Lachlan R. Dale
@lxch.bsky.social
Obscure musician and record label founder 🌘 Eastern classical music - literature - Buddhism - philosophy. lachlanrdale.com
My latest new music recommendations are now online!
Featuring swirling Lebanese soundscapes, microtonal metal, American primitive guitar, and some of the finest progressive, heavy music of the modern age.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
Featuring swirling Lebanese soundscapes, microtonal metal, American primitive guitar, and some of the finest progressive, heavy music of the modern age.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
New music for October 2025
Swirling Lebanese soundscapes, microtonal metal, American primitive guitar, and some of the finest progressive, heavy music of the modern age.
disassembledforms.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
My latest new music recommendations are now online!
Featuring swirling Lebanese soundscapes, microtonal metal, American primitive guitar, and some of the finest progressive, heavy music of the modern age.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
Featuring swirling Lebanese soundscapes, microtonal metal, American primitive guitar, and some of the finest progressive, heavy music of the modern age.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
“Being the party that feels the world’s pain is not a good answer to a president who invites his supporters to share the unalloyed joy of being able to inflict it.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Lingering Delusion | Fintan O’Toole
Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.
www.nybooks.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
“Being the party that feels the world’s pain is not a good answer to a president who invites his supporters to share the unalloyed joy of being able to inflict it.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Badieh bring music from the borderlands of Iran & Afghanistan to ABC Radio National’s The Music Show.
Check out the live performance and interview: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Check out the live performance and interview: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Badieh bring music from the borderlands of Iran & Afghanistan to ABC Radio National’s The Music Show.
Check out the live performance and interview: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Check out the live performance and interview: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Zeitgeber are on the front page of Bandcamp!
Give their new record a spin: zeitgeber-aus.bandcamp.com/album/fellow...
Give their new record a spin: zeitgeber-aus.bandcamp.com/album/fellow...
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Zeitgeber are on the front page of Bandcamp!
Give their new record a spin: zeitgeber-aus.bandcamp.com/album/fellow...
Give their new record a spin: zeitgeber-aus.bandcamp.com/album/fellow...
““The Brothers Karamazov” is a collective novel—it is about the profusion of voices, how they are intertwined and, though they themselves are unable to see it, how they form one whole, one connection, one chorus.”
www.newyorker.com/books/second...
www.newyorker.com/books/second...
The Light of “The Brothers Karamazov”
Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for?
www.newyorker.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
““The Brothers Karamazov” is a collective novel—it is about the profusion of voices, how they are intertwined and, though they themselves are unable to see it, how they form one whole, one connection, one chorus.”
www.newyorker.com/books/second...
www.newyorker.com/books/second...
Reposted by Lachlan R. Dale
Because there's so much awful stuff to write about, I decided to write my latest column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about something interesting and removed from all that: the discovery of a blue pigment in a Neolithic artefact.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
How did cave artists get a brand new pigment?
The discovery of traces of a blue pigment on a stone shaped into a shallow dish at a Palaeolithic site in Germany is quite a find
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Because there's so much awful stuff to write about, I decided to write my latest column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about something interesting and removed from all that: the discovery of a blue pigment in a Neolithic artefact.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
Im in an arvo part phase atm (contemporary composer)
youtu.be/znUnZOhD3lg?...
Also some American primitive guitar
jackrose.bandcamp.com/track/cross-...
youtu.be/znUnZOhD3lg?...
Also some American primitive guitar
jackrose.bandcamp.com/track/cross-...
Fratres
YouTube video by Netherlands Chamber Choir - Topic
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Im in an arvo part phase atm (contemporary composer)
youtu.be/znUnZOhD3lg?...
Also some American primitive guitar
jackrose.bandcamp.com/track/cross-...
youtu.be/znUnZOhD3lg?...
Also some American primitive guitar
jackrose.bandcamp.com/track/cross-...
My top 10 books of this century. What would you include?
September 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My top 10 books of this century. What would you include?
New music recommendations! This month we have harp-driven progressive metal, Estonian classical music, music from pilgrimage trails in Tamil Nadu, and pushing forward the possibilities of guitar in the 21st century.
Read / listen now at: open.substack.com/pub/disassem...
Read / listen now at: open.substack.com/pub/disassem...
New music for September 2025
Harp-driven progressive metal, Estonian classical music, music from pilgrimage trails in Tamil Nadu, and pushing forward the possibilities of guitar in the 21st century.
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
New music recommendations! This month we have harp-driven progressive metal, Estonian classical music, music from pilgrimage trails in Tamil Nadu, and pushing forward the possibilities of guitar in the 21st century.
Read / listen now at: open.substack.com/pub/disassem...
Read / listen now at: open.substack.com/pub/disassem...
Well, I started a blog to write about music. This month features Mei Semones, Ganavya, Arvo Pärt, A Swarm of the Sun, Obverse and Mat Ball (of Big Brave).
Check it out: www.artascatharsis.com/new-music-fo...
Check it out: www.artascatharsis.com/new-music-fo...
New music for September 2025
Harp-driven progressive metal, Estonian classical music, music from pilgrimage trails in Tamil Nadu, and pushing forward the possibilities of guitar in the 21st century.
www.artascatharsis.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Well, I started a blog to write about music. This month features Mei Semones, Ganavya, Arvo Pärt, A Swarm of the Sun, Obverse and Mat Ball (of Big Brave).
Check it out: www.artascatharsis.com/new-music-fo...
Check it out: www.artascatharsis.com/new-music-fo...
@charlottewood.bsky.social thank you for Stone Yard Devotional 🖤
September 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
@charlottewood.bsky.social thank you for Stone Yard Devotional 🖤
Beings are numberless: may I free them all.
Reactions are endless: may I release them all.
Doors to experience are infinite: may I enter them all.
Ways of awakening are limitless: may I know them all.
Reactions are endless: may I release them all.
Doors to experience are infinite: may I enter them all.
Ways of awakening are limitless: may I know them all.
September 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Beings are numberless: may I free them all.
Reactions are endless: may I release them all.
Doors to experience are infinite: may I enter them all.
Ways of awakening are limitless: may I know them all.
Reactions are endless: may I release them all.
Doors to experience are infinite: may I enter them all.
Ways of awakening are limitless: may I know them all.
I've been meditating for eight years now. It's helped me to reconnect with the people and the world around me, and to cultivate a growing sense of peace.
It won't magically solve all of your problems, but it can help.
lachlanrdale.medium.com/meditation-a...
It won't magically solve all of your problems, but it can help.
lachlanrdale.medium.com/meditation-a...
Meditation as an antidote to disconnection and alienation
A reflection on eight years of meditation practice.
lachlanrdale.medium.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I've been meditating for eight years now. It's helped me to reconnect with the people and the world around me, and to cultivate a growing sense of peace.
It won't magically solve all of your problems, but it can help.
lachlanrdale.medium.com/meditation-a...
It won't magically solve all of your problems, but it can help.
lachlanrdale.medium.com/meditation-a...
A thoughtful reflection on Cormac McCarthy’s work by @mattpolprof.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/08/corm...
jacobin.com/2025/08/corm...
Is Cormac McCarthy “Based”?
Legendary novelist Cormac McCarthy is often hailed by the Right as one of its own. The truth is more complicated.
jacobin.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A thoughtful reflection on Cormac McCarthy’s work by @mattpolprof.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/08/corm...
jacobin.com/2025/08/corm...
Cancel. Your. Spotify. Account.
I did it years ago. It's easy and Tidal is excellent. There are tools to migrate your library and playlists. There is no reason to be on Spotify.
I did it years ago. It's easy and Tidal is excellent. There are tools to migrate your library and playlists. There is no reason to be on Spotify.
June 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Cancel. Your. Spotify. Account.
I did it years ago. It's easy and Tidal is excellent. There are tools to migrate your library and playlists. There is no reason to be on Spotify.
I did it years ago. It's easy and Tidal is excellent. There are tools to migrate your library and playlists. There is no reason to be on Spotify.
@verybadwizards.bsky.social Hey guys, where can I hear that ‘using the mind’ podcast episode Tamler references feat. Reuben Lockenen?
June 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
@verybadwizards.bsky.social Hey guys, where can I hear that ‘using the mind’ podcast episode Tamler references feat. Reuben Lockenen?
Very happy to see BBC Radio's Music Planet playing our excellent Iranian/Canadian artist Araz Salek!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Music Planet - Arabic Makam and polyphony from Norway - BBC Sounds
Kathryn Tickell handpicks a selection of roots-based music from across the globe.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Very happy to see BBC Radio's Music Planet playing our excellent Iranian/Canadian artist Araz Salek!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
“Therefore, having loosened the knots of expectations,
Let go of outlook’s razor-edge and rest.
Step out of deep practice’s cozy cocoon and rest.
Break out of behavior’s constricting conventions and rest.
Throw away expectations for dramatic results and rest.”
- Jigme Lingpa
Let go of outlook’s razor-edge and rest.
Step out of deep practice’s cozy cocoon and rest.
Break out of behavior’s constricting conventions and rest.
Throw away expectations for dramatic results and rest.”
- Jigme Lingpa
May 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“Therefore, having loosened the knots of expectations,
Let go of outlook’s razor-edge and rest.
Step out of deep practice’s cozy cocoon and rest.
Break out of behavior’s constricting conventions and rest.
Throw away expectations for dramatic results and rest.”
- Jigme Lingpa
Let go of outlook’s razor-edge and rest.
Step out of deep practice’s cozy cocoon and rest.
Break out of behavior’s constricting conventions and rest.
Throw away expectations for dramatic results and rest.”
- Jigme Lingpa
Shortly en route to the EU. Come hang if you’re around.
May 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Shortly en route to the EU. Come hang if you’re around.
Reposted by Lachlan R. Dale
"Connectedness is the essence of all things of all types ... Abstraction from connectedness involves the omission of an essential factor in the fact considered. No fact is merely itself."
-- A.N. Whitehead, 'Modes of Thought'
-- A.N. Whitehead, 'Modes of Thought'
April 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Connectedness is the essence of all things of all types ... Abstraction from connectedness involves the omission of an essential factor in the fact considered. No fact is merely itself."
-- A.N. Whitehead, 'Modes of Thought'
-- A.N. Whitehead, 'Modes of Thought'
Nothing can really explain the mysterious and unexpected power of this book.
2666 is a magic trick, with Bolano himself alluding to the novel’s ‘hidden centre’ as he finished writing it in the final months of his life.
2666 is a magic trick, with Bolano himself alluding to the novel’s ‘hidden centre’ as he finished writing it in the final months of his life.
April 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Nothing can really explain the mysterious and unexpected power of this book.
2666 is a magic trick, with Bolano himself alluding to the novel’s ‘hidden centre’ as he finished writing it in the final months of his life.
2666 is a magic trick, with Bolano himself alluding to the novel’s ‘hidden centre’ as he finished writing it in the final months of his life.
