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thinking about this song from a little indie band that released a few albums from within the dregs of christian contemporary music, "Anastasia" by Brave Saint Saturn.
It's such a great encapsulation of what it feels like as a young, shy boy to idolize a girl but never have the eggs to actually speak to her.
"Her name means "the resurrection"
It's not too far from true
I'm afraid that if I write this song
She might break my heart in two "Song attached.
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Interview with Socool
Dressed ever so splendiferously here at NHAM HQ we took some time out to sit back, relax, unwind and listen to ‘To the Nines’, the latest release from Vancouver-based music producer and DJ Socool. Whilst doing so we penned some questions and fired them over to Canada where she was waiting to respond…
NHAM: Hey Socool, how are you today and, as we’re conducting this interview virtually, across continents, can you tell us if you have also dressed to the nines especially for this chat?
Socool: Hello! I’m delighted to have this space to talk about music with you, thank you very much. By the way, you’re looking spiffy in that outfit, super liking those biodegradable sequins, wow! So yeah, thanks for asking, I’m having a great day so far, just hanging out on Cloud 9 in my favourite comfy spacesuit.
NHAM: Great stuff! Speaking of which, your new album To the Nines is another beautiful blend of gorgeous tones and chilled beats and breaks that we’ve become accustomed to hearing from you. It’s your first full album in nearly three years. In between time you’ve released various EPs and singles (two of which earned high praise on BBC 6 Music). Yet all the while the nine tracks from this new album had been floating around in the background. Can you tell us why now was the right time to pull these nine tracks down and release the album?
Socool: Ah thank you! Those years passed by with so much growth in both how I make and present my music, and more importantly in my understanding of why I do this and what I need to do to be able to keep doing it. In between all the many collabs and remixes, these tracks were quietly taking form. I’d start a track, get it to a place where I was happy with it, then put it away for a while, visiting it periodically with fresh perspective to refine the ideas and bring it closer to where I wanted it to be. One day I took a step back and looked at all these tracks that were piling up and realized the time had come to let others enjoy them. After that, many more things needed to happen, but I had made enough space in my life to have the energy to make the decisions and do the work and now here we are! I’m one of those people that mostly listens to full albums so presenting my music in this way is exciting to me.
NHAM: Tell us a but more about your background… Have you always been based in Vancouver? When did you start making music? We hear you were both a radio DJ and a live DJ in the early days?
Socool: I was born here on the coast in Vancouver but was raised in the Okanagan, in a small town that’s nestled between two lakes in the interior of British Columbia. Growing up, I had a chance to learn several musical instruments starting with piano, then clarinet, saxophone and guitar before I took up DJing when I returned to Vancouver after graduating from high school. I was one of the hosts of a radio show called Shadow Jugglers that aired every Saturday night from 7-9pm on CiTR 101.9fm. We’d mix records live on air, invite our friends to play guest slots, give away tickets to whatever show we were going to that night, and just generally have silly amounts of fun. I was loving those DJ days, playing all vinyl sets at various lounges, club nights, afterhours and summer music festivals in BC, until I got a copy of Ableton Live and that was it for me: from then on making music became my focus.
NHAM: That sounds like so much fun! So, where did the name Socool come from?
Socool: Around the time I started DJing, I had a really fun group of coworkers at the library I worked at and we all had nicknames for each other and they started calling me Socool because my last name is Sobool. So when I needed a DJ handle, I picked DJ Socool and it ended up being kind of perfect because I tend to play very chill music (and funny too, because I am a deeply awkward person so it’s a bit of an oxymoron).
NHAM: Brilliant! We’re interested to hear about your creative process:
– Where does the inspiration come from?
– How is it fleshed out/do you have a typical process?
– What’s easy, what’s hard?
– What do you enjoy, what do you dread?Socool: Inspiration comes from many things. A chord progression that needs to be explored, a BPM that captures my imagination, an improvised melody that sticks. Also, it’s probably not ideal but going through stressful situations and experiencing difficult emotions tends to bring out some of my best music unfortunately!
NHAM: Makes sense – Great art often comes from a place of difficulty.
Socool: Sometimes certain music I listen to just grabs me and all I want to do is listen to it on repeat. I’ve been known to try to remake a song from scratch just to have an excuse to listen to it over and over, and in the process of deconstructing it there will often be a spark and something new will emerge.
My process of making music is pretty straightforward I think, I just kind of keep going until I can listen to a track without feeling the need to add or change anything. It can take me a long time to get to that place, but I usually do eventually – I’m not really one to give up on songs I’ve started: if something’s not working for present me, it might just be a little gift for a future me to come back to. And while I find it easy to start new songs, finishing them is more difficult for me because while I’m working on them they feel alive, and drawing that line and saying something’s done feels like a kind of abandonment.
I most enjoy that feeling when a song is still new, still figuring itself out, and there is this rush of like a honeymoon phase when all I want to do when I’m not working on it is work on it some more.
I used to feel like everything needed to be perfect and I dreaded listening to a track of mine that I had finished and released in case I might hear that there was something wrong with it. So I would avoid listening to music I had released, especially the earlier stuff, because of that fear of finding imperfections. But a couple of years ago, I had the honour of spending some time with a brilliant and creative Indigenous storyteller who introduced me to the concept of the spirit bead. In the context of beadwork, the spirit bead is a cultural tradition where a single bead is deliberately made to be out of place, for example, a different colour, facing the wrong direction, or slightly off-pattern, and this bead is placed this way intentionally to represent a sense of humility, to acknowledge that no person is perfect, so no artwork made by a human should pretend to be perfect. When I heard about this, it was the exact right moment for me to take it in and after that, there was a major shift in how I feel about my music. And in the these times of generative AI taking the place of real art, humanness in art is more important than ever, so I’m less afraid now to share art that has imperfections, instead, I embrace it.
NHAM: So true, what a beautiful tale. Tell us about some of your greatest influences, musical or otherwise.
Socool: Gladly! Some key albums in the early days include Breath from Another by Esthero, Mezzanine by Massive Attack, Homogenic by Bjork, and Portishead’s self titled album. More recently we have Forms by Rohne, Keep Your Soul Young by Amparo, Sisyphean Audio Therapy (all three volumes) by Ordos Mk.0 (@ordosmarkzero) and Bleach by cable.percussion.
NHAM: You’ve done a good number of collaborations including with other Fedi artists. It seems that remote collaboration is something you particularly enjoy. Can you give us an insight in to the process, right from the first approach to collaborate, through the process of creating the music to releasing the finished work?
Socool: Yes, I really do love collaborating with other music producers and musicians! I’ve collaborated with quite a few different people now and I’ve found that the process is wildly different depending on who I’m working with. Truly I just love it when people send me audio to play with, it keeps things fresh for me and brings about new techniques and approaches that I think I would miss out on otherwise. Plus the feeling of hearing something amazing that another producer has done with the audio I sent them is incredible!
Working with Skysonix (@skysonix) for example was really special, as everything flowed really nicely right from the start and all through the release process. It started with meeting on Mastodon, having a mutual appreciation for each other’s music, then one of us floated the idea of collaborating, the other enthusiastically agreed, one sent an initial idea for a track and the other took took that and ran with it, and vice versa, and then with some back and forth suddenly, almost effortlessly, we found we had an EP finished. Track names, artwork, track order, release planning, all those decisions were shared which I found to be a great relief.
NHAM: Can you remember how you first become initiated in to the Fedi Music Scene?
Socool: I was part of that big wave of people looking for alternatives when Twitter imploded. Someone I followed there mentioned they were trying out this place called Mastodon and I checked it out and found that people were really welcoming. I was around when Radio Free Fedi started up and at that point it really started to feel like a music community was forming.
NHAM: What is the pull of the Fediverse over traditional, dare I say ‘legacy’ social media for you?
Socool: It feels like home. So many of the people I cross paths with here share similar values.
NHAM: Is there a particular song or artist within the Fedi that’s caught your attention recently?
Socool: ‘Black Knoll’ by Bedlam Steps (@bedlamsteps) (from the Patterns and Shades EP) just gets me every time. I can’t seem to listen to it only once, I get stuck in it and end up having it on repeat for a while. It reaches me in the same way # 19 by Aphex Twin does.
NHAM: You have a wonderful back catalogue over on Bandcamp but more recently you’ve begun releasing on Bandwagon, Faircamp and Mirlo (@mirlo) too. What has been the appeal of these platforms for you?
Socool: I have a lot of respect for people who look at the current situation around the music economy and actually do something to improve it, and I feel like Faircamp, Bandwagon and Mirlo are good examples of this so I’d like to support them as best I can. Faircamp lets artists self-host their music and present it to the world via an elegant static site generator, and I’m grateful to have some music out there via the negative void community Faircamp, so my music can potentially be discovered via the Faircamp Webring. And with Bandwagon, I can simply check a box and then my music will go into rotation on The Indie Beat Radio, which is great because I am trying to reach more people with my music so I want it to be in as many places as possible to do that. In the case of Mirlo, I like how I can offer some music there and if someone is kind enough to buy it, a percentage goes to them so they can continue to grow this music cooperative.
NHAM: You’re also a regular contributor to Bonkwave compilation albums. Tell us some more about that. Why do you particularly enjoy being part of the Bonkwave community?
Socool: I love how chaotic bonk wave music can be, while at the same time the community is well-organized, friendly and inclusive. When I sit down to make bonk wave, often something kind of magical happens and the resulting music comes from a sincere and honest place that seems to be easier to access when I create music that has no rules and no genre constraints. And making music is a really important part of my life, so I put a lot of thought into how certain things that come with it make me feel, and in an effort to protect it, I try to be careful to only do the things that feel good. Well, one of the things that does make me happy is being part of the bonk wave community, and I feel a lot of gratitude to everyone involved. Also, we’ve established that I can take years to finish and release music when left to my own devices so having a set deadline to finish something for our compilations has been really good for me, haha. And how great is it to get to release music alongside some of my favourite producers? It’s inspiring and also a lot of fun.
NHAM: Something we don’t hear so much in your music is your own voice, but you were heard singing on the Happy Bonkday 2025 release. Might we hear your voice more in future releases?
Socool: I think so! I’ve been collaborating with an amazing music producer who is also part of the Fedi music and bonk wave communities. Can I just say how happy it makes me like every single day that one of my favourite artists is sending me instrumentals to add vocals to? I’ve been enjoying the process a lot and I’m excited for you to hear our songs …when the time is right!
NHAM: Finally, is there a question you always fantasised someone would ask about you or your music?
Socool: Heh, great question! I’d like to talk about how making and releasing music has brought so much more great music into my life. What I mean by that is every time my music is shared in DJ’s mixtape or a radio show, I’ll listen to the whole thing and more often than not, it will lead to me discovering music I would likely never had heard of. So many of my favourite songs, albums and artists have reached me this way. And that, along with the great sense of community I get from being part of the fedi music scene and the bonk wave community, is why I think I’ll continue to make and share music.
NHAM: Brilliant, it’s been so great to chat with you, Socool. With the breeze now blowing your cloud back toward your music studio (and hurrying the biodegradation of our sequins), this is the perfect time to sign off and tell every to go and listen to To the Nines – available now on Mirlo.
Find Socool on:
– Mastodon (@socool)
– Bandwagon
– Faircamp
– Mirlo
– Socool’s website
– Pixelfed#Bandwagon #bonkwave #community #interview #Mirlo #music #RadioFreeFedi #TIBR
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Two really great episodes from the Too Much Music Podcast by Greg (@composergreg) and Alison (@alisynthesis) are now available to watch in the podcasts section of NHAMtv.
In them they chat about:
- The toxic grip of big tech on creativity and mental autonomy,
- Rebelling against Facebook,
- DeGoogling,
- How algorithms poison focus, erode privacy, and stifle artistic expression,
- The hidden cost of “engagement”: stolen attention spans, fractured communities, and a world where making art feels impossible,
- Reclaiming our minds from the feed,
- Making art without selling your soul to capitalism,
- Spotify and AI,
- The hope of Mastodon and The Fediverse,
- Community and Radio Free Fedi Fest.
#AI #art #capitalism #community #DeGoogle #Facebook #Fediverse #Mastodon #podcast #RadioFreeFedi #RFFF25 #spotify
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Ukrainians Cheer As Zelenskyy Signs Law Ensuring Anti-Corruption Agency Independence #ukraine #anticorruption #goodnews #zelenskyy #kyiv #radiofreefedi #antigraft #government #integrity www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-bi...
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Ukrainians Cheer As Zelenskyy Signs Law Ensuring Anti-Corruption Agency Independence
#ukraine #anticorruption #goodnews #zelenskyy #kyiv #radiofreefedi #antigraft #government #integrity
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-bill-anticorruption-law-zelenskyy-parliament-protests/33490791.html
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Less than a handful of days into Radio Free Fedi Fest 25 and I think it's fair to say the presenters and attendees are absolutely smashing it!
https://party.radiofreefedi.net and #RFFF25 for schedule and news.
Hangout, discover and support awesome independent artists. Mutually motivate and lift one another up.
Don't miss #iykyk happenings and future "memes" like:
We can all agree Chad did NOT deserve the couples skate.
Pristine Concrete is the newest fedi band super group.
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It's the final days of the month long #RFF #comfy channel pop up as we approach the also month long #RFFF25 Radio Free Fedi Fest artists streaming series.
If you could use a reprise of our much loved comfy channel or want to check out a wee taste of the vibes RFF was about, do take the final opportunity to get amongst it.
https://comfy.radiofreefedi.net
Keep uplifting and supporting each other and indie artists. And stay comfy.
🐹 ❤️
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It’s official! An encore performance of my sellout* December live concert is returning in July!
« A Christmas in July Wasted with Deb Pickett »
Featuring all my terrible song parodies, original novelty songs, and some new material!
• Clank! I Just Thought of The Romans Again 0️⃣
• I’ve Written a Self-Referential Major-General Parody
• Brillo, Spit-Brillo
• Pooper Scooper
• Big Boat Stuck (with a new verse! Two if you help another ship run aground)TOWORROW! Saturday 26 July 2025, 0h00 UTC (Saturday morning for my side of the Pacific, Friday evening for the other side of the Pacific, I’m So Sorry for the outside of the Pacific) at https://party.radiofreefedi.net/ thanks to @radiofreefedi
#RadioFreeFedi #RFF #RFFF #RFFF25 #LiveMusic #SingerSongwriter #Filk #FilkDiaries #Clank
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Hey team. Hope your midweek is approaching tolerable.
Reminder that if you could use some #comfy, our popular Comfy Channel as it was at station shutdown is popped up for the month of June.
https://comfy.radiofreefedi.net
Our beacon to look out for self and one another, discover awesome indie artists, and direct as possible support them with a kind word or materially if you can.
A gift to the community in the lead up to #RFFF25, #RFF Fest in July.
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The first two events for Radio Free Fedi Fest 25 have been confirmed and added to the gravitons calendar, which you can view at https://nham.co.uk/attend/ 🗓️
Plenty more events will be added once dates/times have been confirmed. 📆
@shannoncurtis and @hilljam opening the Festival is going to be 🤩🌈💥!
#fediwave #livestream #rff #RadioFreeFedi #RFFF25 #live #music #gravitons
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Ahoy friends. The world needs more #comfy. If the weekend means a chance to relax or just more work/stress we're back to help you thru.
As a gift to old friends, for others to get a tiny taste of what #RFF was all about, and because times require comfy measures, we've popped up the Comfy Channel as it was for the month of June.
https://comfy.radiofreefedi.net
And at our festival venue in the lead up to #RFFF25
https://party.radiofreefedi.net
Support each other and indie artists!
🐹 ❤️ #radioFreeFedi #music
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"A compilation album, you say?"
Oh Yes.
"With songs such as 'You Are Not Alone' and 'Think Twice'?"
Yes, but it's neither Michael Jackson nor Celine Dion.
"What is it, then?"
It's called Comfy Collaborations and it is a collection of tunes brilliantly masterminded by @futzle to celebrate the much loved and forever missed Comfy Channel on @radiofreefedi. Each song is a collaboration between folk who forged their connection via RFF.
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Comfy Collaborations
Review by @inpc
Comfy Collaborations is a collection of six co-productions by artists who connected through Radio Free Fedi:
Key 13 – The Space Between the Sea and the Sky (Default Media Transmitter Remix)
Starting with atmospheric ambient drones swirling around your head and steadily building, the track breaks out into some lovely crunchy rhythm, this version of Key 13’s track from Default Media Transmitter has a dystopian futurist feel about it (or does that just make it current idk?), Stuttering, echoing electronic drums joined by deep synth drones, but rather than stay in darker moods, the track sounds optimistic with some lovely twists and turns, becoming ever more dreamy and curious as the track progresses, culminating in a beautiful, soulful, bleepy breakdown. The drums return and all is well with the world. Perhaps there is hope for humanity after all…
Futzle ft. Aelyth from sideSister – Leave The Light On
An old time swing rhythm is quite the style shift from the previous track but the sense of optimism prevails and the opening line ‘I have to stand up, I have to be strong everyday’ is a sentiment I can certainly relate to. Aelyth’s vocal shines through on this track with electric piano and groovy tremolo’d guitar sounds. It makes me think of something Tarantino would use alongside some ultra violence, not that this track sounds at all aggressive, the total opposite in fact but I hope that helps portray the atmosphere of the sound? Well at least it does to this listener and it’s lovely song. Hopeful, optimistic and self affirming. Very cool.
C.Circo and sknob – You Are Not Alone
There’s something reminiscent of The Black Dog here in the way electronic textures are used to create a sentimental feel. The vocal sounds like it could be lifted from something very old, but it’s processed in such a way to give a contemporary feel “You are far away but you are not alone” There’s so much going on here, pitched vocal samples meet acoustic guitar and lovely Mellotronesque synth pads, cool drum machine programming. A gorgeous, intriguing piece of music. The sort of piece you keep finding new elements to on repeated listening. Something I feel compelled to do. Lovely stuff.
Matt Young & Edvards – Shame
A big bold opening with an 80s feel, not so much in the big snare, big hair kind of way, this is more reminiscent of The Cure to these old ears (hold on, didn’t I just say not big hair?! Damn, that will serve me right for trying to be clever). Another swing rhythm but this time with big, bold plonky piano keys with an open, chunky feel. This song tells a story of childhood mischief and a poor little robin being shot. Some childhood regret evident for this misdemeanour, ‘the things we do when we’re young and dumb, the things we wish weren’t true’ is certainly very relatable. There’s a sort of Tom Waits quality to the production with some nice story telling to boot. Poor little robin!
Secret Deal – Think Twice
At first listen I thought Philip Oakley had appeared in my shed! Lush, warm synth chords and a strident vocal reminiscent of The Human League but as the song progresses, more modern sounds come into focus with swooping, rising synths and funky guitar with a nod to Daft Punk. I should add an apology here, as a music maker myself, I’ve been critical of music journalists comparing work to others but, as my first music review demonstrates, it is a handy short hand to describe the sound. So apologies if I piss off the musicians involved! This is a great, sunny, good-time feeling song: funky disco with pulsing synth lines. Very nice.
Default Media Transmitter/Xylander – That One Day
This sounds big from the get go, crunchy atmospheric synths joined by a low pitched computerised vocal, there’s a reel sense of doom here. Dark, industrial, electronica with a dystopian vibe. Like a modern day Pink Floyd a la Welcome To The Machine. It paints a picture of desolate, dusty landscapes, maybe the last thing heard before the planet is devoured by an ever expanding sun? I’m not sure but I am sure I like it. Very cool.
Released March 10th 2025, listen to Comfy Collaborations here.
(@defaultmediatransmitter, @keefmarshall, @elsemusic, @futzle, @jimbob, @sknob, @CCirco, @EDVARDS, @mattyoung, @xylander, @ethicalrevolution, @stefan, @axwax, @inpc, @radiofreefedi)
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Comfy Collaborations, a short Various Artists album of music inspired by #RadioFreeFedi's favourite channel, is out now!
Listen or download for free at https://music.futzle.com/comfy-collaborations/
Credits in next toot.
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Please watch latest from @SabiLewSounds
https://makertube.net/w/m3yfuECowAw9En49gusMx8
#SabiLewSounds #SLSvids #SupportDisabledArtists #traumasurvivor #cptsd #DisabledCreator #DisabilityPride #MutualAid #Poverty #lightWithin #fempreneur #MastoArt #MastoMusic #MentalHealthAdvocate #MentalHealthAwareness #RadioFreeFedi #RFF #vlog #makertube #peertube #fediart #fediartist #artfed #fedimusic #fedimusician
Sabi's goal for week ending 02/11 is $2004
There's been no movement in over 48hrs
Ko-fi/PayPal SabiLewSounds
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"Dysfunctioning of radar shield. Check the radar box. Radar shield functioning"
Stay tuned for an important announcement.
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Greetings from the Independent Artist Support Community! This is an initiative from #RadioFreeFedi, by the #RFF creator and others.
Our first duty is preserving the lovingly curated RFF artist directory and maintaining it into 2025 and beyond.
There will be future initiatives to spotlight artists, events and community-oriented projects. Watch this space! 🦝
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I suppose at some point I should remove the link to #radiofreefedi #rff from my music pages, but I'm not ready yet.
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For the first time today, I heard a track on The Indie Beat that I'd first heard on RadioFreeFedi. It filled me with great hope that the community and ideals of that project were continuing that I'd not really felt until that point despite how much I enjoy tuning into @mizkirsten 's project.
For the record, it was "Weeping Melaleuca" by @futzle
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Discovered that #RadioFreeFedi had an #Alexa Skill today. Also discovered it doesn't work. C'est la vie. #AlexaSkill
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Hearing our own stuff streaming in between the great musicians on #RFF never gets old
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Shiiiiiit, November's playlist is going to be so good! 🤩
-I've just finished curating it. The only issue is there's still 22 days until it premiere's on @radiofreefedi 😤
Mind you if you've not heard this month's #mixtape yet you can catch that twice daily on #RadioFreeFedi. 🎧 You can also find it alongside all my previous mixtapes over at https://nham.co.uk. 🕺
If you like my curated #mixtapes then be sure to follow @mixtape to be notified when new ones drop. 👍
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Half hour klaxon for the
October NHAM @mixtape show Halloween edition on the #RadioFreeFedi Specialty Channel, as well as on https://party.radiofreefedi.net/ 📯
Join the #RadarBox massive in teh chat right now if you fancy!
More info here: https://musician.social/@radiofreefedi/113234070821650115
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ICYMI here is the audio of my September radio show on @radiofreefedi: https://spectra.video/videos/watch/f331b267-f027-4367-8dd7-e6ecadeb098c 🚀
Get ready for the exclusive premiere of the October show TONIGHT! 🧟♂️
-Streaming as a live simulcast/chat party at 21:00 UTC on https://party.radiofreefedi.net/ before being played daily throughout the month on #RadioFreeFedi: https://radiofreefedi.net/ 📻
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If you like #synthpop, #synthwave, #cyberwave, #vapourwave, #newwave, new new wave, such synth very wave, the RFF SYNTHETIC block is #nowPlaying on the Specialty channel.
Another of our specialty blocks where you can opt-in to go a bit deeper with more tracks and longer play times that you won't hear on the other channels. Make a date to discover even more tunes and artists to support!
https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/radio-free-fedi-specialty-channel-block-schedule
listen, submit, contribute:
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If you like #synthpop, #synthwave, #cyberwave, #vapourwave, #newwave, new new wave, such synth very wave, the RFF SYNTHETIC block is #nowPlaying on the Specialty channel.
Another of our specialty blocks where you can opt-in to go a bit deeper with more tracks and longer play times that you won't hear on the other channels. Make a date to discover even more tunes and artists to support!
https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/radio-free-fedi-specialty-channel-block-schedule
listen, submit, contribute:
https://radiofreefedi.net -
If you like #synthpop, #synthwave, #cyberwave, #vapourwave, #newwave, new new wave, such synth very wave, the RFF SYNTHETIC block is #nowPlaying on the Specialty channel.
Another of our specialty blocks where you can opt-in to go a bit deeper with more tracks and longer play times that you won't hear on the other channels. Make a date to discover even more tunes and artists to support!
https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/radio-free-fedi-specialty-channel-block-schedule
listen, submit, contribute:
https://radiofreefedi.net -
If you like #synthpop, #synthwave, #cyberwave, #vapourwave, #newwave, new new wave, such synth very wave, the RFF SYNTHETIC block is #nowPlaying on the Specialty channel.
Another of our specialty blocks where you can opt-in to go a bit deeper with more tracks and longer play times that you won't hear on the other channels. Make a date to discover even more tunes and artists to support!
https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/radio-free-fedi-specialty-channel-block-schedule
listen, submit, contribute:
https://radiofreefedi.net -
If you like #synthpop, #synthwave, #cyberwave, #vapourwave, #newwave, new new wave, such synth very wave, the RFF SYNTHETIC block is #nowPlaying on the Specialty channel.
Another of our specialty blocks where you can opt-in to go a bit deeper with more tracks and longer play times that you won't hear on the other channels. Make a date to discover even more tunes and artists to support!
https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/radio-free-fedi-specialty-channel-block-schedule
listen, submit, contribute:
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To my friends that boost the very real and very dire mutual aid needs that I post, I see you & I appreciate you.
:hearthands:If you don't normally read or boost mutual aid posts because you're unsure of their validity but do it anyways, I appreciate that too.
If anyone is still unsure of @SabiLewSounds truthfulness and need, I am happy to assuage any doubts. I first "met" Sabi 9 or 10 months ago when @venya invited me to an Owncast performance she was doing with #RadioFreeFedi. I got to enjoy multiple weeks of the Sabi coffeehouse. Complete with a chat window with fellow fediverse music fans. It really was special!
Then getting evicted and losing most of her possessions and security ruined that. 😪
Need some more receipts? Months of discord conversations & communication about her working on the antifascist audio collage album I've been trying to finish this whole year?
https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/97A72CMx6G
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What's happening?
#RadioFreeFedi that's what's happening. Three channels of lovely, groovy, weird, wonderful, rocking, funky, acoustic, electronic, ORIGINAL #music 🎶😁
NO ADS, NO CORPS, NO #enshittification - it's #allgood folks!
Check it, love it, follow it, boost the bejaysus out of it.
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Download the awesome Not Bonk What I Call Wave: Remixes from these places, for free!*
https://bonkwave.org/music/not-bonk-what-i-call-wave-remixes/
https://mirlo.space/bonk-knob-records/release/not-bonk-what-i-call-wave-remixes
https://bonkknobrecords.bandcamp.com/album/not-bonk-what-i-call-wave-remixes
*but if you can, support #radioFreeFedi : https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/2024-rff-infrastructure-fund
ARTISTS: Want to join in the fun for the next release? Join the #BonkBoard!
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Woo, welcome to the Fediverse, @lost_in_the_loop! 🙌
#FediMusic community: Please welcome Malo and his #funky #lofi tunes which can be found on @mirlo as well as Bandcamp (links below). 🎧
https://mirlo.space/lost_in_the_loop
https://lost-in-the-loop.bandcamp.com/#Music #FairTradeMusic #FairMusic #FediArtists #Mirlo #NewMusic #Fedivision #RFF #RadioFreeFedi #IndieMusic #FediMusicians #NHAM
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Fedivision 2024 opened my eyes to how much good music is being made by independent artists on decentralised platforms.
It inspired me so much I chose to end my Spotify subscription and instead commit to spend the money on 10-15 indie tracks per month.
The stipulation is that the artists have a presence in The Fediverse (maybe featuring on Radio Free Fedi or with active Fediverse accounts) or are on open source platforms such as Bandwagon, Faircamp, Funkwhale, Jam.coop, Mirlo, Resonate, Wavlake etc.
This month (May 2024) I have set up a recurring donation to Radio Free Fedi and pledged to Mirlo’s kickstarter.
Next month I’ll publish the first NHAM mixtape.
For now here are the 12 songs that made my shortlist from the 72 entries in Fedivision 2024:
Dace Merryweather – ‘The Roses Outside Grow Suspiciously Red’
Leigh Harrison, – ‘Tap My Toes’
The Rolling Poles – ‘GeoGuessr Song’
Marcus Bointon – ‘Federation’
MyloFy feat. Aaron – ‘The Funniest Thing’
Alison Selby – ‘Sum of my Parts’
Faustine & Juliette – ‘Maudit’
Schall und Stille feat. MyLoFy & Tobias Stutz – ‘Mare’
Jämezytee – ‘Shoot Away Pain’
Cobalt – ‘Versio’
Ferocious Designs – ‘Open Your Eyes’
Key 13 – ‘Misaligned Aardvarks’NB: Artist links go to their personal Fediverse accounts. Songs have links if the song is available on one of the Fair Music platforms or their own website (or Bandcamp).
#Faircamp #FairTradeMusic #FediArtists #FediMusic #Fediverse #Fedivision #Funkwhale #IndieMusic #JamCoop #ListenAlong #Mirlo #mixtape #Music #NewMusic #NHAM #NHAMmixtapes #playlist #RadioFreeFedi #RFF #ToneAudio
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May ‘24 – The Beginning
Fedivision 2024 opened my eyes to how much good music is being made by independent artists on decentralised platforms.
It inspired me so much I chose to end my Spotify subscription and instead commit to spend the money on 12 indy tracks per month.
The stipulation is that the artists have a presence in The Fediverse(maybe […]
#Faircamp #FairTradeMusic #FediArtists #FediMusic #Fediverse #Fedivision #Funkwhale #IndyMusic #JamCoop #ListenAlong #Mirlo #Mixtape #Music #NewMusic #Playlist #RadioFreeFedi #RFF #ToneAudio
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Thanks again everyone for voting #NOTH in #FediVision - you have no idea how happy it has made me!
And yes, I will likely be unsufferable for a bit. sorry in advance :)
The track is up for download/streaming on all my usual places - please pop '0' in the pay box, if you have cash then put it towards either:
* the #radioFreeFedi infrstructure fund
https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/2024-rff-infrastructure-fundor:
* the #Mirlo kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mirlo/mirlo
.. I'm going to donate it anyway, and it'll save on fees...
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Hello #Mastodon #MastoArt #MastoMusic #FedArt and all lovers of the creatives of the #fediverse
#RadioFreeFedi needs help keeping a kickass #Radiostation up and running for another year and hopefully longer!!!
https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/2024-rff-infrastructure-fund
This small station that uplifts #IndieArtists is a perfect example of #MutualAid and #communityCare
Let's help them meet their goal! They help so many including me!!!
Because of #RFF I had a home in December and January
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Listening now, at http://ice.rosebud-media.de:8000/88vier
Just went from #ElectroExperimental to #DeadAir 😥
"Verein der Freien Radios" could be "Federation of Free Radios" — #FediFreeRadios? In addition to #RadioFreeFedi! (probably closer to "Union of Free Radios" tho)
Is "Verein der Freien Radios" in the Fediverse?
(and it's not #DeadAir, just very, very quiet)
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Better late than never: Happy #GooseDay!
Do not under any circumstances click the goose!
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Do you need some chill? 😎
Want to hear a surf rock album recorded in a bedroom that somehow astral projects you to an island?
🌊 🌊
🌊 🌊🏄♀️ 🌊 🌊🌊https://elipopmusic.bandcamp.com/album/its-all-around
#SurfRock #Surf #Bandcamp #FediMusic #RadioFreeFedi #AnalogRevolution
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Well, we only really had the idea last Friday 😄
I think it has potential as yet another light-hearted way to promote indie musicians and platforms.
Just hearing the feedback to this page from people who haven't come across either #Faircamp, #JamCoop or #Mirlo shows there is definitely a need to promote these and any other #BandcampAlternatives and #SpotifyAlternatives!
Plus plainly we need to persistently plug #RadioFreeFedi, a platform with peerless promotion potential!
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The Brooklyn o'Bridge BoB is Bonkin' Down
🌊#BonkWave #BonkBoard #Faircamp #FediRadio #FediMusic #RadioFreeFedi
https://mastodon.social/@oldbookillustrations/111995239805478000
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Track 11 - La Atracción
#BillHicks✌️ ❤️ y 🌊🏄♂️🌊
#JohnMastodon#AntifaRadio #AntifaAF #FediMusic #FediRadio #RadioFreeFedi #Antifascist #Antifa
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Track 10 - 4 Sukas (Bhikku translation)
✌️ ❤️ y 🌊🏄♂️🌊
#JohnMastodon#AntifaRadio #AntifaAF #FediMusic #FediRadio #RadioFreeFedi #Antifascist #Antifa #Mindfulness #Bluey
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Track 09 - Meme Vivaldi's "Find The Others"
✌️ ❤️ y 🌊🏄♂️🌊
https://m.soundcloud.com/artfed/meme-vivaldi-find-the-others
#AntifaRadio #AntifaAF #FediMusic #FediRadio #RadioFreeFedi #Antifascist #Antifa
