Gareth E. Rees
@garetherees.bsky.social
Guitar/vocals in psych-noise band, Black Arches. Author of Unofficial Britain, Car Park Life, Sunken Lands, Marshland & more. Psychogeography. Mythology. Ecology https://www.instagram.com/black_arches_hastings
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Gareth E. Rees
@garetherees.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Been an influx of new people here, so by way of (re)introduction, I wrote some books about place, memory and mythology, pictured below. Fiction, non-fiction and the zone in between. I have since moved on to making music and writing lyrics. Eventually, there will be silence.
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BBC Archive just uploaded The Lonely Shore (1962), a surreal 15-minute short that takes the form of a scientific report from an abandoned and desolate future Britain. Written by Jacquetta Hawkes, an actual archaeologist, and directed by Ken Russell, an actual madman.
1962: An Expedition to Post-Apocalyptic Britain | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
BBC Archive just uploaded The Lonely Shore (1962), a surreal 15-minute short that takes the form of a scientific report from an abandoned and desolate future Britain. Written by Jacquetta Hawkes, an actual archaeologist, and directed by Ken Russell, an actual madman.
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LIVE : Black Arches with Sexton Ming, 16/08/2025 Strongroom Bar / Other Side Promotions - London (UK)
youtu.be/kDmUcQPbgq4
youtu.be/kDmUcQPbgq4
Black Arches with Sexton Ming, 16/08/2025 Strongroom Bar / Other Side Promotions - London (UK)
YouTube video by alternative teKen
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October 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
LIVE : Black Arches with Sexton Ming, 16/08/2025 Strongroom Bar / Other Side Promotions - London (UK)
youtu.be/kDmUcQPbgq4
youtu.be/kDmUcQPbgq4
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There’s now ten episodes of Monstrosities Mon Amour available! That’s a lot of cheery chat about unloved and unfairly maligned places… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
- The Golden Mile with Kathryn Ferry
- The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
- The Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft
- The Golden Mile with Kathryn Ferry
- The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
- The Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft
Monstrosities Mon Amour
Places & Travel Podcast · Monthly · In Monstrosities Mon Amour we celebrate places and things that have been unfairly monstered in popular opinion. Host John Grindrod will be your excitable guide to a...
podcasts.apple.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
There’s now ten episodes of Monstrosities Mon Amour available! That’s a lot of cheery chat about unloved and unfairly maligned places… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
- The Golden Mile with Kathryn Ferry
- The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
- The Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft
- The Golden Mile with Kathryn Ferry
- The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
- The Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft
New arrival by @drtombolton.bsky.social via @strangeattractor.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New arrival by @drtombolton.bsky.social via @strangeattractor.bsky.social
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Here's the sound from canal level, under the road almost 50 years later.
We haven't had a #BrutalMonday start to the week for a while. Here goes...
Episode 72 - The tunnel, the towpath and the window under Spaghetti Junction (24mins)
A hidden space next to the canal under the motorway. Bright sunshine leaks through windows in the road.
🛣️ bit.ly/LenSpaG
Episode 72 - The tunnel, the towpath and the window under Spaghetti Junction (24mins)
A hidden space next to the canal under the motorway. Bright sunshine leaks through windows in the road.
🛣️ bit.ly/LenSpaG
September 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here's the sound from canal level, under the road almost 50 years later.
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Archive footage of Spaghetti Junction, the day before it opened in 1972. The reviewer was a bit worried about the tight turns.
1972: Welcome to SPAGHETTI JUNCTION | Wheelbase | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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September 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Archive footage of Spaghetti Junction, the day before it opened in 1972. The reviewer was a bit worried about the tight turns.
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Cracking Andrew Weatherall soundtrack. Preferably immerse yourself whilst reading the excellent @garetherees.bsky.social 'Marshland', exploring the wonders of #Walthamstow marshes and beyond. To enter this wonderland you must shrink yourself at the 5ft bridge...
www.mixcloud.com/Hackneymarsh...
www.mixcloud.com/Hackneymarsh...
Marshland: The Andrew Weatherall Mix
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September 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Cracking Andrew Weatherall soundtrack. Preferably immerse yourself whilst reading the excellent @garetherees.bsky.social 'Marshland', exploring the wonders of #Walthamstow marshes and beyond. To enter this wonderland you must shrink yourself at the 5ft bridge...
www.mixcloud.com/Hackneymarsh...
www.mixcloud.com/Hackneymarsh...
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Monstrosities Mon Amour is on a summer break, but will be back soon. In the meantime I can’t believe there’s already nine episodes! What a lot of cheery chat about unloved things johngrindrod.substack.com/podcast
Monstrosities Mon Amour | John Grindrod | Substack
In Monstrosities Mon Amour we celebrate places and things that have been unfairly monstered in popular opinion. Host John Grindrod will be your excitable guide to a world beyond the lazy stereotypes o...
johngrindrod.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Monstrosities Mon Amour is on a summer break, but will be back soon. In the meantime I can’t believe there’s already nine episodes! What a lot of cheery chat about unloved things johngrindrod.substack.com/podcast
This Saturday catch Black Arches doing our weird thing with Sexton Ming at our first ever London show, supporting Japanese psych band Quajaku at the Strongroom in Shoreditch. Tickets: www.gigantic.com/other-side-p...
August 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This Saturday catch Black Arches doing our weird thing with Sexton Ming at our first ever London show, supporting Japanese psych band Quajaku at the Strongroom in Shoreditch. Tickets: www.gigantic.com/other-side-p...
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#NewMusic2025
Black Arches & Sexton Ming - Folly
@brucegeob.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @coinneachrooney.bsky.social
Black Arches & Sexton Ming - Folly
@brucegeob.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @coinneachrooney.bsky.social
Black Arches with Sexton Ming - Folly, by Black Arches
7 track album
blackarches.bandcamp.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#NewMusic2025
Black Arches & Sexton Ming - Folly
@brucegeob.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @coinneachrooney.bsky.social
Black Arches & Sexton Ming - Folly
@brucegeob.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @coinneachrooney.bsky.social
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The 'ship goo' story immediately reminded me of "We Are The Disease" from @garetherees.bsky.social "Terminal Zones"
www.jalopnik.com/1906461/grea...
www.jalopnik.com/1906461/grea...
Great Lakes Ship Goo Is Actually An Undiscovered Life Form - Jalopnik
Researchers who docked a vessel for an "unanticipated repair" last September found the cause of the problem wasn't just unanticipated, it was downright bizarre.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The 'ship goo' story immediately reminded me of "We Are The Disease" from @garetherees.bsky.social "Terminal Zones"
www.jalopnik.com/1906461/grea...
www.jalopnik.com/1906461/grea...
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July 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I contributed guitar and vocals to some of the tracks on this ace album blending raucous postpunk with motorik psych jams and weird electronic detours elasticstage.com/blackadastra
Things that never happened is available today from the Elastic Stage website
June 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I contributed guitar and vocals to some of the tracks on this ace album blending raucous postpunk with motorik psych jams and weird electronic detours elasticstage.com/blackadastra
Short snippet of yesterday's noisy shenanigans - Black Arches with Sexton Ming at Tough Love records in St Leonards
June 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Short snippet of yesterday's noisy shenanigans - Black Arches with Sexton Ming at Tough Love records in St Leonards
Getting all the right notes in the wrong order tomorrow afternoon at Tough Love record shop in St Leonards.
June 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting all the right notes in the wrong order tomorrow afternoon at Tough Love record shop in St Leonards.
@lazaruscorporation.co.uk Hi Paul - details of tomorrow afternoon's gig (if you happen to be free)
June 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@lazaruscorporation.co.uk Hi Paul - details of tomorrow afternoon's gig (if you happen to be free)
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Whorl is out now via @crackedankles.bsky.social ! Check out the animated music video by Yin Wrong here: youtu.be/a29YKIuIUxY?...
Polypores - Whorl
YouTube video by Polypores HQ
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May 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Whorl is out now via @crackedankles.bsky.social ! Check out the animated music video by Yin Wrong here: youtu.be/a29YKIuIUxY?...
The bone collector caterpillar 'disguises itself with the body parts of dead insects so it can live among spiders and poach their prey'. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
This camouflaged critter wears severed insect body parts like a coat
A newly described species from Hawaiʻi hides itself with carcasses to avoid getting eaten by spiders.
www.nationalgeographic.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The bone collector caterpillar 'disguises itself with the body parts of dead insects so it can live among spiders and poach their prey'. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
"Like trauma regression therapy carried out in the back room of a jazz club" - great review by @spennyt.bsky.social of Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album via @rocketrecordings.bsky.social in the latest issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Like trauma regression therapy carried out in the back room of a jazz club" - great review by @spennyt.bsky.social of Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album via @rocketrecordings.bsky.social in the latest issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
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"Thorpe Marsh is like a microcosmic version of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone."
'Thorpe Marsh Apocalypse': a new post by Steve Ely on the Longbarrow Blog
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t...
'Debris Field': a photo-essay on the Longbarrow Substack
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/debris-field
'Thorpe Marsh Apocalypse': a new post by Steve Ely on the Longbarrow Blog
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t...
'Debris Field': a photo-essay on the Longbarrow Substack
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/debris-field
May 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Thorpe Marsh is like a microcosmic version of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone."
'Thorpe Marsh Apocalypse': a new post by Steve Ely on the Longbarrow Blog
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t...
'Debris Field': a photo-essay on the Longbarrow Substack
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/debris-field
'Thorpe Marsh Apocalypse': a new post by Steve Ely on the Longbarrow Blog
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t...
'Debris Field': a photo-essay on the Longbarrow Substack
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/debris-field
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The sadness in its eyes...
May 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The sadness in its eyes...
The couples you meet on the street.
May 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The couples you meet on the street.
A few shots of our townsfolk from yesterday's Jack-in-the-Green shenanigans (Hastings edition).
May 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A few shots of our townsfolk from yesterday's Jack-in-the-Green shenanigans (Hastings edition).