Stephen Bradbury
@squidtempest.bsky.social
Cephalopod with various synths and other noisemaking machinery. AKA Black Tempest. Yoga teacher and vegetarian.
A Christmas present to myself from Signal Sounds - Patch Deck. A deck of cards with "tips, tricks and strategies for modular synthesis". Looking forward to giving these a go. With free Signal Sounds lollipop!
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A Christmas present to myself from Signal Sounds - Patch Deck. A deck of cards with "tips, tricks and strategies for modular synthesis". Looking forward to giving these a go. With free Signal Sounds lollipop!
First Record of The Weekend is Pere Ubu's The Art of Walking from 1980. I sometimes wonder if this is my favourite Ubu album (it isn't, that's the Modern Dance). I love the everydayness of the lyrics that nonetheless add to the surreality of it all.
"Sad but true..."
"Sad but true..."
December 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
First Record of The Weekend is Pere Ubu's The Art of Walking from 1980. I sometimes wonder if this is my favourite Ubu album (it isn't, that's the Modern Dance). I love the everydayness of the lyrics that nonetheless add to the surreality of it all.
"Sad but true..."
"Sad but true..."
This year's Yuletide number from Black Tempest is now available, the 4th year we have done this - it's becoming a tradition!
All proceeds from this track go to Psych Against Cancer - please give generously.
Yuletide Greetings all!
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...
All proceeds from this track go to Psych Against Cancer - please give generously.
Yuletide Greetings all!
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...
Solstice Fire Black Tempest, by The Weird Beard
track by The Weird Beard
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This year's Yuletide number from Black Tempest is now available, the 4th year we have done this - it's becoming a tradition!
All proceeds from this track go to Psych Against Cancer - please give generously.
Yuletide Greetings all!
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...
All proceeds from this track go to Psych Against Cancer - please give generously.
Yuletide Greetings all!
weirdbeardrecs.bandcamp.com/track/solsti...
First Record of The Weekend is The Sentinel from Dead Otter on @riotseasonrecords.bsky.social Had this a couple of weeks now and it is never far from the turntable. It rocks it rolls it psychs. Great album!
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
First Record of The Weekend is The Sentinel from Dead Otter on @riotseasonrecords.bsky.social Had this a couple of weeks now and it is never far from the turntable. It rocks it rolls it psychs. Great album!
Current reading matter and accompanying listening...
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
@heycolossus.bsky.social
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
@heycolossus.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Current reading matter and accompanying listening...
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
@heycolossus.bsky.social
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
@heycolossus.bsky.social
First Record of The Weekend is Mother Give Your Children Sanity from Codex Serafini on @riotseasonrecords.bsky.social. This is a total blast - in places like some mutant child of Siouxsie & the Banshees and Hawkwind. Definitely a case to play VERY LOUD.
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
First Record of The Weekend is Mother Give Your Children Sanity from Codex Serafini on @riotseasonrecords.bsky.social. This is a total blast - in places like some mutant child of Siouxsie & the Banshees and Hawkwind. Definitely a case to play VERY LOUD.
Today is Bandcamp Friday when artists pay no fees on sales, so if you were considering purchasing Black tempest's Folding Space album at it's new knock-down price, today would be a splendid day to do so.
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
Folding Space, by Black Tempest
6 track album
blacktempest.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today is Bandcamp Friday when artists pay no fees on sales, so if you were considering purchasing Black tempest's Folding Space album at it's new knock-down price, today would be a splendid day to do so.
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
Jane paints such gorgeous pictures!
As it's 1 Dec tomorrow I thought I dig out this #painting "Winter Song" from last year.❄️
#Birds shown: a shouty #robin, #fieldfare, #waxwing, #redwing, & #starlings.
#christmascards here: janetomlinson.com/products/win...
#snowscene #winterbirds #art #birding #EastCoastKin
#Birds shown: a shouty #robin, #fieldfare, #waxwing, #redwing, & #starlings.
#christmascards here: janetomlinson.com/products/win...
#snowscene #winterbirds #art #birding #EastCoastKin
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Jane paints such gorgeous pictures!
First Record of The Weekend is Mono Live in Tokyo with Orchestra Pitreza - Forever Home. This is massive in scale, gorgeous and awe-inspiring, like planets colliding. I can't stop listening to it. An absolutely splendid package too - a gold triple vinyl with double gatefold and booklet.
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
First Record of The Weekend is Mono Live in Tokyo with Orchestra Pitreza - Forever Home. This is massive in scale, gorgeous and awe-inspiring, like planets colliding. I can't stop listening to it. An absolutely splendid package too - a gold triple vinyl with double gatefold and booklet.
Special offer for Black Tempest Friday! Folding Space reduced to £17 - get stuck in folks...
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
"A rousing, immersive album that makes space rock less a genre, and more a destination" Electronic Sound magazine (@electronicsound.bsky.social )
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
"A rousing, immersive album that makes space rock less a genre, and more a destination" Electronic Sound magazine (@electronicsound.bsky.social )
Folding Space, by Black Tempest
6 track album
blacktempest.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Special offer for Black Tempest Friday! Folding Space reduced to £17 - get stuck in folks...
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
"A rousing, immersive album that makes space rock less a genre, and more a destination" Electronic Sound magazine (@electronicsound.bsky.social )
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
"A rousing, immersive album that makes space rock less a genre, and more a destination" Electronic Sound magazine (@electronicsound.bsky.social )
The starter that knows how to have a good time, and stays up late.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The starter that knows how to have a good time, and stays up late.
Reposted by Stephen Bradbury
No bum, no sideboob, just #hedgehog.
LAST DAY TO BID on my #hogdoodle to raise money for #HopeForHedgehogs charity.
Lot 11 - child-/Auntie Gwen-friendly art could be hanging in your house.
www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
LAST DAY TO BID on my #hogdoodle to raise money for #HopeForHedgehogs charity.
Lot 11 - child-/Auntie Gwen-friendly art could be hanging in your house.
www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
No bum, no sideboob, just #hedgehog.
LAST DAY TO BID on my #hogdoodle to raise money for #HopeForHedgehogs charity.
Lot 11 - child-/Auntie Gwen-friendly art could be hanging in your house.
www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
LAST DAY TO BID on my #hogdoodle to raise money for #HopeForHedgehogs charity.
Lot 11 - child-/Auntie Gwen-friendly art could be hanging in your house.
www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
First Record of The Weekend is Gong with Unending Ascending from 2023 - preparation for going to see them at the Boileroom in Guildford tomorrow night. Looking forward to this very much, I love this incarnation of the band.
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
First Record of The Weekend is Gong with Unending Ascending from 2023 - preparation for going to see them at the Boileroom in Guildford tomorrow night. Looking forward to this very much, I love this incarnation of the band.
Oi Keir Starmer - tell the Orange Fascist to f*ck off and stop trying to intefere with the UK media. Defend the BBC now, along with our sovereignty.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Oi Keir Starmer - tell the Orange Fascist to f*ck off and stop trying to intefere with the UK media. Defend the BBC now, along with our sovereignty.
Lovely review of Folding Space on Terrascope by the estimable Ian Fraser...
www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Revi...
www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Revi...
Terrascope Reviews for November 2025
www.terrascope.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Lovely review of Folding Space on Terrascope by the estimable Ian Fraser...
www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Revi...
www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Revi...
First Record of The Weekend is @thetubes.bsky.social with Remote Control from 1979. I nabbed this 2nd hand on spec because it is produced by @toddrundgren.bsky.social, and it turns out it sounds like a lost Utopia album! As I saw Todd live this week it seems appropriate...
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
First Record of The Weekend is @thetubes.bsky.social with Remote Control from 1979. I nabbed this 2nd hand on spec because it is produced by @toddrundgren.bsky.social, and it turns out it sounds like a lost Utopia album! As I saw Todd live this week it seems appropriate...
This looks great!
folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out.
A celebration of Time Team. 16 page zine, 8 track cd.
Preorder available now!
#prehistory #megalithic #roman #standingstone #neolithic #bronzeage #stonehenge #archaeology #timeteam @timeteam.bsky.social
spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...
A celebration of Time Team. 16 page zine, 8 track cd.
Preorder available now!
#prehistory #megalithic #roman #standingstone #neolithic #bronzeage #stonehenge #archaeology #timeteam @timeteam.bsky.social
spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This looks great!
First Record of The Weekend is the self-titled Nitro Cosmetic on the Cardinal Fuzz label, featuring the talents of Milo Smee and Demian Castellanos. For some reason this passed me by when I first got it, then I put it on the other day and it blew my head off. Fuzzy and fabulous!
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
First Record of The Weekend is the self-titled Nitro Cosmetic on the Cardinal Fuzz label, featuring the talents of Milo Smee and Demian Castellanos. For some reason this passed me by when I first got it, then I put it on the other day and it blew my head off. Fuzzy and fabulous!
Great review of Black Tempest's Folding Space album, this time from The Third Eye:
"...a bad-ass deep-space voyage, a narrative of sound where every pulse, sweep, and shimmer carries you further from the known world into the mysteries of the cosmic beyond."
thirdeyepsychrock.blog/2025/10/10/f...
"...a bad-ass deep-space voyage, a narrative of sound where every pulse, sweep, and shimmer carries you further from the known world into the mysteries of the cosmic beyond."
thirdeyepsychrock.blog/2025/10/10/f...
Folding Space by Black Tempest - The Third Eye
Folding Space trades the mysticism of Astral Pastoral for a cosmic voyage of modular synths, shimmering guitars, and live percussion.
thirdeyepsychrock.blog
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great review of Black Tempest's Folding Space album, this time from The Third Eye:
"...a bad-ass deep-space voyage, a narrative of sound where every pulse, sweep, and shimmer carries you further from the known world into the mysteries of the cosmic beyond."
thirdeyepsychrock.blog/2025/10/10/f...
"...a bad-ass deep-space voyage, a narrative of sound where every pulse, sweep, and shimmer carries you further from the known world into the mysteries of the cosmic beyond."
thirdeyepsychrock.blog/2025/10/10/f...
First Record of The Weekend is Songs From the Free House by Smote on @rocketrecordings.bsky.social. The new album from my favourite live band of the year so far (and I've seen a LOT of great bands this year), and it isn't disappointing. It sounds massive - looming and doomy and brilliant.
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
First Record of The Weekend is Songs From the Free House by Smote on @rocketrecordings.bsky.social. The new album from my favourite live band of the year so far (and I've seen a LOT of great bands this year), and it isn't disappointing. It sounds massive - looming and doomy and brilliant.
Reposted by Stephen Bradbury
Spooks on the BBC: “We have to climb onto the roof, through a skylight and plug this thumb drive into the Chinese server.”
Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”
Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”
October 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Spooks on the BBC: “We have to climb onto the roof, through a skylight and plug this thumb drive into the Chinese server.”
Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”
Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”
Reposted by Stephen Bradbury
My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
If you're in Manchester, here's a great night out for you!
Scissorgun, Polypores and the b.all plus lights and visuals. Soundchecks completed, lights dimmed and cue the music! Finish your Friday chippy tea and come down! Starts at 8pm at Gullivers, Oldham St, Manchester.
October 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you're in Manchester, here's a great night out for you!
Well this is exciting! A great article and a fantastic review in @electronicsound.bsky.social magazine this month...
Copies of the album still available here:
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
Copies of the album still available here:
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well this is exciting! A great article and a fantastic review in @electronicsound.bsky.social magazine this month...
Copies of the album still available here:
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
Copies of the album still available here:
blacktempest.bandcamp.com/album/foldin...
First Record of The Weekend is the Psychedelic Furs' classic first album from 1980. Guess why I've chosen this one? I've just booked a trip to India for March! Any excuse to play this brilliant record.
October 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
First Record of The Weekend is the Psychedelic Furs' classic first album from 1980. Guess why I've chosen this one? I've just booked a trip to India for March! Any excuse to play this brilliant record.