Lamp of Goth
@larkfall.bsky.social
Dr. Phil Legard
Esotericism. Esoteric Music. Esoteric Zines.
Leeds, UK.
www.instagram.com/phil_legard
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Esotericism. Esoteric Music. Esoteric Zines.
Leeds, UK.
www.instagram.com/phil_legard
Profile pic by @aloverdrive.bsky.social
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Lamp of Goth
@larkfall.bsky.social
· Jan 6
If anyone wants to check out my PhD thesis, it's an analytic autoethnography about magick and music-making over a decade of shifting practice. It also has a chapter with a lot of West Yorkshire occulture/zine stuff in there! figshare.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/articles/the...
Tapes now available here:
personaluschirecords.bandcamp.com/album/tablet...
personaluschirecords.bandcamp.com/album/tablet...
December 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tapes now available here:
personaluschirecords.bandcamp.com/album/tablet...
personaluschirecords.bandcamp.com/album/tablet...
Added a few new graphics to Rotunda of the Rotqueen - because what else are you gonna do at 5am on Xmas morning?! 1d105.itch.io/rotunda-of-t...
December 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Added a few new graphics to Rotunda of the Rotqueen - because what else are you gonna do at 5am on Xmas morning?! 1d105.itch.io/rotunda-of-t...
New release - tapes coming soon on Personal Uschi. An album based on the 1991 Amiga game Blade Warrior. Uses the original soundset of around 7 samples to create a whole soundtrack evoking the gothic shadow world of the game. darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/tablet...
Tablets of Murk, by Dark Valley
7 track album
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New release - tapes coming soon on Personal Uschi. An album based on the 1991 Amiga game Blade Warrior. Uses the original soundset of around 7 samples to create a whole soundtrack evoking the gothic shadow world of the game. darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/tablet...
Made a text adventure inspired by @morkborg.com . Here's a slice. You'll probably regret it.
1d105.itch.io/rotunda-of-t...
1d105.itch.io/rotunda-of-t...
Rotunda of the Rotqueen by 1d10+5
A Mörk Borg text adventure
1d105.itch.io
December 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Made a text adventure inspired by @morkborg.com . Here's a slice. You'll probably regret it.
1d105.itch.io/rotunda-of-t...
1d105.itch.io/rotunda-of-t...
TBH I don't really care for BRMC, but this irritating yapping on through gigs has to stop. At Sounds from the Other City in Manc this summer the chatter was so bad that you could actually hear the bands more clearly outside the venues.
www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/revi...
www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/revi...
Review - O2 Academy, Leeds, 13th December 2025 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - - -
Review - O2 Academy, Leeds, 13th December 2025 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - - -
www.whisperinandhollerin.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
TBH I don't really care for BRMC, but this irritating yapping on through gigs has to stop. At Sounds from the Other City in Manc this summer the chatter was so bad that you could actually hear the bands more clearly outside the venues.
www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/revi...
www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/revi...
Leigh was a big supporter of mine and Hawthonn's work many years ago. If you can help at all, please do.
Leigh from Wyrd Daze, that many of you know from his work with Hookland, suffered a devastating loss.
Please read his latest blog, and, if you can, help out.
wyrddaze.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/m...
Please read his latest blog, and, if you can, help out.
wyrddaze.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/m...
My wife is dead, a plea for help
Hello. My name is Leigh and I’m writing this because my wife has died. We were living (in Canada) off her disability benefit, my application for Permanent Residency not quite finished and now null …
wyrddaze.wordpress.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Leigh was a big supporter of mine and Hawthonn's work many years ago. If you can help at all, please do.
Slow-mo Enya cover we did during lockdown...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8nO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8nO...
Hawthonn - I Want Tomorrow (Enya cover)
YouTube video by Phil Legard
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Slow-mo Enya cover we did during lockdown...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8nO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8nO...
Just thought I would sneak out a couple of tracks inspired by 1970s mainframe CRPGs...
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/oublie...
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/oublie...
OUBLIETTE, by Dark Valley
2 track album
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just thought I would sneak out a couple of tracks inspired by 1970s mainframe CRPGs...
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/oublie...
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/oublie...
The Fairlight was, of course, famously expensive... but £112,000 - that's nearly £400k today...
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Fairlight was, of course, famously expensive... but £112,000 - that's nearly £400k today...
Getting my cloak ready to play some cosmic dungeon synth tomorrow night in Leeds. Dm if you are interested and need address. Ultra DIY show, BYOB!
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Getting my cloak ready to play some cosmic dungeon synth tomorrow night in Leeds. Dm if you are interested and need address. Ultra DIY show, BYOB!
Tonight!
We’re thrilled to be joined by Soborgnost for this instalment of NOX. Expect all manner of dark chug! Here’s a taste of what’s to come… 'When the Shadow Comes' by Cardinal & Nun
Tox OTD or advance here: ra.co/events/2298566
#goth #gothleeds #gothclub #wharfchambers
Tox OTD or advance here: ra.co/events/2298566
#goth #gothleeds #gothclub #wharfchambers
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tonight!
We’re thrilled to be joined by Soborgnost for this instalment of NOX. Expect all manner of dark chug! Here’s a taste of what’s to come… 'When the Shadow Comes' by Cardinal & Nun
Tox OTD or advance here: ra.co/events/2298566
#goth #gothleeds #gothclub #wharfchambers
Tox OTD or advance here: ra.co/events/2298566
#goth #gothleeds #gothclub #wharfchambers
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We’re thrilled to be joined by Soborgnost for this instalment of NOX. Expect all manner of dark chug! Here’s a taste of what’s to come… 'When the Shadow Comes' by Cardinal & Nun
Tox OTD or advance here: ra.co/events/2298566
#goth #gothleeds #gothclub #wharfchambers
Tox OTD or advance here: ra.co/events/2298566
#goth #gothleeds #gothclub #wharfchambers
NOX is this SATURDAY in LEEDS! Wharf Chambers, 11:30 to 4am. Soborgnost will be doing a set, fresh off the train from supporting Cabaret Voltaire at ICA the night before! Playing everything from OG goth to dark chug. Smoke machines warming up already! Adv tix: ra.co/events/2298566
#leeds #goth
#leeds #goth
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NOX is this SATURDAY in LEEDS! Wharf Chambers, 11:30 to 4am. Soborgnost will be doing a set, fresh off the train from supporting Cabaret Voltaire at ICA the night before! Playing everything from OG goth to dark chug. Smoke machines warming up already! Adv tix: ra.co/events/2298566
#leeds #goth
#leeds #goth
"Only those who make it to Bedford will survive the apocalypse." Fascinating documentary about the Panacea Society.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIa3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIa3...
The Panacea Society - Maidens of The Lost Ark (Bedford)
YouTube video by †...𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝓟𝖆𝖓𝖆𝖈𝖊𝖆 𝓢𝖔𝖈𝖎𝖊ƚ𝖞...†
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November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"Only those who make it to Bedford will survive the apocalypse." Fascinating documentary about the Panacea Society.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIa3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIa3...
90s occulture meets Jon Ronson: includes Gerald Suster, Nigel Bourne (witch and friend of PTV), and a Discordian youth with the Process symbol on his chest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65z...
Jon Ronson's For the Love of Numbers
YouTube video by WOWPresents
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
90s occulture meets Jon Ronson: includes Gerald Suster, Nigel Bourne (witch and friend of PTV), and a Discordian youth with the Process symbol on his chest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65z...
Grokipedia entry on Western Esotericism... There was no ESSWE conference in 2024. The 2025 conference was on the theme of rationality and esotericism, but there was no quantitative content analysis of Rosicrucian Manifestos. At least not in any of the sessions or keynotes I attended...!
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Grokipedia entry on Western Esotericism... There was no ESSWE conference in 2024. The 2025 conference was on the theme of rationality and esotericism, but there was no quantitative content analysis of Rosicrucian Manifestos. At least not in any of the sessions or keynotes I attended...!
Tickets are now available for NOX: Leed's greatest underground gothic discotheque returns on 22 Nov, 11:30pm-4am. Playing everything from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with a live DJ set from our guest SOBORGNOST. £8/£6 low waged. ra.co/events/2298566 #goth #leeds #leedsgoth
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Tickets are now available for NOX: Leed's greatest underground gothic discotheque returns on 22 Nov, 11:30pm-4am. Playing everything from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with a live DJ set from our guest SOBORGNOST. £8/£6 low waged. ra.co/events/2298566 #goth #leeds #leedsgoth
The Exegesis programme: A human potential cult and telemarketing business, possibly responsible in part for Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow. The first ten seconds are possibly the most 80s thing you will ever see.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_W...
Exegesis Programme
YouTube video by Paul Gordon
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Exegesis programme: A human potential cult and telemarketing business, possibly responsible in part for Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow. The first ten seconds are possibly the most 80s thing you will ever see.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_W...
Sorting through my kid's old drawings. Some of them are priceless, such as this man shouting 'Gargoyles!' as he is about to be hit by a falling gargoyle...
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sorting through my kid's old drawings. Some of them are priceless, such as this man shouting 'Gargoyles!' as he is about to be hit by a falling gargoyle...
A date for your diaries! Leeds' underground goth club returns! Sets running the gamut from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with special set from SOBORGNOST!!! (- recently seen supporting Cabaret Voltaire). I'lll put up a ticket link in the next few days! Art by @mariastrutz.bsky.social !
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A date for your diaries! Leeds' underground goth club returns! Sets running the gamut from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with special set from SOBORGNOST!!! (- recently seen supporting Cabaret Voltaire). I'lll put up a ticket link in the next few days! Art by @mariastrutz.bsky.social !
Started learning Decker a few days ago... here's how it's going...
beyondloom.com/decker/
beyondloom.com/decker/
November 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Started learning Decker a few days ago... here's how it's going...
beyondloom.com/decker/
beyondloom.com/decker/
We're organising this gig in Leeds on the 28th Nov. A weird mix of spirited dungeon synth, resonating metal, and cosmic medievalism (from my side project Dark Valley). Price on a sliding scale and BYOB. It's a small DIY venue, so DM me for the address!
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We're organising this gig in Leeds on the 28th Nov. A weird mix of spirited dungeon synth, resonating metal, and cosmic medievalism (from my side project Dark Valley). Price on a sliding scale and BYOB. It's a small DIY venue, so DM me for the address!
Great interview with my buddy Soborgnost, who will be supporting Cabaret Voltaire in Sheff and London soon! Forthcoming 'Live at Hobbs Lane' EP is going to be fantastic! prxludes.net/2025/10/20/j...
Jim Osman on creating "post-cyberpunk magic realism"
Interview with Leeds-born multimedia artist Jim Osman on opera directing, dub mixing, speculative fiction, digital folklore, and gothic futurism ...
prxludes.net
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Great interview with my buddy Soborgnost, who will be supporting Cabaret Voltaire in Sheff and London soon! Forthcoming 'Live at Hobbs Lane' EP is going to be fantastic! prxludes.net/2025/10/20/j...
A compilation of music made on the PLATO mainframe 1977-1982.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqv-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqv-...
PLATO Computer Music 1977-1982
YouTube video by atwaterpub
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A compilation of music made on the PLATO mainframe 1977-1982.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqv-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqv-...
So many rabbit holes here... the CRPG equivalent of Stu Hovarth's fantastic 'Monsters, Aliens and Holes in the Ground'. archive.org/details/crpg...
The CRPG Book Project: Sharing the History of Computer Role-Playing Games : Felipe Pepe (Editor) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The CRPG Book Project: Sharing the History of Computer Role-Playing Games.Edited by Felipe Pepe.This book is the result of four years of work and the...
archive.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
So many rabbit holes here... the CRPG equivalent of Stu Hovarth's fantastic 'Monsters, Aliens and Holes in the Ground'. archive.org/details/crpg...