Just stumbled across this gem.  Been listening to Bill since the late 70's.

Nelson was by far and away one of the most underrated creative minds in music. Great that he's getting more notice these days! Well deserved!

I Love this mix so much. Never knew about Bill Nelson before this.

Classic rare Fan Club song... King of the Cowboys.... impressed with the depth of this mix.  :)

Fiat Lux - Feels Like Winter Again...  Produced by Bill Nelson, Sax and Keyboards by Bill's now sadly deceased brother (an amazing man who I adored) Ian Nelson.

Hard Facts from the Fiction Department (The apex of Bill's "found recording" tunes.

Graeme Miller
Comet In Moominland
(FKR111) Finders Keepers Records

Release date: 3rd June 2022

From deep in the heart of Moomin Valley, frozen in time for many midwinters passed, comes a genuine treasure chest of never heard Moomin melodies and instrumental comet songs composed for the continued animated adventures of our Fuzzy-Felt freak folk friends who disappeared from UK TV pastures in the mid-1980s. From the top of the Hobgoblin's Hat and the bottom of Snufkin's satchel, original Moomin's composer Graeme Miller (The Carrier Frequency) kindly shares this patchwork selection of spellbinding sound poems and percussive peons made using the very same selection of ocarinas, kalimbas, miniature squeak boxes, Waspy synths, cornflake box shakers and a seemingly endless array of talent and lo-fi home studio trickery.

Regarded as one of the most enigmatic, beguiling and haunting imported children’s programmes to ever grace UK TV screens, The Moomins was one of the first-ever commissions by Anne Wood (The Teletubbies) who ingeniously replaced the original Polish/Austrian/Finnish soundtrack with homemade music experiments by unknown post-punk theatre students Graeme Miller and Steve Shill (aka The Commies From Mars) who after the screening of two unforgettable series in 1983 and 1985 were left in eager anticipation of rescoring further Moomin adventures with new melodies, arrangements and sound designs which then lingered in the ether waiting until the Groke awoke and Snorkmaiden sang once more. With future felt adventures screened exclusively in Poland and Germany for many years (often as feature films) these unheard recordings are the only genuine musical sequel to the bizarre UK version of The Moomins and stand as important inclusions the Graeme Miller's own portfolio of theatrical theme music and sound installations as part of The Impact Theatre Cooperative including collaborations with artists and writers such as Russell Hoban. Witnessed in fragmented form during a short run of incredible rare live screenings at The Barbican Theatre and various film festival this record marks the first time this music has been heard in its original full-length form, free from sound effects, dialog and whimpers of euphoric joy and nostalgia from those who have continued to crave the company of our Moomintrolls and their mysterious music over the last five decades.  

www.finderskeepersrecords.com

Comet In Moominland

Raft Journey

Graeme Miller - Raft Journey

Bill Orcutt- "O Platitudes!"

HTRK "Psychic 9-5 Club" out April 1, 2014.

Pre-order "Psychic 9-5 Club" in The Ghostly Store: http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/htrk-psychic-9-5-club

HTRK - The Body You Deserve

tear up the city
lets go to the club
room full of strangers 
i can’t get enough

okay to look
but never too much
the floor is for movement 
we’re living for what

the moment is right

silly to think
that anyone cares
a couple of drinks
you’re everyone’s friend

silly to say 
that anyone knows 
movement is movement 
no one’s a pro

silly to live
but never to show
make up your mind
and let yourself go

give me your movement 
give me your touch
no need for words
just give me a rush

a rush.

A Rush [Demo]

British musician Jo Johnson’s debut solo album for Further Records, Weaving, betokens an exciting presence in the world of minimalist composition. 

“Ancestral Footsteps” opens the LP with cascades of cyclical harp-like sounds, an homage to one of Johnson’s primary inspirations: Alice Coltrane. Channelling rigorous new age and mesmerizing Riley-esque/Reichian minimalism, the piece accrues heft and intensity, with occasional bursts of synthetic, tribal clapping until it fades out with cinematic flourish. The title track gradually alters simple guitar and keyboard phrases, along with a chiming motif that multiplies in a hall of mirrors. The disorientating arpeggios form moiré patterns against colossal bass notes. The mood lightens considerably with “Words Came After Music,” whose sweeping strings and drones could take you to whatever your idea of heaven is. Interestingly, the title of the piece is inspired by an anthropological theory Johnson stumbled across that musical ability predates language in humans. With its sombre, undulating synths and lustrous highs and lows, “In the Shadow of The Workhouse” plumbs profound emotional depths. Epic closer “Silver Threads” starts as an almost silent retreat in the vein of Laurie Spiegel's Appalachian Grove or Eno and Budd's The Pearl with the faint hum and buzz of telegraph wires, until four minutes in a stoic pulse and suspenseful chiming motif arise, buttressed by glowing synth sighs and the LP's only percussive thumps (think Incunabula era Autechre). 

While inspired by the "serious music" of Arvo Pärt, Wim Mertens and others, Johnson’s mandalas of tone mantras offer a playful, DIY sense of adventure, as you might expect from the former guitarist for incendiary punk group Huggy Bear and a long-term co-organizer of London’s Bleep43 techno club night and label. Weaving condenses Johnson's long love affair with free jazz, minimalism and electronic music and this unique ambient composition is invested with powerful emotional resonance.

Weaving

Algebra Suicide - The Secret Like Crazy 1988

Algebra Suicide - Please Respect Our Decadence

Casino versus Japan - 07 The Open Face

Race With The Devil - Sound bite
James Asher- Heavy Train
Steve King- Satan Is Her Name
The Executioners- The Guillotine 
Bob Kamas - Misirlou 
Mia Farrow - Secret Ceremony 
La Nouvelle Frontière - Sans Ligende 
Nico-Sixty Forty 
Alexey Rybnikov- Flowers and Thunderstorm
Walter Schumann - Dream Little One Dream
Giovanni Fusco & Carlo Pes - La Guerre Est Finie
Peggy Lee- I Go To Sleep 
Kaplan- I Like
The Hard Times- Blew Mind
Shadows of Knight-Darkside 
Philippe D'Aram- Bizarre Cult 
Benjamin Lew et  Steven Brown -Bamako Ou Ailleurs
Ruth Hohmann & Erbe-Chor - Im Staub Der Sterne - Das Licht 
Dalhous - Acceptance Is Reality
Laurie Anderson - New York Social Life
Pascal Comelade- Goodbye Wyatt Hat 
Danielle Dax- Fortune Cheats
Ennio Morricone - Mio Caro Assassino 
The Mephisto Waltz - Is It Possible?
Unloved- 3am on Russell Avenue 

Elegy For Mrs. Clarkson

10 000 Russos - UsVsUs

NTS - Bill Nelson special w/ Jon Rust & Bullion

Charles Mahaco - Danse des xylophages

New album Affection, out 26 April and available for pre-order:
https://ghostly.ffm.to/bullion-affection

NTS - Bill Nelson special w/ Jon Rust & Bullion

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