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Ceramic/textile artist, SE London Half of post-punk electronic duo London Clay & @nlannuities.bsky.social "Like Aunt Sally, Thomas Leer, & ATV at a bus stop in Nunhead" - Jonah Falco New album - https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/private-view

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Private View, by London Clay 9 track album

Today is the day! The new London Clay LP is released on LVEUM!

There is a surprise translucent purple vinyl edition alongside the standard black version: lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/private-view

If you are in the US:
www.sorrystaterecords.com/products/london-clay-private-view-12-pre-order

24.10.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
New London Clay LP on translucent purple vinyl instead of black

New London Clay LP on translucent purple vinyl instead of black

Surprise delivery, no really, 100 copies of the new London Clay LP are on purple vinyl instead of black. If you pre-ordered through La Vida Es Un Mus and want a purple version then please contact them ASAP!

23.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Playlist: 

Title: Semi Detached
Band: London Clay
Album: Private View
Label: La Vida Es Un Mus

Playlist: Title: Semi Detached Band: London Clay Album: Private View Label: La Vida Es Un Mus

A new London Clay song! Have a listen at 6:04 am, 19th October, on the Sonic Reducer show with Jenn www.kexp.org/archive/

20.10.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSemi Detached” London Clay β€” Private View (2025)

19.10.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Also up for pre-order on LVEUM is the debut LP from London Clay. Two songs are streaming now on LVEUM’s Bandcamp, but I’ve heard the whole thing and I am completely over the moon about it. It’s one of those records that scratches your pop itch, but the musicians shape that pop music out of sounds that are surprising and delightful. This one is out on October 24

Also up for pre-order on LVEUM is the debut LP from London Clay. Two songs are streaming now on LVEUM’s Bandcamp, but I’ve heard the whole thing and I am completely over the moon about it. It’s one of those records that scratches your pop itch, but the musicians shape that pop music out of sounds that are surprising and delightful. This one is out on October 24

Getting some really great responses to the new London Clay record - if you are in the US you can pre-order at Sorry State www.sorrystaterecords.com/products/lon...

17.10.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dilettante Ultra Newsletter #27 .On London Clay & Industrial Music & JG Ballard, on Nabokov & Russian lit, on Yukio Mishima & Tadanori Yokoo, on the new album from DEN

cool review of the London Clay record here: distorttheworld.substack.com/p/dilettante...

12.10.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Private View, by London Clay 9 track album

Featured on Zaph Mann's show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/10/11/t... Desire Lines by London Clay "Private View" (La Vida Es Un Mus) @lavidaesunmus 2025 lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/privat...

11.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Smashing Time
YouTube video by London Clay - Topic Smashing Time

Smashing Time, the second single from the new London Clay record, is out today. Full LP out October 24th. Have a listen...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWVp...

10.10.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Desire Lines
YouTube video by London Clay - Topic Desire Lines

Desire Lines, 2nd track off the London Clay LP youtu.be/9t_fnQi3FOQ?...

07.10.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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London Clay: Private View 12” (PRE-ORDER) Note:Β This is a pre-order. If your order contains this item, your entire order will not ship until it's in stock. This item is expected to ship near its street date of October 24, 2025. There’s undeni...

International shipping can be expensive but it looks like Sorry State in the US has pre-ordeing set up for the new London Clay LP www.sorrystaterecords.com/products/lon...

07.10.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Private View, by London Clay 9 track album

New London Clay record incoming! lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/privat...

03.10.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Henry Hoover sans nozzle contemplating freedom on the streets of south east London

A Henry Hoover sans nozzle contemplating freedom on the streets of south east London

Urban wildlife of south east London

29.09.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 887    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 16

About ten years ago we looked into living in Anerley/Penge/CP/Croydon/South Norwood and it was just too expensive for us. SN was pretty bleak then too but looks like its improved a lot since then. We ended up in Lee...

24.09.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh and for something a bit different try Bishops Wine Bar. It's kind of like being in someone's front room but it has a bar in the middle of it. And a a cat. And its at the bottom of an office block opposite a dying shopping centre. Great for people watching.

22.09.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the real Croydon pub experience drink a pint under the flyover in the front garden of The Royal Standard. Or go visit the pub cats at The Oval.

22.09.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will you be going inside Sanderson's? I really want to see the stained glass!

19.09.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
ANOTHER SUBCULTURE's next issue will be October. Send in your gigs, all dayers, festivals, screenings, bookfairs, club nights... must be PUNK, HARDCORE, D-I-Y, EXPERIMENTAL, NON-STANDARD and independent. No reunions, no brands please. DEADLINE: Friday 19th September. Go to anothersubculture.co.uk/submit or email hello@anothersubculture.co.uk.

ANOTHER SUBCULTURE's next issue will be October. Send in your gigs, all dayers, festivals, screenings, bookfairs, club nights... must be PUNK, HARDCORE, D-I-Y, EXPERIMENTAL, NON-STANDARD and independent. No reunions, no brands please. DEADLINE: Friday 19th September. Go to anothersubculture.co.uk/submit or email hello@anothersubculture.co.uk.

Taking submissions for the October calendar zine - send me your PUNK + HARDCORE + DIY + ???? gigs, late nights, talks, films, bookfairs etc., deadline Friday 19th September. β—πŸ“°πŸ”’

πŸ“Œ Send here: anothersubculture.co.uk/submit

πŸ“¬ September's listings: anothersubculture.co.uk/this-months-listings

08.09.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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✍️ THE GLITCH IS BACK πŸ•ΉοΈ

controller / revolt issue 1 has been re-printed

back in stock in limited numbers
controllerrevoltzine.bigcartel.com/

all profits go to Palestine Red Crescent Society

our little zine about gaming through a punk lens

20.06.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We had one of these, reheated fish in the microwave so often he got himself a nickname: The Fishmonger

04.06.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Academy Fight Song
YouTube video by Mission Of Burma - Topic Academy Fight Song

Current earworm #missionofburma

03.06.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Expansive miniature cardboard city attached to a white wall.

Expansive miniature cardboard city attached to a white wall.

Close up of recycled cardboard used to form a miniature housing complex.

Close up of recycled cardboard used to form a miniature housing complex.

Free exhibition showing the work of Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan at the new Ames Yavuz gallery in London.

03.06.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Test pressing of the new London Clay record

Test pressing of the new London Clay record

Test Pressing Wednesday!

14.05.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Various drums and cymbals, assembled into a procession of anthropomorphised musicians.

Various drums and cymbals, assembled into a procession of anthropomorphised musicians.

More drum skins and percussion instruments assembled to look like they have a face.

More drum skins and percussion instruments assembled to look like they have a face.

Close up of a drum 'musician'.

Close up of a drum 'musician'.

Free exhibition at Pi Artworks, London. Matt Golden/Golden Family: Thirty-Three Revolutions.

06.05.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The shop window of Aimee Craddock's boutique in Folkestone, featuring my ceramic vessels, some Noguchi paper lamps and a midcentury Japanese chair.

The shop window of Aimee Craddock's boutique in Folkestone, featuring my ceramic vessels, some Noguchi paper lamps and a midcentury Japanese chair.

Two ceramic vessels inspired by modernist architecture in blue, ochre, coral and gold glaze.

Two ceramic vessels inspired by modernist architecture in blue, ochre, coral and gold glaze.

Three abstract hanging wall sculptures in blue, coral, ochre and black.

Three abstract hanging wall sculptures in blue, coral, ochre and black.

If you are near Folkestone do pop in Aimee Craddock's boutique, 25 The Old High St. I have some ceramics on show and for sale.

23.04.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really interesting read, my ex partner is from Peterlee and I remember visiting some of the old colliery villages maybe 20 years ago. They were pretty sad looking then, but seeing them in this state, is very depressing.

22.04.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Black cat sat behind some old metal drums and plastic trays, facial expression declares 'do not step any closer buddy.'

Black cat sat behind some old metal drums and plastic trays, facial expression declares 'do not step any closer buddy.'

Grey and white cat sat at the top of some stairs, facial expression declares 'do not step any closer pal.'

Grey and white cat sat at the top of some stairs, facial expression declares 'do not step any closer pal.'

Scrappy black and white cat, total bruiser, facial expression declares 'you want some?'

Scrappy black and white cat, total bruiser, facial expression declares 'you want some?'

Sneaking up on cats instead of making art down the studio

16.04.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just been summoned for the 3rd time. They seem to come for me once every decade.

Although I've never been selected, only ever sat around bleak waiting rooms for hours on end...

25.03.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
London Clay logo featuring three tower blocks in black and white.

London Clay logo featuring three tower blocks in black and white.

New London Clay record coming soon...

16.03.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Something pretty exciting happened, the London Clay record is being released by La Vida Es Un Mus. No release date yet but things are moving....

12.03.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Ella Kruglyanskaya at Thomas Dane - contemporary painting of a woman in pink broad strokes against a dark background, sitting on a striped monochrome cushion, with a broken lute and two apples. The woman sits away from the viewer, her head turned to the left, her blue eyes peek out under her black bob.

Ella Kruglyanskaya at Thomas Dane - contemporary painting of a woman in pink broad strokes against a dark background, sitting on a striped monochrome cushion, with a broken lute and two apples. The woman sits away from the viewer, her head turned to the left, her blue eyes peek out under her black bob.

Kim Yun Shin at Lehmann Maupin/No 9 Cork Street - a strong geometric painting in bold shades of green/blue/red/yellow. The pattern features squares, lines and diamonds, reminiscent of trellis and tower blocks. A wooden sculpture sits in the foreground, like short angular tree trunks, hand carved and engraved with more geometric patterns.

Kim Yun Shin at Lehmann Maupin/No 9 Cork Street - a strong geometric painting in bold shades of green/blue/red/yellow. The pattern features squares, lines and diamonds, reminiscent of trellis and tower blocks. A wooden sculpture sits in the foreground, like short angular tree trunks, hand carved and engraved with more geometric patterns.

Dominic Beattie at Saatchi Gallery - a large contemporary work in green/pink/lilac/purple/black/yellow. The background is a glitchy geometric pattern or recurring rectangles and squares. Eight bright yellow circles are scattered across the painting.

Dominic Beattie at Saatchi Gallery - a large contemporary work in green/pink/lilac/purple/black/yellow. The background is a glitchy geometric pattern or recurring rectangles and squares. Eight bright yellow circles are scattered across the painting.

Private view round-up, recommend these free exhibitions if you are in London over the coming weeks #kimyunshin #ellakruglyanskaya #dominicbeattie

01.03.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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