Thomas Knak

YouTube video by Joy Orbison Joy Orbison - Play It Again

New Joy Orbison single out now via XL ! Play It Again .....And Again!.. And Again :)

Just For A Day, by Slowdive = Still as breathtaking and soothing in 2025, as it was to me as an 18 year old teenager September 2nd, 34 years ago.

Music Is For Sharing Vol. 54 [54 Soothing Sounds by Thomas Knak] Playlist - Music Is For Sharing Vol. 54 [54 Soothing Sounds by Thomas Knak] - 54 items

The good people at Music Is For Sharing, asked me to contribute to their 54th playlist which can be found at Tidal.
I decided to pick 54 (mostly) calm pieces, from my personal "Soothing Sounds" folder. Hope you will enjoy the music by these nice artists, musicians and producers :)

Rebel Radio: Gaps in the Dial podcast | Barbican DJ and radio producer Tayo Popoola presents this six part podcast series delving into the history and influence of pirate radio.

Head to www.barbican.org.uk/read-watch-l.... The six episodes are produced by Tayo Popoola and features people like Gilles Peterson, Lloyd Bradley, Gordon Mac, Norman Jay, Charlie Fracture, Eastman and Charlie Dark, who alongside many others, played important roles in the history of UK pirate radio.

Paul St. Hilaire - w/ The Producers, by Paul St. Hilaire 9 track album

First track from forthcoming Paul St. Hilaire collaborative album. Paul and Mala = A great match ! ... Overall impressive list for the Producers release ! #electronic #dub #music
kynantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/paul-s...

The Early Bird Show w/ Jack Rollo & Vittoria Totale 10th January 2025 Playing Spoken Word, Folk, Experimental, Ambient, Modern Classical. First thing on Fridays - Jack Rollo's here to take care of things.

Jack Rollo + NTS = Soothing !
A nice and soft spoken presentation mixed with a strong selection of calm sounds and music... Well suited for early or late hours of day and night.
www.nts.live/shows/early-...

Discovering new or old music, at either @bandcamp.com or @discogsofficial.bsky.social ?
Do know that @miseryconfusion.bsky.social created the free tempo adjust web extension.
miseryconfusion.com/bandcamp-tem...

Tip!.. Go check the 2024 by mid 90´s album poeia.bandcamp.com/album/patter... :)

Lennie De Ice Remembered, and the Story of ‘We Are I.E.’ Following news of the death of the pioneering London producer Lennie De Ice, Wrongtom charts the course of his standout anthem ‘We Are I.E.’

@wrongtom.bsky.social remembers foundational jungle producer, Lennie De Ice (RIP). @thequietus.com presents the story... Also head to rongorongorongo.bandcamp.com/album/an-eko... to enjoy and support the latest Wrongtom dubbing.

Best of 2024 - Longreads Since 2011, Longreads editors and contributors have compiled the most notable reads of the year in our annual Best of Longreads collections. We’re continuing this tradition for 2024, with a few new ch...

Once again @longreads.com compiled a nice overview of some of their best reads and writings of the year... so much to choose from.... Not forgetting all work from previous years !
A personal 2024 fave was this : dark.properties/from-silicon... ... definitely food for thought.

Nonesuch Releases 'Steve Reich Collected Works,' 27-Disc Box Set, March 14 | Nonesuch Records The official site of Nonesuch Records

Steve Reich Box Set @nonesuchrecords.bsky.social is something positive to look forward to in 2025.

By Calling Artists ‘Creators’, We’re Feeding the Big Tech Beast How the creator economy has been leveraged to devalue music

An interesting read by Declan McGlynn :
By Calling Artists ‘Creators’, We’re Feeding the Big Tech Beast

Makes sense that False Aralia releases are featured, as they should be :) ... and not only for November, but as two essential 2024 EP´s !

YouTube video by NardwuarServiette Nardwuar vs. Andre 3000

What a match ! ...Andre 3000 + NardWuar = Passion and information on music and the people connected to Benjamin.
As always, The Human Serviette digging deep, resulting in a nice interview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ygm...

Listening back to the 1st of 4 Autechre guest mixes, which they presents as, artists in residence at BBC6, the following 3 nights. 1.st mix features a nice blend of ambient, beats and rap including Floxxx , taken from a personal favorite 2024 album by Roc Marciano.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Else Marie Pade : Syv Cirkler Remixes, by Thomas Knak / Opiate 2 track album

The electronic composer, Else Marie Pade was born 100 years ago, December 2nd 1924.
To mark this, I have uploaded an alternative 2002 remix version, which I found yesterday, when browsing through files.
This version has not been mastered, but hope you will enjoy it anyway.

For anyone with an interest in street photography, and in the life and work of Saul Leiter !
Head to the April episode of RED www.buzzsprout.com/1841611/epis... for the nice interview with Michael Parillo and Margit Erb, who run the Saul Leiter Foundation.

Thanks for sharing :)

Fun and easy web based sound source manipulator.
Uhhyou Web Synthesizers is a collection of musical synthesizers to render WAVE files.
ryukau.github.io/UhhyouWebSyn...

The Red Drum Getaway A Hitchcock mashup where Kubrick is the villain. "Jimmy was having a rather beautiful day until he bumped into Jack and things got weird." Directed by:…

Classic Hitchcock + Kubrick = :)

J Dilla del 1 - brutna beats - P3 Soul Tjugo år efter att Mats Nileskär hade ett historiskt möte med J Dilla - mannen som förändrade planetens puls - kommer nu den fullständiga historien med ...

Huge fan of Mats Nileskar´s (Nilsson) journalism.
Since 1978 he has hosted "P3 Soul / Soul Corner", for Swedish National Radio. His impressive 5 part J. Dilla feature is available in this link. In Swedish, but there are plenty of English interview parts to enjoy!