@ahalftintoyrobot.bsky.social
I post about what I’m listening to for myself and as an advisor/librarian for SomaFM. Record as Relaxed Machinery and owned a label of the same name. Also, a half tin toy robot. musician, coffee addict, sql coder, former label owner, mini painter, he/him
Hello, long time no post. #SomaFM promo queue has a pair of nice spacey ambient and sequencer some beatless some beats and stuff. And I’m enjoying them quite a bit.
Cosmic Dream Club out of the Netherlands.
cosmicdreamclub.bandcamp.com/album/celest...
Yes. The old days of the internet - Usenet, IRC, small site forums for specific labels or topics, the earlier social networks. I helped create a wonderful one to me back in early 2010‘s on a platform called Ning that crumbled into obscurity as it monetized.
Nothing like the VC to exit circle.
In essence, all good ideas eventually become monetized out of usefulness.
Enjoying this today
🎧 Infiniti - Skynet (1998)
Juan Atkins goodness. More minimal side of #techno
Terrance Dixon on a few tracks.
tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/skynet
Chris is an old old friend and we worked together back during my AtmoWorks and Relaxed Machinery label days. So happy he's with one of the best ambient labels out there now - @spottedpeccary.bsky.social
Listening to Jeff Mills again. There’s just something so immense with his catalog and vision. for me he’s up there with Herbie Hancock and David Bowie on the breadth and depth of making music.
listening on YouTube but here‘s the official release.
www.axisrecords.com/product/ssas...
☕️ coffee is flowing liberally
🖲️ work coding continues
🎧 some harder darker #techno leanings this morning
Ancient Methods
Under Black Helmet
Setaoc Mass
Black/Plague
UVB
I swear I wrote ”these posts”. Oh well. Tryin to save a plant is a good thing!
I like this posts with photos of turntable etc.
#SomaFM review queue
🎧 Lunar Ipona - Fragments
I see I liked their album back in 2024. I like this new one too they just sent to our review queue.
Some happier stuff. Some melancholy. Overall really nice album.
#ambient
lunaripona.bandcamp.com/album/fragme...
🎧 #SomaFM promo queue
Nice ambient one now. Was a couple of collections of dance floor tracks prior.
💻 Work
Cleaning up some small issues from the big January 1 changes. Every year health care changes a ton Jan 1. I work mainly with codes / setting up the data to support them.
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good cover.
Whack-a-mole is indeed… wack.
🎧 Carl Craig - Landcruising
☕️ Coffee, the elixir of life itself
🧑💻 Work
Cosmic Cars
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Arbee is a good egg I’ve known a good long time now :-)
Hello @arbeemonkey.bsky.social - thought you’d like to see this if you haven’t already. :-)
The first one - Destruction of Leviathan - really hits me. Then again, I really love dragons and similar. :-)
#SomaFM promo email queue
🎧 Twilight Archive - Dusk Line
#downtempo #chill #jazzyambient
I’m totally enjoying this. It’s mellow. It grooves. A wonderful backdrop to my coffee and coding.
Recommended.
twilightarchive.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-l...
☕️ I’m playing catch up a bit with the #SomaFM promos after the Nov/Dec rush at work (always busiest time of year at my healthcare data job) and my dad passing right before Christmas and everything else.
I think I just hit a really good one, but I’m only one track in so I’ll wait a bit to share.
I loved this email from #SomaFM - recapping a bunch of stats.
This made a nice start to my morning
@herbersmusic.bsky.social is a really good human who makes good #ambient
This album has a more happy feeling to me - I love my melancholy ambient, but Ed adds juuuust enough of a smile to brighten the atmosphere.
herbers.bandcamp.com/album/season...
Almost done with all my tickets for Jan 1 - Health Industry is big on massive changes for Jan 1
My dad passed away last week - still processing
🎧 This album is #ambient #deeptechno the Hypnus label is a fave of mine
BLNDR outdid themselves on this
hypnus.bandcamp.com/album/lobser...
Oh! This looks lovely!
Good morning happy people of bsky
I’m continuing my Norite related artists marathon. This artist was on Noritian Mysteries. it’s not bad. #techno #deeptechno
pvnv.bandcamp.com/album/save-r...
Working this morning. Coffee is needed. It’s been a stressful chunk of days.
🎧 various - Noritian Mysteries (2019)
I really like the Norite label out of Belgium. Some great artists on there
#deeptechno
#hypnotictechno
#techno
norite.bandcamp.com/album/noriti...
In honor of Ken Downie's passing @theblackdog.bsky.social
The Black Dog - Loud Ambient (2025)
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/loud-a...
I've been playing
🎧 Chris Russell - Voyager (2022)
I've known Chris for what seems like forever. He's always written good #ambient music - always.
This album is on Exosphere - a @s1gnsofl1fe.bsky.social / @dontyler47.bsky.social Synphaera imprint.
exospheremusic.bandcamp.com/album/voyager
Wow, sad news.
#SomaFM promo queue is an #ambient release from
Nick May - Places: Ambient Works
(Future generations may refer to this as PAW)
Liking so far, only 3 tracks in. First was a bit dense, atmosphere and chaotic-ish. 2nd sublime minimal. 3rd piano & birds.
nickmaymusic.bandcamp.com/album/places...