Writer for @electronicmaguk @docevidence @clashmagazine @pooleyvilleuk and @frthrevidence. Father, husband, vegan, cat-lover.

Joined June 2009
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28 Sep 2024
If anyone has been trying to reach me for the best part of a month and wondering why I haven’t responded, it’s because I’m deeply immersed in a substantial bit of writing and have little capacity to look at much else. Normal service will resume eventually.
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A new, wild and mesmerising video from @darkjazzproject ahead of his new album for Mortality Tables. ‘Milton Keynes Shopping Trip’ will be released on Friday. Limited edition of 20 CDs with a postcard featuring an alternative design.
Released on @MortalityTables this Friday a very limited edition CD of new music by me. mortalitytables.bandcamp.com… Here’s a second track from the album. youtu.be/K5YJs3T8rQ4?si=zmAs… Enjoy
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8 Sep 2024

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Andrew Spackman ‘Milton Keynes Shopping Trip’ Limited CD and digital editions released 20 September. Full details here: mailchi.mp/374d8f6c5982/mtp4… @darkjazzproject A Mortality Tables Product MTP47 #miltonkeynes #soundart #plasticsaxophone
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24 Aug 2024
I contributed a couple of short pieces to this survey of the best moments by @petshopboys
23 Aug 2024
Pet Shop Boys - Their 15 Best Songs CLASH writers guests pick out the soaring peaks from their esteemed catalogue - surely amongst the best ever to do it clashmusic.com/features/pet-…
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A wonderful review of “Profiler”, my latest album on @SpunOutSounds , from the brilliant @MJASmith on his @FrthrEvidence blog: furtherdot.com/
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30 Jul 2024
50% off everything in the Mortality Tables catalogue - use code july2024 at mortalitytables.bandcamp.com

Thanks to the excellent and incisive @MoonbuildingMag for a detailed Mortality Tables interview. To celebrate, we’re offering 50% off EVERYTHING at mortalitytables.bandcamp.com with code july2024
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LIFEFILES Season 03 commences today. Charlotte Keeffe - LF21 / Sound Brush & Shell Mobile Remix by Simon Fisher Turner Out now: mortalitytables.bandcamp.com… @charlottekeeffe @ivft
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1 Jun 2024

LIFEFILES / LF19 / Tree Frogs by Andrew Brenza. Three visual poetry responses to three recordings of tree frogs. Presented as a limited set of postcards, issued in a single edition of 10 sets. Bandcamp link in bio.
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26 May 2024
Bank Holiday / Memorial Day weekend bargain - 25% off ‘Kullu’ by boycalledcrow.
Get 25% off the limited edition cassette of ‘Kullu’ by boycalledcrow by using code maykullu at the checkout. We’ll also throw in a free download of LF13 / Westbury too. 48 hours only. mortalitytables.bandcamp.com…
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10 May 2024
I have been working on this project for over twelve years. I am so pleased to be able to share it. A real labour of love, with support from artists whose music I admire and love. To see the full list of who is involved, read the press release here: mailchi.mp/3aba76a62693/mort…

Mortality Tables - ‘The Engineer’ Released 16 June 2024 Story by @MJASmith Narration by Barney Ashton-Bullock 29 sound responses including contributions from Vince Clarke, Penelope Trappes, Veryan, Gareth Jones, Chris Illingworth, Simon Fisher Turner… Link in bio.
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8 May 2024
Writing about a new Pablo Diserens album on his Forms Of Minutiae label at 0515 on the Elizabeth Line was a surreal experience.
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‘Milk And Honey’ Taken from ‘Kullu’ by @boycalledcrow Released 3 May. Video footage by Carl M Knott, India 2005/2006. Video edit by @neugestalt youtu.be/DwfF0lb4CbY?si=Uu-d…

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25 Apr 2024
A review of the brilliant new @petshopboys album ‘Nonetheless’, released tomorrow.
25 Apr 2024
Review: 'Nonetheless' ranks among @petshopboys best work - a record of verve, ideas, and wit writes @MJASmith... clashmusic.com/reviews/pet-s…
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Incoming on Mortality Tables: Kullu by boycalledcrow, which will be released on 3 May. Full details here: eepurl.com/iLXT0g
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