Wayside & Woodland Recordings LTD
@waysideandwoodland.bsky.social
Staffordshire based independent record label, est 2006. CDs, CDrs, tapes, vinyl, photobooks & prints. Edgeland music.
Home to epic45, Birds In The Brickwork, The Toy Library, My Autumn Empire, The Balloonist etc
Home to epic45, Birds In The Brickwork, The Toy Library, My Autumn Empire, The Balloonist etc
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Wayside & Woodland.
For all your blurry nostalgia and landscape music needs.
est. 2006
For all your blurry nostalgia and landscape music needs.
est. 2006
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Like buses, parcels always come in twos ... nice surprise from @castlesinspace.bsky.social and @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social (obviously a big thanks to both as well ... I'm about to look smart while listening to good music!)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Like buses, parcels always come in twos ... nice surprise from @castlesinspace.bsky.social and @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social (obviously a big thanks to both as well ... I'm about to look smart while listening to good music!)
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Up for pre-order on Wayside and Woodland @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social, Ben Holton's The Balloonist. I love the chiming atmospherics found here. Lovely as ever.
#dreampop #shoegaze #ambient
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wulfrun
#dreampop #shoegaze #ambient
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wulfrun
Wulfrun, by The Balloonist
5 track album
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Up for pre-order on Wayside and Woodland @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social, Ben Holton's The Balloonist. I love the chiming atmospherics found here. Lovely as ever.
#dreampop #shoegaze #ambient
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wulfrun
#dreampop #shoegaze #ambient
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wulfrun
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Essential purchase.
Do love Ben’s work as The Balloonist.
Now waiting for the companion EP.
Do love Ben’s work as The Balloonist.
Now waiting for the companion EP.
Now up for pre-order
'Wulfrun' by The Balloonist. An homage to the 1960s, open air shopping parade in Wolverhampton, UK.
Covered over in the late 90s, the original was testament to the post-war futurism that drove architecture for a short while...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/wulfrun
'Wulfrun' by The Balloonist. An homage to the 1960s, open air shopping parade in Wolverhampton, UK.
Covered over in the late 90s, the original was testament to the post-war futurism that drove architecture for a short while...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/wulfrun
Wulfrun, by The Balloonist
5 track album
digital.waysideandwoodland.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Essential purchase.
Do love Ben’s work as The Balloonist.
Now waiting for the companion EP.
Do love Ben’s work as The Balloonist.
Now waiting for the companion EP.
Now up for pre-order
'Wulfrun' by The Balloonist. An homage to the 1960s, open air shopping parade in Wolverhampton, UK.
Covered over in the late 90s, the original was testament to the post-war futurism that drove architecture for a short while...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/wulfrun
'Wulfrun' by The Balloonist. An homage to the 1960s, open air shopping parade in Wolverhampton, UK.
Covered over in the late 90s, the original was testament to the post-war futurism that drove architecture for a short while...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/wulfrun
Wulfrun, by The Balloonist
5 track album
digital.waysideandwoodland.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Now up for pre-order
'Wulfrun' by The Balloonist. An homage to the 1960s, open air shopping parade in Wolverhampton, UK.
Covered over in the late 90s, the original was testament to the post-war futurism that drove architecture for a short while...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/wulfrun
'Wulfrun' by The Balloonist. An homage to the 1960s, open air shopping parade in Wolverhampton, UK.
Covered over in the late 90s, the original was testament to the post-war futurism that drove architecture for a short while...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/wulfrun
The Balloonist 'Wulfrun', an EP recollecting the 1960s 'concretopia' of the Wulfrun Shopping Centre, will be available for pre-order at 5pm this evening.
It's only a short pre-order, however copies will be available at the gig on Sunday 👀
And, as ever, Patrons get their copies a little sooner...
It's only a short pre-order, however copies will be available at the gig on Sunday 👀
And, as ever, Patrons get their copies a little sooner...
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Balloonist 'Wulfrun', an EP recollecting the 1960s 'concretopia' of the Wulfrun Shopping Centre, will be available for pre-order at 5pm this evening.
It's only a short pre-order, however copies will be available at the gig on Sunday 👀
And, as ever, Patrons get their copies a little sooner...
It's only a short pre-order, however copies will be available at the gig on Sunday 👀
And, as ever, Patrons get their copies a little sooner...
OUT TODAY!
'Provincial Echo' by The Form Group.
Matt will have a limited amount of the handmade physical copy very soon, so hang fire if you want one of them.
BUT.... do do do have a listen!
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/provin...
'Provincial Echo' by The Form Group.
Matt will have a limited amount of the handmade physical copy very soon, so hang fire if you want one of them.
BUT.... do do do have a listen!
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/provin...
Provincial Echo, by The Form Group
8 track album
digital.waysideandwoodland.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
OUT TODAY!
'Provincial Echo' by The Form Group.
Matt will have a limited amount of the handmade physical copy very soon, so hang fire if you want one of them.
BUT.... do do do have a listen!
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/provin...
'Provincial Echo' by The Form Group.
Matt will have a limited amount of the handmade physical copy very soon, so hang fire if you want one of them.
BUT.... do do do have a listen!
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/provin...
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Two TLL-related things out today...
Firstly a Matt (me, usually) solo album as The Form Group on @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social
Firstly a Matt (me, usually) solo album as The Form Group on @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social
OUT TODAY! New solo album from me, the first in many years as The Form Group. An honour to have something out on the excellent @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social label (home to several favourites):
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/provin...
RIYL Fennesz, Eno's On Land, Ryoji Ikeda
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/provin...
RIYL Fennesz, Eno's On Land, Ryoji Ikeda
Provincial Echo, by The Form Group
8 track album
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Two TLL-related things out today...
Firstly a Matt (me, usually) solo album as The Form Group on @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social
Firstly a Matt (me, usually) solo album as The Form Group on @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social
Coming soon, the new Birds In The Brickwork calendar (and album!)
This time, the album dives deep into ambience using field recordings recorded in each month of the year...
This time, the album dives deep into ambience using field recordings recorded in each month of the year...
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Coming soon, the new Birds In The Brickwork calendar (and album!)
This time, the album dives deep into ambience using field recordings recorded in each month of the year...
This time, the album dives deep into ambience using field recordings recorded in each month of the year...
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Sky Foam from my new Form Group album, out 07/11 on @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social is on the Key Grips radio show. Thanks K+B.
Listen again: Key Grips with Kristen & Bernie / 30th October 2025
Playing tracks by Jinrag Joshipura, Kelan, The Greater London Banjo Trio, Paranormal music from Okkulte Stimmen, Karen Dalton and more.
@kgallerneaux.bsky.social | @dhallllc.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/key-...
Playing tracks by Jinrag Joshipura, Kelan, The Greater London Banjo Trio, Paranormal music from Okkulte Stimmen, Karen Dalton and more.
@kgallerneaux.bsky.social | @dhallllc.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/key-...
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sky Foam from my new Form Group album, out 07/11 on @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social is on the Key Grips radio show. Thanks K+B.
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Out at the end of this week, 'Provincial Echo' by The Form Group.
ProCDr in totally handmade packaging (a labour of love,this one)
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and obvs thanks to @matthewjashton.bsky.social , who will have an extra 10 copies for sale himself very soon!
ProCDr in totally handmade packaging (a labour of love,this one)
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and obvs thanks to @matthewjashton.bsky.social , who will have an extra 10 copies for sale himself very soon!
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Out at the end of this week, 'Provincial Echo' by The Form Group.
ProCDr in totally handmade packaging (a labour of love,this one)
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and obvs thanks to @matthewjashton.bsky.social , who will have an extra 10 copies for sale himself very soon!
ProCDr in totally handmade packaging (a labour of love,this one)
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and obvs thanks to @matthewjashton.bsky.social , who will have an extra 10 copies for sale himself very soon!
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Lovingly beautiful and out to radio. youtu.be/bs0r-0rTpNs?... @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social
Ben Holton - Your Garden
YouTube video by Ben Holton
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Lovingly beautiful and out to radio. youtu.be/bs0r-0rTpNs?... @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social
Out at the end of this week, 'Provincial Echo' by The Form Group.
ProCDr in totally handmade packaging (a labour of love,this one)
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and obvs thanks to @matthewjashton.bsky.social , who will have an extra 10 copies for sale himself very soon!
ProCDr in totally handmade packaging (a labour of love,this one)
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and obvs thanks to @matthewjashton.bsky.social , who will have an extra 10 copies for sale himself very soon!
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Out at the end of this week, 'Provincial Echo' by The Form Group.
ProCDr in totally handmade packaging (a labour of love,this one)
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and obvs thanks to @matthewjashton.bsky.social , who will have an extra 10 copies for sale himself very soon!
ProCDr in totally handmade packaging (a labour of love,this one)
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and obvs thanks to @matthewjashton.bsky.social , who will have an extra 10 copies for sale himself very soon!
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Great interview with Ben Holton @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social here on Absent Friend.
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Absent Friend 6: Ben Holton (Epic45, & The Balloonist, & Birds in the Brickwork)
About the built and natural landscape, photography, surviving our influences, life around decay, music after rock.
absentfriend.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Great interview with Ben Holton @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social here on Absent Friend.
absentfriend.substack.com/p/absent-fri...
absentfriend.substack.com/p/absent-fri...
The epic45 tees have arrived and....they look beautiful!
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The epic45 tees have arrived and....they look beautiful!
Another joy to have worked on :-)
Releasing on Friday 24th Oct; a split-single by Assistant & @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social; Flowers & Sky Lantern sit on either side of a ltd edition 7" pressed with care by @loosehairlathecuts.bsky.social. Both songs are mastered by Ben Holton (@waysideandwoodland.bsky.social). DIY indie-pop forever!
October 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Another joy to have worked on :-)
Very much looking forward to everyone getting their *handmade* numbered Form Group CDr packages
Did I mention it's an awesome collection of deep, mysterious and often beautiful drone work? Perfect for the darkening days of Autumn into Winter...
Did I mention it's an awesome collection of deep, mysterious and often beautiful drone work? Perfect for the darkening days of Autumn into Winter...
Not long till The Form Group’s (me/Matt) new album is out on @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social. You can hear a track off it on the most recent Key Grips show.
Listen again: Key Grips with Kristen & Bernie / 02nd October 2025
Playing tracks by The Form Group, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Holy Mountain Orchestra, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Tara Clerkin Trio and more.
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/key-...
Playing tracks by The Form Group, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Holy Mountain Orchestra, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Tara Clerkin Trio and more.
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/key-...
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Very much looking forward to everyone getting their *handmade* numbered Form Group CDr packages
Did I mention it's an awesome collection of deep, mysterious and often beautiful drone work? Perfect for the darkening days of Autumn into Winter...
Did I mention it's an awesome collection of deep, mysterious and often beautiful drone work? Perfect for the darkening days of Autumn into Winter...
A pretty deep and in-depth interview here with Ben, regarding epic45, landscape, history, the term 'post-rock' and its lineage etc
Please do have a look...
absentfriend.substack.com/p/absent-fri...
Please do have a look...
absentfriend.substack.com/p/absent-fri...
Absent Friend 6: Ben Holton (Epic45, & The Balloonist, & Birds in the Brickwork)
About the built and natural landscape, photography, surviving our influences, life around decay, music after rock.
absentfriend.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A pretty deep and in-depth interview here with Ben, regarding epic45, landscape, history, the term 'post-rock' and its lineage etc
Please do have a look...
absentfriend.substack.com/p/absent-fri...
Please do have a look...
absentfriend.substack.com/p/absent-fri...
An absolutely beautiful review of Flowers Made Of Light here by Alistair Fitchett.
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Written during his father’s ill health, and later recorded in his childhood home, Ben Holton’s ‘Flowers Made Of Light’ (@waysideandwoodland.bsky.social) inhabits the liminal space between past, present and future, writes @unpopularuk.bsky.social www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/10/flow...
October 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
An absolutely beautiful review of Flowers Made Of Light here by Alistair Fitchett.
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**LAST CALL FOR THE LIMITED EDITION EPIC45 T-SHIRT ORDER**
Orders close in the morning
I'll most likely 'round up' the order so there my be one or two extras for sale but...maybe not!
Thank you all who ordered!
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/merch/epic45...
Orders close in the morning
I'll most likely 'round up' the order so there my be one or two extras for sale but...maybe not!
Thank you all who ordered!
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/merch/epic45...
epic45 - Pylon Hum & Birdsong T-shirt from Wayside & Woodland Recordings
epic45 - Pylon Hum & Birdsong T-shirt from Wayside & Woodland Recordings
digital.waysideandwoodland.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
**LAST CALL FOR THE LIMITED EDITION EPIC45 T-SHIRT ORDER**
Orders close in the morning
I'll most likely 'round up' the order so there my be one or two extras for sale but...maybe not!
Thank you all who ordered!
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/merch/epic45...
Orders close in the morning
I'll most likely 'round up' the order so there my be one or two extras for sale but...maybe not!
Thank you all who ordered!
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/merch/epic45...
For the first time in ages, I've listened to this album and felt rather proud.
I remember the astonishment from some of our friends that we'd made it at home. Pioneers! 😆
We still record at home, by the way.
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/reckle...
I remember the astonishment from some of our friends that we'd made it at home. Pioneers! 😆
We still record at home, by the way.
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/reckle...
Reckless Engineers, by epic45
12 track album
digital.waysideandwoodland.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
For the first time in ages, I've listened to this album and felt rather proud.
I remember the astonishment from some of our friends that we'd made it at home. Pioneers! 😆
We still record at home, by the way.
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/reckle...
I remember the astonishment from some of our friends that we'd made it at home. Pioneers! 😆
We still record at home, by the way.
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/reckle...
Very much looking forward to this collaboration with the ace @hiddenbritain.bsky.social
The Balloonist takes flight!
Plus the Wren's Nest project looks eerie as anything. All based in queasily familiar surroundings...
The Balloonist takes flight!
Plus the Wren's Nest project looks eerie as anything. All based in queasily familiar surroundings...
October 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Very much looking forward to this collaboration with the ace @hiddenbritain.bsky.social
The Balloonist takes flight!
Plus the Wren's Nest project looks eerie as anything. All based in queasily familiar surroundings...
The Balloonist takes flight!
Plus the Wren's Nest project looks eerie as anything. All based in queasily familiar surroundings...
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I forgot to post about this yesterday, available digitally for the first time @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social by Epic 45. Perfect Autumnal listening.
#dreampop #shoegaze #ambient
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/reckle...
#dreampop #shoegaze #ambient
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/reckle...
Reckless Engineers, by epic45
12 track album
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I forgot to post about this yesterday, available digitally for the first time @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social by Epic 45. Perfect Autumnal listening.
#dreampop #shoegaze #ambient
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/reckle...
#dreampop #shoegaze #ambient
waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/reckle...
I concur!
Plus, a limited edition epic45 T-shirt!
Plus, a limited edition epic45 T-shirt!
October 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I concur!
Plus, a limited edition epic45 T-shirt!
Plus, a limited edition epic45 T-shirt!
This is going to be a lush version. originally released on W&W back in 2010...
The extended, 15th anniversary edition of my 2010 album 'Snailbeach Mines Trust' is also available to pre-order now. It's a new, deeper, more expansive mix, beautifully remastered by epic45's Ben Holton who also provides liner notes. (@waysideandwoodland.bsky.social)
tinyurl.com/3f4tmtyd
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Snailbeach Mines Trust (Extended Reissue), by E. L. Heath
14 track album
tinyurl.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is going to be a lush version. originally released on W&W back in 2010...
As well as a *brand new T-shirt design* today also sees the long awaited digital release of epic45's debut album 'proper' Reckless Engineers, from 2002.
It's in its beautifully remastered 2011 form, complete with the two Japanese bonus tracks...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/reckle...
It's in its beautifully remastered 2011 form, complete with the two Japanese bonus tracks...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/reckle...
Reckless Engineers, by epic45
12 track album
digital.waysideandwoodland.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
As well as a *brand new T-shirt design* today also sees the long awaited digital release of epic45's debut album 'proper' Reckless Engineers, from 2002.
It's in its beautifully remastered 2011 form, complete with the two Japanese bonus tracks...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/reckle...
It's in its beautifully remastered 2011 form, complete with the two Japanese bonus tracks...
digital.waysideandwoodland.com/album/reckle...