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John Lithium

@johnlithium.bsky.social

OUT NOW ON @argrecnetlabel.bsky.social : argalirecordsnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/fiftee...

#bandcampfriday

Featuring tracks by Hanna Barbera Cartoon Never Made, DanzDas, PPFPESSco, @airstrip101.bsky.social , RDKPL / @an-eel23.bsky.social , Terbeschikkingstelling, Ruptura Digital, KR Seward, 🧵

Fifteenth Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel, by Various Artists

24 track album

argalirecordsnetlabel.bandcamp.com

September 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

@bandcamp.com Friday, all money foes to the artist. Please have a browse of all the good music on the site. (including mine) simonbelshaw.bandcamp.com #newmusic #MusicSky #experimentalmusic

September 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Miniature 2

musicmachines.substack.com/p/miniature-2

#originalmusic #composition #composer #music #musician #sheetmusic #originalmusicSky #compositionSky #composerLife #composerSky #musicSky #musiciansky #sheetmusicsky #AvantGarde #newmusic

Miniature 2

Here is the second miniature.

musicmachines.substack.com

September 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Miniatures
open.substack.com/pub/musicmac...

@fabermusic.bsky.social
#originalmusic #composition #composer #music #musician #sheetmusic #originalmusicSky #compositionSky #composerLife #composerSky #musicSky #musiciansky #sheetmusicsky #AvantGarde #newmusic

Miniatures

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Faber Manuscript notebook with the intention of writing some miniatures.

open.substack.com

August 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM

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John Lithium

@johnlithium.bsky.social

Hanna Barbera Cartoon Never Made, @jabeledoux.bsky.social , Jaime Munarriz, James Hoehl, K.R. Seward, Mean Flow, RDKPL, @simonbelshaw.bsky.social , Thomas Park, and Wilfried Hanrath.

Deadline for submissions for this compilation is August 23rd.
Tentative release date is Sept 5th.

August 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Thank you @fourlarksstu.bsky.social for playing Music Machine 3 on your show

www.mixcloud.com/FourLarks/fo...

Loads of other good stuff on there too - most available from @bandcamp.com

www.buymusic.club/list/fourlar...

#newmusic #experimentalmusic

Four Larks And A Wren-2025-07-08

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July 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

I've recently finished reworking one of the sounds from @citiesandmemory.bsky.social for the #springproject

audioboom.com/posts/873734...

#experimentalmusic #newmusic #fieldrecording #experimental

Talking bowler hats (my name is Lee Walker)

"A lot of my current work includes text so I was drawn towards this recording of a sound installation of people talking. I edited the original audio so that most of the sound between the speaking...

audioboom.com

June 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Music Machine 26 featured on Leaving The 20th Century With No Regrets with Scott Shapleigh
archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/li...

@avantmusicnews.bsky.social
#experimentalmusic #newmusic #MusicianSky #µusicSky @classicalmusicdaily.com

Leaving The 20th Century With No Regrets with Scott Shapleigh

Michael Begg - Invocation - Sonambulo (2019)Simon Belshaw - Music Machine 26 - Music Machines Volume 1 (2022)Earle Brown / John Bickerton - Novembe...

archives.wpkn.org

June 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

the final piece of the jigsaw. The #peppapig drone machine. Want to hear what it sounds like? Come to our concert on Saturday 14th @exeterlibrary tinyurl.com/mrp9hyu2 #JuneBoom #Exeter #InExeter #VisitExeter #artweekexeter @involvingmusic.bsky.social #experimentalmusic

June 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Just some of the keyboards that we be played during Saturday's concert @exeterlibrary.bsky.social - tickets available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/simon-belsha... #newmusic #experimentalmusic #aweexeter #stylophone #bontempi #exeter #musicsky

June 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/musicmac...

photo by Wilf Whitty

#NewMusic #ArtAgainstTedium @avantmusicnews.bsky.social @experimental @musicsky @experimentalmusic @artweekexeter #artweekexeter25 #awe25

Lost & Found Paul Whitty

“Ancient & modern 14062025”

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June 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/musicmac...

#NewMusic #ArtAgainstTedium @avantmusicnews.bsky.social #experimental #musicsky #experimentalmusic #artweekexeter #artweekexeter25 #awe25 @exeterobserver.org @exeterlibrary.bsky.social @campradio.bsky.social

Lost & Found continued

I’ve been working on some of the Music Machine pieces for the Exeter Contemporary Sounds concert that will be part of Art Week Exeter later this month.

open.substack.com

June 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM

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Emma Welton

@emmawelton.bsky.social

You forgot 'lost and found (keyboards revoiced)' concert, Sat 14th June Rougemont Room! Giving new life to rescued organs, dusty keyboards, salvaged circuits. Music by Simon Belshaw, Hugh Nankivell, Emma Welton, Paul Whitty with voices of Jez Winship and Alison Sweatman. #ECSLostandFound

May 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

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Forgotten keyboards, dusty organs, and salvaged circuitry...
Lost and Found celebrates the rescued, repurposed, and reimagined.
One-off, unrepeatable, and a little strange.
Come and hear what’s been hiding in the cupboards.

#experimentalmusic #exeter #blueskymusic

Music Machines

lost and found (keyboards revoiced) Forgotten keyboards, dusty organs, and salvaged circuitry... Exeter Contemporary Sounds and Ian Summers have been finding and restoring curious instruments to...

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May 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Check out "radiobrennpunkt" on Mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/radiobrennpu... - featuring:
@theworldnextdoor.bsky.social
Perila
Music Machines
Yosuke Tokunaga / .TOST
Christian Wittman
Julia Rigby
KMRU
@colonialskyway.bsky.social
I Can't Tell Time When I'm Sleeping
Darren Morris

Mixcloud

Listen to the best DJs and radio presenters in the world for free.

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May 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Tickets are now available for lost and found (keyboards revoiced) at Exeter Library, Exeter. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/exe...

#experimentalmusic #contemporarymusic #noisemusic #musicsky #electronicmusic #coding #music

May 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM

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Cities and Memory

@citiesandmemory.bsky.social

Exciting news! We have a brand new sound player that allows you to explore our full database of 7,000+ sounds in lots of new ways.

You can search by artist name, by country, city or any title keyword, as well as selecting sounds from individual projects. Check it out: citiesandmemory.com#player

April 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Music Machine 7

youtu.be/ZN8Vob-y530

#experimentalmusic #ContemporaryMusic #NoiseMusic #musicsky #ElectronicMusic #coding #music #programming

Music Machine 7

YouTube video by Simon Belshaw

youtu.be

March 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Music Machine 20

youtu.be/wfGRuCD8H0o

#experimentalmusic #ContemporaryMusic #NoiseMusic #musicsky #ElectronicMusic #coding #music #programming

Music Machine 20

YouTube video by Simon Belshaw

youtu.be

March 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM

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Ailís Ní Ríain

@ailisniriain.bsky.social

Composer Town Hall: Funding the Future. LONDON Weds 2nd April 5.30pm
The Hinrichsen Foundation and Club Inégales invite composers to an event introducing a new fund supporting contemporary classical and experimental musics.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../composer....

www.eventbrite.co.uk

February 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Music Machine 11

youtu.be/A3KOKq0pFqQ

#experimentalmusic #ContemporaryMusic #NoiseMusic #musicsky #ElectronicMusic #coding #music #programming

Music Machine 11

YouTube video by Simon Belshaw

youtu.be

February 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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Esther Schindler

@estherschindler.bsky.social

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s massive archive of experimental music has been turned into a downloadable library. www.theverge.com/ent...

The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample

The BBC is bringing back its Radiophonic Workshop as a tool for a new generation of musicians.

www.theverge.com

February 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Interview on PhonicFM about the Music Machine Project on mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/jez-winship/...

starts around 1:22:50

#experimentalmusic #ContemporaryMusic #NoiseMusic #musicsky #ElectronicMusic @bandcamp.com
@avantmusicnews.bsky.social

The Lost Chord Radio Show from February 12th 2025

The Lost Chord Radio Show on Phonic FM from February 12th 2025. This time around we talk to Simon Belshaw and Alison Sweatman about Simon's new recordings of his Music Machine pieces, pay tribute to t...

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February 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM

Simon Belshaw

@simonbelshaw.bsky.social

Music Machine 2

youtu.be/bskdZ1eOvmk

I have been cataloguing the 44 pieces that make up the Music Machine project and revisiting the first 20 to make new audio recordings (with voice overs from Jez and Alison).

Videos will be appearing in a random order over the next week or so.