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@balfnoise.bsky.social

BALF NOISE ARTIST FROM THE NORTH YORKSHIRE COAST. RELEASES OUT NOW ON INDUSTRIAL COAST INCLUDING SPLIT W/ QUIET HUSBAND & COLLAB WITH WREN ADOBE. James Dad of two. Weird music lover. Teacher for Post-16 SEND & SEMH. https://linktr.ee/BALFNOISE

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Insurrection Manual, by Dhangsha 8 track album

Dhangsha - Insurrection Manual | Brachliegen Tapes

Bass heavy improvised machine music with heavy dancehall and broken industrial techno sounds.

‘A statement of solidarity… an act of bass heavy resistance’

One of the best live performers I’ve seen.

brachliegentapes.bandcamp.com/album/insurr...

06.03.2026 07:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Mary Anne spun it again this week.

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01.03.2026 20:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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4/15, by Jonathan Breakfast 4 track album

Jonathan Breakfast - 4/15 | 0 99 Plus

‘tracks captured and processed within 15 minutes during a commute through a heavy industrial city in Ukraine. Intentional distortion as a response to the «dirty weight» of the environment’

Love noise made with field recordings.

099plus.bandcamp.com/album/4-15

25.02.2026 21:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The legendary Wren Adobe! 🖤

23.02.2026 06:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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YOUR MUSIC

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23.02.2026 06:27 — 👍 36    🔁 5    💬 6    📌 0

You can grab the track as part of this compilation alongside the toilers. Then I think there is still one copy of Hiding From the Birds we made together where you’ll find the deep cut Puffin Wren remixed.

industrialcoast.bandcamp.com/album/retros...

industrialcoast.bandcamp.com/album/hiding...

22.02.2026 19:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mary Anne Hobbs just played Wren Adobe’s track Boro A Darn Fine Place on BBC 6music. A track they made by remixing our track from the collab we did Hiding From the Birds, Puffin. So proud of Wren!

22.02.2026 18:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2
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HARDCORE HAPPY, by DJ DEATHDEFY 11 track album

DJ DEATHDEFY- HARDCORE HAPPY | Industrial Coast

He’s back with another banger! Last years album was one of my favourites. No one does it like him. Singing, crooning, bare knuckle pop from the underground.

industrialcoast.bandcamp.com/album/hardco...

21.02.2026 07:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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yesterdays @campradio.bsky.social show www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/time... w/ @cindytalk.bsky.social @penelopetrappes.bsky.social @abulmogard.bsky.social @oneohtrix.bsky.social @vyva-melinkolya.bsky.social @alinachurch.bsky.social @balfnoise.bsky.social @maxrichtermusic.bsky.social

18.02.2026 16:21 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you for playing my stuff! I’m going to save this to listen to later. You’ve put me alongside some insane company and there is loads I’ve not heard! Amazing.

18.02.2026 16:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yeboah was so good. I’ve got his autograph somewhere. Bumped into him after a match at a Chinese restaurant not long before he left Leeds.

18.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Nic Krog is on Noods Radio right now and just played an unreleased BALF track. Go and lock in.

noodsradio.com

16.02.2026 19:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Quiet Husband - Lands | N3Wlow

180bpm experimental hypnotic techno from Richie Culver. It’s a deep one with some of the best use of fly sounds I’ve heard.

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12.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I’ve got Keshed. Looking forward to digging into it after hearing a killer reading from it at an Industrial Coast gig the other year. You can also…

#GetKeshed

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11.02.2026 17:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
BALF tapes and zines.

BALF tapes and zines.

03.02.2026 07:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They opened with the first track on my newest tape EASTSIDE. Named after a road from Hull to Scarborough via Bridlington and Filey. Where all the best noise gets made.

industrialcoast.bandcamp.com/album/eastside

02.02.2026 23:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
WNYU 89.1 FM NYU'S ONLY COLLEGE RADIO STATION

Caveman Music on the radio WNYU 89.1 FM at 11-1 EST featuring loads of great artists and a bit of BALF. Loads of noise. If anyone is listening from NYC and gets a dodgy recording over the FM dial send it back and I could remix it with radio static.

wnyu.org

31.01.2026 18:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Home - NARR

I’m locked into Natural Sciences on narr.co.uk

30.01.2026 15:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Torsion, by Pale World 4 track album

Pale World - Torsion | Venalism

One of the best around for one of the best labels. Grotty experiments that draw you in with low key grit before they envelop you in walls of harsh noise.

venalism.bandcamp.com/album/torsion

29.01.2026 08:16 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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DJ DEX : ZONE 3 ( Filter Dread RMX ), by Ancient Caves track by Ancient Caves

DJ DEX - ZONE 3 (Filter Dread RMX) | Ancient Caves

Time stretched beat’m-up 8-bit grimy dubstep business from Filter Dread. This one is infectious.

ancientcaves.bandcamp.com/track/dj-dex...

29.01.2026 08:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I’m So Tired - Fugazi lyric video
YouTube video by Chocolate Bunny I’m So Tired - Fugazi lyric video

Just long wakeful nights with the little ones. Got back to work after being off ill and I’m still knackered. Climbing out of it slowly.

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26.01.2026 19:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m so tired, sheep are counting me 🐑

26.01.2026 17:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations! Nailed it!

26.01.2026 17:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ifeoluwa : Tears In The Club w/ Quiet Husband - 25 Janvier 2026 Basée à Paris, à Londres et partout dans le monde avec ses plateformes en ligne, Rinse est une radio mais pas seulement : label, management, curation, événements culturels... www.rinse.fr — Based in P

Ifeoluwa - Tears In The Club w/ Quiet Husband

185bpm hypnotic jamz from Rinse FM France last night.

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26.01.2026 15:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Painting by Richie Culver.

23.01.2026 07:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Another must have from @balfnoise.bsky.social
Go get one of those remaining copies!

22.01.2026 18:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Tapes are shipping now. Hopefully they’ll be with you soon. Still three left looking for a home. It’s still insane to me that the rest have gone. So thank you so much to everyone who has grabbed one.

21.01.2026 22:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Pupil: “Why are you like this?”

12.01.2026 07:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dubstep Warz @ 20

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10.01.2026 18:11 — 👍 53    🔁 17    💬 8    📌 3

Review from Harsh Critic 365. Follow them for recommendations. I like this bit, “This is a stark, colourless listen - nothing but the psychogeographical and societal greys of modern Britain pressed into sound. No gloss. No warmth”.

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10.01.2026 12:04 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0