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Finlay Shakespeare

@finlayshakespeare.bsky.social

Electronic music nerd. Synthesizer bod. Records on Editions Mego, Alter, Superpang and GOTO. Shenanigans with Future Sound Systems, GOTO, BPoOT, Sound Lab UK, The Remainder.

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I still trust a pressing from the time over a remaster, as long as the copy’s been cared for ;)

01.11.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Try the second hand section ;)

01.11.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why _anyone_ working in the music industry still has an active Spotify subscription is beyond me.

Why any of the above would then WILFULLY AND GLADLY PROMOTE said platform is utterly fucking ridiculous.

Turkeys / Christmas.

01.11.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really easy to find though! I think Rough Trade had a copy last time I was in?

01.11.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, I’m expecting the Sennheiser vocoders to break $100k eeeaaasy 🀯

23.10.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These were exactly the sounds I made whilst browsing the auction listings

23.10.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cheeky
Cheeky
Chappy

23.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The whole record is fantastic, and it’s an honour to be part of it!
Listen below!

03.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN
IT CAN ONLY GOOD HAPPEN

23.09.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Through a Mirror, by Luke Knott 7 track album

Luke Knott has some odd computer noises, filtered and downsampled to highlight some sharp edges, arranged in abstract forms. But I'd still say the music's friendly about it! There's frequent activity with a purposeful direction. Even when the logic is obscure, I know it's there, I never feel lost.

19.09.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New gear from GOTO!

Luke Knott - β€œThrough a Mirror”
CV Freqs Volume One

Both out TODAY in digital and cassette tape formats!

Listen and order here:
gotorecords.bandcamp.com

19.09.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

En route to Vienna for this weekend’s @editionsmego.bsky.social 30th anniversary celebrations at @unsafeandsounds.bsky.social!
Come get your head twisted at WUK Projektraum!

06.09.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Monumental only due to the three decades of constant fresh, original and ~innovative~ ART that (Editions) Mego has given the world.
Nowhere near enough time to fit everyone in… more about that soon…

06.09.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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But hang on, this was Dear Leader a week or two ago:

02.09.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this a case of hauntology eating itself?

31.08.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone else find PayPal to be almost unusable these days?
Website graphics don’t load.
Address updates don’t work.
Bank accounts supposedly need verification, but verification process doesn’t work.

I’ve just turned off PayPal in as many webshops as I can here, opting for Square instead πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

31.08.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Official, not a joke.
I wonder how he feels about UR.

22.08.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We’re gonna need to start distinguishing between
Artificial Intelligence
and
Actualised Intelligence

β€œYeah yeah I used AI, I thought about the problem and solved it myself”

21.08.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This only gets better viewed from the main page

20.08.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Calm down Keir, not in public, etc.

20.08.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I say this with love, but the main danger in making modular synth music seems to be that if you're not careful you very quickly wind up making what sound like planetarium soundtracks

19.08.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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I’m back on the airwaves tonight for SWU from 11pm UK time. Expect 30 mins of techno etc. followed by a 90 minute selection of some my fave @zovietfrance.org tracks.

Local to #Bristol? Tune into 103.7FM.
Elsewhere? Head to:
www.rinse.fm/shows/finlay...

19.08.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DISENFRANCHISED YOUTH
(signed to Capitol)

16.08.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Heads up anyone expecting PayPal payments at the moment (lol hi Bandcamp Friday) - a bunch of transactions are not showing in users’ accounts. It’s a widely reported issue, PayPal are supposedly fixing it (lol)

01.08.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

HOT GOSSIP FROM THE OASIS FRONT LINE

IT’S ALL SHIT

26.07.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tracklist here!

16.07.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) care support Helping Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) access urgent care and therapies to manage and ease symptoms

Please consider sharing and supporting this fundraiser for the wonderful Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) who has recently been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour and needs access to urgent care: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/love2jdtwi....

Sending endless love to Keith and his family. Optimo forever.

16.07.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Back on the airwaves TONIGHT for SWU.FM, bringing two hours of who-knows-what. No mic this time due to ongoing upgrades here, track list to follow!

Local to #Bristol? Tune in on 103.7FM.

Elsewhere? Head to www.rinse.fm/channels/swu/

15.07.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the calendar!

11.07.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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