Murat
@muratesmer.bsky.social
London-based Digital Marketing Consultant, former Chemical Engineer, passionate about technology, trends, and music production. https://muratesmer.com https://muratesmer.bandcamp.com
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Krautrock history from 1968-1985: Can, Kraftwerk, Neu!, and how post-war Germany rejected rock to invent electronic music’s future. The definitive guide. buff.ly/xqDT036
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Krautrock history from 1968-1985: Can, Kraftwerk, Neu!, and how post-war Germany rejected rock to invent electronic music’s future. The definitive guide. buff.ly/xqDT036
Sleep Token’s “Emergence” featuring Gabi Rose on saxophone, how the anonymous masked metallers created a genre-defying six-minute epic that broke chart records and earned a Grammy nomination in 2025. buff.ly/5cOKP7o
December 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sleep Token’s “Emergence” featuring Gabi Rose on saxophone, how the anonymous masked metallers created a genre-defying six-minute epic that broke chart records and earned a Grammy nomination in 2025. buff.ly/5cOKP7o
Kerala Dust's "The Bay" - Edmund Kenny's post-breakup closing track from An Echo Of Love, recorded across five cities with Tim Gardner and Pascal Karier in 2025. buff.ly/trRCrKS
December 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Kerala Dust's "The Bay" - Edmund Kenny's post-breakup closing track from An Echo Of Love, recorded across five cities with Tim Gardner and Pascal Karier in 2025. buff.ly/trRCrKS
Korn’s “Blind” launched nu-metal in 1994, how a song from Jonathan Davis’s previous band became the genre-defining anthem recorded at Indigo Ranch with producer Ross Robinson. buff.ly/IZ5WUn5
December 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Korn’s “Blind” launched nu-metal in 1994, how a song from Jonathan Davis’s previous band became the genre-defining anthem recorded at Indigo Ranch with producer Ross Robinson. buff.ly/IZ5WUn5
A Grammy winner found her favorite song on Night Reign through an Instagram video of a Pakistani actress reciting an impromptu poem about waiting for a lover who never arrived. buff.ly/sIz59FL
December 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A Grammy winner found her favorite song on Night Reign through an Instagram video of a Pakistani actress reciting an impromptu poem about waiting for a lover who never arrived. buff.ly/sIz59FL
Brixton's David Bowie changed music forever. His top 10 tracks from Major Tom to Ziggy to the Thin White Duke, five decades of fearless reinvention revealed. buff.ly/ictTd2g
December 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Brixton's David Bowie changed music forever. His top 10 tracks from Major Tom to Ziggy to the Thin White Duke, five decades of fearless reinvention revealed. buff.ly/ictTd2g
Chartreuse's "Offerings", how a Black Country four-piece retreated to an Icelandic studio five hours from Reykjavík and emerged with their most melancholic meditation on solitude and survival in 2025. buff.ly/xTiU5Q5
December 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Chartreuse's "Offerings", how a Black Country four-piece retreated to an Icelandic studio five hours from Reykjavík and emerged with their most melancholic meditation on solitude and survival in 2025. buff.ly/xTiU5Q5
The Sound Vault’s most-loved discoveries: Portishead’s essential tracks, Massive Attack’s trip-hop masterpiece, Makis Ablianitis, and the songs you searched most. buff.ly/4j6eonB
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Sound Vault’s most-loved discoveries: Portishead’s essential tracks, Massive Attack’s trip-hop masterpiece, Makis Ablianitis, and the songs you searched most. buff.ly/4j6eonB
The best music newsletters on Substack for 2025, from Ted Gioia’s cultural criticism to First Floor’s electronic deep dives. Human-curated discovery that algorithms can’t replicate. buff.ly/nu0kW0o
December 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The best music newsletters on Substack for 2025, from Ted Gioia’s cultural criticism to First Floor’s electronic deep dives. Human-curated discovery that algorithms can’t replicate. buff.ly/nu0kW0o
The 10 best music blogs of 2025: Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp Daily, The Quietus, and more. Real human curation that beats Spotify's algorithm every time. buff.ly/XKBZc2V
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The 10 best music blogs of 2025: Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp Daily, The Quietus, and more. Real human curation that beats Spotify's algorithm every time. buff.ly/XKBZc2V
Leifur James' "Smoke In The Air II" - instrumental version revealing Formanta drum machines and Mellotron textures from the London/Lisbon producer's 2025 release. buff.ly/EjjaOdJ
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Leifur James' "Smoke In The Air II" - instrumental version revealing Formanta drum machines and Mellotron textures from the London/Lisbon producer's 2025 release. buff.ly/EjjaOdJ
London Calling by The Clash—the double album that transcended punk with reggae, ska, rockabilly, and rock. Rolling Stone's #16 greatest album of all time. buff.ly/3CiWXpZ
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
London Calling by The Clash—the double album that transcended punk with reggae, ska, rockabilly, and rock. Rolling Stone's #16 greatest album of all time. buff.ly/3CiWXpZ
Fermanagh artist resurrects Irish keening tradition with sean-nós vocals, John "Spud" Murphy production, and 1955 archival samples in 2024. buff.ly/LhJMTRN
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fermanagh artist resurrects Irish keening tradition with sean-nós vocals, John "Spud" Murphy production, and 1955 archival samples in 2024. buff.ly/LhJMTRN
Zeid Hamdan's "Selamnesh" - how Lebanon's underground godfather composed Ethiopian peace into a film score during Beirut's darkest crisis for a love story the city didn't want to see. buff.ly/UjE7nSj
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Zeid Hamdan's "Selamnesh" - how Lebanon's underground godfather composed Ethiopian peace into a film score during Beirut's darkest crisis for a love story the city didn't want to see. buff.ly/UjE7nSj
Turkish-born London producer Nuri Özlü crafted a 7-minute ambient meditation during the first pandemic lockdown in July 2020, breaking down innocent fallacies through organic electronics. buff.ly/B1nnz3w
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Turkish-born London producer Nuri Özlü crafted a 7-minute ambient meditation during the first pandemic lockdown in July 2020, breaking down innocent fallacies through organic electronics. buff.ly/B1nnz3w
Neo-classical piano history and bedroom studios democratised classical music through streaming, creating the movement that gave us 2 billion Sleep streams and viral “Valse.” buff.ly/9hST3Ht
December 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Neo-classical piano history and bedroom studios democratised classical music through streaming, creating the movement that gave us 2 billion Sleep streams and viral “Valse.” buff.ly/9hST3Ht
Learn how to get your music reviewed by independent blogs and magazines. Practical submission tips, email templates, and realistic expectations for DIY artists seeking press coverage. buff.ly/QgOQAJh
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Learn how to get your music reviewed by independent blogs and magazines. Practical submission tips, email templates, and realistic expectations for DIY artists seeking press coverage. buff.ly/QgOQAJh
Releasing 'A Moment of Humming' and confronting the question it asks: What are you spending your time on? On finishing old songs, music archaeology, and finally choosing the habits that matter. buff.ly/5S3vaLQ
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Releasing 'A Moment of Humming' and confronting the question it asks: What are you spending your time on? On finishing old songs, music archaeology, and finally choosing the habits that matter. buff.ly/5S3vaLQ
A five-century-old Sephardic love song about betrayal became Istanbul's most haunting preservation of Ladino culture through a fretless guitar virtuoso and decades of archival obsession. buff.ly/MvPQC7m
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A five-century-old Sephardic love song about betrayal became Istanbul's most haunting preservation of Ladino culture through a fretless guitar virtuoso and decades of archival obsession. buff.ly/MvPQC7m
Sofie Birch's "Humidity" featuring Nana Pi - how the Copenhagen ambient composer created a meditation on wholeness that appeared on two albums and defined her dreamlike synthesizer aesthetic. buff.ly/81zblWj
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sofie Birch's "Humidity" featuring Nana Pi - how the Copenhagen ambient composer created a meditation on wholeness that appeared on two albums and defined her dreamlike synthesizer aesthetic. buff.ly/81zblWj
Nekropsi's "Efsane" - how Istanbul's progressive rock pioneers transformed from thrash metal to create a 6-minute Middle Eastern-inflected masterpiece that defined Turkish experimental music in 1996. buff.ly/1i3lEz3
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Nekropsi's "Efsane" - how Istanbul's progressive rock pioneers transformed from thrash metal to create a 6-minute Middle Eastern-inflected masterpiece that defined Turkish experimental music in 1996. buff.ly/1i3lEz3
Discover underground music beyond algorithms: Bandcamp crate-digging, community radio, record shops, SoundCloud scenes, and DIY nights. Your complete guide. buff.ly/hqOSj0x
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Discover underground music beyond algorithms: Bandcamp crate-digging, community radio, record shops, SoundCloud scenes, and DIY nights. Your complete guide. buff.ly/hqOSj0x
A guide to post-rock and instrumental rock: origins, key albums, top artists, and a curated playlist featuring Mogwai, Sigur Rós, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. buff.ly/B6G4GfR
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A guide to post-rock and instrumental rock: origins, key albums, top artists, and a curated playlist featuring Mogwai, Sigur Rós, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. buff.ly/B6G4GfR
Discover Mogwai's 10 most essential tracks from Young Team to Rave Tapes - "Mogwai Fear Satan," "Like Herod," and why Glasgow's post-rock pioneers remain unmatched. buff.ly/TJAkIkq
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Discover Mogwai's 10 most essential tracks from Young Team to Rave Tapes - "Mogwai Fear Satan," "Like Herod," and why Glasgow's post-rock pioneers remain unmatched. buff.ly/TJAkIkq
God Is An Astronaut’s “Tempus Horizon” from Far From Refuge - how Irish post-rock trio crafted their most patient instrumental journey at Quill Lane Studios between 2006-2007. buff.ly/dkW2AUm
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
God Is An Astronaut’s “Tempus Horizon” from Far From Refuge - how Irish post-rock trio crafted their most patient instrumental journey at Quill Lane Studios between 2006-2007. buff.ly/dkW2AUm