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Apparently it's #WorldTurtleDay.
We don't get turtles around here as a general rule but I did release a track about space turtles a little while ago..
It even has a video. With turtles, courtesy of a few lovely contributors on Pixabay.
https://video.key13.uk/sun-moon-stars/key-13-cosmochelonian/
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So at least two of these have actually arrived at their destinations - proving that I can successfully navigate the international shipping process!
There's still three left (well, one and two sets of templates!).
You can have one for free if you want: https://words.key13.uk/sun-sea-aardvarks
But, be quick. There won't ever be any more.
Have you ever seen a mini CD box set before? Will you ever see one again?
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Ok managed to make some more today.
Everyone who has received an edition number from me: yours is now in the post and should be with you in the next 7 working days or sooner.
I've got a couple more sets of templates printed out but no more time until next week - then that'll be the lot I think. If you want one, get in quick.
Fingers crossed they survive the wilds of international shipping, customs and tariffs... 🤞
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Have you ever wanted Key 13 music on physical media? No? What if it came in a beautifully designed box set of 3 mini-CDs?
Still no?
What if it was free. Completely free. How about then?!!
Key 13: Sun + Sea + Aardvarks mini CD Box set.
Read here for more: https://words.key13.uk/sun-sea-aardvarks
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The full set, printed and burned.
Aligning the CD artwork in the printer seems to be a bit random. The same setting doesn't always produce identical results - must be something to do with the way the tray is inserted which is annoying.
They do look beautiful though, if I do say so myself!
Now I just need a mini box slip to put them in.
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If you previously downloaded the "Eleusis - Prehistory of Key 13" release, you might want to download it again (sorry!)
Apparently the original uploads had a lot of high frequency noise/hiss which was irritating to people with better ears than I have (I can't hear high frequencies at all).
Many thanks to @retech and @desolationpark for lending me their ears while I managed to eliminate the issues.
Anyway, new uploads should fix it:
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Oh, did I mention there's a tiny little new Key 13 track on the latest #BonkWave release?
I got stuck halfway through making this one, so did that rather clichéd thing of "adding moar cowbell".
https://music.bonkwave.org/the-four-seasons-of-bonkwave-autumn-waves-3/1/
I also brutally chopped up some of @Loki_Laufeyiarson 's samples in there as well.
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Remember those old music files I found on a CD-R a few days ago?
I've cleaned them up a little with RX and Ozone, and released them as a mini-album of sorts. These date from the mid-1990s, the files were in a bit of a state and the quality in all respects is.. a bit poor, so listen with that in mind..
https://music.key13.uk/the-prehistory-of-key-13/
I've also written far too many words about them, which no-one should bother to read all at once, but it's here if you want it:
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Someone described this as "keefarpenter" on the party chat. [sorry I missed who!]
I'll take that, But see what you think:
https://music.bonkwave.org/the-four-seasons-of-bonkwave-autumn-waves-1/9/
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I should probably mention that there is a tiny little new Key 13 track on today's upcoming #BonkWave release. It could be #NotBonkWave I suppose, who knows...
The track title was taken from some spam posts we had on the BonkBoard. The track itself was made entirely with Cherry Audio's Elka X soft synth, even the percussion.
Release party at 20:00 UTC which is 21:00 in London, 22:00 in Brussels, 16:00 in New York and 13:00 in Vancouver.
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It's #MusiciansDay - am I a musician? Who knows.. I generally only use virtual instruments, does that count?
But I do make some things that are approximately music, as Key 13. In the last couple of months of 2025 I made some tracks using a real instrument, of sorts - although perhaps it's more of an expensive toy.
"audius consumed" was made entirely on a Teenage Engineering OP-XY - and while it starts with me just playing around, I got better...
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It's #MusiciansDay - am I a musician? Who knows.. I generally only use virtual instruments, does that count?
But I do make some things that are approximately music, as Key 13. In the last couple of months of 2025 I made some tracks using a real instrument, of sorts - although perhaps it's more of an expensive toy.
"audius consumed" was made entirely on a Teenage Engineering OP-XY - and while it starts with me just playing around, I got better...
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It's #MusiciansDay - am I a musician? Who knows.. I generally only use virtual instruments, does that count?
But I do make some things that are approximately music, as Key 13. In the last couple of months of 2025 I made some tracks using a real instrument, of sorts - although perhaps it's more of an expensive toy.
"audius consumed" was made entirely on a Teenage Engineering OP-XY - and while it starts with me just playing around, I got better...
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It's #MusiciansDay - am I a musician? Who knows.. I generally only use virtual instruments, does that count?
But I do make some things that are approximately music, as Key 13. In the last couple of months of 2025 I made some tracks using a real instrument, of sorts - although perhaps it's more of an expensive toy.
"audius consumed" was made entirely on a Teenage Engineering OP-XY - and while it starts with me just playing around, I got better...
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It's #MusiciansDay - am I a musician? Who knows.. I generally only use virtual instruments, does that count?
But I do make some things that are approximately music, as Key 13. In the last couple of months of 2025 I made some tracks using a real instrument, of sorts - although perhaps it's more of an expensive toy.
"audius consumed" was made entirely on a Teenage Engineering OP-XY - and while it starts with me just playing around, I got better...
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So, now it's been on #TIBtv Fresh, I can release my new video. Which is a very old track I hate, and hate even more having spent two weeks lining up all the Patternodes animations to match it :)
So here's a challenge: do you want to remix it into something wild and random - "Unexpected!" - that I might actually like?
If so, let me know. Stems available licensed CC-BY.
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I might have submitted another Key 13 video to #TIBtv .. brand new, completely self-animated this time, no reliance on third-party footage.
But, on the other hand, it is a *very* random track I chose to animate. So there's that. And I have no clue what I'm doing with animation, so there's that as well.. 😂
I'll throw it onto Hyper8 at some point next week, but for now it will be exclusive to The Indie Beat TV.
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Just wanted to say a quick thanks to everyone who bought, downloaded or streamed Sun • Moon • Stars both yesterday and last week. It's very much appreciated.
I'm still blown away that anyone wants to listen to this stuff made on pretend instruments with my little nanoKEY 2.
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Oh by the way, I forgot to write down all the options for naming the creature-with-the-red-eyes! Still open to suggestions..
https://video.key13.uk/sun-moon-stars/key-13-little-flowers/
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Key 13 - Sun • Moon • Stars
You can download the new release free from any of these places:
https://music.key13.uk/sun-moon-stars/
https://mirlo.space/key13/release/sun--moon-stars
https://key13.bandcamp.com/album/sun-moon-stars
Or watch the videos here: https://video.key13.uk/sun-moon-stars/
[Bandwagon coming soon - watch this space!]
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So.. there's a Key 13 EP launch party tonight at 20:00 UTC on the BonkWave party server. Chat will open about 15 minutes before.
The EP is only 17 minutes long.
Assuming anyone turns up, is anyone interested in hanging around a bit longer for a semi random Key 13 jukebox? Or is that just a step too far! (NB these would just be the released versions, without custom videos, I'm not playing live)
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Key 13 - Sun • Moon • Stars EP - Release Party
online, Monday, January 26 at 08:00 PM GMT
Key 13 launches an EP of refreshed archive tracks in a Space Rock/Psychedelic vein. Accompanied by brand new videos!
https://cal.gravitons.org/event/key-13-sun-moon-stars-ep-release-party
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If you didn't spot it in that previous post I've tentatively scheduled 20:00 UTC on Monday (26th) for a Key 13 EP release party:
It will be roughly 17 minutes long, so don't blink or you'll miss it!
This EP is almost certainly *not* #BonkWave, just to manage expectations - if I had to choose a genre I'd say Space Rock/Psychedelia.
There's one track which could maybe have been a FediVision entry for those who remember that.
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So.. Key 13 EP launch with videos -
Monday or Tuesday evening? 8pm ish? There's too much already going on tomorrow I think.
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Me: Hey muse, shall we make some Bonk Wave?
Muse: sure! Here's some FediPuzzles ideas!
Me: very nice, but, err.. music?
Muse: you should release that EP you've been sitting on for 18 months
Me: ...
Muse: you could make a video for the lead track! For TIBtv!
Me: but...
Muse: that other track could really use a video as well...
Me: ?!
Muse: video ALL THE TRACKS!
Me: but.. the compilation submission deadline is in three weeks...
Muse: RELEASE PARTY!!!!
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Submitted it, no going back now :) What have I unleashed on the world...
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Err. I'm not sure letting me run free with DaVinci Resolve and a bunch of content from Pixabay was such a good idea...
Key 13 video number 2 is pretty much done. And it's a bit... Well. Random! And it's still not the track you were expecting. Or wanting.
I may push it to #TIBtv today but will wait until the full EP is released to put it anywhere else. Shouldn't be long, I'm just figuring out if I want to do videos for the other two tracks while I'm in the zone.
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Well.. it's not the most exciting, original or polished effort, but the first ever Key 13 video just got submitted to #TIBtv .. you can't see it anywhere else just yet (soon!).
It probably isn't the track you were expecting though.. but it has been remastered by someone who knows what they're doing (i.e. not me!).
So you'll either have to wait until it pops up on the channel (assuming they accept it!) or wait a few more days for an actual release...
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I'm still struggling to mix on the OP-XY, but here's my longest track to date (longer is not necessarily better!) - a slightly more "conventional(?)" instrumental rock track with some vague fusion influences.
I've been working on this one for quite a while so it feels like the last release of 2025 rather than the first of 2026!
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Aha.. I have finally figured out how to use parameter locks on the OP-XY - specifically to modulate/automate variations in the FX sends and envelope parameters. Whoo!
There's still more to learn about these but I'm getting there.
New track incoming at some point soon.
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Finished another OP-XY track - not very adventurous, but (hopefully) easy to listen to. Playing with the on-board phaser FX this time. As with most of these, it's a bit long, really, I'm used to making 3-4 minute tracks!
I might call this "synthwave-adjacent chilled-out electro" but that would be why no-one ever asks me about music genres :)
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I've finished another OP-XY track - not quite so happy with this one for a number of reasons, but here we are:
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Finished another track on the OP-XY, slightly rushed the mix to meet a songaweek deadline :)
This one is an IDM-inspired Drum & Bass track which is not a genre I'm generally very proficient at - there's others here who do it much better (!) - but this is a definite improvement on past efforts, I think.
Struggling with the mixing side of the OP-XY, I suspect this will need some tweaks later on.
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Finally, when your money has all run out, why not check out the Key 13 compilation "Pretentious Incongruity", or any of the "Uncooked" releases, all completely free to download or stream from https://music.key13.uk/
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This week I released the fifth and last (for now) edition of the Key 13 "Uncooked" series of loosely themed demo/archive tracks:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
You can find the other 4 volumes here (scroll down):
.. all completely free to stream and download!
Exclusive to #Faircamp at the moment. If you would be more likely to listen to them elsewhere, let me know.
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This week I released the fifth and last (for now) edition of the Key 13 "Uncooked" series of loosely themed demo/archive tracks:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
You can find the other 4 volumes here (scroll down):
.. all completely free to stream and download!
Exclusive to #Faircamp at the moment. If you would be more likely to listen to them elsewhere, let me know.
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This week I released the fifth and last (for now) edition of the Key 13 "Uncooked" series of loosely themed demo/archive tracks:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
You can find the other 4 volumes here (scroll down):
.. all completely free to stream and download!
Exclusive to #Faircamp at the moment. If you would be more likely to listen to them elsewhere, let me know.
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This week I released the fifth and last (for now) edition of the Key 13 "Uncooked" series of loosely themed demo/archive tracks:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
You can find the other 4 volumes here (scroll down):
.. all completely free to stream and download!
Exclusive to #Faircamp at the moment. If you would be more likely to listen to them elsewhere, let me know.
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This week I released the fifth and last (for now) edition of the Key 13 "Uncooked" series of loosely themed demo/archive tracks:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
You can find the other 4 volumes here (scroll down):
.. all completely free to stream and download!
Exclusive to #Faircamp at the moment. If you would be more likely to listen to them elsewhere, let me know.
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Final one of these for now - new/old Key 13 release: Uncooked 05: Misfits.
Free streaming and download, just as with the others:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
This one has all the tracks that didn't fit anywhere else. Oddly enough it might be the strongest of the lot!
The idea of 'uncooked' is that they are demo quality but I did end up doing light remixing + remastering on some of these.
And hot off the press with the new #Faircamp 1.5 release as well.
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Final one of these for now - new/old Key 13 release: Uncooked 05: Misfits.
Free streaming and download, just as with the others:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
This one has all the tracks that didn't fit anywhere else. Oddly enough it might be the strongest of the lot!
The idea of 'uncooked' is that they are demo quality but I did end up doing light remixing + remastering on some of these.
And hot off the press with the new #Faircamp 1.5 release as well.
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Final one of these for now - new/old Key 13 release: Uncooked 05: Misfits.
Free streaming and download, just as with the others:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
This one has all the tracks that didn't fit anywhere else. Oddly enough it might be the strongest of the lot!
The idea of 'uncooked' is that they are demo quality but I did end up doing light remixing + remastering on some of these.
And hot off the press with the new #Faircamp 1.5 release as well.
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Final one of these for now - new/old Key 13 release: Uncooked 05: Misfits.
Free streaming and download, just as with the others:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
This one has all the tracks that didn't fit anywhere else. Oddly enough it might be the strongest of the lot!
The idea of 'uncooked' is that they are demo quality but I did end up doing light remixing + remastering on some of these.
And hot off the press with the new #Faircamp 1.5 release as well.
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Final one of these for now - new/old Key 13 release: Uncooked 05: Misfits.
Free streaming and download, just as with the others:
https://music.key13.uk/uncooked05-misfits/
This one has all the tracks that didn't fit anywhere else. Oddly enough it might be the strongest of the lot!
The idea of 'uncooked' is that they are demo quality but I did end up doing light remixing + remastering on some of these.
And hot off the press with the new #Faircamp 1.5 release as well.
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Included on this release is "Unexpected Petunia", the "medieval reggae" (sorry!) track I knocked up in about two hours one Saturday afternoon 5 years ago and have never really liked.
But others seem to, and it made an appearance on the recent Spring #BonkWave live streams in the lobby playlist.
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Included on this release is "Unexpected Petunia", the "medieval reggae" (sorry!) track I knocked up in about two hours one Saturday afternoon 5 years ago and have never really liked.
But others seem to, and it made an appearance on the recent Spring #BonkWave live streams in the lobby playlist.
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Included on this release is "Unexpected Petunia", the "medieval reggae" (sorry!) track I knocked up in about two hours one Saturday afternoon 5 years ago and have never really liked.
But others seem to, and it made an appearance on the recent Spring #BonkWave live streams in the lobby playlist.