Warren Hatter
@frenchrocksampler.bsky.social
Brighton, East Sussex.
I write about the French equivalent of Krautrock.
25 @ResonanceFM shows: bit.ly/FRSradio
Concrete Science Fiction Riot forthcoming on Strange Attractor
I write about the French equivalent of Krautrock.
25 @ResonanceFM shows: bit.ly/FRSradio
Concrete Science Fiction Riot forthcoming on Strange Attractor
Pinned
Links:
25 radio shows bit.ly/FRSradio
Manifesto in tQ tquiet.us/CSFR
On magma for Shindig! bit.ly/MagmaShindig
Richard Pinhas Bakers Dozen tquiet.us/RP13
Zeuhl top ten: bit.ly/ZeuhlTop10
Later, Concrete Science Fiction Riot, forthcoming on
@strangeattractor.bsky.social
25 radio shows bit.ly/FRSradio
Manifesto in tQ tquiet.us/CSFR
On magma for Shindig! bit.ly/MagmaShindig
Richard Pinhas Bakers Dozen tquiet.us/RP13
Zeuhl top ten: bit.ly/ZeuhlTop10
Later, Concrete Science Fiction Riot, forthcoming on
@strangeattractor.bsky.social
There's a band in Mexico called Rëslip making heavy Zeuhl with the intensity, but not the virtuosity, of Koenjihyakkei. Thrilling stuff noizumx.bandcamp.com/album/warth-k
Warthåk, by Rëlisp
4 track album
noizumx.bandcamp.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There's a band in Mexico called Rëslip making heavy Zeuhl with the intensity, but not the virtuosity, of Koenjihyakkei. Thrilling stuff noizumx.bandcamp.com/album/warth-k
Let’s do this. (I have - to Tidal a while ago)
Have you quit Spotify?
Now is the time to do so
Please take a time to watch (or bookmark for later) our latest podcast with @mynabirds.bsky.social about Spotify CEO’s investment in military tech youtu.be/svJnpYwgo9A?...
(Be grateful of any shares as I’m new to YouTube and building an audience)
Now is the time to do so
Please take a time to watch (or bookmark for later) our latest podcast with @mynabirds.bsky.social about Spotify CEO’s investment in military tech youtu.be/svJnpYwgo9A?...
(Be grateful of any shares as I’m new to YouTube and building an audience)
Why it's time to quit Spotify
YouTube video by Drowned in Sound
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Let’s do this. (I have - to Tidal a while ago)
Well this looks fascinating www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
August 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Well this looks fascinating www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
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I know a lot of us have feelings about Bandcamp’s changes in ownership over the last few years. But it’s still true that buying music directly from independent labels and artists on Bandcamp remains one of the best ways to support the musicians you listen to.
This Friday is Bandcamp Friday.
This Friday is Bandcamp Friday
daily.bandcamp.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I know a lot of us have feelings about Bandcamp’s changes in ownership over the last few years. But it’s still true that buying music directly from independent labels and artists on Bandcamp remains one of the best ways to support the musicians you listen to.
This reads like WeTransfer will train LLMs on all the stuff we transfer, royalty-free forever. You know, the stuff you’ve slaved over that has some value.
July 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This reads like WeTransfer will train LLMs on all the stuff we transfer, royalty-free forever. You know, the stuff you’ve slaved over that has some value.
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BLUE FIFTY-FOUR: BEN RICHTER
Deep listening accordion drone on tape or digital from here: bluetapes.bandcamp.com/album/blue-f...
Deep listening accordion drone on tape or digital from here: bluetapes.bandcamp.com/album/blue-f...
July 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
BLUE FIFTY-FOUR: BEN RICHTER
Deep listening accordion drone on tape or digital from here: bluetapes.bandcamp.com/album/blue-f...
Deep listening accordion drone on tape or digital from here: bluetapes.bandcamp.com/album/blue-f...
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BACK IN STOCK: 'La Planète Sauvage (Expanded Original Soundtrack)' by Alain Goraguer
Iconic score to the classic sci-fi animation.
2LP blue vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a zine.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1986...
Iconic score to the classic sci-fi animation.
2LP blue vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a zine.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1986...
July 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
BACK IN STOCK: 'La Planète Sauvage (Expanded Original Soundtrack)' by Alain Goraguer
Iconic score to the classic sci-fi animation.
2LP blue vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a zine.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1986...
Iconic score to the classic sci-fi animation.
2LP blue vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a zine.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1986...
Some cracking tapes/DLs forthcoming/out on @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social, incl Summer by Beckton Alps2, "the second in a four part series of albums imagining Stone Age people reacting to the changing seasons" and this new one from Nicholas Langley cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/one-sq...
One Square Centimetre Of Light, by Nicholas Langley
6 track album
cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Some cracking tapes/DLs forthcoming/out on @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social, incl Summer by Beckton Alps2, "the second in a four part series of albums imagining Stone Age people reacting to the changing seasons" and this new one from Nicholas Langley cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/one-sq...
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An album of experimental music made by Todmorden school children evokes The Necks, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and a series of exotic locale. The kids are all right, says @spinal-bap.bsky.social
Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra - Places We Have Never Been
buff.ly/9gUDPkC
Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra - Places We Have Never Been
buff.ly/9gUDPkC
July 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
An album of experimental music made by Todmorden school children evokes The Necks, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and a series of exotic locale. The kids are all right, says @spinal-bap.bsky.social
Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra - Places We Have Never Been
buff.ly/9gUDPkC
Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra - Places We Have Never Been
buff.ly/9gUDPkC
Artists/bands with most albums in my collection (5 or more):
A Tribe Called Quest
Can
Sea Power
Daniel Avery
Echo & The Bunnymen
Gong
Heldon
Low
MF DOOM
Magma
Mogwai
Scott Walker
Stereolab
Sunn O)))
Teeth Of The Sea
Wrekmeister Harmonies
A Tribe Called Quest
Can
Sea Power
Daniel Avery
Echo & The Bunnymen
Gong
Heldon
Low
MF DOOM
Magma
Mogwai
Scott Walker
Stereolab
Sunn O)))
Teeth Of The Sea
Wrekmeister Harmonies
Artists/bands with most albums in my collection:
Severed Heads
Finitribe
Peggy Lee
Klaus Wunderlich
Human League
Mogwai
Blancmange
Severed Heads
Finitribe
Peggy Lee
Klaus Wunderlich
Human League
Mogwai
Blancmange
Artists/bands with most albums in my collection:
Kate Bush
Fela Kuti
The Fall
PJ Harvey
Miles Davis
Sunn O)))
Nurse With Wound
Shit and Shine
Bowie
Funkadelic/Parliament
James Brown/The J.B.s
Omar Souleyman
Kate Bush
Fela Kuti
The Fall
PJ Harvey
Miles Davis
Sunn O)))
Nurse With Wound
Shit and Shine
Bowie
Funkadelic/Parliament
James Brown/The J.B.s
Omar Souleyman
July 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Artists/bands with most albums in my collection (5 or more):
A Tribe Called Quest
Can
Sea Power
Daniel Avery
Echo & The Bunnymen
Gong
Heldon
Low
MF DOOM
Magma
Mogwai
Scott Walker
Stereolab
Sunn O)))
Teeth Of The Sea
Wrekmeister Harmonies
A Tribe Called Quest
Can
Sea Power
Daniel Avery
Echo & The Bunnymen
Gong
Heldon
Low
MF DOOM
Magma
Mogwai
Scott Walker
Stereolab
Sunn O)))
Teeth Of The Sea
Wrekmeister Harmonies
Well this is marvellous. Mid-1980s Nigerian abstract SF electronica
July 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Well this is marvellous. Mid-1980s Nigerian abstract SF electronica
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So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.
And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...
This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...
This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
![Screenshot of form on the UK Met Office website. Text reads: "You can provide up to 5 storm names in the boxes below.
Storm Name: [a user has filled this in with "BigOil"]
Storm Name (optional): [filled in with BP]
Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Equinor]
Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Exxon]
Storm Name (optional): [filled in with Shell]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qqz5lt666gxyaxsw3kvswdfs/bafkreifqikwow4ascrvzme7x5rxb7sxha5rrmcgbj3qe5chgn7qu3vopiy@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.
And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...
This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell...
This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Tomorrow, in London, for free thanks to @babayagashut.bsky.social. Always trust @organmagazine.bsky.social’s recommendations
ORGAN PREVIEW: Catch #Zohastre and #Foudre! Two excellent French outfits playing for free over in Dalston at London's #ShacklewellArms. A free to enter rather recommended gig... wp.me/p2ScbB-vhA
ORGAN PREVIEW: Catch Zohastre and Foudre! Two excellent French outfits playing for free over in Dalston at London’s Shacklewell Arms. A free to enter rather recommended gig…
Another quick notice while we find whatever it was we needed to find. There’s a rather organic, rather French double header, coming to town tomorrow. Tomorrow is Thursday June 19th and the pl…
wp.me
June 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Tomorrow, in London, for free thanks to @babayagashut.bsky.social. Always trust @organmagazine.bsky.social’s recommendations
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Wikipedia nugget du jour.
![A Wikipedia paragraph which reads:
"According to the painter Gabriel Fournier, one of the most memorable scandals was an altercation between Cocteau, Satie, and music critic Jean Poueigh, who gave Parade an unfavorable review. [citation needed] Satie had written a postcard to the critic which read, "Monsieur et cher ami - vous êtes un cul, un cul sans musique! Signé Erik Satie" ("Sir and dear friend - you are an arse, an arse without music! Signed, Erik Satie."). The critic sued Satie, and at the trial, Cocteau was arrested and beaten by police for repeatedly yelling "arse" in the courtroom. Satie was given a sentence of eight days in jail.[17][18]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:siyol53kzwu5f4tsylrcwc32/bafkreicwrqkz7qbow6y24h3cvet42vuqfhqojmv4zdhnlddrxnoasekm64@jpeg)
June 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wikipedia nugget du jour.
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No one seems to remember when the internet - and Twitter - wasn’t about ‘engagement’ but just… having fun. How we’ve internalised the Growth Delusion as individuals, treating ourselves as brands requiring outreach, is beyond me, and deeply cringe.
June 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
No one seems to remember when the internet - and Twitter - wasn’t about ‘engagement’ but just… having fun. How we’ve internalised the Growth Delusion as individuals, treating ourselves as brands requiring outreach, is beyond me, and deeply cringe.
RIP Ariel Kalma, citizen of the world who was part of so many great French things, not least tenor sax in the gang Cyrille Verdaux got together to record this soundtrack youtu.be/Be_OKxwqh-g
Clearlight ► Ananta [HQ Audio] Delired Chameleon Family 1975
YouTube video by Suha Önder
youtu.be
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
RIP Ariel Kalma, citizen of the world who was part of so many great French things, not least tenor sax in the gang Cyrille Verdaux got together to record this soundtrack youtu.be/Be_OKxwqh-g
I've been loving the new Caroline album and just realised that there's a touch of them in Wapassou's track Rien from 1973 youtu.be/ne6Z_33k5RM
Wapassou - Rien
YouTube video by Jaime Garza
youtu.be
June 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I've been loving the new Caroline album and just realised that there's a touch of them in Wapassou's track Rien from 1973 youtu.be/ne6Z_33k5RM
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AI advocate: “AI is a crime scene”
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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May 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
AI advocate: “AI is a crime scene”
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WE WON!
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
May 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
WE WON!
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
I've been in touch with Bernard Szajner (Zed), who has confirmed that this beautiful poster was designed by Moebius (yes, THE Moebius) for Bernard's company Laser Graphics in 1977, around the time they were doing light shows at the Planetarium at the Palais De La Découverte in Paris.
May 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I've been in touch with Bernard Szajner (Zed), who has confirmed that this beautiful poster was designed by Moebius (yes, THE Moebius) for Bernard's company Laser Graphics in 1977, around the time they were doing light shows at the Planetarium at the Palais De La Découverte in Paris.
*Of course* @skingraftrecords.bsky.social do stuff with Lyon's amazing Dur Et Doux label, like this split release pilicoit.bandcamp.com/album/split I've played little else for the last fortnight. Try 'Karseh' by Pili Coït: echoing the finest moments of These New Puritans & Tune-Yards, say my ears.
Split, by Pili Coït & Yowie
8 track album
pilicoit.bandcamp.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
*Of course* @skingraftrecords.bsky.social do stuff with Lyon's amazing Dur Et Doux label, like this split release pilicoit.bandcamp.com/album/split I've played little else for the last fortnight. Try 'Karseh' by Pili Coït: echoing the finest moments of These New Puritans & Tune-Yards, say my ears.
I did this for @thequietus.com subscribers back in 2022, because their subscription model keeps the site going. Please consider joining if you possibly can. Organic Intelligence XII – French Dystopian Sci-fi bangers steadyhq.com/en/thequietu...
Organic Intelligence XII – French Dystopian Sci-fi bangers
Warren Hatter sets the controls for the cosmic yet bleak in our latest Organic Intelligence newsletter
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April 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Way back when, I wondered out loud what the original tune is for the rhythmic chant “Ce n’est qu’un début, continuons le combat”, popular in Paris in May '68. Hear it on the last ten seconds of this video. It's familiar as the rhythm of an old school (English) football chant youtu.be/hBQX3cpIs8Y 1/2
« Ce n’est qu’un début, continuons le combat » William Klein, 1968.
YouTube video by David BEN HAIM
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Way back when, I wondered out loud what the original tune is for the rhythmic chant “Ce n’est qu’un début, continuons le combat”, popular in Paris in May '68. Hear it on the last ten seconds of this video. It's familiar as the rhythm of an old school (English) football chant youtu.be/hBQX3cpIs8Y 1/2
This sounds like the predecessor to all that electronic ‘hauntological’ music of the last decade. It’s a film soundtrack from 1977 by Mike Ratledge of Soft Machine, unreleased at the time. It’s all good, but track 10 especially mikeratledge.bandcamp.com/album/riddle...
Riddles of the Sphinx (MM066), by Mike Ratledge
10 track album
mikeratledge.bandcamp.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This sounds like the predecessor to all that electronic ‘hauntological’ music of the last decade. It’s a film soundtrack from 1977 by Mike Ratledge of Soft Machine, unreleased at the time. It’s all good, but track 10 especially mikeratledge.bandcamp.com/album/riddle...