Martin James
@st8ofbass.bsky.social
Author / academic / music journalist/ musician / Nostalgia Deathstar / Mothloop / State of Bass UK
Sometimes you have to go way back in time in order to move forwards…
October 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Sometimes you have to go way back in time in order to move forwards…
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“Listened to it three times on my holiday” ( Matt, Hundred Records)
It is great and I have the CD available in store.
It is great and I have the CD available in store.
September 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Listened to it three times on my holiday” ( Matt, Hundred Records)
It is great and I have the CD available in store.
It is great and I have the CD available in store.
How did I end up writing the sleeve notes for The Prodigy’s Their Law?
September 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
How did I end up writing the sleeve notes for The Prodigy’s Their Law?
Crowdfunding campaign for the untold story of The Prodigy - We Live For The Beats. Go to indiegogo and search ‘the Prodigy Story part 2’…
50% funded!!! #musicbooks
50% funded!!! #musicbooks
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Crowdfunding campaign for the untold story of The Prodigy - We Live For The Beats. Go to indiegogo and search ‘the Prodigy Story part 2’…
50% funded!!! #musicbooks
50% funded!!! #musicbooks
Nostalgia Deathstar’They Kill The Flame’ is available now…
‘One of the coolest electronic albums of the year..’ (Blitzed Magazine)
‘Savage and prescient’ (Electronic Sound).
‘One of the coolest electronic albums of the year..’ (Blitzed Magazine)
‘Savage and prescient’ (Electronic Sound).
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Nostalgia Deathstar’They Kill The Flame’ is available now…
‘One of the coolest electronic albums of the year..’ (Blitzed Magazine)
‘Savage and prescient’ (Electronic Sound).
‘One of the coolest electronic albums of the year..’ (Blitzed Magazine)
‘Savage and prescient’ (Electronic Sound).
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Not shared this here before… when we were young! youtu.be/sqo42dGdW68?...
General Seven: Emotion - Pressure - Splendour - General Seven
YouTube video by Trevor Tweedy
youtu.be
June 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Not shared this here before… when we were young! youtu.be/sqo42dGdW68?...
Not shared this here before… when we were young! youtu.be/sqo42dGdW68?...
General Seven: Emotion - Pressure - Splendour - General Seven
YouTube video by Trevor Tweedy
youtu.be
June 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Not shared this here before… when we were young! youtu.be/sqo42dGdW68?...
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Mutant Electro,the final release in the acclaimed Generation Blitz compilation series is out now via Bandcamp. generationblitz.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
May 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Mutant Electro,the final release in the acclaimed Generation Blitz compilation series is out now via Bandcamp. generationblitz.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
This set from Ghanaian rapper Bryte blew my mind yesterday - which was a problem because I was driving. Listen loud and dance wildly - but not when you’re driving 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Jamz Supernova - Live bars & new album chat with Bryte - BBC Sounds
Bryte joins Jamz to chat new album plus shares some live bars over the Weekend Warm-Up mix
www.bbc.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This set from Ghanaian rapper Bryte blew my mind yesterday - which was a problem because I was driving. Listen loud and dance wildly - but not when you’re driving 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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So yeah anyway if you want a track from our upcoming album a bit early get the Generation Blitz compilation from @st8ofbass.bsky.social - In fact get it anyway it is full of electro goodness! www.facebook.com/groups/15938...
Generation Blitz | MUTANT ELECTRO REVEAL #11 | Facebook
MUTANT ELECTRO REVEAL #11
Means Of Production - Zero
Oxford's finest purveyors of acid electro punk deliver squat party energy with this blistering exploration of the zero hours contract......
www.facebook.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So yeah anyway if you want a track from our upcoming album a bit early get the Generation Blitz compilation from @st8ofbass.bsky.social - In fact get it anyway it is full of electro goodness! www.facebook.com/groups/15938...
The weather is all about Anti-Cyclonic Gloom in the U.K. today.
Have you heard the new Nostalgia Deathstar yet? 😎 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Have you heard the new Nostalgia Deathstar yet? 😎 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Art V STEM - YouTube
youtube.com
November 8, 2024 at 7:42 PM
The weather is all about Anti-Cyclonic Gloom in the U.K. today.
Have you heard the new Nostalgia Deathstar yet? 😎 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Have you heard the new Nostalgia Deathstar yet? 😎 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Something new from Nostalgia Deathstar - it’s called Art V STEM and it’s out now… we like it. You might too.
open.spotify.com/album/4B1k3v...
open.spotify.com/album/4B1k3v...
Art V STEM
Nostalgia Deathstar · Single · 2024 · 1 songs
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Something new from Nostalgia Deathstar - it’s called Art V STEM and it’s out now… we like it. You might too.
open.spotify.com/album/4B1k3v...
open.spotify.com/album/4B1k3v...
I keep trying BlueSky, one day I’ll get how it works- in the meantime here’s a song called ‘The Ground Belongs to Me’ that Nostalgia Deathstar just released. open.spotify.com/track/6VSMYK...
The Ground Belongs To Me
Nostalgia Deathstar · The Ground Belongs To Me · Song · 2024
open.spotify.com
October 12, 2024 at 11:29 PM
I keep trying BlueSky, one day I’ll get how it works- in the meantime here’s a song called ‘The Ground Belongs to Me’ that Nostalgia Deathstar just released. open.spotify.com/track/6VSMYK...
The latest single from Nostalgia Deathstar aka me and @ghost-elektron.bsky.social is on stealing platforms now. It’s called Human Resource, it’s about precarious employment and it’s already been likened to Crackdown era Cabaret Voltaire - this is dark audio warfare
open.spotify.com/album/5rSmT0...
open.spotify.com/album/5rSmT0...
Human Resource
Single · Nostalgia Deathstar · 2024 · 1 songs
open.spotify.com
September 6, 2024 at 7:05 AM
The latest single from Nostalgia Deathstar aka me and @ghost-elektron.bsky.social is on stealing platforms now. It’s called Human Resource, it’s about precarious employment and it’s already been likened to Crackdown era Cabaret Voltaire - this is dark audio warfare
open.spotify.com/album/5rSmT0...
open.spotify.com/album/5rSmT0...
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Backstory #4
In July 2021 we released the first in the acclaimed Generation Blitz compilation series. Called 'Dusk to Dawn' we brought together amazing artists from the global synth pop underground with the brief to re-imagine the sound of the Blitz Club. generationblitz.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
In July 2021 we released the first in the acclaimed Generation Blitz compilation series. Called 'Dusk to Dawn' we brought together amazing artists from the global synth pop underground with the brief to re-imagine the sound of the Blitz Club. generationblitz.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
Generation Blitz - Dusk to Dawn, by Generation Blitz
34 track album
generationblitz.bandcamp.com
September 1, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Backstory #4
In July 2021 we released the first in the acclaimed Generation Blitz compilation series. Called 'Dusk to Dawn' we brought together amazing artists from the global synth pop underground with the brief to re-imagine the sound of the Blitz Club. generationblitz.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
In July 2021 we released the first in the acclaimed Generation Blitz compilation series. Called 'Dusk to Dawn' we brought together amazing artists from the global synth pop underground with the brief to re-imagine the sound of the Blitz Club. generationblitz.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
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'Human Resource', the first single from Nostalgia Deathstar's forthcoming second album will be released into the wild on Sept 6th. A pounding synth-hymn to the era of managed decline, strategic resourcing and the reduction of human value to spreadsheet cost analysis.
August 28, 2024 at 8:04 AM
'Human Resource', the first single from Nostalgia Deathstar's forthcoming second album will be released into the wild on Sept 6th. A pounding synth-hymn to the era of managed decline, strategic resourcing and the reduction of human value to spreadsheet cost analysis.
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Honestly, when it comes to reunions I’m far more excited by the first album in 30 years from The Wolfgang Press
August 27, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Honestly, when it comes to reunions I’m far more excited by the first album in 30 years from The Wolfgang Press
Honestly, when it comes to reunions I’m far more excited by the first album in 30 years from The Wolfgang Press
August 27, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Honestly, when it comes to reunions I’m far more excited by the first album in 30 years from The Wolfgang Press
Been collecting vinyl for 50 yrs. But I’ve lost & sold & had records stolen over the years so my collection is much smaller than it could have been. Today, as I played a new copy of Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album I realised it’s the 15th time I’ve bought the album! Anyone else a serial re-purchaser?
August 25, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Been collecting vinyl for 50 yrs. But I’ve lost & sold & had records stolen over the years so my collection is much smaller than it could have been. Today, as I played a new copy of Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album I realised it’s the 15th time I’ve bought the album! Anyone else a serial re-purchaser?
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A brief background story... #1
State of Bass UK was created in 2020 to publish the definitive biography of The Prodigy by Martin James @st8ofbass.bsky.social ... the imprint's name was taken from Martin's debut book State of Bass: Jungle - the story so far weeatrhythm.bandcamp.com/album/we-eat...
State of Bass UK was created in 2020 to publish the definitive biography of The Prodigy by Martin James @st8ofbass.bsky.social ... the imprint's name was taken from Martin's debut book State of Bass: Jungle - the story so far weeatrhythm.bandcamp.com/album/we-eat...
We Eat Rhythm - The Prodigy Story Part1, by Martin James
0 track album
weeatrhythm.bandcamp.com
August 21, 2024 at 6:04 PM
A brief background story... #1
State of Bass UK was created in 2020 to publish the definitive biography of The Prodigy by Martin James @st8ofbass.bsky.social ... the imprint's name was taken from Martin's debut book State of Bass: Jungle - the story so far weeatrhythm.bandcamp.com/album/we-eat...
State of Bass UK was created in 2020 to publish the definitive biography of The Prodigy by Martin James @st8ofbass.bsky.social ... the imprint's name was taken from Martin's debut book State of Bass: Jungle - the story so far weeatrhythm.bandcamp.com/album/we-eat...
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Background story #3
June 21 we released 'Charged Attachment' the debut album from Nostalgia Deathstar (aka Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social and Martin James @st8ofbass.bsky.social) Electronic Sound praised its 'effortlessly glistening synths'. nostalgia-deathstar.bandcamp.com/album/charge...
June 21 we released 'Charged Attachment' the debut album from Nostalgia Deathstar (aka Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social and Martin James @st8ofbass.bsky.social) Electronic Sound praised its 'effortlessly glistening synths'. nostalgia-deathstar.bandcamp.com/album/charge...
Charged Attachment, by Nostalgia Deathstar
12 track album
nostalgia-deathstar.bandcamp.com
August 21, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Background story #3
June 21 we released 'Charged Attachment' the debut album from Nostalgia Deathstar (aka Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social and Martin James @st8ofbass.bsky.social) Electronic Sound praised its 'effortlessly glistening synths'. nostalgia-deathstar.bandcamp.com/album/charge...
June 21 we released 'Charged Attachment' the debut album from Nostalgia Deathstar (aka Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social and Martin James @st8ofbass.bsky.social) Electronic Sound praised its 'effortlessly glistening synths'. nostalgia-deathstar.bandcamp.com/album/charge...
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Hello new followers - here's my 2021 ghost elektron album - processed piano-glitch-ambient on State of Bass
unlocked, by ghost elektron
11 track album
ghost-elektron.bandcamp.com
August 21, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Hello new followers - here's my 2021 ghost elektron album - processed piano-glitch-ambient on State of Bass
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Hi, we're State of Bass UK, an electronic music label run by Martin James (@st8ofbass.bsky.social) & Sean Albiez (@ghost-elektron.bsky.social) .
Our current roster is: Generation Blitz / ghost elektron / Nostalgia Deathstar / Mad Elektrons / Maxx Silver / Mothloop / Pulse Lab / Sonar 4 / Wavewulf
Our current roster is: Generation Blitz / ghost elektron / Nostalgia Deathstar / Mad Elektrons / Maxx Silver / Mothloop / Pulse Lab / Sonar 4 / Wavewulf
August 20, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Hi, we're State of Bass UK, an electronic music label run by Martin James (@st8ofbass.bsky.social) & Sean Albiez (@ghost-elektron.bsky.social) .
Our current roster is: Generation Blitz / ghost elektron / Nostalgia Deathstar / Mad Elektrons / Maxx Silver / Mothloop / Pulse Lab / Sonar 4 / Wavewulf
Our current roster is: Generation Blitz / ghost elektron / Nostalgia Deathstar / Mad Elektrons / Maxx Silver / Mothloop / Pulse Lab / Sonar 4 / Wavewulf
Into the blue.
Hello, I’m Martin James. I make dark synth music as Nostalgia Deathstar and run the State of Bass electronic music label with Sean Albiez (ghost elektron) @ghost-elektron.bsky.social
I also make contaminated disco as Mothloop with Timo Jalkanen.
I’m a writer, journo, academic etc.
Hello, I’m Martin James. I make dark synth music as Nostalgia Deathstar and run the State of Bass electronic music label with Sean Albiez (ghost elektron) @ghost-elektron.bsky.social
I also make contaminated disco as Mothloop with Timo Jalkanen.
I’m a writer, journo, academic etc.
August 20, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Into the blue.
Hello, I’m Martin James. I make dark synth music as Nostalgia Deathstar and run the State of Bass electronic music label with Sean Albiez (ghost elektron) @ghost-elektron.bsky.social
I also make contaminated disco as Mothloop with Timo Jalkanen.
I’m a writer, journo, academic etc.
Hello, I’m Martin James. I make dark synth music as Nostalgia Deathstar and run the State of Bass electronic music label with Sean Albiez (ghost elektron) @ghost-elektron.bsky.social
I also make contaminated disco as Mothloop with Timo Jalkanen.
I’m a writer, journo, academic etc.