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john // OBLADADA
@johnjnicol.bsky.social
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Graphic designer (for hire) who loves nature (especially fungi + slime molds), seldom visited places, mountain biking and weird music.
Bonnie Scotland (he/him)
Music reviews + mixes: https://obladada.com
Graphic Design: https://industrycottage.co.uk
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biking is just the bits between utter joyousness at the moment
Sulphur tufts. Being lovely on a dead log in very autumnal Scotland
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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OBLADADA cooked something truly special for their 50th show.
Not a mere psychedelic show, but a bold voyage into uncharted sonic experiences. 🚀
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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A wood blewit being spectacular.
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Check up my latest mix 'Molekula Karnavalo'
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/obla...
#psychedelicrock #ambient #drone #spacemusic #avantgarde
@campradio.bsky.social
tracklist to the mix - a text version is also available in the comments section of mix cloud page linked to in the post.
November 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Boop!
Riley and Roman (our rescue rabbits) wish you a happy weekend!
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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🔊🍄♾️🚀🕺

Soniko 50 - 'molecule carnival' featuring 54 tracks, beams across the airwaves tonight...

6-8 pm (UK) / 7-9 pm (CET) listen.camp

@campradio.bsky.social

#psychedelicrock #ambient #drone #spacemusic #avantgarde
The sleeve of 'Molekula Karnavalo' - our 50th Soniko mix - showing the underside of a bracket fungi
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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🔊🍄♾️🚀🕺

Soniko 50 - 'molecule carnival' featuring 54 tracks, beams across the airwaves tonight...

6-8 pm (UK) / 7-9 pm (CET) listen.camp

@campradio.bsky.social

#psychedelicrock #ambient #drone #spacemusic #avantgarde
The sleeve of 'Molekula Karnavalo' - our 50th Soniko mix - showing the underside of a bracket fungi
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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#rip Joseph Byrd
His album with The United States of America (1968) is peak psychedelic/electronic brain fry of the highest order!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBun...
Coming Down
YouTube video by The United States of America - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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What a beauty! A green lacewing resting on my bathroom wall.
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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no more than 20mm high, today's tiny highlight - a bonnet
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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youtu.be/qWO2G5kp3X0?...
Black Widow - In Ancient Days (1972)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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escheresque
An angular path of wooden steps through a forest slope.
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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A porcelain fungi. Growing out a layer of moss. Blue sky.
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Nature today. Being amazing as usual...
yellow staghorn fungi growing on a dead tree stump.
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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REVISIO: Rafael Toral | Travelling Light
obladada.com/2025/10/22/r...
I wrote about this spectacular new album: "drawn in sounds that bathe your brain in the ghosts of familiarity"
#rafaeltoral #ambient #electronic #experimental #jazz #psychedelic
Rafael Toral | Travelling Light
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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NEU! HEIDPHONES!
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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REVISIO: Rafael Toral | Travelling Light
obladada.com/2025/10/22/r...
I wrote about this spectacular new album: "drawn in sounds that bathe your brain in the ghosts of familiarity"
#rafaeltoral #ambient #electronic #experimental #jazz #psychedelic
Rafael Toral | Travelling Light
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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First time biking since a Covid blip. The locals were utterly amazing.
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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According to Emma, who is WFH today, the music I'm playing just now sounds like 'the stupid music they play in the background of Catchphrase'.
mr chips from catchphrase holding super roots 6 by boredoms, with his thumbs up!
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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REVISIO: Dreamies | Auralgraphic Entertainment
obladada.com/2025/10/16/r...
I wrote about this wild reissue: "an experimental pop fever dream"
#guerssen #dreamies #billholt #experimental #innerspace #psychedelic #rock
Auralgraphic Entertainment by Dreamies
October 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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REVISIO: Bitchin Bajas | Inland See
obladada.com/2025/10/15/r...
I wrote about Bitchin Bajas new album: "Every forward step glimpses the future, flutes, shiny layers, neon landscapes, and robot choirs."
#dragcity #bitchinbajas #ambient #electronic #improv #psychedelic
Inland See by Bitchin Bajas
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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REVISIO: haana lee | textures
obladada.com/2025/10/14/r...
I wrote about this fantastic debut album by haana lee: "sublime inner space music"
#haanalee #ambient #electronic #experimental, #psychedelic
the sleeve of 'textures' by haanna lee
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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REVISIO: Nijiumu | When I sing, I slip into the microphone. Into that void, I bring comrade “prayers”, then, turning to face the outside, together we explode.
obladada.com/2025/10/13/r...
I wrote about this: "utter brilliance at the very crumbling edge of rock music"
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The sleeve of - Nijiumu | When I sing, I slip into the microphone. Into that void, I bring comrade “prayers”, then, turning to face the outside, together we explode.
October 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Tune in to my latest mix Galaksia Superbazaro (galactic supermarket) at your leisure...
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/obla...

@campradio.bsky.social
#psychedelicrock
#ambient
#drone
#spacemusic
#avant-garde
tracklist for my latest soniko mix - a text version of this is within the comment section of the mixcloud link in this post the sleeve for soniko 49 - featuring a superb common puffball!
October 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM