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Catch @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel at this year's Nuits Sonores. And our old mucker Nathan Fake is playing too>>

BBC Sessions: Live at Maida Vale James Holden, Marcus Hamblett and Mark Holub 3 track album

Ambient Selection:

BBC Sessions: Live at Maida Vale James Holden, Marcus Hamblett and Mark Holub
by James Holden

#music #ambient

Belle prog : grosses pointures comme 808 State (live), Ben Sims, Bogdan Raczynski, Carl Craig b2b Seth Troxler, Craig Richards b2b Ivan Smagghe, Garnier plays COD3 QR, James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel, Juan Atkins, KITTIN & MCR-T, Nathan Fake, The Sabres of Paradise...
#lyon #nuitssonores #techno #house

Belle prog ! 808 State (live), Ben Sims, Bogdan Raczynski, Carl Craig b2b Seth Troxler, Craig Richards b2b Ivan Smagghe, Garnier plays COD3 QR, James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel, Juan Atkins, KITTIN & MCR-T, Nathan Fake, The Sabres of Paradise...
#lyon #nuitssonores #techno #house #electro

Catch @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel at this year's Nuits Sonores. And our old mucker Nathan Fake is playing too>>

PARIS! Another chance to trance out with @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel happens on 16th April at Cabaret Sauvage courtesy of the Marathon! crew>> www.cabaretsauvage.com/work/marathon

sabato 17 marzo 2012 Dancity Nights at Serendipity club (Foligno, Italy) BORDER COMMUNITY Showcase JAMES HOLDEN, DjSet LUKE ABBOTT, Live KATE WAX, Live Band Etichetta fondata da James Holden nel… DANCITY NIGHTS - BORDER COMMUNITY Showcase interviews at Serendipity

A real blast from the past for #ThrowbackThursday: just stumbled across this footage from a 2012 Border Community showcase we did together with Dancity Festival at Serendipity Club in Foligno, Italy.

Featuring Kate Wax (aka Aisha Devi) + @lukeabbott.bsky.social + @jamesholden.bsky.social>>

sabato 17 marzo 2012 Dancity Nights at Serendipity club (Foligno, Italy) BORDER COMMUNITY Showcase JAMES HOLDEN, DjSet LUKE ABBOTT, Live KATE WAX, Live Band Etichetta fondata da James Holden nel… DANCITY NIGHTS - BORDER COMMUNITY Showcase interviews at Serendipity

A real blast from the past for #ThrowbackThursday: just stumbled across this footage from a 2012 Border Community showcase we did together with Dancity Festival at Serendipity Club in Foligno, Italy.

Featuring Kate Wax (aka Aisha Devi) + @lukeabbott.bsky.social + @jamesholden.bsky.social>>

Royal Mail seems to be back to normal so US shipping is now GO!

PARIS! Another chance to trance out with @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel happens on 16th April at Cabaret Sauvage courtesy of the Marathon! crew>> www.cabaretsauvage.com/work/marathon

screenshot of a playlist: Some Wonderful Noise: Episode 25 (January 16, 2026) 1. Elori Saxl — What Gets Out 2. Yaeji — Therapy 3. Avalon Emerson — A Vision 4. Eris Drew — Trans Love Vibration (Eris Goes to Church) 5. Little Dragon — Lover Chanting 6. Oliver Sim — GMT (Wolfgang Tillmans/Marc Krether Remix) 7. Giulia Tess — Gloves (Extended Mix) 8. Axel Boman feat. Baba Stiltz — Hold On 9. Yumi Iwaki — Whistling at Night Attracts Snakes 10. John Beltran — Faux (Four Tet Remix) 11. Ellen Allien — Wish 12. Jorg Kuning — Synthetic Squashies 13. Laurel Halo & Hodge — Tru 14. Hiroshi Ebina — Corner of My Room 15. Mount Kimbie — Would Know 16. Flying Lotus — Coswerved Draft 17. Geotic — Breathtaker 18. Mrs Jynx — Second Over First 19. Rupert Clervaux & Beatrice Dillon — XVI 20. The Books — Dustbowl 21. James Holden — Worlds Collide Mountains Form 22. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith — Chestnut 23. Crystal Sting — Crystal Waves 24. Prefuse 73 — Desks.Pencils.Bottles 25. Nosaj Thing — Snap 26. Elkka — Flowers 27. JASSS — Sand Wrists 28. Yama Warashi — Looking at the Pine Tree 29. Tomaga — Mompfie Has to Pay 30. Kelly Lee Owens — Arthur 31. Julia Holter — Silhouette 32. Weyes Blood — It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody 33. Ylia — Nuances of Care

My radio show from Friday (the 16th) on @freeformportland.org is now up for listening. Sand wrists, gloves, chestnuts, desks, pencils, bottles, nuances of care, no cars, no wars, I wish it could be true.

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...

#freeformportland

The re-scheduled @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel Dublin show is now happening on the 19th February, relocated to the National Concert Hall (Studio) as part of their Metronome series.

And tickets just went live here so you know what to do>> www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

Nothing concrete as yet but we're still open to offers for 2026!

The re-scheduled @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel Dublin show is now happening on the 19th February, relocated to the National Concert Hall (Studio) as part of their Metronome series.

And tickets just went live here so you know what to do>> www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

US people: unfortunately I've had to suspend postage to the USA until the Royal Mail website returns to normal.

(All current outstanding orders were shipped today)

Is the Royal Mail website's online postage thing broken for everyone, or is it just me? I can't log in, or complete an order as a guest - it gives me "something went wrong" messages and won't go any further.

A Cambodian Spring OST 14 track album

Ambient Selection:

A Cambodian Spring OST
by James Holden

#music #ambient

James Holden & Wacław Zimpel live at MUTEK Montreal 2025 Regular readers of tQ might remember that our friends at MUTEK helpfully had someone handy with a tape recorder to capture Factory Floor's comeback set at the 2024 edition of the festival. Well, we're

#ICYMI in the end of year flurry: @thequietus.com kindly shared this live recording of @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel's transcendent performance at the 2025 edition of @mutek.bsky.social Montreal.

*More Holden & Zimpel dates TBA in 2026 so watch this space*

soundcloud.com/thequietus/h...

B B C RADIO 6 MUSIC FREAK ZONE PLAYLIST LOULA VORKE Listen on BBC SOUNDS

BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC LOULA YORKE An instrument for the care of the self BEA BRENNAN Can You? FIELD LINES CARTOGRAPHER Excitation MATERIAL OBJECT Cobalt EX EASTER ISLAND HEAD Magnetic Language BRIGDHE CHAIMBEUL A'chailleach NIHILOXICA Supuki PAUL ST HILAIRE & PRIORI Send Them On SEICHE Wembley Sound Tunnel JAMES HOLDEN Common Land LOULA YORKE Fontana LAURA CANNELL Archive Energy of Long Gone Forests FREAK ZONE PLAYLIST LOULA YORKE Listen on BBC SOUNDS

Honoured to have been asked to enter the FreakZone on BBC6 MUSIC at midnight tonight! I’m hosting an hour of what I think of as ‘space music’ ✨🪐 with tracks from @jamesholden.bsky.social
@flcartographer.bsky.social
@mtrlobjt.bsky.social
@eeih.bsky.social
@lauracannellmusic.bsky.social and MORE ✨🪐

Loula Yorke has included us on the Freakzone playlist at midnight tonight alongside some utterly excellent musicians including our pals @lauracannellmusic.bsky.social + James Holden. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

James Holden & Wacław Zimpel live at MUTEK Montreal 2025 Regular readers of tQ might remember that our friends at MUTEK helpfully had someone handy with a tape recorder to capture Factory Floor's comeback set at the 2024 edition of the festival. Well, we're

#ICYMI in the end of year flurry: @thequietus.com kindly shared this live recording of @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel's transcendent performance at the 2025 edition of @mutek.bsky.social Montreal.

*More Holden & Zimpel dates TBA in 2026 so watch this space*

soundcloud.com/thequietus/h...

Trance Music History - From The Early 1990s Till Today | By Beatportal Trance sprang up as a full-blown electronic music genre around the world in the early 1990s from Goa to Ibiza Balearic Trance.

Arjan Rietveld, Beatport: "While trance moved into the background of the electronic music spectrum, the genre always kept its most dedicated following — known across the web as ... #TranceFamily. Whilst trance didn’t reach top charts, the genre kept alive and well". #MusicSky

The best albums of 2025 | The Observer Kitty Empire on the records of the year, from Lily Allen to Jim Legxacy

A welcome late addition to our collection of Best-of accolades: The Observer's festive unveiling of their Best Albums list put @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel's 'The Universe Will Take Care Of You' at a respectable number 4>>
observer.co.uk/music/pop/ar...

Left Of The Dial // 12.18.25
📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon
👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-...
🎵: Venetian Snares, Raising Holy Sparks, The Bug vs. Ghost Dubs, Gelli Haha, Death's Dynamic Shroud, Sanam, Holden & Zimpel, Ninajirachi, WEEED and more.

1 Lael Neale - Altogether Stranger 2 Rosalía - Lux 3 Bonnie Prince Billy - The Purple Bird 4 Adrianne Lenker - Live at Revolution Hall 5 Sault - 10 6 Death In Vegas - Death Mask 7 MystroJazz - First Step 8 Jules Reidy - Ghost/Spirit 9 Lina Tullgren - Decide Which Way the Eyes Are Looking 10 Omagoqa, ZVRI & MrBeats - Blueprint 11 Gabriel Prokofiev - Dark Lights 12 Myriad Myriads - All the Hits 13 Titanic - Hagen 14 SML - How You Been 15 Panda Bear - Sinister Grift 16 Lukid - Underloop 17 M(h)aol - Something Soft 18 Ping Volume One 19 Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 2 20 Peverelist - Pulse Archive 21 Westside Gunn - 12 22 Black Sites - R4 23 Al Wootton - Rhythm Archives 24 Holden & Zimpel - The Universe Will Take Care of You 25 In Transit 26 Konrad Sprenger - Set 27 JID - God Does Like Ugly 28 Tone MusiQ - Tshela 29 NVST - Dreaming of Us While Slowly Catching Fire in a Place I Never Belonged 30 E Ruscha V - Cosmos 31 Mezey - 777 32 Westside Gunn - Heels Have Eyes 3 33 Nandipha808 - Ingozi Emnyama 34 Low End Activist - Airdrop II 35 Facta - Gulp 36 Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone 37 Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons - Live in Philadelphia 38 Dirty Projectors & Stargaze - Song of the Earth 39 Kaytranada - Ain't No Damn Way! 40 Prins Thomas - Thomas Moen Hermansen 41 Myztro - Nkwari 3.0 42 Superclásico Vol. 2 43 Musical Jazz - Sgidiii Cartel 44 Tone MusiQ - Ni Ryt? 45 Glisten - Straight Outta Kasi 46 TD10 47 Djy Kamo Sa - Sgidi Avenue II 48 Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy 49 Coatshek - Sound Bath 50 Chime Oblivion 51 2.0 Worldwide - 1704: The Extended Playlist 52 Natasha Pirard - Fernande, Cecile 53 ProfessoR ii - Gqompulse 54 Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop - Only Came to Say Goodbye

Because yesterday was the last new release Friday of 2025, you can only seriously publish year-end lists as of today. That's my rule anyway. Best albums:

Top 5 of ‘25:

1. @jo-johnson.bsky.social - Alterations Vol.1
2. These New Puritans - Crooked Wing
3. @vasculator.bsky.social - Nothing Left To Dissolve
4. @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel - The Universe Will Take Care Of You
5. @loulayorke.bsky.social - Time Is A Succession Of Such Shapes

Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - The Freak Zone Best of 2025 - BBC Sounds Stuart picks his favourite freakier tunes of the last twelve months.

And it turns out Holden & Zimpel made The Freak Zone Best Of 2025 too!

Listen again here>> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The best albums of 2025 | The Observer Kitty Empire on the records of the year, from Lily Allen to Jim Legxacy

A welcome late addition to our collection of Best-of accolades: The Observer's festive unveiling of their Best Albums list put @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel's 'The Universe Will Take Care Of You' at a respectable number 4>>
observer.co.uk/music/pop/ar...

James Holden and Wacław Zimpel Surrender to the Sound The British music producer and Polish clarinet virtuoso built 'The Universe Will Take Care of You' in four spontaneous London studio days, capturing the act of playing without thinking.

British music producer James Holden and Polish clarinet virtuoso Wacław Zimpel built 'The Universe Will Take Care of You' in four spontaneous London studio days, capturing the act of playing without thinking.

Interview — James Holden and Wacław Zimpel Surrender to the Sound: