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The Trifler

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Sound manipulator. Records solo as Quartersized & Cauterised and in collaboration as LLB, MMC & Structure Een.

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The Trifler @thetrifler.bsky.social · Sep 14

First new Quartersized release in a few years. Manipulated field and home recordings made over the last 10 years.

quartersized.bandcamp.com/album/field-...

Field Work, by Quartersized

4 track album

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The Trifler

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Last week's listening

Top albums •

1. Pankow — The Art of Gentle Revolution
2. Slam — Human Response
3. The Comsat Angels — Waiting for a Miracle
4. Kayla Painter — Tectonic Particles
5. Various Artists — Warp20 (Recreated)
6. King Tubby — Dub Fever
7. The Bolshoi — Voyage Of Peculiarities
8. Front Line Assembly — Re-Wind
9. Laibach — Volk
10. Die Krupps — Paradise Now
11. Kode9 — Nothing
12. Skinny Puppy — VIVIsectVI
13. System 7 — System Express
14. The Afghan Whigs — Up in It
15. Sudden Infant — Buddhist Nihilism
16. Chrome Hoof — Pre-Emptive False Rapture
17. The Pop Group — Citizen Zombie
18. The Rapture — Echoes
19. Tindersticks — The Waiting Room
20. Cabaret Voltaire — The Voice of America
21. Mark Stewart — VS
22. Scorn — The Only Place
23. Tindersticks — Waiting for the Moon
24. Cosey Fanni Tutti — Tutti
25. Zola Jesus — Stridulum II

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January 26, 2026 at 7:38 AM

The Trifler

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Last week's listening

Top albums •

1. X-102 — Rediscovers The Rings Of Saturn
2. These New Puritans — Beat Pyramid
3. Various Artists — A Means To An End (The Music Of Joy Division)
4. Speedy J — A Shocking Hobby
5. Twilight Circus Dub Sound System — Binshaker Dub
6. These New Puritans — Inside the Rose
7. Michael Cashmore — Until the End of Vibration
8. Coil — Unnatural History III
9. New Model Army — Vengeance - The Whole Story 1980-84
10. 23 Skidoo — Urban Gamelan
11. Coil — Unnatural History II: Smiling in the Face of Perversity
12. Coil — Unnatural History: Compilation Tracks Compiled
13. Caustic Window — Compilation
14. The Fall — Imperial Wax Solvent
15. The Stargazer's Assistant — Modular Fields
16. Antwood — Virtuous.scr
17. Cleaner — Solaris
18. Peter Murphy — Unshattered
19. The Budos Band — VII
20. The Wolfhounds — Untied Kingdom (…or how to come to terms with your culture)
21. Drahla — Useless Coordinates
22. Laibach — Nova Akropola
23. Red Snapper — Making Bones
24. Robert Henke — Layering Buddha
25. Rocket from the Crypt — Paint As A Fragrance

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January 19, 2026 at 7:39 AM

The Trifler

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The Shamen - Jesus Loves Amerika (HD)

YouTube video by themosttogain

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January 18, 2026 at 12:08 AM

The Trifler

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NEW MODEL ARMY - Christian Militia

YouTube video by ergula67

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January 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM

The Trifler

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The Sound - New Dark Age (HQ)

YouTube video by ABorlandFan

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January 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM

The Trifler

@thetrifler.bsky.social

Last week's listening

Top albums •

1. DJ Spooky — Necropolis: The Dialogic Project
2. Orbital — Orbital
3. Oneohtrix Point Never — Tranquilizer
4. DJ Spooky vs. Scanner — The Quick and the Dead
5. Foetus — Halt
6. Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld — Christian & Mauro
7. These New Puritans — Crooked Wing
8. Severed Heads — Under Gail Succubus
9. The Heads — Under Sided
10. The Heads — Under The Stress Of A Headlong Dive
11. Chris & Cosey — Collectiv Two (The Best Of Chris & Cosey)
12. Danny Brown — Atrocity Exhibition
13. Rapeman — Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
14. Air Liquide — Nephology - The New Religion
15. Depeche Mode — Ultra
16. Ziúr — U Feel Anything?
17. Demdike Stare — Symbiosis
18. Drew McDowall — Unnatural Channel
19. New Model Army — Unbroken
20. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — Unconditionally Guaranteed
21. Drew McDowall — Undulations and Aberrations
22. Sorrow — Under the Yew Possessed
23. The United States of America — The United States of America
24. Various Artists — Constellation Music Until Now
25. A Winged Victory for the Sullen — The Undivided Five

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January 12, 2026 at 6:50 AM

The Trifler

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Last week's listening

Top albums •

1. Anika — Abyss
2. Final — 3
3. Various Artists — Macro Dub Infection Volume 2
4. Various Artists — D-I-Y Do It Yourself
5. Dead Kennedys — Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
6. Various Artists — Turkish Freakout 2: Psych Folk 1970-1978
7. MF DOOM — MM..FOOD
8. Various Artists — Lost in Translation (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9. Size — Actual Size
10. The Ex — Turn
11. Dinosaur Jr. — Sweep It Into Space
12. Download — III
13. Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke — Tall Tales
14. The Legendary Pink Dots — The Museum of Human Happiness
15. Arab Strap — As Days Get Dark
16. Cabaret Voltaire — Micro-Phonies
17. Ekoplekz — Unfidelity
18. Drahla — Useless Coordinates
19. Finiflex — Suilven
20. Lakker — Tundra
21. Neneh Cherry & The Thing — The Cherry Thing Remixes
22. Sink Ya Teeth — Two
23. Mark Van Hoen — The Last Flowers From The Darkness
24. Ministry — Twitch
25. It Dockumer Lokaeltsje — Trump yn Makkum

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January 5, 2026 at 7:35 AM

The Trifler

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Cauterised - Trifler Vs The 70's - Free download at GetMusic www.getmusic.fm/r/cauterised...

Cauterised - Trifler Vs The 70's | Free Bandcamp Codes

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January 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM

The Trifler

@thetrifler.bsky.social

I was today old when I find out about this.

youtu.be/4vgcYBwyw28?...

Jane - Its A Fine Day - (Official Video, 1983)

YouTube video by Cherry Red Records

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January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM

The Trifler

@thetrifler.bsky.social

2025 listening report

Top artists •

1. Depeche Mode
2. Tindersticks
3. The Cure
4. The Sound
5. New Model Army
6. The Black Dog
7. Nine Inch Nails
8. PJ Harvey
9. The Bolshoi
10. Ministry
11. Severed Heads
12. Melvins
13. Cabaret Voltaire
14. Goldfrapp
15. Goldie
16. Moon Wiring Club
17. Banco De Gaia
18. Love and Rockets
19. Laibach
20. Tom Waits
21. Clock DVA
22. Yello
23. Finitribe
24. Coil
25. Mark Lanegan

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January 1, 2026 at 8:12 AM

The Trifler

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Haven't done this for a few years but here is a Youtube playlist of some of the stuff I've liked in 2025. As usual some stuff is missing as I couldn't find it or it wasn't there.

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Best of 2025 - YouTube

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December 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM

The Trifler

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Now playing. Nice selection of dub, techno and noise and sometimes all at the same time.

www.discogs.com/release/1382...

Various - Macro Dub Infection Volume 2

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 CD release of "Macro Dub Infection Volume 2" on Discogs.

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December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM

The Trifler

@thetrifler.bsky.social

Last week's listening

Top albums •

1. Bob Mould — Here We Go Crazy
2. Oneida — Happy New Year
3. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — Trout Mask Replica
4. Nine Inch Nails — TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
5. Goldie — Saturnz Return
6. Trumans Water — Peel Sessions
7. Future of the Left — The Plot Against Common Sense
8. Pixies — Trompe le Monde
9. Ultra Vivid Scene — Ultra Vivid Scene
10. Cop Shoot Cop — Ask Questions Later
11. In the Nursery — Counterpoint
12. Sonic Youth — Simon Werner A Disparu (Original Enregistrement Sonore)
13. Various Artists — Interpretations on F.C. Judd
14. SŌON — Actions Made Audible
15. Batfinks — Mosisac
16. Thighpaulsandra — The Golden Communion
17. Fields of the Nephilim — From Gehenna to Here
18. Kid Spatula — Spatula Freak
19. LCD Soundsystem — Sound of Silver
20. Opium Jukebox — Music To Download Pornography By
21. Sulk Rooms — Rewilding
22. African Head Charge — A Trip To Bolgatanga
23. It Dockumer Lokaeltsje — Trump yn Makkum
24. Lagowski — TZ
25. Tristwch Y Fenywod — Tristwch Y Fenywod

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December 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM

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m.w.h. @thegoodmrbrodie.bsky.social · Dec 22

more seasonal sounds 🎅

the semi-regular doubledotdash!? musical Christmas card.

9 brand new tracks, raising money for Launchpad Reading.

doubledotdash.bandcamp.com/album/ho

Ho!, by Various Artists

9 track album

doubledotdash.bandcamp.com

December 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM

The Trifler

@thetrifler.bsky.social

A new Quartersized track appears on this great compilation.

Dom @hownicearechips.bsky.social · Dec 22

One last ride of the year for DJ Turtlehead alongside local saviours and superstars for angel on Reading's tree; doubledotdash
As ever all funds go to Launchpad who are doing excellent work in the area all year round.

Ho!, by Various Artists

9 track album

doubledotdash.bandcamp.com

December 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM

The Trifler

@thetrifler.bsky.social

Last week's listening

Top albums •

1. Trumans Water — Peel Sessions
2. Last Exit — Iron Path
3. Banco De Gaia — Big Men Cry
4. SŌON — Actions Made Audible
5. Anthony Child — of the Beginning
6. Yello — Touch Yello (Deluxe)
7. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult — Sinister Whisperz III (The Rykodisc Years)
8. Joe Higham — Light Seekers
9. LCD Soundsystem — Sound of Silver
10. Sulk Rooms — Rewilding
11. Harvestman — Trinity
12. Susumu Yokota — Skintone Collection: The Best of Susumu Yokota
13. Yello — Toy
14. Beth Orton — Trailer Park
15. Babyland — A Total Let Down
16. Kraftwerk — Tour de France Soundtracks
17. Melvins — Tres Cabrones
18. Skinny Puppy — The Process
19. Locust — Weathered Well
20. Current 93 — Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
21. Veins Full Of Static & Two Way Mirrors — Torn
22. Xingu Hill — Alterity
23. Kraftwerk — Trans-Europe Express
24. Consolidated — Too Much Music! '22-'24
25. Controlled Bleeding — Body Samples

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December 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM

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Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · Dec 18

Awesome stuff as ever from Swede Mason

swedemason @swedemason.bsky.social · Dec 18

Berry Bars

December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM

The Trifler

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Consolidated, Lo Five, Tim Hecker, PJ Harvey, Colin Stetson, The March Vi9lets, Clock DVA, New Model Army, Skinny Puppy, Beefcake, Tom Rom Club, Gwenifer Raymond, The Cure, The Tear Garden.

December 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM

The Trifler

@thetrifler.bsky.social

Last week's listening

The Cure, Dan Le Sac, Ian Boddy & Chris Carter, Alison Goldfrapp, Earth, Goldie, Tindersticks, Loula Yorke, Asian Dub Foundation, Loop Guru, The Sound, Clock DVA, Klaus Morlock, Coptic Rain

December 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM

The Trifler

@thetrifler.bsky.social

Been on a nostalgia trip with things recently which is odd especially as we wrote this track. Just realised that its 9 years old. Trapped in a loop.

youtu.be/4tz1mXSZUGA