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Cult of the redhat.
"I have a Narcissistic Personality Disorder! Unless I am OBEYED I will bring violence and confinement on anyone DRESSING, WRITING, READING or LOVING without my CONSENT!!!!"
#Nazi #Coup #Billionaires #Nihilionaires #Confine #Arrest #control #ControlFreak #Thieves #GOP
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Cult of the redhat.
"I have a Narcissistic Personality Disorder! Unless I am OBEYED I will bring violence and confinement on anyone DRESSING, WRITING, READING or LOVING without my CONSENT!!!!"
#Nazi #Coup #Billionaires #Nihilionaires #Confine #Arrest #control #ControlFreak #Thieves #GOP
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Watching Control Freak with Kelly Marie Tran. Creepy and good. Lynchian almost.
#film #films #movies #ControlFreak #horror #KellyMarieTran #demons @horror
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The peculiarly USAnian institution of the Home Owners' Association (HOA) (I'm Canadian) is notoriously filled with the kind of busybody Mussolini/Franco-wannabe dictators and martinets that want nothing more than to (a) be all up in everyone else's business, and (b) be upset about it.
They get on the boards (no one else wants to be on them), and they set crazy control-freak rules [1] like:
No vehicles parked on street.
No vehicles parked in driveways outside the hours of 8am - 6pm.
No flags allowed.
No advertising allowed, including company branding on vehicles parked in the neighbourhood.
All yards must be covered with lawn consisting of approved grass seed types and be maintained between 2 and 3 inches long at all times.
All windows must have blinds or drapes that show white to the outside.
Only the colours of these three approved paint chips may be used to paint fences with.
All houses must be stucco of one of these 3 approved colours.
House numbers must be displayed in this approved font, and be between X and Y inches high.
No overnight guests without advanced approval.... and on and on and on. And then they go around the neighbourhood looking for violators to report to the board (that they're on) for punishment and correction.
It's downright nutty.
[1] These are all examples I've seen online.
#busybody #martinet #Mussolini #Franco #dictator #control #ControlFreak
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The peculiarly USAnian institution of the Home Owners' Association (HOA) (I'm Canadian) is notoriously filled with the kind of busybody Mussolini/Franco-wannabe dictators and martinets that want nothing more than to (a) be all up in everyone else's business, and (b) be upset about it.
They get on the boards (no one else wants to be on them), and they set crazy control-freak rules [1] like:
No vehicles parked on street.
No vehicles parked in driveways outside the hours of 8am - 6pm.
No flags allowed.
No advertising allowed, including company branding on vehicles parked in the neighbourhood.
All yards must be covered with lawn consisting of approved grass seed types and be maintained between 2 and 3 inches long at all times.
All windows must have blinds or drapes that show white to the outside.
Only the colours of these three approved paint chips may be used to paint fences with.
All houses must be stucco of one of these 3 approved colours.
House numbers must be displayed in this approved font, and be between X and Y inches high.
No overnight guests without advanced approval.... and on and on and on. And then they go around the neighbourhood looking for violators to report to the board (that they're on) for punishment and correction.
It's downright nutty.
[1] These are all examples I've seen online.
#busybody #martinet #Mussolini #Franco #dictator #control #ControlFreak
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The peculiarly USAnian institution of the Home Owners' Association (HOA) (I'm Canadian) is notoriously filled with the kind of busybody Mussolini/Franco-wannabe dictators and martinets that want nothing more than to (a) be all up in everyone else's business, and (b) be upset about it.
They get on the boards (no one else wants to be on them), and they set crazy control-freak rules [1] like:
No vehicles parked on street.
No vehicles parked in driveways outside the hours of 8am - 6pm.
No flags allowed.
No advertising allowed, including company branding on vehicles parked in the neighbourhood.
All yards must be covered with lawn consisting of approved grass seed types and be maintained between 2 and 3 inches long at all times.
All windows must have blinds or drapes that show white to the outside.
Only the colours of these three approved paint chips may be used to paint fences with.
All houses must be stucco of one of these 3 approved colours.
House numbers must be displayed in this approved font, and be between X and Y inches high.
No overnight guests without advanced approval.... and on and on and on. And then they go around the neighbourhood looking for violators to report to the board (that they're on) for punishment and correction.
It's downright nutty.
[1] These are all examples I've seen online.
#busybody #martinet #Mussolini #Franco #dictator #control #ControlFreak
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The peculiarly USAnian institution of the Home Owners' Association (HOA) (I'm Canadian) is notoriously filled with the kind of busybody Mussolini/Franco-wannabe dictators and martinets that want nothing more than to (a) be all up in everyone else's business, and (b) be upset about it.
They get on the boards (no one else wants to be on them), and they set crazy control-freak rules [1] like:
No vehicles parked on street.
No vehicles parked in driveways outside the hours of 8am - 6pm.
No flags allowed.
No advertising allowed, including company branding on vehicles parked in the neighbourhood.
All yards must be covered with lawn consisting of approved grass seed types and be maintained between 2 and 3 inches long at all times.
All windows must have blinds or drapes that show white to the outside.
Only the colours of these three approved paint chips may be used to paint fences with.
All houses must be stucco of one of these 3 approved colours.
House numbers must be displayed in this approved font, and be between X and Y inches high.
No overnight guests without advanced approval.... and on and on and on. And then they go around the neighbourhood looking for violators to report to the board (that they're on) for punishment and correction.
It's downright nutty.
[1] These are all examples I've seen online.
#busybody #martinet #Mussolini #Franco #dictator #control #ControlFreak
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Getting ready to release the Deep In EP, and I can't wait for you all to hear these awesome remixes by @controlfreak and @defaultmediatransmitter ! Both are so good, and in very different ways.
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Wired: The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory Goes Mainstream https://www.wired.com/story/15-minute-city-conspiracy-uk-politics/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/NationalAffairs #Business/Transportation #conspiracytheories #transportation #disinformation #urbanplanning #ControlFreaks #Business #trolls
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Wired: The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory Goes Mainstream https://www.wired.com/story/15-minute-city-conspiracy-uk-politics/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/NationalAffairs #Business/Transportation #conspiracytheories #transportation #disinformation #urbanplanning #ControlFreaks #Business #trolls
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Wired: The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory Goes Mainstream https://www.wired.com/story/15-minute-city-conspiracy-uk-politics/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/NationalAffairs #Business/Transportation #conspiracytheories #transportation #disinformation #urbanplanning #ControlFreaks #Business #trolls
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I’ve recently started investing in smart bulbs. I use the Philips Hue range as they’re so easy to sync to your phone. I love that I can have a different coloured room every night. Everyone one else in our house hates them because they’re now not allowed to use the light switches as I’ve taped over them. They either have to download the app or ask Google to turn them on and off. 😬
#smarthome #smartbulbs #philipshue #controlfreak #colouredlights #googlehome #GoogleNest
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I’ve recently started investing in smart bulbs. I use the Philips Hue range as they’re so easy to sync to your phone. I love that I can have a different coloured room every night. Everyone one else in our house hates them because they’re now not allowed to use the light switches as I’ve taped over them. They either have to download the app or ask Google to turn them on and off. 😬
#smarthome #smartbulbs #philipshue #controlfreak #colouredlights #googlehome #GoogleNest
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I’ve recently started investing in smart bulbs. I use the Philips Hue range as they’re so easy to sync to your phone. I love that I can have a different coloured room every night. Everyone one else in our house hates them because they’re now not allowed to use the light switches as I’ve taped over them. They either have to download the app or ask Google to turn them on and off. 😬
#smarthome #smartbulbs #philipshue #controlfreak #colouredlights #googlehome #GoogleNest
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I’ve recently started investing in smart bulbs. I use the Philips Hue range as they’re so easy to sync to your phone. I love that I can have a different coloured room every night. Everyone one else in our house hates them because they’re now not allowed to use the light switches as I’ve taped over them. They either have to download the app or ask Google to turn them on and off. 😬
#smarthome #smartbulbs #philipshue #controlfreak #colouredlights #googlehome #GoogleNest
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Reminds me of 'The Disneyfication of West 42nd Street' in NYC
They're only doing this so that the company can be sold to groups of 'wholesome investors who are strong on family values'
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Reminds me of 'The Disneyfication of West 42nd Street' in NYC
They're only doing this so that the company can be sold to groups of 'wholesome investors who are strong on family values'
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Reminds me of 'The Disneyfication of West 42nd Street' in NYC
They're only doing this so that the company can be sold to groups of 'wholesome investors who are strong on family values'
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Reminds me of 'The Disneyfication of West 42nd Street' in NYC
They're only doing this so that the company can be sold to groups of 'wholesome investors who are strong on family values'
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think I might have shared this when it came out, but it deserves another go around, great collection of covers in a kind of industrial synth poppy style.
i've sung the praises of the God Tonight cover multiple times but the whole collection is great.
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Live Events this Week
It’s the third week of the month which can only mean one thing … a lot of live music and hang outs here in the Fedi music scene!
Kicking off on Wednesday Pulusound (@ahihi) is playing the 3rd W3dn35day slot at 8pm UTC hosted by @thisoccasionalsociety. -Not to be missed after the breathtaking performance at RFFF last summer!
Then on Thursday NHAM in Concert presents control.org (@[email protected]) who will be performing the album manipulate on the 25th anniversary of its release. Prepare to be uplifted by high-energy, dark-synthy, super-oontzy future-pop! That kicks off at 9pm UTC.
We’ll be rounding the week of events off with a Listening Party of Meljoann’s superb album Status at 7pm UTC on Friday. (@meljoann)
Full details of each event, where to tune in and join the live chats, can be found on the NHAM events page.
See you there!
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Fair to say the @radiofreefedi Fest (#RFFF) line up is looking rather tasty. 🤩
…And there are still more acts to be added to the roster. Bring on July! 🗓️
Full line up:
https://party.radiofreefedi.net/Acts confirmed so far:
@shannoncurtis @mixtape @ruralgloom @fluffy @lislegaard @sknob @meljoann @ahihi @alexglow @axwax @Jazzaria @futzle @bgm @akash @alisynthesis @controlfreak @jimpurbrick @DePemig -
Is it #FaircampFriday, #FairtradeMusicFriday or #FediMusicFriday?
Today I got more excellent releases by #SelfHosted #FediMusicians:
Curxes - Gilded Cage
by @RobertaFidora
https://robertafidora.com/album/1161420/gilded-cageFlavigula - Nine Sided Die
by @flavigula & @stoneymonster
https://faircamp.thurk.org/nine-sided-die/Fugue State - Coming Through & Deep In
by @fstateaudio, @controlfreak & @defaultmediatransmitter
https://faircamp.fstateaudio.comReverb 10000 - Trepanned Dandelion
by @yonder
https://reverb10000.com/trepanned-dandelion/Enjoy!
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𝗡𝗮𝗼𝗺𝗶 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗲𝘁 𝘇𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝗼𝗽𝘃𝗼𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿: '𝗛𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝗱?'
Naomi van As (40) en Sven Kramer (37) hebben samen twee kinderen: Kae en Dexx. De voormalig tophockeyster vertelt in 'Ouders van Nu' over het moederschap en dat Sven meer thuis is sinds de geboorte van hun tweede kind. Iets wat de controlfreak in haar moeilijk...
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What a First Third Week!
Three nights of live streamed music events in the Fedi via @owncast went down a storm!
Pulu
Starting with @thisoccasionalsociety‘s 3rd W3dn35day gig, bathed in purple light and surrounded by a multitude of screens and colourful blinking gizmos, pulu (@ahihi) began the set by saying that pretty much everything that could go wrong had gone wrong, and that they were forced to go with a last-minute plan B and hoped for the best. Pulu then proceeded to conjure up some lovely twinkling chords out of the legendary Music Mouse program on an old Mac running System 7, before switching to their live-coding environment. The public was then treated to an astonishing mix of delicate soundscapes, powerful intricate beats and basslines, mesmerizing synthetic and organic textures mixed in with sampled speech and field recordings. That would have been wondrous enough, except that Pulu knows how to marshal all that technology and all those sounds in service of an exceptional musical sensibility, which constantly walks a fine line between harmonic tension and glorious relief, or to put it differently, Pulu totally killed it and blew the socks off everyone in the TIBtv chat.
Control
Control (@[email protected]) absolutely ripped it up in the first NHAM in Concert event on Thursday, with an oontzing, stomping, near-two-hour set. He played the whole of the album MANIPULATE on the 25th anniversary of its release, followed by some bangers from his latest covers album. The chat was rocking and we had over 50 people come through the doors! The love shown was there to see both in the chat and by way of donations – his ko-fi page surpassing the $333 goal. One particularly touching message came in after the show from someone control hadn’t met before. They were merely watching TIBtv when the show kicked in. They loved the show, its “global tiny desk vibes”, donated, shared the album, learnt that CHVRCHES existed from the finale cover, and is now loving them.
Post by @[email protected] View on Mastodon
MeljoannRounding the week of live streams off, the NHAM Listening Party proved a big success too. We were slightly apprehensive as to how this might be received as it was a mostly audio affair on a visual platform (@TIBtv), but it went down a treat. Again a super-appreciative audience were in and showed their love to @meljoann as they listened to her album Status from start to finish. Meljoann was there herself to feel the love. Here are a few gem quotes from her in the live chat:
“Haven’t listened to this in a while. You know when you listen back and think… how tf did I do that”
-During Rainbow Language (is for Losers)“Kinda making me want to make another album”
“my sis played this song to my little neice and nephew, they were like SHE SAID VAGINA”
– During Translate Me“I was annoying my upstairs neighbour recording this one I think. They started blasting out Led Zeppilin for SOME reason”
– During Data GhostNext Time…
Be sure to join us again on the third week of next month when we’ll have live performances from @gribbles and @alexglow, plus another album listening party.
Details of each will be on our events page.
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Numerical Hexadecimal Arithmetical Mathematical – NHAM Mixtape 16
Welcome to the 16th edition of a fine showcase of 12 Fedi musicians. Count it in with me: a-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four…
As ever there’s a radio show version of this mixtape with some chat about the tracks. That can be found on Audio Interface (@audiointerface) from the first Monday of the month as well as featuring in NHAM Radio‘s Mixtape Mondays and Thursdays slots.
⬇️ Click below to begin playing, and keep the page open to hear the mix in full.
[If viewing from the Fediverse you need to click here to listen to the mixtape on NHAM]
1. Plaits Space II by AmbientSpace
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Ambience in the wiggly, wobbly, upbeat sense for take off. Ambient Space is Chris Mills, an electronic music producer from New Zealand, a french horn lover and one of the finest proponents of bonkwave.
@ambientspace2. Izanami by DebonaireToast
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Up and down like a Weston donkey, this groove hits the spot, pausing only for dial up nostalgia. Traditionally a fine artist, a photographer, a graphic designer and video editor, Alabama-based Nadia Purge aka Mandi Cook has in more recent years added music production to her wide skill set, making tunes as “DebonaireToast” inspired by dark, electronic, ambient and electro-industrial dance music.
@debonairetoast3. Jumpsuit by Humanoid No More
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Rave piano. Need I say more? Nope. Never. But also: cut vocal shouts, airy sweeps, darkened tones, bass beats. Mega blend! Creating beats loosely between hip-hop and house, Humanoid No More are a duo based in British Columbia. “Jumpsuit” comes from their recently released Tropical Moon EP.
@dtronic4. ١٠٦ by she hacked you
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I just can’t get hacked enough. Delightfully dancey, wonderfully wistful. Representing Cairo at it’s hottest, she hacked you is a comatose day–dreamer, night-timer and party–crasher also known as ekis.
@ekis5. One Thread by Shannon Curtis vs control
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One Fedi star remixes another. Damned if I won’t survive. A superb example of the remix work available from control.org, who is always open to donate-what-you-can sound design commissions. For anyone wanting a remix you can find all of the info at control.org where there is also news of a covers album, an original album, and a remix EP all dropping at the back-end of the year. Now that’s control.
@shannoncurtis @controlfreak6. Say What You Wanna Say by C.Circo
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Take my arm and bounce with me. Now kick. More delicious dance from Ottawan electronic music producer C Circo. The track is from his brilliant “Metamorph” album released this year after a period of downtime, having found renewed energy to do so by the Fedi Scene and in particular the bonkwave community.
@CCirco7. Mr. Decimal by Blix Byrd
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This just grabs and pulls with textures finely layered and vocals strongly piercing. And the break down, oh the break down. Blix Bird represents the most recent adventurous, experimental, intelligent sounds from Alison Wilder, and Mr. Decimal comes from her LP “IX” – an album that demands your attention and asks you to climb with the composer over a barbed-wire fence and in to a world probably not quite like your own, full of stinging and prickly things, where there is a freedom but perhaps little love.
@alisynthesis8. Rejection by Lorenzo Miniero
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Turns out there’s a beauty to be found in the vast open space carved out by rejection. The movie sample at the end is actually an introduction to the next song (Resentment) on the album. -Each song on “R U There?” has the same, forming a narrative through the mind and its emotions as you listen through the progressive rock journey from start to finish. Lorenzo himself is an open source software developer and accomplished musician from Napoli.
@lminiero9. Continuity by Chris Harris
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A gorgeously crafted track. Continuity is a homage to Vangelis (electric piano at start), David Gilmour (lap steel in middle) and Mike Oldfield (Squier Strat at close), with even a very quick nod to John Williams hidden in there. It was written at a time of physical pain from kidney stones, which Chris says may have contributed to it sounding more melancholy than he’d expected. That and the cellos (from Spitfire Audio’s “BBC SO” and “Abbey Road ONE” orchestral plugins)! Chris, from my old stomping ground in Bristol, is an extremely prolific musician who utilises all manner of instruments and produces a wide scope of musical output.
@headfirstonly10. Seventeen Carrots by sideSister
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Look who’s back! Discerning and fun as ever. Combining some of the lesser-spotted instruments and oozing originality. Seventeen Carrots is the opening track to their brand new album, “Space For You”, which is out this month! The third Kiwi act in this mixtape, Sidesister are dynamic mother and daughter duo Leigh and Aelyth, who fret that modern life has little room for the undisciplined in “Seventeen Carrots”. “Space For You” is a ten track LP which takes a look at our world and considers ways they can make it into a world they’d prefer to live in.
@elsemusic11. Artifiko by Camilo Bravo
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More expert combination of rhythms, sounds and textures, this time out of Quito in Ecuador. A programmer by day and musician by night, Camilo hosts the musicians.today Mastodon instance as a community for musicians of all levels, instruments, regions, languages, and genres. “Artifiko” comes from his 2023 album “Volatil”, for which he captured himself recording and editing every sound put in to all 16 songs of the album. Quite remarkable. Although I did see some daylight in the videos so I reckon the programming may have taken a bit of a backseat in 2023!
@cambraca12. Juliregn by RYA!
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Wow. What a way to finish a mixtape full of beauty and intelligence. No matter when or where you’re listening you’re sure to leave this session feeling the refreshing warmth of rain in Northern Hemisphere July. Thank you RYA! The 8-piece band from Umeå take inspiration from nature, Swedish folk, jazz and electronic pop. Described as a song for people who continue to hope despite having doubts, “Juliregn” is from their latest album, “Mareld över Kvarken”.
@rya#Bandcamp #bonkwave #Faircamp #FediMusic #Hot #mixtape #music #NHAM #NHAMmixtapes #playlist
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Special Live NHAM show with Q+A (Post by @ethicalrevolution)
[If the video doesn’t appear below in your Fedi client click here to view]
On July 2nd we broadcast a special live show at Radio Free Fedi Fest (RFFF25), answering questions about NHAM in between showcasing 12 tracks from the 13th NHAM Mixtape (Nonesuch Homecoming And Merrymaking), which were all by artists performing at the festival.
The video is now available on demand at the top of this post or via our Hyper8 videos page (thanks @freebliss for the awesome video software).
It was a first for both @sknob and myself but we managed to stumble through okay it seems. A big thank you to sknob for sorting all of the technical aspects out (not to mention the moral support). And thanks to my dad too for lending me his laptop to stream from. (This neo-luddite doesn’t even have a device good enough to do a video call!)
A big thank you to everyone who was able to join us live on the @owncast stream. For those who couldn’t be there you can now watch above.
Details of artist performance times at RFFF25 are in the video and you can also check them out below the player at the venue at party.radiofreefedi.net. There are loads of great acts lined up throughout the month of July and we’re looking forward to being at as many of them as we can!
We are so grateful to the hamster (@controlfreak) for putting on this month long extravaganza of amazing Fedi Music.
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Nonesuch Homecoming And Merrymaking – NHAM Mixtape 13
Radio Free Fedi returns to action for a one off festival this month: RFFF. It runs throughout July and we broadcast a special live NHAM mixtape show at the beginning of the event, showcasing acts performing live at the festival. Therefore all of the tracks in this mixtape have been chosen from those performers.
As always there is also a radio show version of this mixtape with me chatting between the tracks. That can be found on Audio Interface (@audiointerface) from the first Monday of the month as well as featuring in NHAM Radio‘s Mixtape Monday slot.
⬇️ Click below to begin playing and keep the page open to hear the mix in full.
[If viewing from the Fediverse you need to click here to listen to the mixtape on NHAM]
1. Take It if You Want It by Shannon Curtis
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@shannoncurtis
This has got to be up there as one of my favourite Shannon Curtis songs. Perfectly capturing that 80s vibe and adorning it with lyrics attuned to the politics and crises of the present day.2. Double You Slash Hackers (AxWax 2023 Remix) by Delegates of Culture
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@axwax
In the last millennium AxWax made hip hop. Now he makes stuff with synths. This 2023 remix of one of his old hip hop tracks is a combination of both. Delegates of Culture were a collective of 10 artists from five countries, including AxWax on beats and Skuff and Ill Seer with the rhymes.3. 1.1.0 by control
CC-BY-SA
@controlfreak
With director and filmmaker Cameo Wood on vocals this is control, aka controlfreak aka our glorious Hamster – the man behind RFF and RFFF. The man we have so much to thank for in helping build the amazing community of independent bands and artists we have in The Fediverse. Much that has come since RFF in terms of promotion of independent musicians in the Fediverse – the NHAMs, the TIBRs, the Audio Interfaces – we’re all standing on the broad shoulders of the one little hamster called control.4. yaoi gagarin by pulu
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@ahihi
Miranda from Helsinki aka Pulu makes some incredible sounds. The last couple of releases for bonkwave compilation albums testify for that. Written in Sonic Pi (a live coding environment based on Ruby) the short but sweet yaoi gagarin comes from the 2024 album, ‘nested’, having been written for Alternative Party 2024’s Obscure Music competition, which it won first prize!5. Bercée d’illusions by sknob
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@sknob
I remember first listening to this when it came out last year and being utterly blown away. It was one of those moments – headphones on, active listening – I was overcome and transported in my head to a huge theatre surrounded by an orchestra playing the track. It’s part of the Cities EP containing four very different tracks all well tied together by the theme of living in (or not living in) cities. The EP is an absolute triumph. I’ve gladly purchased my copy and I’d encourage you to as well: It’s available on @mirlo for any amount – pay what you feel.6. Growing pains by sgrow
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@lislegaard
sgrow is one of Norweigan soundscape artist Kristoffer Lislegaard’s projects, collaborating with his wife Vilde Ilkama Nupen. They made four releases between 2013 and 2019 of which Growing pains was on the ultimate one, Circumstance II. Since then Kristoffer has done some fantastic stuff both in collaboration as Øy and his solo work. Most recently he released the live set of his performance when he open for Autechre in Oslo.
Hot off the press: A fifth sgrow album is due to be released early in 2026!7. Skinicism by Doctor Body
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@alisynthesis
Atomospheric sounds and a mesmerising vocal performance from Doctor Body – one of at least four pseudonyms used by Alison Wilder. Doctor Body is actually a collaboration between Alison and Greg Wilder, her ex husband with whom she does a fantastic podcast called Too Much Music.8. Adding Up To Nothing by Sockpuppet
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@fluffy
With both haunting and jaunty qualities, this is a lovely lo-fi tune from Sockpuppet aka fluffy. It’s the final track from the 2015 album Refactor.9. Sorry You Died by bgm
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@bgm
A little earlier this year bgm put out the video for this track, shot some 10-15 years ago, and it moved me to tears. Sorry You Died was about his family cat. He thought it would be a good idea to record the acoustic guitar in a boathouse, sitting on a gas can, swatting at mosquitoes, for “atmosphere”. The recording subsequently came out on the album “They Don’t Run Your Life.”10. Plume by Calin Dica
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@akash
Calin Dica said the baroque cello melody came by itself over a rather classical harmonic progression and that the lyrics were inspired by a good friend who could have become a lover in another arc! I love the feel in this song. The evocation in the vocal is very strong and makes me want it more. I have no idea what is actually being said as my French is sadly non-existent, so it’s all vibe driven.11. Secrets by Meljoann
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@meljoann
Earlier this year we serialised the album Status from which this track comes. Pure sugary retro pop with Motown bassline as Meljoann herself says. A hit from an album of hits. Check out the fantastic video and read more about it.12. Never Meet Your Heroes by Futzle
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@futzle
The typical brilliant blend of intelligent wit and musical nouse from Futzle also known as Deborah Pickett. Never Meet Your Heroes is from the EP “Futzle: the Musical” and it brings the perfect mood to leave as an outro to this month’s celebration of all things Fedi music.#FediMusic #festival #Hot #mixtape #music #MusicFestival #NHAM #NHAMmixtapes #playlist #RFFF #RFFF25
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Numskulls, Harlequins & Amusing Misleaders – NHAM Mixtape 10
Released on April Fools’ Day I had to give this one a fitting title. But the tomfoolery stops there. There are no pranks below. Only more great tunes found in The Fediverse.
Last month a brilliant little album of collaborations between artists who connected via Radio Free Fedi was released, including one track featuring yours truly. It was such a top album that I’ve included five of the collaborations within this mix.
The radio show version of this mixtape (where you have to put up with me talking a bit too) can be found on Audio Interface (@audiointerface) from the first Monday of the month.
[If viewing from the Fediverse you need to click here to listen to the mixtape on NHAM]
1. Dancing and Kissing by Bitplanes
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@bazkieKicking off with a most uplifting of tracks for all the dancers, kissers and cuddlers out there.
2. You are not alone by C.Circo and sknob
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@CCirco, @sknobAm I only dreaming? This song is a dream in every sense. I feel like I’ve drifted off under a tree on a lovely sunny day and am dozing in and out of a lovely light dream.
3. origami universe by pulu
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@ahihiOriginally released on the first disc of last autumn’s 3-disc Not What I Call Bonkwave compilation, origami universe is a triumph in glitching, breaking and euphoric chanting. pulu is Miranda, a ‘computer sound worker’ from Finland.
4. collapse by control.org
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@controlfreakI get real Underworld vibes from this beast of a tune taken from the 2002 album ‘radiate’. Control yourselves!
5. Night Dad by Galaxy Brain
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@galaxybrainLondon electronic music producer Galaxy Brain named this song after a Korg M1 patch. It comes from a four track EP of the same name which she describes as a love letter to late 80s and early 90s deep house.
6. The Space Between the Sea and the Sky (Default Media Transmitter remix) by Key13
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@keefmarshallIn mystic tradition ‘thin places’ are energy fields where it is said that the veil between our world and the eternal world is thin. The space on the horizon where the sky meets land or sea is often cited as one of these places. This track captures that essence magnificently.
7. Nothing Comes Around by Edith Frost
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@edithfrostA gorgeous folk pop song from a brand new album by the singer-somgwriter from Austin, Texas.
8. Shame by Matt Young & Edvards
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@mattyoung, @EDVARDSIn this relatable tale of regretting youthful misdemeanour, Matt and Edvards combine superbly for a dose of melodic, retro pop-rock.
9. Leave the Light On by Futzle featuring Aelyth from sideSister
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@futzle, @elsemusic, @jimbobEthereal vocals, captivating chord changes and a swinging beat that you can’t help but nod, tap and groove to.
10. ZOE by Center of the Universe
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@couniversRTFM! 😂 Great line. From the album COU which contains eight 3-letter-acronym titled songs, ZOE – presumably about the electric car – heaps the fun in to the funky. The deep vocal and content matter makes this a perfect sequel to Hot Chip’s Playboy (driving in a Peugeot with the top down) for the renewables generation! Although I’m not sure whether Norwegian DJ and artist Center of the Universe sees it that way, citing the album as a collection of obsolete technologies which once had promises of a brighter future.
11. DOINITRITE by Babu Menos
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@babumenosWow! Nods to Byrne, Gabriel and Bowie in this epic juxtaposition of a funky, happy-sounding groove that depicts an angry, greedy, needy, ruthless and narcissistic world leader who considers himself infallible.
12. That One Day by Default Media Transmitter/Xylander
(Words written by Deborah Pickett, read by Eivind)
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@defaultmediatransmitter, @xylander, @eivindClosing out with the four way collaboration that closed out the Comfy Collaborations album. A mammoth soundscape about the end of everything can really go in no other place. Enjoy it while you can.
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What Community Looks Like – RFFF25 Review
It’s always the way when you go to a festival, isn’t it? – That it takes a good while to acclimatise back in to normality again. Well now that the dust has settled and we’re back to at least some sense of normality let’s look back on the amazing month of July, the whole of which was set aside for Radio Free Fedi Fest 2025.
We must begin by showing our gratitude to @radiofreefedi for coming back from the sunset to galvanise the community once more, and again being a beacon for highlighting the depth of talent in the Fedi music scene. Huge appreciation to the Hamster for powering that wheel all month long.
The Festival kicked off way back on the first of July with a typically outstanding performance from @shannoncurtis and @hilljam in which they performed their 80’s Kids live show especially for us. Fresh off touring the show they recreated the set from their basement, including the full light show and treating us to insights in to their workings with a Q+A after the set. The pair are without doubt masters of their crafts, and they combine those crafts perfectly to give us maximum joy. The 80s Kids tour is going on the road again soon. Check out the 80skids.live tour dates page to see if they’re coming to a town near you!
Speaking of Q+A, the next day was our turn to get on the stage. @sknob and I (@ethicalrevolution) answered some of your questions in between presenting my 13th NHAM mixtape, which was put together as a showcase of RFFF25 – 12 songs from 12 of the artists that were to perform over the month. I was so grateful to sknob for his expertise in putting together the technical and aesthetic aspects of the show, and of course for the moral support. If you missed it we did manage to record the show which you can catch up on here.
On the third day of the event Damon Thomas (@ruralgloom) performed with spoken word. I was still backstage chatting to all the groupies that had assembled from our show so I missed it but Deb was there and she said, “Damon Thomas read excerpts from his Southern Gothic written works, in his gentle understated style, a thoroughly relaxing vignette of small-town life and growing up in the US South. We were left with images from a delightful time capsule of little people looming large in little places.”
Next to perform was @fluffy and it was a performance the likes of which I’d never seen before: A fully blown VR performance in which the Fluffy that we saw was an animated critter on an animated stage in an animated venue with an animated guitar! The set is available on demand and you can follow Fluffy to be notified of future live performances, as we were informed that this critter from Seattle performs relatively regularly.
Then came @lislegaard who was an absolute delight. Kristoffer totally took us down in to full relaxation zone before belting us out with the booms and glitches in a really epic performance which combined amazing sounds and visuals. You can catch the show again on Kristoffer’s Hyper8 page. And he’s another to keep an eye on for future streams.
Next up was my NHAM co-conspirator @sknob. The master songwriter’s gig from the Rugged Scrublands somewhere in the South of France is also available on demand. In it he opened up by playing through his current EP, “Cities” before going through a rendition of some of his bonkwave tracks and playing covers of other Fedi musicians including @futzle, @keefmarshall and even 8 year old me!
The baton was then passed to Fedi superstar and regular streamer @meljoann who combined wit, wizardry and wickedness (in the good sense!) despite having to take a call from her therapist (former talk show host, Dr Synergy Myers) during the show. This set wasn’t recorded but Meljoann is prolific when it comes to livestreaming. Just follow @relay to keep in the loop with future performances.
On July 12th Pulu (@ahihi) put on a show-stopping performance of beautiful sounds and quality beats in an incredible method of performing via multi-computer set up on a balcony by some woods in Helsinki. Rather than try to go in to the detail of the music production, for which I still can’t quite fathom, you can check it out for yourself via the recording of the stream. One particularly incredible moment in the show for me was when the bird song samples were being played and outside my own window behind me real birds were echoing the same calls to give me proper surround sound!
The next night @jimpurbrick defrosted his Moogs for Remember Glaciers’ first 100% solar powered telling of Duncan Porter’s tale of two visits to the Rhone glacier. An eye opening storytelling of the demise of glaciers for many in the lobby. While this particular show was not recorded, there is a version available from his Gravitons Festival 2024 set.
As we came towards the middle of the month Grüezi Sexgott (@DePemig) moved their weekly live streamed jam session over to the Radio Free Fedi stage as we dimmed the lights, heightened the haze and mellowed in to a smooth and funky improv set from the accomplished four-piece. They play every Tuesday at 9pm Swiss time.
Then came @alexglow. What a performer. Alex was so relaxed; at times moving; always fun; with quite beautiful playing; and being very clever – all rolled in to one concert. She played covers and originals, taking requests too, of any song so long as it was about space. It’s something she does on Sunday’s over on spacesongsunday.com
I tried but largely failed to tune in to @axwax whilst on a coach. Fortunately it was made available to catch up on. With graphics that bounced in time with the music and an impressive rack of machines, synths and a big red button AxWax powered through some classic acid, techno, hip-hop and of course bonkwave. Donning his 80s Kids t-shirt in the sweltering Spanish heat, the ever delightful Axel played an encore of 20 minutes or so after the main set while we awaited the second act of the night…
Back home by this point I was able to enjoy @Jazzaria from the comfort of my own sofa. We watched an animated keyboard playing the notes that were improvised from prompts given in the lobby which included 80s sitcoms, nightly news, small mammals in fancy hats, tramping cats and 80s detectives. It was quite something seeing vague concepts being brought to life by the sounds of a keyboard.
Then on July 23rd we witnessed @conniptions being brilliant with a large 4-stringed instrument, brilliant with a small 8-stringed instrument, brilliant with a regular 6-stringed instrument and even being brilliant on the magic trumpets. All on his actual birthday – inviting all of us festival goers to his party of left-field anti-folk – as we bopped along and celebrated with him. More from the creations of Fit and the Conniptions can be found here.
Next came ‘A Christmas in July Wasted’ with Deb Pickett (@futzle). The set up was as smooth as the performance as Deb beamed across the globe from Victoria, Australia. With lyrics and chord progressions often too clever for me Deb went down like a plump chap in a red suit down a chimney – with a bang and full of treats and gifts!
With the month drawing out we turned our gaze over to Toronto in Canada where @bgm performed from a basement with a low ceiling. Sadly he was too good that the hour whizzed by in an absolute flash. A highly accomplished musician and video maker, bgm did not disappoint.
What was disappointing, however, was that this was to be my last show. I had to leave the festival early for other commitments so I hand you over to sknob to run through the final three events…
Thanks Sam. Well, I’m not used to this exercise, but I’ll try to do the artists justice.
After a few words of introduction, Calin Dica aka @akash literally blew our socks off as soon as we heard the first notes of his spectacular guitar playing. Expertly jumping from his guitar to his electronic gizmos with dizzying precision and grace, and even surprising the audience with some epic guitar solos, Calin Dica/akash treated us to a barrage of pure energy in song form. I think it’s safe to say we were all flabbergasted when he told us this was the first time he’d ever performed his music in a solo set. Catch up on demand.
What can I say about nightmother aka @alisynthesis. I discovered her music only recently thanks to Sam, and to say that I’m a fan would be the understatement of the year. In fact I probably shouldn’t be allowed to review her set at all, but here we are, and here we were, teleported into her beautiful studio filled with too many knobs and dials to count (and a couple of totally oblivious dogs on a comfy looking couch). If you think you know synthesizers and electronic music, think again. The sounds that Alison conjures out of her machines is glorious, as is her singing. In fact, the chat which is usually full of wisecracking banter was stunned into silence on several occasions. I do have one complaint though. The set was way too short. Alison, we want more! Catch up on demand.
Synth music can also be gloriously harsh and furious. Just ask @controlfreak. Sorry, I don’t speak genres, but this absolutely ferocious set (showcasing the darker side of oontz as he eloquently puts it) was exceptional not only for its stunning and sometimes disturbing visuals, but also for its uncompromising original pieces old and new, its spectacular remixes of @shannoncurtis, and for its real drums played on an actual, real, physical drum kit! And when you thought you couldn’t be any more delightfully surprised, controlfreak got up and actually sang for us, well, beautifully (if he’ll pardon the expression), bringing RFFF25 to a perfect conclusion. Back to you Sam.
We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again, and again. We’re forever grateful for Radio Free Fedi and this month was a perfect exemplifier as to why. It’s about the @music and the artists but it’s not just about the music and the artists, it’s about the community. And this, THIS, showed just what community looks like.
#bonkwave #community #FediMusic #LiveStream #music #RFF #RFFF25