Voltage Poetry Project
@voltagepoetry.bsky.social
Songs on synths, usually #lofi in production. A few things can be heard at https://voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/ Albums ‘Home Sounds’ and ‘Further Verses’ out via #MonochromeMotif.
#FurtherVerses on tour. Venue 1 is The Light Auditorium at Friends House, #Euston, London. This would actually be a phenomenal space to perform in; it seats up to 1,000 (theatre-style), features a lot of wood and a stylish skylight. #synthsky #musicsky
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#FurtherVerses on tour. Venue 1 is The Light Auditorium at Friends House, #Euston, London. This would actually be a phenomenal space to perform in; it seats up to 1,000 (theatre-style), features a lot of wood and a stylish skylight. #synthsky #musicsky
Live performance interpreting a field recording album, or one of these played back as an installation? It turned out to be closer to the latter - and there were tote bags with Banksy-esque images of Christopher Lloyd for sale at the shop. #GardenSky #fieldrecordings (of a sort)…
June 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Live performance interpreting a field recording album, or one of these played back as an installation? It turned out to be closer to the latter - and there were tote bags with Banksy-esque images of Christopher Lloyd for sale at the shop. #GardenSky #fieldrecordings (of a sort)…
“Art is about freedom of speech” - so says a sign, by the bothy, in the rather splendid Hospitalfield Art Garden (inspired by @hospitalfield.bsky.social) at #RHSChelsea today. I have some fond memories of #Arbroath; my song ‘Coast’ was partly inspired by a visit there :-)
May 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Art is about freedom of speech” - so says a sign, by the bothy, in the rather splendid Hospitalfield Art Garden (inspired by @hospitalfield.bsky.social) at #RHSChelsea today. I have some fond memories of #Arbroath; my song ‘Coast’ was partly inspired by a visit there :-)
The cover shot for #walktowalkstation was taken in Margate (one of my #QY10 rail destinations) and I was back there today, to see @danthompson33.bsky.social. At Marine Studios he showed me these clocks. Ramsgate has its own meridian and there must be a song in that…
May 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The cover shot for #walktowalkstation was taken in Margate (one of my #QY10 rail destinations) and I was back there today, to see @danthompson33.bsky.social. At Marine Studios he showed me these clocks. Ramsgate has its own meridian and there must be a song in that…
Vocals recorded for what, now, is a quartet of railway songs. #walkstationtostation
April 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Vocals recorded for what, now, is a quartet of railway songs. #walkstationtostation
A pleasure Kate. Here’s a photo of the Great Bustard I saw… apparently she is called Gertie by @englishheritage.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social folk at #Stonehenge…
March 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A pleasure Kate. Here’s a photo of the Great Bustard I saw… apparently she is called Gertie by @englishheritage.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social folk at #Stonehenge…
A great city on a grey day. Parts of #Bath from Alexandra Park, three days ago. I do have a previously-released song set here and will be doing something different with that later this year. Today (back east) I recorded the vocals for four new songs though :-)
March 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A great city on a grey day. Parts of #Bath from Alexandra Park, three days ago. I do have a previously-released song set here and will be doing something different with that later this year. Today (back east) I recorded the vocals for four new songs though :-)
Gulls on groynes, this afternoon. Not (currently) a new song title, but just a happening spotted early this afternoon.
February 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Gulls on groynes, this afternoon. Not (currently) a new song title, but just a happening spotted early this afternoon.
Patch 82 (a self-programmed one, created in the past few days) on the #BassStation responding nicely to a trigger from the #qy10 this evening. May make it to a #walkstationtostation song about an Essex itinerary or another referencing Alexander “Greek” Thomson…
February 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Patch 82 (a self-programmed one, created in the past few days) on the #BassStation responding nicely to a trigger from the #qy10 this evening. May make it to a #walkstationtostation song about an Essex itinerary or another referencing Alexander “Greek” Thomson…
Tapping ideas into this #QY10 en route to places such as Rotherhithe, Margate, Bristol, Colchester and Keswick in the past six months has been a fun way to make music. Now some songs are taking shape. Welcome to a new #walkstationtostation thread… the paths and rails to a single, EP or album?
February 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tapping ideas into this #QY10 en route to places such as Rotherhithe, Margate, Bristol, Colchester and Keswick in the past six months has been a fun way to make music. Now some songs are taking shape. Welcome to a new #walkstationtostation thread… the paths and rails to a single, EP or album?
#VoltagePoetryProjectAtoZ (Q): #QY10. Given my current writing project is #walkstationtostation this is a very obvious inclusion! The photo shows mine outside the #Brunel museum in Rotherhithe. One riff and a bassline idea from the train ride there are part of two “underway” songs as of today :-)
January 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#VoltagePoetryProjectAtoZ (Q): #QY10. Given my current writing project is #walkstationtostation this is a very obvious inclusion! The photo shows mine outside the #Brunel museum in Rotherhithe. One riff and a bassline idea from the train ride there are part of two “underway” songs as of today :-)
#VoltagePoetryProjectAtoZ (N): Novation BassStation II. The fanciest synth I own; it is monophonic but nice to create patches on and really quite expressive. It’ll almost certainly by triggered from the #QY10 as part of #walkstationtostation.
January 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#VoltagePoetryProjectAtoZ (N): Novation BassStation II. The fanciest synth I own; it is monophonic but nice to create patches on and really quite expressive. It’ll almost certainly by triggered from the #QY10 as part of #walkstationtostation.
This is the #VoltagePoetryProjectAtoZ thread. Songs, synths, places, labels, collaborators, podcasters et al. Plenty of shameless tagging and thank-yous along the way. Starts on 6th January… #synthsky
January 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is the #VoltagePoetryProjectAtoZ thread. Songs, synths, places, labels, collaborators, podcasters et al. Plenty of shameless tagging and thank-yous along the way. Starts on 6th January… #synthsky
2024 is almost through. From 6th January I will be posting a #VoltagePoetryProjectAtoZ which will tag various folk, albums, places, instruments etc. that I’ve found to be helpful or inspiring (including this year.) Happy New Year in the meantime! #synthsky
December 31, 2024 at 4:24 PM
2024 is almost through. From 6th January I will be posting a #VoltagePoetryProjectAtoZ which will tag various folk, albums, places, instruments etc. that I’ve found to be helpful or inspiring (including this year.) Happy New Year in the meantime! #synthsky
#HomeSounds was released a fortnight ago. Reviews so far include “reminiscent of confiding in a close friend while lounging under starlit skies” & “went remarkably well with my butternut squash risotto.” Over the coming days I will introduce each song here, with a #BlueSky slant…
October 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
#HomeSounds was released a fortnight ago. Reviews so far include “reminiscent of confiding in a close friend while lounging under starlit skies” & “went remarkably well with my butternut squash risotto.” Over the coming days I will introduce each song here, with a #BlueSky slant…
Northern Lights (and a telegraph pole) in Wye this evening.
October 10, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Northern Lights (and a telegraph pole) in Wye this evening.
Album out tomorrow; hence easing pre-release day tensions at The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel this afternoon (okay, after a 10-mile walk.) I should point out that there are no fell-walking songs on the album, even though it’s a lyrical travelogue (with some synths and a definite #portastudio feel)…
October 3, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Album out tomorrow; hence easing pre-release day tensions at The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel this afternoon (okay, after a 10-mile walk.) I should point out that there are no fell-walking songs on the album, even though it’s a lyrical travelogue (with some synths and a definite #portastudio feel)…
A final #walkstationtostation post for a little while. I’ll still be working on it (also keeping a diary of what I put into the #QY10 and where (so Rotherhithe & Margate will be added to)) but shall report back a few weeks after my debut album is released via #monochromemotif :-)
September 17, 2024 at 7:12 PM
A final #walkstationtostation post for a little while. I’ll still be working on it (also keeping a diary of what I put into the #QY10 and where (so Rotherhithe & Margate will be added to)) but shall report back a few weeks after my debut album is released via #monochromemotif :-)
Given some of the posts I’ve seen today it seems like I was a little late to the party - but it’s a good party! Thanks to everyone who helped get me here :-) Cheers!
September 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Given some of the posts I’ve seen today it seems like I was a little late to the party - but it’s a good party! Thanks to everyone who helped get me here :-) Cheers!
In my non-Voltage Poetry Project life I won a Mute Records “mystery bundle” last week :-) All arrived yesterday and I’m trying to resist playing any of it (LPs, CDs & 4 test-pressings) until submitting my own album to #monochromemotif in the next week or so…
August 24, 2024 at 12:13 PM
In my non-Voltage Poetry Project life I won a Mute Records “mystery bundle” last week :-) All arrived yesterday and I’m trying to resist playing any of it (LPs, CDs & 4 test-pressings) until submitting my own album to #monochromemotif in the next week or so…
Day 1 of #walkstationtostation. The station traveled to was Rotherhithe and here’s my #QY10 outside the Brunel Museum, nearby. Limited time so I only came up with two bassline patterns, a rhythm (not drums) part and a piano motif. It’s a start though :-)
August 19, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Day 1 of #walkstationtostation. The station traveled to was Rotherhithe and here’s my #QY10 outside the Brunel Museum, nearby. Limited time so I only came up with two bassline patterns, a rhythm (not drums) part and a piano motif. It’s a start though :-)
The ‘compilations that shaped you’ posts here have been intriguing. Mine is a little disingenuous as I already had records by some of its contributors by the time I bought it (a few years after its release)… but, until the coronavirus pandemic this remained the only compilation that I owned!
August 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
The ‘compilations that shaped you’ posts here have been intriguing. Mine is a little disingenuous as I already had records by some of its contributors by the time I bought it (a few years after its release)… but, until the coronavirus pandemic this remained the only compilation that I owned!
Yesterday, on another platform, I announced a new (for me) songwriting project called #walkstationtostation - six months of writing music on a Yamaha QY10, in various locations. This might mean composing on trains; I’d be surprised if any had a restaurant car but I can daydream…
August 6, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Yesterday, on another platform, I announced a new (for me) songwriting project called #walkstationtostation - six months of writing music on a Yamaha QY10, in various locations. This might mean composing on trains; I’d be surprised if any had a restaurant car but I can daydream…
Have written and recorded a new song for (all being well) a “podcast exclusive.” Hopefully seeing the light of day in the next couple of weeks, it contains a few lyrical references to this band…
July 27, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Have written and recorded a new song for (all being well) a “podcast exclusive.” Hopefully seeing the light of day in the next couple of weeks, it contains a few lyrical references to this band…
Nearby wander, this AM, having listened to an instrumental mix of my upcoming album (like BEF’s #MusicForStowaways I’m mixing it through headphones.) Vocals next; nine celebrations of human togetherness in various geographical locations (from Dundee to Berlin, via Newcastle, Cambridge & Oostende.)
July 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Nearby wander, this AM, having listened to an instrumental mix of my upcoming album (like BEF’s #MusicForStowaways I’m mixing it through headphones.) Vocals next; nine celebrations of human togetherness in various geographical locations (from Dundee to Berlin, via Newcastle, Cambridge & Oostende.)