Matt Dalby
@mattdalby.bsky.social
Unsightly vox-goblin lurking in Manchesterland. Makes noise and other things. Diagnosed autistic AF. They/them or he/him. Transphobes fuck off.
Tear Fet: Accidents of Practice
This week's longform vocal sound improvisation premieres at half past the hour.
The first half may be the stronger.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ?...
This week's longform vocal sound improvisation premieres at half past the hour.
The first half may be the stronger.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ?...
Tear Fet: Accidents of Practice
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Tear Fet: Accidents of Practice
This week's longform vocal sound improvisation premieres at half past the hour.
The first half may be the stronger.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ?...
This week's longform vocal sound improvisation premieres at half past the hour.
The first half may be the stronger.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ?...
Reposted by Matt Dalby
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’ https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’ https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
Tonight at 21:30 UK time. I'll post another reminder nearer the time.
Tear Fet: Accidents of Practice
My next longform vocal sound improvisation premieres Fri (14 Nov) at 21:30 UK time.
My usual vocalisations near a wet Dunham Massey and reflections on interpretative practices of art and more.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ
My next longform vocal sound improvisation premieres Fri (14 Nov) at 21:30 UK time.
My usual vocalisations near a wet Dunham Massey and reflections on interpretative practices of art and more.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ
Tear Fet: Accidents of Practice
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Tonight at 21:30 UK time. I'll post another reminder nearer the time.
Reviews of some new folk releases and the (relatively) recent tribute concert to Martin Carthy.
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Autumn, by Patrick Clarke | The Quietus
The room that is now Dalston’s EartH Theatre first opened as a cinema in 1936, five years before the birth of Martin Carthy. In the decades since both man and room have endured swings in fortune. One ...
thequietus.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Reviews of some new folk releases and the (relatively) recent tribute concert to Martin Carthy.
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Tear Fet: Manchester Rot - vocal sound improvisation
I'm not sure about this one. Vocal sound improvisation and inarticulate complaints about Manchester and Salford's attempts to become a shittier Singapore-on-Mersey.
youtube.com/shorts/PNpCN...
I'm not sure about this one. Vocal sound improvisation and inarticulate complaints about Manchester and Salford's attempts to become a shittier Singapore-on-Mersey.
youtube.com/shorts/PNpCN...
Tear Fet: Manchester Rot - vocal sound improvisation #improvisation #vocalimprovisation
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Tear Fet: Manchester Rot - vocal sound improvisation
I'm not sure about this one. Vocal sound improvisation and inarticulate complaints about Manchester and Salford's attempts to become a shittier Singapore-on-Mersey.
youtube.com/shorts/PNpCN...
I'm not sure about this one. Vocal sound improvisation and inarticulate complaints about Manchester and Salford's attempts to become a shittier Singapore-on-Mersey.
youtube.com/shorts/PNpCN...
Tear Fet: Accidents of Practice
My next longform vocal sound improvisation premieres Fri (14 Nov) at 21:30 UK time.
My usual vocalisations near a wet Dunham Massey and reflections on interpretative practices of art and more.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ
My next longform vocal sound improvisation premieres Fri (14 Nov) at 21:30 UK time.
My usual vocalisations near a wet Dunham Massey and reflections on interpretative practices of art and more.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ
Tear Fet: Accidents of Practice
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Tear Fet: Accidents of Practice
My next longform vocal sound improvisation premieres Fri (14 Nov) at 21:30 UK time.
My usual vocalisations near a wet Dunham Massey and reflections on interpretative practices of art and more.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ
My next longform vocal sound improvisation premieres Fri (14 Nov) at 21:30 UK time.
My usual vocalisations near a wet Dunham Massey and reflections on interpretative practices of art and more.
youtu.be/Sn3rxQwMdPQ
Reposted by Matt Dalby
Tear Fet: Timeplace
Yesterday's longform vocal sound improvisation. Vocal noises & inconclusive spoken reflections on politics as mediated through news, and on art, emphemerality, perceptions of time, and the meaning of these things.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Yesterday's longform vocal sound improvisation. Vocal noises & inconclusive spoken reflections on politics as mediated through news, and on art, emphemerality, perceptions of time, and the meaning of these things.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Tear Fet: Timeplace
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Tear Fet: Timeplace
Yesterday's longform vocal sound improvisation. Vocal noises & inconclusive spoken reflections on politics as mediated through news, and on art, emphemerality, perceptions of time, and the meaning of these things.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Yesterday's longform vocal sound improvisation. Vocal noises & inconclusive spoken reflections on politics as mediated through news, and on art, emphemerality, perceptions of time, and the meaning of these things.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Just delivered, a pre-loved copy of The Great Gatsby. Plugging a gap in my reading. And I'm sure has no contemporary resonance whatsoever.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just delivered, a pre-loved copy of The Great Gatsby. Plugging a gap in my reading. And I'm sure has no contemporary resonance whatsoever.
Sunday, near Dunham Massey and on the Bollin Valley Way
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Sunday, near Dunham Massey and on the Bollin Valley Way
Tear Fet: The Impossibility of Art - vocal sound improvisation
Should have been yesterday, but wasn't able to record then.
youtube.com/shorts/iQF8F...
Should have been yesterday, but wasn't able to record then.
youtube.com/shorts/iQF8F...
Tear Fet: The Impossibility of Art - vocal sound improvisation #improvisation #vocalimprovisation
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Tear Fet: The Impossibility of Art - vocal sound improvisation
Should have been yesterday, but wasn't able to record then.
youtube.com/shorts/iQF8F...
Should have been yesterday, but wasn't able to record then.
youtube.com/shorts/iQF8F...
Scenes from Saturday's walk
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Scenes from Saturday's walk
Tear Fet: Timeplace
Yesterday's longform vocal sound improvisation. Vocal noises & inconclusive spoken reflections on politics as mediated through news, and on art, emphemerality, perceptions of time, and the meaning of these things.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Yesterday's longform vocal sound improvisation. Vocal noises & inconclusive spoken reflections on politics as mediated through news, and on art, emphemerality, perceptions of time, and the meaning of these things.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Tear Fet: Timeplace
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Tear Fet: Timeplace
Yesterday's longform vocal sound improvisation. Vocal noises & inconclusive spoken reflections on politics as mediated through news, and on art, emphemerality, perceptions of time, and the meaning of these things.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Yesterday's longform vocal sound improvisation. Vocal noises & inconclusive spoken reflections on politics as mediated through news, and on art, emphemerality, perceptions of time, and the meaning of these things.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Tear Fet: Timeplace
My latest longform vocal sound improvisation premieres at half past the hour.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
My latest longform vocal sound improvisation premieres at half past the hour.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
Tear Fet: Timeplace
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Tear Fet: Timeplace
My latest longform vocal sound improvisation premieres at half past the hour.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
My latest longform vocal sound improvisation premieres at half past the hour.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4?...
I can't see Tesla achieving the valuation for Elon Musk's worth to reach $1tn.
And reports need to stop saying things like "If [he] delivers on the ... milestones". His workers will deliver. Musk will continue tweeting fascist horseshit from a K-hole.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And reports need to stop saying things like "If [he] delivers on the ... milestones". His workers will deliver. Musk will continue tweeting fascist horseshit from a K-hole.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I can't see Tesla achieving the valuation for Elon Musk's worth to reach $1tn.
And reports need to stop saying things like "If [he] delivers on the ... milestones". His workers will deliver. Musk will continue tweeting fascist horseshit from a K-hole.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And reports need to stop saying things like "If [he] delivers on the ... milestones". His workers will deliver. Musk will continue tweeting fascist horseshit from a K-hole.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
TITS! Fairfield Street, Manchester.
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
TITS! Fairfield Street, Manchester.
In which I rant about fireworks and the noisiest fucking species in between my usual obnoxious vocalisations.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In which I rant about fireworks and the noisiest fucking species in between my usual obnoxious vocalisations.
There are hats, and there are 'look at my fucking hat' hats.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There are hats, and there are 'look at my fucking hat' hats.
Tear Fet: Timeplace
This week's longform vocal sound improvisation premieres on Friday at 21:30 UK time.
Cunning sounds in a tiny dell close to a couple of footpaths. Walking, art, and politics.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4
This week's longform vocal sound improvisation premieres on Friday at 21:30 UK time.
Cunning sounds in a tiny dell close to a couple of footpaths. Walking, art, and politics.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4
Tear Fet: Timeplace
YouTube video by Matt Dalby
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Tear Fet: Timeplace
This week's longform vocal sound improvisation premieres on Friday at 21:30 UK time.
Cunning sounds in a tiny dell close to a couple of footpaths. Walking, art, and politics.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4
This week's longform vocal sound improvisation premieres on Friday at 21:30 UK time.
Cunning sounds in a tiny dell close to a couple of footpaths. Walking, art, and politics.
youtu.be/c5L6wO9b6u4
Sunday 2 November, photos from Hopwood Woods.
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Sunday 2 November, photos from Hopwood Woods.
I'll share this again later with the other photos from today, but I love this flower with two ladybirds on top of a pile of bricks.
November 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'll share this again later with the other photos from today, but I love this flower with two ladybirds on top of a pile of bricks.