Michael Woodman

Michael Woodman

@michaelwoodman.bsky.social

Vocals/guitar for Thumpermonkey. Debut solo album on Believers Roast, 04/2025. - https://www.michaelwoodman.uk/ - https://michaelwoodman.bandcamp.com/ - https://thumpermonkey.bandcamp.com/

195 Followers 191 Following 110 Posts Joined Jan 2025
6 months ago
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Deep Time, by Michael Woodman from the album No Moon, No Throne (Single)

Here’s something new (and old): I’ve finally uploaded Deep Time, the song-in-a-day I made with The Drum Tamer, John Simm, (who drummed on & mixed my EP 'Psithurism' and also hit things on 'Hiss of Today').
michaelwoodman.bandcamp.com/track/deep-t...

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9 months ago
Review reads: "The  follow-up  to  2021's  Psithurism  mini-album, Hiss Of  Today  finds  Thumpermonkey  frontman  Michael  Woodman  spreading  out  over  35  minutes  of  music  that  feels less  like  a  collection  of  songs than   it  does  a  skilfully  carved  piece  of  sonic  sculpture.  Which  befits an  album  inspired   by  William  Robert  Woodman  (no  relation), one  of  the  founders  of  the  Hermetic  Order  of  the  Golden  Dawn, the  secret  society that  claimed  the  occultist  Aleister  Crowley  as  a   member. It's all  over  the  place, in  the  best  possible  way.  V.I.T.R.I.O.L  begins  with  what sounds  like a  garbled  alien  voice intercepted  from  deepest  space  before  tailing  off  via  a  series  of  eerie  instrumental washes  into  No  Moon, No  Throne, an  otherworldly mesh  of  miserly  rhythms, choirboy vocals  and  tumbling   guitar.  The Wandering  Nerve  finds Woodman  going  full  avant-  Fripp, and  Lychgate  (featuring  Believers Roast  label  boss  Kavus  Torabi)  is  wrapped  around  what feels  like an  eight-bit  samba  rhythm.  Throughout, Woodman  switches  gear  and  mood, seemingly  intent  on  choosing  the   path  of  greater musical  adventure  at   every  opportunity. This  is  deeply  psychedelic  music, and  not  as  we  know  it.  FL"

Here's the lovely review that the kind folks at Prog printed of 'Hiss of Today' in their April issue. Honestly, I thought that this record ushered in my sort of Phil Collins 'No Jacket Required' era, but I guess not?

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10 months ago

How did you obtain this photo of my study!

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10 months ago
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IT'S BANDCAMP FRIDAY (Bandcat Friday?). If you're thinking of grabbing it digitally or physically, today Bandcamp waives its revenue share—100% goes to artists/labels for 24 hours. Enjoy my orange cat. He has no idea what's going on.
michaelwoodman.bandcamp.com/album/hiss-o...

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10 months ago

I still maintain this is my pop album

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10 months ago

Thank you for sharing @paracyclops.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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"Hiss of Today" is out now on Bandcamp and (cough) 'other' music streaming services! michaelwoodman.bandcamp.com/album/hiss-o...

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10 months ago
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Michael Woodman - Hiss of Today (2025) Messi in pausa i Thumpermonkey ormai da un po' di tempo, il chitarrista e frontman del gruppo Michael Woodman si è dedicato ad un quieta ma ...

"Woodman's inspired pen does not lose that originality of an author who likes to willingly break away from the pre-established patterns of both alternative rock and prog" (Translated from Italian) altprogcore.blogspot.com/2025/04/mich...

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10 months ago
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I've owned a bass for 2 days, and now all I can hear when I listen to music is the basslines.
Musician friends, what basslines should I learn as I try to level up playing without a plectrum?

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10 months ago
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Wonderful humans. I will preview Hiss of Today tonight, in its entirety.

michaelwoodman.bandcamp.com/merch/hiss-o...

Hope you can join the 48k jamboree.

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10 months ago
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The Holy Family – Inward Turning Suns (Edit) YouTube video by Rocket Recordings

Now playing:
youtu.be/gVq3Cjjz7Vo?...

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11 months ago
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Musician Who Died in 2021 Resurrected as Clump of Brain Matter, Now Composing New Music Using the DNA of the late musician Alvin Lucier, a team has created an "in-vitro brain" that still creates music with its electrical signals.

Disappointed to learn that the leader of this project isn't named Dr Hfuhruhurr.

futurism.com/neoscope/mus...

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11 months ago

Not even a mention of Anne Uumellmahaye?

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11 months ago
Alora Crucible playing the music of Toby Driver at a UK exclusive Chaos Theory event in New River Studios.

Members from left to right:
Ana Cristina Pérez Ochoa on piano/synth
Timba Harris on violin
Sam Gutterman on drums
Toby Driver on guitar and vocals

Last Saturday was a beautiful, soothing, magical experience. Hearing Alora Crucible play their music & the music of @tobydriver.bsky.social was transcendent.

We'll see Toby Driver & Timba Harris again in June, as part of post-punk prog outfit Extra Life:
link.dice.fm/I086f551c92d

#livemusic

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11 months ago
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Get a nice 10% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code WRITING10 until midnight on Friday April 18! They're three enormous volumes about the dark, scary, and downright weird pop culture of the 70s & 80s!

Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife

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11 months ago
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1 year ago
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Submissions are now open for Shorts Volume 4! Join us for a celebration of short pants and short songs, with every track 90 seconds or less.

This time we're doing a limited release on cassette with hand-stitched j-cards. It will also be available digitally.

See attached photos for more details.

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11 months ago

Need to get back down there on an open day - last time we were down I couldn't get as close as I would have liked.

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11 months ago

Also Italian Fantasy Metal depending on the coloured filter you use on the lens.

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11 months ago

I especially like 'Visceral dynamism'.

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11 months ago

Sign me up for the 'monstrous folly'! :-)

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11 months ago

Bottom right looks like an Autechre album cover

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11 months ago

Thanks for sharing! :-)

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11 months ago
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I'm hosting a Bandcamp Party listen-through of 'Hiss of Today' next week on 17th April. Expect numerous references to the 48k spectrum version of 'Heavy on the Magick', the forgotten Thelema-adjacent adventure game that I encountered as a child.
michaelwoodman.bandcamp.com/merch/hiss-o...

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11 months ago
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No Moon, No Throne - Michael Woodman (Official Video). YouTube video by Michael Woodman

Oh - and while I have your attention - the latest video drops this evening around 7.30pm on YouTube. Join me in the chat?
youtu.be/hrc3-Q3WaFU?...

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11 months ago
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Thank you to Prog magazine for the luminous review of 'Hiss of Today'. Given that the physical version has only just hit the shelves, I have devised a creative solution for redacting the majority of the content. Buy the magazine for the non-orange-cat version.

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11 months ago
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Space Gits: A Miniatures Game of Drunk-Ass Space Orcs From the creator of GASLANDS comes a dexterity-based skirmish game of lootin', shootin' and scootin'.

Ex-Thumpermonkey bass player Mike Hutchinson of @planetsmashergames.bsky.social has just smashed his kickstarter goal for his new game, (perhaps those with an interest in drunk orc shenanigans might consider helping him smash it further).
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

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11 months ago
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No Moon, No Throne - Michael Woodman (Official Video). YouTube video by Michael Woodman

An occult broadcast from a parallel 1983. 'The Fantastic Voyage', if it had received a 48k ZX Spectrum game tie-in.
'No Moon, No Throne' (directed by Teddy Powell) goes online at 7.30pm on Friday. Come and hang out in the chat if you like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrc3...

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11 months ago
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🌓 NEW SINGLE INCOMING 🌓
The second single from Hiss of Today lands this Friday, April 11th. 'No Moon, No Throne' has been haunting my live set for a while now—I'm excited to share its final manifestation with you.

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11 months ago
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Lost Crowns: Et Tu Brute YouTube video by Ashley Jones

"Lyons Maid Bass Drum Skin"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndzN...

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