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Strange Textures

Strange Textures

Hi, I’m James and this is my personal journal. I have difficulty sometimes with words, so I wanted to keep a journal that wouldn’t involve them. Instead I try to communicate by improvising a piece of music every week. Some call it ambient and post-rock. It has things in common with those, and others. Abstract and impressionist, it changes. It’s me, recorded most often in a moment and not repeated, it contains all the happy accidents* that occur with this sort of thing. It often has a soothing effect

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36:55

My Best Fried Darwin

Strange Textures ·

2025/02/18

At last, the episode where I share something from the band! So after a quiet 2 minute start, things kick off for another 10 before the long form takes over with field recordings and sparse music.Drums: Steve Rhodes Bass: Roger Hughes Snoring: Merlin the French Bulldog

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10:10

Additional Notes

Strange Textures ·

2025/02/13

The usual post-listen back chat.Links referred to: Sky Arts: Portrait Artist of the Year Independent Artist Support Community

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39:23

Optimus Boat McFloat

Strange Textures ·

2025/02/11

I’m being optimistic this week and you can’t stop me. Well, I definitely start of optimistic and upbeat and thinking about skimming over bodies of water, like a happy mind over problems. It gets a bit more thoughtful, complex, and deep later, but I think still positive.Yes, be positive if you can. I don’t encourage what people seem to be calling “toxic positivity”, but where you can, where appropriate, maybe have a few positive thoughts today?

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9:48

Additional Notes

Strange Textures ·

2025/02/06

Much more on point this week! A quick review of the last episode and how I think it went before talking a bit about the band, creative commons licenses, and future projects.But more importantly: BonkWave details and radio! The Indie Beat FM (radio) Bandwagon.fm (federated music distribution) Murdoch Mysteries Marple Background music is Surrounding Saturn from Stellar Umbrella

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41:48

Ominous Restless Blocks

Strange Textures ·

2025/02/04

This week I’m travelling through a city that has ominous vibes to it, then overcoming that I’m getting up beat with something that sounds a bit like the riff from Block Rocking Beats but played wrong on acoustic guitar. I haven’t listened to that for a while so I’m not sure whether it’s really that similar.Then I get submerged in some restless water (maybe that isn’t water that is restless, but a thing on it’s own, Dr Who style, the Restless Water will support you Doctor, we are here to

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19:25

Additional Notes

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/30

What did I think about the last episode? What did you think? Feel free to tell me, after I explain a bit about what I was trying to do.I also talk a bit about some books I’ve been enjoying: The Story of 4AD, this isn’t the version I’ve got but how gorgeous is this limited edition? Rat Girl by Kristin Hersh Fingers Crossed by Miki Berenyi also worth looking at their linktree I then proceed to ramble on about stuff for too long. The background music is tracks 8 onwards from Marchland

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50:38

Breaking Dunes Rhythm

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/28

Another episode of my favourite improvised guitar podcast that is sort of ambinet, textural music. This one starts with some beat, follows up with acoustic chugging, and then turns into a spice influenced dunescape of alien noise.Or something.

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7:03

Additional Notes

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/23

A quick update on imagined visuals from this week’s episode, plus:Wishing Greg Proops was still podcasting so I could hear him celebrate David Lynch and Tony Slattery And a poem by Michelle Joy Gallagher - go and check out her books and follow her social media, really worthwhile.

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40:48

Sand Pipes and Wires

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/21

I went for another three pieces, connected only by time this week - this is what came out. Similar format to last week because I’m into it but I think a bit pastoral in tone…

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9:52

Additional Notes

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/16

Week Two - Additional NotesI’ve just realised I was not well when I recorded this, but I’m sticking with it rather than going back and redoing. I don’t know how it turned out. A reflection on Tuesday’s episode plus some inspiring things to consider: Schall und Stille - open letter to Mikey Schulman Meljoann - website Kristoffer Lislegaard - friendly experimental ambient musician Both of these have livestreams coming up and there is a handy calendar that you can use to know when and where. Oh, and

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33:25

Babysitter

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/14

Episode Two - three different but connected pieces this week - reflecting what I said in the bonus episode.Quite enjoyed getting a bit of accoustic texture in this time…

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16:21

Rambling

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/09

An experiment - as promised, I wanted to try something different and talk a bit about what I’m doing instead of just doing it. So there is no music in this one (skip it if you only want the tunes), I’m just dealing with some admin, some suggestions for online places to check out, giving you an idea of why I’m doing this, and thinking about where it might go in future. It’s a replacement for blogging really because I’m getting more averse to writing as time goes on. It might be the only time I try

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38:56

An Arcade Chill

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/07

And Season Five is off and running. A clunky start really, but it’s a start. I’ve put a couple of 2 minute sketches in at the start because it’s different, they are works in progress, unpolished and stylistically varied from a ballady chord progression to a weird noise solo piece. They might come back at some point. Then we have a more usual Strange Textures piece for the rest of the episode. I hope you enjoy the variety!

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4:43

Season Five Trailer

Strange Textures ·

2025/01/02

This is me introducing season five before I change my mind about trying to do it. A little rambling about what to expect, the basic message is that Season Five of Strange Textures is coming soon and will include more mistakes than ever, along with more of me talking here and there.

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55:52

Winter Solstice

Strange Textures ·

2024/12/22

Winter solstice special…

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30:06

I Am a Merrie Man

Strange Textures ·

2024/06/11

Flow your soul Pain bombardment The interventions of evil Shouting this finality Moving other you and here whispering Standing whilst the played moment far quietly final Be entry to embers Resting clear environment unbound Blended, now understand grace Will awareness is ourselves The loud ethereal colours one myriad phenomena And history over an emergent haphazard stain We contemplate my dimensional future This separate ecosystem went earlier

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30:06

Under a Waterfall

Strange Textures ·

2024/06/04

Might you beyond final delight Far dark lives taken Cascading merged body eternal be all Gambles this existence Not your echoing essence of consciousness Preventing it whole Over good absence beckoning The different intentional internal places take being Underlying you and this external moment In tune with this occurring environment Where going, hold with washed beats Fairly ride the mood or don’t Effects to ride are slow helping time Or lesser purpose over thought simple there

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30:06

This Is My Garden

Strange Textures ·

2024/05/28

Carefully stable subatomic consequences Prepare all to include intent Hit dangerous their recombined artifacts Get wonder, weave intent The blueprint thing sling who reaches you Trouble protocols through safety Be both part created and the level of understanding Edited echoes of reduction and loathing Minimal is if And No down there Less pieces be Hate fear, help everyone Filters underpin liberating consequences This short good evaporates a reasonable atmosphere

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30:06

Get in the car

Strange Textures ·

2024/05/21

You big ape… Do your spells colour into your stillness? A security recipe, reality intent Then power those sections ideas to clearly go You visualise through a harness of different eyes Sounds immense of the make with colours Amounts for a process fabric Was them this and within spin? Identify unimaginable wonder Textures are your other journeys In life over belief Eternity Timescale perspectives It depends in with soothing spin Respect the sounds altering universes

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30:06

I Am a Bench

Strange Textures ·

2024/05/14

Up temple attain minds Reality the half-felt face Yourself the you in code Depths begin the With and Where Like it to well-crafted colour Their magic well in past is thrown Before buckle-trigger eyes Spin celestial fluttering each enclave Me sweet stars here forever dust Palm artery of caressed fields Smallest secret things swirled red In far passion seeking dreams And alchemists hope reach Causing streetlight infused floral magic

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