there was, and got front row. I’ve seen them several times, including Glasto ‘97, but last night was perfect, the entire band giving everything. Just… wow. Here’s Jonny…
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Side project launch time!
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
Home
Stars of the Lid Forever is a fan-led project to archive their live recordings from over the years, all compiled in one place for your listening pleasure.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Side project launch time!
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
This one is for fans of Stars of the Lid & ambient/classical music. I've made a site in @getkirby.com to archive all the live recordings and of act as 'SOTL’ site as none exists. Adam Wiltzie also provided the previously unseen video footage:
starsofthelidforever.com
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Shocked about Mani. Forever grateful that my teens aligned with the rise of the Roses' in 1988-90, when the summers went on forever. Here's a love letter I wrote back in 2012. colly.com/journal/the-...
The Stone Roses at Heaton Park
In 1989, a band changed my life, but when they recently reformed I didn't want to know. This weekend, I gave my scepticism the slip and witnessed the resurrection.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Shocked about Mani. Forever grateful that my teens aligned with the rise of the Roses' in 1988-90, when the summers went on forever. Here's a love letter I wrote back in 2012. colly.com/journal/the-...
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Archived a deep Q&A about how I use field recordings and why they mean so much to me. colly.com/journal/comp...
Composing with field recordings
Musician Henry Claude asked me some questions for his field recording research project, and was kind enough to let me archive my detailed responses here.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Archived a deep Q&A about how I use field recordings and why they mean so much to me. colly.com/journal/comp...
Grand sumo closing ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall. What a treat!
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Grand sumo closing ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall. What a treat!
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Having a tape stock sale, from now until end of #BandcampFriday.
I've found enough EP tapes to create five bundles — all four tapes (without maps or other extras) for £20
Reductions on everything else: Live at Delia’s £6, Remixed £5, Japan Series compilation £7
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I've found enough EP tapes to create five bundles — all four tapes (without maps or other extras) for £20
Reductions on everything else: Live at Delia’s £6, Remixed £5, Japan Series compilation £7
sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/merch
September 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Having a tape stock sale, from now until end of #BandcampFriday.
I've found enough EP tapes to create five bundles — all four tapes (without maps or other extras) for £20
Reductions on everything else: Live at Delia’s £6, Remixed £5, Japan Series compilation £7
sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/merch
I've found enough EP tapes to create five bundles — all four tapes (without maps or other extras) for £20
Reductions on everything else: Live at Delia’s £6, Remixed £5, Japan Series compilation £7
sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/merch
Some waffle about the Yorke/Donwood exhibition, embracing a loose creative process, and why an album can be "good art". colly.com/journal/this...
This Is What You Get
Radiohead’s music and art are inseparable, and a constant source of inspiration for me. I couldn’t miss this exhibition at The Ashmolean in Oxford.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some waffle about the Yorke/Donwood exhibition, embracing a loose creative process, and why an album can be "good art". colly.com/journal/this...
Some reflections on the big Goldsworthy show and why I think environmental art creates a necessary dialogue between humanity and nature, inviting us to participate in its cycles, understand its processes, and recognise our place within it. colly.com/journal/andy...
Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years
Ways of seeing and feeling that I first learned from land artists have remained invaluable. This extensive show offered a chance to reconnect with one of my favourites.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some reflections on the big Goldsworthy show and why I think environmental art creates a necessary dialogue between humanity and nature, inviting us to participate in its cycles, understand its processes, and recognise our place within it. colly.com/journal/andy...
Notes from another short trip: remote landscapes, outdoor experiments, the art of light and space, exploring our universe, meeting owls and eagles, queuing for pâtisserie, and supporting amateur sumo. colly.com/journal/a-fe...
A few more days up North
It’s becoming a habit that we head up North each Summer. This time we spent a few days in remote Northumberland, before heading to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Motherwell.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Notes from another short trip: remote landscapes, outdoor experiments, the art of light and space, exploring our universe, meeting owls and eagles, queuing for pâtisserie, and supporting amateur sumo. colly.com/journal/a-fe...
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Notes and audio clips from a recent field recording session with Dr. Marcus Headley — revealing the hidden electromagnetic soundscape and capturing the audible world with greater clarity and intention. colly.com/journal/deep...
Deep listening: an afternoon of advanced sound discovery
My recent session with a field recording expert was truly ear-opening. If you’re curious how Greenwich sounds through shotgun mics, hydrophones, electromagnets, anti-radios, bat detectors and binaural...
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July 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Notes and audio clips from a recent field recording session with Dr. Marcus Headley — revealing the hidden electromagnetic soundscape and capturing the audible world with greater clarity and intention. colly.com/journal/deep...
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‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts
‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts
National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast
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July 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts
The Major Oak means a lot to us in Notts, and it was upsetting to see such poor leaf coverage (due largely to extreme heat and drought) earlier this month. Huge gratitude to the people working hard to relieve its stress and protect what's left of Sherwood Forest. markavery.info/2025/07/17/r...
RSPB press release: Drought adding to challenge of caring for Sherwood Forest’s iconic Major Oak – Mark Avery
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July 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Major Oak means a lot to us in Notts, and it was upsetting to see such poor leaf coverage (due largely to extreme heat and drought) earlier this month. Huge gratitude to the people working hard to relieve its stress and protect what's left of Sherwood Forest. markavery.info/2025/07/17/r...
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I ran into the CAMP residency (“a place to think/work/create/live”) via @colly.com's journal and, after mulling it over for a while, decided to sign up for a week of my own in November. I aim to dedicate it to writing. Really looking forward.
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Simon Collison | Journal | Camp france
Notes tagged 'camp france'
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July 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I ran into the CAMP residency (“a place to think/work/create/live”) via @colly.com's journal and, after mulling it over for a while, decided to sign up for a week of my own in November. I aim to dedicate it to writing. Really looking forward.
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Protecting nature doesn’t stop us building.
The Planning Bill still threatens our most precious habitats. It’s now in the Lords - and it needs to change.
Read what happened in the debate 👇
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
The Planning Bill still threatens our most precious habitats. It’s now in the Lords - and it needs to change.
Read what happened in the debate 👇
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
July 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Protecting nature doesn’t stop us building.
The Planning Bill still threatens our most precious habitats. It’s now in the Lords - and it needs to change.
Read what happened in the debate 👇
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
The Planning Bill still threatens our most precious habitats. It’s now in the Lords - and it needs to change.
Read what happened in the debate 👇
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Another week in my favourite place. Wild weather, dizzying deep time, political landscapes, and soggy teens.
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Another week in Edale
We returned to the tiny cottage in Barber Booth we’d enjoyed for a few days last summer. I’d intended a week of field work, but the weather had other ideas.
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June 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Another week in my favourite place. Wild weather, dizzying deep time, political landscapes, and soggy teens.
colly.com/journal/anot...
colly.com/journal/anot...
Driven grouse shooting should be banned entirely and our uplands—drained and burned by the rich for grouse farming—returned to health. Decades of work have failed, so perhaps we should try licensing, but birds of prey will still be killed in appalling ways, and I'll likely never see a Hen Harrier.
The illegal killing of our beautiful birds must stop.
It’s good to see MPs will be debating this urgent issue on Monday.
Thank you to everyone who's spoken up so far. We’re close to getting the change our upland wildlife needs.
It’s good to see MPs will be debating this urgent issue on Monday.
Thank you to everyone who's spoken up so far. We’re close to getting the change our upland wildlife needs.
The illegal killing of Hen Harriers has hit a devastating new high. ⚠️
A new RSPB report reveals 102 incidents in just five years - with the majority on, or near, grouse moors.
A thread…
A new RSPB report reveals 102 incidents in just five years - with the majority on, or near, grouse moors.
A thread…
June 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Driven grouse shooting should be banned entirely and our uplands—drained and burned by the rich for grouse farming—returned to health. Decades of work have failed, so perhaps we should try licensing, but birds of prey will still be killed in appalling ways, and I'll likely never see a Hen Harrier.
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Closing in on something.
June 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Closing in on something.
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My recent short residency at @campfr.bsky.social with other musicians and artists was a transformative experience, and the perfect start to this Summer's ACE-funded activity.
I preserved a little time each day to reflect and write; here's everything tagged Camp France. colly.com/journal/tag:...
I preserved a little time each day to reflect and write; here's everything tagged Camp France. colly.com/journal/tag:...
May 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
My recent short residency at @campfr.bsky.social with other musicians and artists was a transformative experience, and the perfect start to this Summer's ACE-funded activity.
I preserved a little time each day to reflect and write; here's everything tagged Camp France. colly.com/journal/tag:...
I preserved a little time each day to reflect and write; here's everything tagged Camp France. colly.com/journal/tag:...
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Seeing sound and feeling things: “Being at Camp has actually helped me shed any remaining feelings of inadequacy. I now feel like I too am a legitimate musician, with absolutely nothing to apologise for or doubt.” colly.com/journal/seei...
May 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Seeing sound and feeling things: “Being at Camp has actually helped me shed any remaining feelings of inadequacy. I now feel like I too am a legitimate musician, with absolutely nothing to apologise for or doubt.” colly.com/journal/seei...
One for my cycling pals: I just hiked (through the woods) to the top of the famed Col d’Agnes. So many here puffing their way up. Just look at those hairpins!
May 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
One for my cycling pals: I just hiked (through the woods) to the top of the famed Col d’Agnes. So many here puffing their way up. Just look at those hairpins!
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The new Djrum is utterly captivating.
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The new Djrum is utterly captivating.
Happy birthday, @gericoady.bsky.social ❤️
April 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Happy birthday, @gericoady.bsky.social ❤️
Enjoyed lunch at Session Arts Club, but only thought to photograph the piano and my favourite socks.
April 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Enjoyed lunch at Session Arts Club, but only thought to photograph the piano and my favourite socks.
The Craft of Carpentry: Drawing Life from Japan’s Forests, at Japan House, London
April 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Craft of Carpentry: Drawing Life from Japan’s Forests, at Japan House, London
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Some good news: I’ve been awarded Arts Council England funding to expand my field skills and develop conceptual ideas. The highlight will be a short residency at @campfr.bsky.social in the Pyrenees. Then in autumn, I'll resume work on the album and other projects. LOTS to come 😊
March 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Some good news: I’ve been awarded Arts Council England funding to expand my field skills and develop conceptual ideas. The highlight will be a short residency at @campfr.bsky.social in the Pyrenees. Then in autumn, I'll resume work on the album and other projects. LOTS to come 😊