Phirnis
@phirnis.bsky.social
Bring the chill noise! ☕❤️
Latest release: https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/the-gateway-tape
Latest release: https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/the-gateway-tape
Four years later and I'm still playing this all of the time. Timewave Zero is everything that ambient music should be - mysterious, otherworldly, and relaxing.
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Four years later and I'm still playing this all of the time. Timewave Zero is everything that ambient music should be - mysterious, otherworldly, and relaxing.
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Just to try to help illustrate the kind of thing we’re talking about, here are some stock photos we found of two tapes.
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Just to try to help illustrate the kind of thing we’re talking about, here are some stock photos we found of two tapes.
The music of Igorrr is so impressive it sounds like a music software demonstration. Can I have some air to breathe please?
February 5, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The music of Igorrr is so impressive it sounds like a music software demonstration. Can I have some air to breathe please?
I wrote about the coming end of my favourite thrash metal band, the sometimes brilliant, sometimes problematic Megadeth (text in German).
skug.at/megadeth-kra...
skug.at/megadeth-kra...
Megadeth: Kränkung, Konsens und Verhärtung | skug MUSIKKULTUR
Nach über vier Jahrzehnten zwischen Thrash Metal, militärischen Bilderwelten und reaktionären Ressentiments verkündet Dave Mustaine das bevorstehende Ende von Megadeth. Harmonisch ist an dieser Band n...
skug.at
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I wrote about the coming end of my favourite thrash metal band, the sometimes brilliant, sometimes problematic Megadeth (text in German).
skug.at/megadeth-kra...
skug.at/megadeth-kra...
"Hallogallo" cover art from Museum of Science and Technology, Vienna - never seen this before.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 AM
"Hallogallo" cover art from Museum of Science and Technology, Vienna - never seen this before.
Love the new KMRU / Fennesz tracck, Blurred - beautiful, super slow build-up, almost like a delicate vision of harsh noise.
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Love the new KMRU / Fennesz tracck, Blurred - beautiful, super slow build-up, almost like a delicate vision of harsh noise.
I missed this when it came out six years ago on Sub Pop - the way this track by clipping. morphes into grainy harsh noise delight with a little help from The Rita is a fantastic music-noise crossover moment. 🙏
youtu.be/oRIT-neg3Rg
youtu.be/oRIT-neg3Rg
clipping. - La Mala Ordina (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by clipping.
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I missed this when it came out six years ago on Sub Pop - the way this track by clipping. morphes into grainy harsh noise delight with a little help from The Rita is a fantastic music-noise crossover moment. 🙏
youtu.be/oRIT-neg3Rg
youtu.be/oRIT-neg3Rg
Fantastic and inspiring selection by Tracey Thorn, one of my top 5 favourite vocalists in this world.
Ideal DID selection spits out as net older than you - i.e. this, one of the absolute GOAT Desert Island Discs (Discii?) only one song from after Thorn was a teenager, average pulled back by the Sinatra choice.
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Tracey Thorn, musican and writer
Tracey Thorn, musician and writer, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Fantastic and inspiring selection by Tracey Thorn, one of my top 5 favourite vocalists in this world.
Heard it many, many times in the past of course but I'm rediscovering Kind of Blue right now, playing it all the time.
January 19, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Heard it many, many times in the past of course but I'm rediscovering Kind of Blue right now, playing it all the time.
Reposted by Phirnis
#70sTop30
Song with No Words, like David Crosby's entire first solo album If I Could Only Remember My Name, is the ultimate jazzy freak folk hippie music - desert island material.
youtu.be/16JFWAnmcCs
Song with No Words, like David Crosby's entire first solo album If I Could Only Remember My Name, is the ultimate jazzy freak folk hippie music - desert island material.
youtu.be/16JFWAnmcCs
Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) [2021 Remaster]
YouTube video by David Crosby - Topic
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January 13, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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Song with No Words, like David Crosby's entire first solo album If I Could Only Remember My Name, is the ultimate jazzy freak folk hippie music - desert island material.
youtu.be/16JFWAnmcCs
Song with No Words, like David Crosby's entire first solo album If I Could Only Remember My Name, is the ultimate jazzy freak folk hippie music - desert island material.
youtu.be/16JFWAnmcCs
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WowWowWow parts of The Meatles were seriously intense!
Finishing the last stretch home with Chill Noise by @phirnis.bsky.social
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/chill-...
Finishing the last stretch home with Chill Noise by @phirnis.bsky.social
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/chill-...
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
WowWowWow parts of The Meatles were seriously intense!
Finishing the last stretch home with Chill Noise by @phirnis.bsky.social
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/chill-...
Finishing the last stretch home with Chill Noise by @phirnis.bsky.social
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/chill-...
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The Sun Ra album for people who think they don't like Sun Ra, but also for people who do already like Sun Ra
#70sTop30
Sun Ra's There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) remains one of the most mysterious sounding pieces of music by anyone.
youtu.be/FvUcPDSXdU4
Sun Ra's There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) remains one of the most mysterious sounding pieces of music by anyone.
youtu.be/FvUcPDSXdU4
There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) (Remastered)
YouTube video by Sun Ra - Topic
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 5:34 AM
The Sun Ra album for people who think they don't like Sun Ra, but also for people who do already like Sun Ra
#70sTop30
Sun Ra's There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) remains one of the most mysterious sounding pieces of music by anyone.
youtu.be/FvUcPDSXdU4
Sun Ra's There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) remains one of the most mysterious sounding pieces of music by anyone.
youtu.be/FvUcPDSXdU4
There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) (Remastered)
YouTube video by Sun Ra - Topic
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 5:14 AM
#70sTop30
Sun Ra's There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) remains one of the most mysterious sounding pieces of music by anyone.
youtu.be/FvUcPDSXdU4
Sun Ra's There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) remains one of the most mysterious sounding pieces of music by anyone.
youtu.be/FvUcPDSXdU4
#70sTop30
Automat's Droid is one of the most forward thinking pieces of music of the entire decade - and a precursor to the glorious sounds of Italo disco.
youtu.be/ZNIUkwy9d-w
Automat's Droid is one of the most forward thinking pieces of music of the entire decade - and a precursor to the glorious sounds of Italo disco.
youtu.be/ZNIUkwy9d-w
Automat - Droid (1978)
YouTube video by leonardolsb
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 5:06 AM
#70sTop30
Automat's Droid is one of the most forward thinking pieces of music of the entire decade - and a precursor to the glorious sounds of Italo disco.
youtu.be/ZNIUkwy9d-w
Automat's Droid is one of the most forward thinking pieces of music of the entire decade - and a precursor to the glorious sounds of Italo disco.
youtu.be/ZNIUkwy9d-w
#70sTop30
The music of Yes had a big impact on me and I love the craziness of Rick Wakeman's The Six Wives of Henry VIII, exemplified in Catherine of Aragon.
youtu.be/d_1FOGuUmfs
The music of Yes had a big impact on me and I love the craziness of Rick Wakeman's The Six Wives of Henry VIII, exemplified in Catherine of Aragon.
youtu.be/d_1FOGuUmfs
Catherine Of Aragon
YouTube video by Rick Wakeman - Topic
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 AM
#70sTop30
The music of Yes had a big impact on me and I love the craziness of Rick Wakeman's The Six Wives of Henry VIII, exemplified in Catherine of Aragon.
youtu.be/d_1FOGuUmfs
The music of Yes had a big impact on me and I love the craziness of Rick Wakeman's The Six Wives of Henry VIII, exemplified in Catherine of Aragon.
youtu.be/d_1FOGuUmfs
#70sTop30
If you ask me about my favourite heavy rock band from the 1970s, I'll go with the Scorpions, when Uli Jon Roth was the driving force behind songs like the mysterious Sails of Charon.
youtu.be/r-J_KXCz_m8
If you ask me about my favourite heavy rock band from the 1970s, I'll go with the Scorpions, when Uli Jon Roth was the driving force behind songs like the mysterious Sails of Charon.
youtu.be/r-J_KXCz_m8
The Sails of Charon (2015 - Remaster)
YouTube video by Scorpions - Topic
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
#70sTop30
If you ask me about my favourite heavy rock band from the 1970s, I'll go with the Scorpions, when Uli Jon Roth was the driving force behind songs like the mysterious Sails of Charon.
youtu.be/r-J_KXCz_m8
If you ask me about my favourite heavy rock band from the 1970s, I'll go with the Scorpions, when Uli Jon Roth was the driving force behind songs like the mysterious Sails of Charon.
youtu.be/r-J_KXCz_m8
#70sTop30
From Harry Nilsson's wonderful crooner record comes Lazy Moon, a magical tune originally sung by Oliver Hardy (!) - what a way to open an album.
youtu.be/D2JhNowqTrA
From Harry Nilsson's wonderful crooner record comes Lazy Moon, a magical tune originally sung by Oliver Hardy (!) - what a way to open an album.
youtu.be/D2JhNowqTrA
Lazy Moon
YouTube video by Harry Nilsson - Topic
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
#70sTop30
From Harry Nilsson's wonderful crooner record comes Lazy Moon, a magical tune originally sung by Oliver Hardy (!) - what a way to open an album.
youtu.be/D2JhNowqTrA
From Harry Nilsson's wonderful crooner record comes Lazy Moon, a magical tune originally sung by Oliver Hardy (!) - what a way to open an album.
youtu.be/D2JhNowqTrA
#70sTop30
Dom's Edge of Time is a unique and beautiful one-off mixture between folk music and musique concrete - the title track speaks for itself.
youtu.be/Cxp52I1CnrE
Dom's Edge of Time is a unique and beautiful one-off mixture between folk music and musique concrete - the title track speaks for itself.
youtu.be/Cxp52I1CnrE
Edge Of Time
YouTube video by DOM - Topic
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Dom's Edge of Time is a unique and beautiful one-off mixture between folk music and musique concrete - the title track speaks for itself.
youtu.be/Cxp52I1CnrE
Dom's Edge of Time is a unique and beautiful one-off mixture between folk music and musique concrete - the title track speaks for itself.
youtu.be/Cxp52I1CnrE
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Never knowing where inspiration might strike, this post from @phirnis.bsky.social prompted a listen this #CDFriday
“Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky”
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
“Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky”
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
January 9, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Never knowing where inspiration might strike, this post from @phirnis.bsky.social prompted a listen this #CDFriday
“Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky”
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
“Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky”
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
#70sTop30
Chance Meeting by Roxy Music is a masterclass in how you create something deeply atmospheric with an arrangement that is as minimal as it gets.
youtu.be/3QJMRGnpsbA
Chance Meeting by Roxy Music is a masterclass in how you create something deeply atmospheric with an arrangement that is as minimal as it gets.
youtu.be/3QJMRGnpsbA
Chance Meeting
YouTube video by Roxy Music - Topic
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 5:47 AM
#70sTop30
Chance Meeting by Roxy Music is a masterclass in how you create something deeply atmospheric with an arrangement that is as minimal as it gets.
youtu.be/3QJMRGnpsbA
Chance Meeting by Roxy Music is a masterclass in how you create something deeply atmospheric with an arrangement that is as minimal as it gets.
youtu.be/3QJMRGnpsbA
#70sTop30
Powderfinger is another great example for a song that is much heavier than what was around in terms of officially heavy music - love the weird and bleak storytelling here.
youtu.be/tdPs5YXQTSw
Powderfinger is another great example for a song that is much heavier than what was around in terms of officially heavy music - love the weird and bleak storytelling here.
youtu.be/tdPs5YXQTSw
Powderfinger (2016 Remaster)
YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
#70sTop30
Powderfinger is another great example for a song that is much heavier than what was around in terms of officially heavy music - love the weird and bleak storytelling here.
youtu.be/tdPs5YXQTSw
Powderfinger is another great example for a song that is much heavier than what was around in terms of officially heavy music - love the weird and bleak storytelling here.
youtu.be/tdPs5YXQTSw
#70sTop30
Legend has it that Brian Wilson was borderline obsessed with Randy Newman's Sail Away when it came out - not only the title track is absolutely brilliant here.
youtu.be/HCRGrnhdNQE
Legend has it that Brian Wilson was borderline obsessed with Randy Newman's Sail Away when it came out - not only the title track is absolutely brilliant here.
youtu.be/HCRGrnhdNQE
Sail Away (2002 Remaster)
YouTube video by Randy Newman - Topic
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
#70sTop30
Legend has it that Brian Wilson was borderline obsessed with Randy Newman's Sail Away when it came out - not only the title track is absolutely brilliant here.
youtu.be/HCRGrnhdNQE
Legend has it that Brian Wilson was borderline obsessed with Randy Newman's Sail Away when it came out - not only the title track is absolutely brilliant here.
youtu.be/HCRGrnhdNQE