Will Schrimshaw
@schrimshaw.bsky.social
Synthesis, music, art, education, long distance cycling.
Really enjoying Does Spring Hide Its Joy + the hum of the dehumidifier this afternoon.
kalimalone.bandcamp.com/track/does-s...
kalimalone.bandcamp.com/track/does-s...
Does Spring Hide Its Joy v1, by Kali Malone (featuring Stephen O’Malley & Lucy Railton)
from the album Does Spring Hide Its Joy
kalimalone.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Really enjoying Does Spring Hide Its Joy + the hum of the dehumidifier this afternoon.
kalimalone.bandcamp.com/track/does-s...
kalimalone.bandcamp.com/track/does-s...
Surprisingly the Leeds Autechre gig was a bit of a retrospective.
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Surprisingly the Leeds Autechre gig was a bit of a retrospective.
Really excited about this month's Sound Junction concert featuring the music of some amazing recent graduates as well as @loubarnell.bsky.social, Jake Parry / Unperson and Stephen Carley. A great all-sheffield lineup.
performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/event/sound-...
performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/event/sound-...
Sound Junction - Stephen Carley / Lou Barnell - Performance Venues
Lou Barnell is an award-winning vocalist, sound and performance artist. These performances are part of Sound Junction.
performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Really excited about this month's Sound Junction concert featuring the music of some amazing recent graduates as well as @loubarnell.bsky.social, Jake Parry / Unperson and Stephen Carley. A great all-sheffield lineup.
performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/event/sound-...
performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/event/sound-...
Rode into the sunset last night, first ride in the dark for a while, felt like returning to an old haunt, like the darkness was a place.
October 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Rode into the sunset last night, first ride in the dark for a while, felt like returning to an old haunt, like the darkness was a place.
The childminder's doorbell doesn't work because of the AWS outages 💩
October 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The childminder's doorbell doesn't work because of the AWS outages 💩
It's Éliane Radigue weekend in Sheffield thanks to @musicintheround.bsky.social
musicintheround.co.uk/events/elian...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/sound...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/sound...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/elian...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/sound...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/sound...
SOUNDS OF NOW: ÉLIANE RADIGUE FOR HARP, VIOLIN & DOUBLE BASS
SOUNDS OF NOW: ÉLIANE RADIGUE FOR HARP, VIOLIN & DOUBLE BASS - Music in the Round %
musicintheround.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's Éliane Radigue weekend in Sheffield thanks to @musicintheround.bsky.social
musicintheround.co.uk/events/elian...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/sound...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/sound...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/elian...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/sound...
musicintheround.co.uk/events/sound...
Reposted by Will Schrimshaw
In the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, journalist @reveleth.com joins @alexhanna.bsky.social & @emilymbender.bsky.social to talk about how tech bosses love science fiction novels, but can't seem to understand them!
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, journalist @reveleth.com joins @alexhanna.bsky.social & @emilymbender.bsky.social to talk about how tech bosses love science fiction novels, but can't seem to understand them!
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
"Yes! What a pleasure to play and be part of a dynamic musical cybernetic process! To explore catastrophy hyper-surfaces in the relative safety and comfort of involvement with one's friends and neighbors" (Bischoff et al. 1978: 28).
October 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
"Yes! What a pleasure to play and be part of a dynamic musical cybernetic process! To explore catastrophy hyper-surfaces in the relative safety and comfort of involvement with one's friends and neighbors" (Bischoff et al. 1978: 28).
I will never not jump out of my skin at the end of this beautiful album.
kevindrumm.bandcamp.com/album/imperi...
kevindrumm.bandcamp.com/album/imperi...
Imperial Distortion, by Kevin Drumm
6 track album
kevindrumm.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I will never not jump out of my skin at the end of this beautiful album.
kevindrumm.bandcamp.com/album/imperi...
kevindrumm.bandcamp.com/album/imperi...
The writings and liner notes of The League Of Automatic Music Composers / Hub are such a joy to read.
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The writings and liner notes of The League Of Automatic Music Composers / Hub are such a joy to read.
Treat yourself: youtu.be/Oueh9jtf2w4?...
Jack Rowland
YouTube video by Martin Carthy - Topic
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Treat yourself: youtu.be/Oueh9jtf2w4?...
Mark Fell & Okkyung Lee in Sheffield this weekend performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/event/mark-f...
Mark Fell and Okkyung Lee - Performance Venues
For one night, enjoy an improvised, collaborative set from Mark Fell and Okkyung Lee. This event is part of our Sound Lab Specials programme.
performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Mark Fell & Okkyung Lee in Sheffield this weekend performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/event/mark-f...
Finally got round to reading Explorers We
archive.org/details/Fant...
farmersmanual.bandcamp.com/album/explor...
archive.org/details/Fant...
farmersmanual.bandcamp.com/album/explor...
Fantasy & Science Fiction v016n01 (1959 01) (Gorgon776) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Fantasy & Science Fiction v016n01 (1959 01) (Gorgon776)
archive.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Finally got round to reading Explorers We
archive.org/details/Fant...
farmersmanual.bandcamp.com/album/explor...
archive.org/details/Fant...
farmersmanual.bandcamp.com/album/explor...
What's your favourite Autechre album and track?
Favourite track doesn't have to be from favourite album.
Explanations welcome but not necessary.
Happy Friday.
Favourite track doesn't have to be from favourite album.
Explanations welcome but not necessary.
Happy Friday.
September 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What's your favourite Autechre album and track?
Favourite track doesn't have to be from favourite album.
Explanations welcome but not necessary.
Happy Friday.
Favourite track doesn't have to be from favourite album.
Explanations welcome but not necessary.
Happy Friday.
Rather than a 'productivity boost' or enhanced creativity, musicians are having to spend time cleaning up AI slop: www.bbc.com/news/article...
'AI slop': Musicians on the mystery of fraudsters releasing songs in their name
Artists on the mystery of being targeted by fraudsters releasing "AI slop" songs in their name.
www.bbc.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Rather than a 'productivity boost' or enhanced creativity, musicians are having to spend time cleaning up AI slop: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Will Schrimshaw
my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...
August 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...
I appreciate the implicit critique of scale in this, but I can't get over how such an intensive process produces yet another folder of snare samples to sift through while circumventing all the pleasure in learning the hows and whys of synthesis.
github.com/crlandsc/tin... | youtu.be/m6Eh2srtTro?...
github.com/crlandsc/tin... | youtu.be/m6Eh2srtTro?...
GitHub - crlandsc/tiny-audio-diffusion: A repository for generating and training short audio samples with unconditional waveform diffusion on accessible consumer hardware (<2GB VRAM GPU)
A repository for generating and training short audio samples with unconditional waveform diffusion on accessible consumer hardware (<2GB VRAM GPU) - crlandsc/tiny-audio-diffusion
github.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I appreciate the implicit critique of scale in this, but I can't get over how such an intensive process produces yet another folder of snare samples to sift through while circumventing all the pleasure in learning the hows and whys of synthesis.
github.com/crlandsc/tin... | youtu.be/m6Eh2srtTro?...
github.com/crlandsc/tin... | youtu.be/m6Eh2srtTro?...
Embracing AI will revolutionise the creative industries, making it possible for bots to access your account on a streaming service that pays you pittance, steal your identity and fill it up with absolute slop.
July 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Embracing AI will revolutionise the creative industries, making it possible for bots to access your account on a streaming service that pays you pittance, steal your identity and fill it up with absolute slop.
He's never called a telephone chat bot has he www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI CEO tells Federal Reserve confab that entire job categories will disappear due to AI
Sam Altman also said AI could already diagnose better than doctors, as his company expands into Washington
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
He's never called a telephone chat bot has he www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Solstice Sprint. 1000km in 55hrs & 6 minutes. Only very minor hallucinations in the woods after Tintern Abbey. The heat was ridiculous, the company was excellent, the scenery was beautiful.
June 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Solstice Sprint. 1000km in 55hrs & 6 minutes. Only very minor hallucinations in the woods after Tintern Abbey. The heat was ridiculous, the company was excellent, the scenery was beautiful.
Not exactly news but I keep coming back to the clear messaging that cuts to DCMS while putting aside 2bn to invest in synthetic media generators gives out, and the idea that it's IP that is holding back creative practice.
June 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Not exactly news but I keep coming back to the clear messaging that cuts to DCMS while putting aside 2bn to invest in synthetic media generators gives out, and the idea that it's IP that is holding back creative practice.
Today's imaginary paper title: System and Fermentation in Experimental Electonic Musicking
June 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today's imaginary paper title: System and Fermentation in Experimental Electonic Musicking
Preparing for an AI training session with this gift from @emilymbender.bsky.social "we recommit to our mission of training students to be critical thinkers across disciplines, who can critically consider sources of information and locate them within their context..."
June 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Preparing for an AI training session with this gift from @emilymbender.bsky.social "we recommit to our mission of training students to be critical thinkers across disciplines, who can critically consider sources of information and locate them within their context..."
The new Beatrice Dillon is excellent.
beatricedillon.bandcamp.com/album/basho
beatricedillon.bandcamp.com/album/basho
Basho, by Beatrice Dillon
2 track album
beatricedillon.bandcamp.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The new Beatrice Dillon is excellent.
beatricedillon.bandcamp.com/album/basho
beatricedillon.bandcamp.com/album/basho