Alphabet Dust
@alphabetdust.bsky.social
A miscellany of soundtracks, photos and random thoughts apropos of nothing. Find my fuzzy warbles at alphabetdust.bandcamp.com
Pinned
Awake at two in the morning. Gave up trying to get back to sleep at five. Waiting for daybreak to get out for a walk. I’ll probably be asleep by mid-afternoon. Sounds like a plan.
Daybreak, by Plasma Flasks
from the album Zombie
plasmaflasks.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Awake at two in the morning. Gave up trying to get back to sleep at five. Waiting for daybreak to get out for a walk. I’ll probably be asleep by mid-afternoon. Sounds like a plan.
The view from Wednesday afternoon. Well, a bracing walk in the late autumn sunshine can have a destination in mind, can’t it?
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The view from Wednesday afternoon. Well, a bracing walk in the late autumn sunshine can have a destination in mind, can’t it?
Well, that was a splendid racket! The triumphant return of Cabaret Voltaire, absolutely pounding proto-techno. Only took me 45 years to see them live.
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Well, that was a splendid racket! The triumphant return of Cabaret Voltaire, absolutely pounding proto-techno. Only took me 45 years to see them live.
Shiny new iPad Air, my venerable 1st Gen Pro having given up the ghost (my positively ancient iPad3 still fires up, the little trooper!) Installing my favourite synth/sampler apps while taking the opportunity to tidy up and leave a whole bunch of also-rans behind.
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Shiny new iPad Air, my venerable 1st Gen Pro having given up the ghost (my positively ancient iPad3 still fires up, the little trooper!) Installing my favourite synth/sampler apps while taking the opportunity to tidy up and leave a whole bunch of also-rans behind.
Looking for a pink noise generator for your modular synth setup? Simply move to Scotland and build a room with a polycarbonate roof.
#synthsky
#synthsky
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Looking for a pink noise generator for your modular synth setup? Simply move to Scotland and build a room with a polycarbonate roof.
#synthsky
#synthsky
Time to read a 2000AD classic for the umpteenth time.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Time to read a 2000AD classic for the umpteenth time.
Rainy Sunday Morning Music.
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Rainy Sunday Morning Music.
My CV. My other CV is +/- 5V.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My CV. My other CV is +/- 5V.
Late afternoon walks getting kinda gloomy. Here comes winter.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Late afternoon walks getting kinda gloomy. Here comes winter.
Reposted by Alphabet Dust
Beautiful atmospheric drone album full of rich textures, very serene. Perfect listen for late at night. Higly recommend.
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Beautiful atmospheric drone album full of rich textures, very serene. Perfect listen for late at night. Higly recommend.
Mood.
Sweet Age of False Utopias, by Alphabet Dust
from the album Smaller Versions of Different Things
alphabetdust.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Mood.
The medical term for the human brain. Trust me, I’m a doctor.
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The medical term for the human brain. Trust me, I’m a doctor.
Swapped the LP in my album frame and realised that I had painted my little studio cupboard the exact same shade of green as the first Furs album cover.
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Swapped the LP in my album frame and realised that I had painted my little studio cupboard the exact same shade of green as the first Furs album cover.
Sunday morning loop de loops to get a few miles in close to home.
November 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Sunday morning loop de loops to get a few miles in close to home.
Poster for a spot at an alternative cabaret night at Cumbernauld Theatre, early 80s. A blissfully short set of a guitarist pal playing through my Korg MS-20, I’m crouched on the floor twiddling knobs while another friend reads poetry. Completely unrehearsed. We were just as confused as the audience.
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Poster for a spot at an alternative cabaret night at Cumbernauld Theatre, early 80s. A blissfully short set of a guitarist pal playing through my Korg MS-20, I’m crouched on the floor twiddling knobs while another friend reads poetry. Completely unrehearsed. We were just as confused as the audience.
New passport photo.
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
New passport photo.
I’m going for the hipster market, the next Alphabet Dust album will be a collection of 8-bit chiptunes only available on a data cassette for the ZX Spectrum.
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I’m going for the hipster market, the next Alphabet Dust album will be a collection of 8-bit chiptunes only available on a data cassette for the ZX Spectrum.
Thinking about the olden days when I physically modded a cassette deck so I could play stuff backwards. Try telling kids today etc….
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Thinking about the olden days when I physically modded a cassette deck so I could play stuff backwards. Try telling kids today etc….
Crunchy.
Perhapsatron, by Alphabet Dust
from the album Leaving Reminders
alphabetdust.bandcamp.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Crunchy.
I’ve been thinking about Cabaret Voltaire’s 50th anniversary and how influential they were for me. At Edinburgh Waverley yesterday I remembered the field recording I made of a train arriving on the same platform in 1981 (!) From the same year, here it is combined with that obvious Cabs influence.
The Alternative, by KGB
track by KGB
radioc90.bandcamp.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I’ve been thinking about Cabaret Voltaire’s 50th anniversary and how influential they were for me. At Edinburgh Waverley yesterday I remembered the field recording I made of a train arriving on the same platform in 1981 (!) From the same year, here it is combined with that obvious Cabs influence.
Had a lovely 24 hours in Edinburgh. A few drinks, a meal and watching @robynhitchcock.bsky.social weave his magic once again. Thought about a late friend who attended umpteen RH gigs with us over the years and allowed myself the notion that he was by our side when our favourite songs were aired.
Madonna of the Wasps
YouTube video by robynhitchcockweb
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Had a lovely 24 hours in Edinburgh. A few drinks, a meal and watching @robynhitchcock.bsky.social weave his magic once again. Thought about a late friend who attended umpteen RH gigs with us over the years and allowed myself the notion that he was by our side when our favourite songs were aired.
Say you’re staying in Edinburgh tonight without saying you’re staying in Edinburgh tonight. 😆
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Say you’re staying in Edinburgh tonight without saying you’re staying in Edinburgh tonight. 😆
Something worthwhile actually started emerging from a Friday night noodle. Nobody is more surprised than me after a protracted dry spell.
#AmbientMusic #ElectronicMusic #Soundscapes #AmbientElectronica #Drone
#AmbientMusic #ElectronicMusic #Soundscapes #AmbientElectronica #Drone
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Something worthwhile actually started emerging from a Friday night noodle. Nobody is more surprised than me after a protracted dry spell.
#AmbientMusic #ElectronicMusic #Soundscapes #AmbientElectronica #Drone
#AmbientMusic #ElectronicMusic #Soundscapes #AmbientElectronica #Drone
A Walk Across the Rooftops.
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A Walk Across the Rooftops.