Derek Walmsley
@derekwalmsley.bsky.social
I'm almost always trying to make the text flow better or reduce the number of words. Music writing in The Wire, Electronic Sound, The Quietus, LRB, elsewhere. slowmotion.blog
I've really enjoyed looking through this extensive archive of the great Muzik magazine from the 90s. Will take down if these belong to anyone important
www.muzikmagazine.co.uk
www.muzikmagazine.co.uk
muzik magazine
www.muzikmagazine.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I've really enjoyed looking through this extensive archive of the great Muzik magazine from the 90s. Will take down if these belong to anyone important
www.muzikmagazine.co.uk
www.muzikmagazine.co.uk
Forgive me if deja posting, but when I interviewed Cranes, Alison said that she heard Liz humming while making a cup of tea, and it was the most beautiful sound in the world.
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Forgive me if deja posting, but when I interviewed Cranes, Alison said that she heard Liz humming while making a cup of tea, and it was the most beautiful sound in the world.
One of those videos I never knew the existence of at the time but so magical to discover afterwards
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
One of those videos I never knew the existence of at the time but so magical to discover afterwards
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This sentimental old softie still associates this time of year with the album that utterly bewitched him at age 17, in 1988. I know every non-word.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This sentimental old softie still associates this time of year with the album that utterly bewitched him at age 17, in 1988. I know every non-word.
RIP Adrian Maben! Very glad I got the chance to upgrade from teenage VHS to IMAX this year
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
RIP Adrian Maben! Very glad I got the chance to upgrade from teenage VHS to IMAX this year
Awesome new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, with amazing Francis Gooding interview going deep into the scales of Ethrio jazz, even wilder Griot Galaxy story, plus my review of @ucpress.bsky.social book by Theodore Gordon rethinking the synthesizer utopia
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Awesome new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, with amazing Francis Gooding interview going deep into the scales of Ethrio jazz, even wilder Griot Galaxy story, plus my review of @ucpress.bsky.social book by Theodore Gordon rethinking the synthesizer utopia
@andrewmale.bsky.social I really enjoyed a playlist/thread of yours ‘songs you can't ever feel miserable listening to’ some time ago. I think it was yours? Was thinking of that today, because this really is the apotheosis for me
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Cornell Campbell - Dance In A Greenwich Farm
YouTube video by IAmTheGorgon
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
@andrewmale.bsky.social I really enjoyed a playlist/thread of yours ‘songs you can't ever feel miserable listening to’ some time ago. I think it was yours? Was thinking of that today, because this really is the apotheosis for me
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
About to watch The Congos in a pub in Lewisham - surreal scene
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
About to watch The Congos in a pub in Lewisham - surreal scene
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Techsteppin on Emotif? Long time since I gave listened to this one, mind
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Techsteppin on Emotif? Long time since I gave listened to this one, mind
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Was it this - Tech Steppin (A Journey Into Experimental Drum & Bass) – CD (Compilation), 1996
October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Was it this - Tech Steppin (A Journey Into Experimental Drum & Bass) – CD (Compilation), 1996
Trying to think of a great drum ’n’ bass compilation, around 1996 or 97, which brought techstep together with an overt electronic/gothic/distorted vibe, just on the right side of industrial. It's not Hard Leaders’ Suspect Package. What could it be? I'm closing the 250-entry Discogs window, now.
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Trying to think of a great drum ’n’ bass compilation, around 1996 or 97, which brought techstep together with an overt electronic/gothic/distorted vibe, just on the right side of industrial. It's not Hard Leaders’ Suspect Package. What could it be? I'm closing the 250-entry Discogs window, now.
Very much enjoyed this Aftersun-ish cusp of adulthood drama, particularly because it’s set on a camping trip.
mubi.com/en/films/397...
mubi.com/en/films/397...
Good One (2024) | MUBI
17-year-old Sam embarks on a backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad and his oldest friend. As the two men quickly settle into a quarrelsome dynamic, airing long-held grievances, Sam attempts t...
mubi.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Very much enjoyed this Aftersun-ish cusp of adulthood drama, particularly because it’s set on a camping trip.
mubi.com/en/films/397...
mubi.com/en/films/397...
This will be wonderful tomorrow down in Putney, albeit at a sadly timely moment.
Just a last few tix left for our Pentangle Listening Party with Jacqui McShee tomorrow afternoon at the Half Moon in Putney. Thanks to Jennie Bellestar for some promo at her fab Give Me Love vintage shop in Camden 💜
tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/2025-...
tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/2025-...
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This will be wonderful tomorrow down in Putney, albeit at a sadly timely moment.
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Me too, even though many of the tracks are new to me. Still interesting to hear the musicians talk about how their music came to be.
October 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Me too, even though many of the tracks are new to me. Still interesting to hear the musicians talk about how their music came to be.
Really like those @djmag.com Making Of Dance Classics vids, give me that warm feeling of the old Classic Albums docs where the artists got a chance to reminisce and set the record straight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYp...
MJ Cole 'Sincere' | The Making Of A UK Garage Classic
YouTube video by DJ Mag
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Really like those @djmag.com Making Of Dance Classics vids, give me that warm feeling of the old Classic Albums docs where the artists got a chance to reminisce and set the record straight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYp...
Among all the good shit in the new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social I got to write about the original don Horace Silver and his killer left hand
October 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Among all the good shit in the new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social I got to write about the original don Horace Silver and his killer left hand
Blown away by prescient Delroy Williams track for Pablo circa 80s “Three Men In A Truck Back” – a dark encounter with JA forced labour – “no shackles around dem feet, but they no free... by the expression on dem face, let I know they are in no shape” – heavy indeed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp_q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp_q...
Delroy Williams - Three Men In A Truck Back / Jah Bull - Free Jah Jah Children
YouTube video by Onlyroots “Onlyroots-reggae” Reggae
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Blown away by prescient Delroy Williams track for Pablo circa 80s “Three Men In A Truck Back” – a dark encounter with JA forced labour – “no shackles around dem feet, but they no free... by the expression on dem face, let I know they are in no shape” – heavy indeed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp_q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp_q...
I had not clocked that legit legend Martin Carthy is up for a Mercury Music prize in his mid eighties. Still one of the best gigs you can go and see, like touching the history of the music
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2545816...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2545816...
Folk legend who inspired Bob Dylan to write a classic is up for Mercury Prize
Hampstead raised Martin Carthy is among 12 nominees for the Mercury Prize for his album released 60 years after his debut
www.hamhigh.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I had not clocked that legit legend Martin Carthy is up for a Mercury Music prize in his mid eighties. Still one of the best gigs you can go and see, like touching the history of the music
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2545816...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2545816...
In two days I somehow swung by both Dialogue Cafes, where you order with BSL and it's staffed by d/Deaf or hearing impaired people, in London: in University of East London and Stratford. Great spots and fantastic ventures, super cool, go check 'em out
October 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In two days I somehow swung by both Dialogue Cafes, where you order with BSL and it's staffed by d/Deaf or hearing impaired people, in London: in University of East London and Stratford. Great spots and fantastic ventures, super cool, go check 'em out
"How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments
YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is your @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social new piece klaxon www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is your @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social new piece klaxon www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Love this little note on the bottom of a rave blurb for the reissue of Goldie’s Timeless on the @boomkat.com site (and still not on Spotify)
September 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Love this little note on the bottom of a rave blurb for the reissue of Goldie’s Timeless on the @boomkat.com site (and still not on Spotify)
How bizarre but delightful to see a big piece on Rachel’s so many years after listening to them to death way back when. A Neil Kulkarni elegy would have been the way in, of course
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
‘People seemed deeply insulted’: how cult 90s band Rachel’s took chamber music out of the classical world
The graceful ensemble prefigured the neo-classical phenomenon and found surprising success in the post-Nirvana alt-rock boom. After the deaths of two members, reissuing their debut has proven bittersw...
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
How bizarre but delightful to see a big piece on Rachel’s so many years after listening to them to death way back when. A Neil Kulkarni elegy would have been the way in, of course
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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A selection of October issues at The Wire, 1985–2025
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September 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A selection of October issues at The Wire, 1985–2025
Dive deeper into music. Join The Wire’s online magazine library and get more than 500 issues of the best music magazine in the world to read on the web or in the app & download 90+ albums compiled by Wire staff.
www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
Dive deeper into music. Join The Wire’s online magazine library and get more than 500 issues of the best music magazine in the world to read on the web or in the app & download 90+ albums compiled by Wire staff.
www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/