Songs on synths, sometimes with geographical settings. #lofi production. Albums ‘Home Sounds’ and ‘Further Verses’ out via #MonochromeMotif https://voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mtetatnit22rHappy 60th birthday to the #TayRoadBridge. There’s very little about this on #BlueSky but I’ve fond memories of sitting on its northern viewing deck & riding my bike across when it was not quite 30. Yes, I’ve a song set beneath it on my next album too… Cheers! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Road_Bridge18 Aug 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtetatnit22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mt7sou53hs23 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇧🇪 The Subway Set - Chanson de Charleroi - Tall Tales - Antwerpeners - Soft Beneath The Brutalist Skies - Oostende 80. IYKYK. Here’s hoping it goes well ;-) ⚽️16 Aug 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7sou53hs23https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mssob72ty22cRather cheekily hopping on to this excellent @jonwoolcott.bsky.social @henryrothwell.bsky.social @rathergoodart.bsky.social thread, my #fieldrecordings “+” album (out next year all being well) will feature an instrumental called ‘Tiza’s Collage’ - inspired by that very story! #HillFigures [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssob72ty22chttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3ms4usf752224Possibly obvious, but ‘Trans-Europe Express’ / ‘The Man-Machine’ / ‘Computerwelt’ comes to mind. ‘Victorialand’ / ‘Blue Bell Knoll’ / ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ also. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4usf752224https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3ms26vq7mvc2wSome #fieldrecordings adjacent excitement today, finding an article by @polysemic.bsky.social in the journal of @thersaorg.bsky.social featuring the ‘pastime’ of the #UffingtonWhiteHorse. Though just an illustration of the article’s key point, it might still get referenced in a particular track :-)01 Aug 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms26vq7mvc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mr2nfzo6u22oWith this World Cup now over, a thanks to folk here - including @lippykidmusic.bsky.social @david-soulscorch.bsky.social @drtechnical.bsky.social @theunfinished.bsky.social @kieranmahon.bsky.social @brimcrob.bsky.social - who helped with my enjoyment of it :-)20 Jul 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2nfzo6u22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mqrx66o2m22kNo #WorldCup games tonight, so another #synthbraska post. There’s a song partly set in #Edinburgh on it (involving a Barbara Hepworth sculpture in the Botanics) but this got me wondering if there’s a future album’s worth of inspiration from independent shops I’ve visited in the city over the years… [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrx66o2m22khttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mqhtvqy3l22rNo #WorldCup matches tonight and so some more #synthbraska build-up. There’s a song on the album inspired by seeing a book on #HenryMoore in #Grasmere. I really should visit @henrymoorestudios.bsky.social & @hmileeds.bsky.social sometime :-) #lofi #electronica henry-moore.org https://henry-moore.org/12 Jul 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhtvqy3l22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mq5wsypkz22vNo #WorldCup matches today so thoughts have turned to how I might promote the #lofi #synthbraska album later this year. There’s an “Essex song” on it (Grayson Perry, Southend Pier & King Canute get referenced) and so I’m going to listen to this and see what it inspires… [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5wsypkz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mpxjc2sfws2gIn #lofi #electronica meets #WorldCup2026 news, I have written a few songs about happy times in #Belgium; ‘Oostende 80’, ‘Antwerpeners’ & ‘Chanson de Charleroi’ are three. From Pfaff to Lukaku the country has had some captivating players in my time; it’d be great to see them reach the last eight. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2026 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxjc2sfws2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mpvhtkdsxs2n“Honeyed stone, sets the tone…” In Bath yesterday, having finished the #synthbraska album, and so a break before picking up on my #fieldrecordings one - chalk #hillfigures are the theme of that and I’d had a fine view of the #UffingtonWhiteHorse en route to the city, by happy coincidence :-)05 Jul 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvhtkdsxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mpenrvhotk24I have written a song about this story (the song is called ‘Wim van Hanegem’s Dog’) but not released it. It is very short. Anyway, from Dutch football to #WorldCup football now… [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jun 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpenrvhotk24https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3moucyv32hs2gIn between World Cup games I might just have finished mastering the #synthbraska album! Need to listen to it in one go now, just to be sure. Made a little breakthrough on the #fieldrecordings one too - though that may well not see the light of day until ‘27 now :-) [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jun 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3moucyv32hs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3moo3cknpx227Almost inevitably I’ll be joining a conversation or two about the game later tonight but, ahead of that, it is too much of a temptation not to mention that my next very #lofi album (the #synthbraska one) includes a lyrical reference or two to those buildings in the background of that shot… [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo3cknpx227https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mokbovwhas2nOn my way to a chalk landscape conference for my day job and the journey is already a songwriting inspiration! RER vibes on St Pancras Platform B; two generations of new urban utopia in stops at Stevenage & Letchworth Garden City & overcast skies but plenty of passengers in shorts at Baldock.18 Jun 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokbovwhas2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mnoza3gf5c2yHappy 13th to @revivalsynth.bsky.social. I’ve had some love for quite obscure tracks of mine (‘I Townplanner’ & ‘The Ballad of Anatole and Françoise’ come to mind) plus a couple of phenomenal album reviews from it. Cheers to Andy and all the synthy folk he promotes. #synthsky #electronicmusic [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jun 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnoza3gf5c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mmyy5f5ejk22I do think there’s a song to be written about Moviedrome and the beauty of both Alex Cox’s & Mark Cousins’ speaking voices… my memory is of how their accents and vocal tonality invited the viewer to be immersed in, and understand, the vision, technique & storytelling of a film upcoming. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyy5f5ejk22https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mmhjj5itqs2qTake a subway train from the right hand side of the island platform, alight at the first stop and any traveller will then be where the song due to open the #synthbraska album is set :-) I must add that #SomnopolitanLine is a great title for a hashtag! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhjj5itqs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mmguzxtotk2zA little late to this party but love the idea! The Polite Bureau Box Brownie (ft Ivo Peters) Tenement Twins Oozedam Lava Thermometer Depuis Nags Of Renown Hardy & Ward Malerischer Ort Cantilevers Over The Firth [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmguzxtotk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mlpqk52pak2zOne of the #synthbraska songs is set in a park by the north end of this bridge - mind you, the “happening” was on a day all was engulfed by a haar (so, not beautifully clear like this image shows!) and back in my somewhat distant student years :-) [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpqk52pak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mlh7nkcoc22kIt’s been #EuropeDay today and, without my realisation it was coming up, the last three #FeelsLikeTheFuture posts have all been somewhat adjacent - day 7 was even on the Maastricht Treaty! I actually went to the building where it was signed, as a student (not during the actual summit though!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlh7nkcoc22khttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mlamjtdh422gIn a moment of happenstance, I will add that once - whilst working in CLLD - I went to meet a few folk involved in running a programme / suite of community projects in the Scottish Borders, at a place called #CarlopsVillageHall. @sarahmcquaidmusic.bsky.social is playing the venue tomorrow evening! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlamjtdh422ghttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mlaljb7hec22There’s a song (‘Cardboard Coliseums’) on my @hartshornmusic.bsky.social debut #HomeSounds related to this. It asks why so many football grounds are effectively just tin sheds (or worse.) McDiarmid looks like an agri-shed in some ways, but never felt that way to me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaljb7hec22https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3ml2cs75vh225In case my last post looked too off topic (not much #lofi #synth accompanied song content!) here’s the @wsdot.wa.gov “road-eating” thread, with a few fun replies. The organisation also operates the Tacoma Narrows Bridge(s) & has a great web page on all three - including #GallopingGertie. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2cs75vh225https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3ml2c3uk7t225Extra info. The #SevernBridge inspired my collab with #Loopingstar (aka @showhomebrew.bsky.social host.) I have a @stadiumprints.bsky.social mug featuring the #HumberBridge (North Ferriby FC); @gragrabeck.bsky.social is from not far away. @wsdot.wa.gov has dealt with folk asking about eating roads! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2c3uk7t225https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mkzs62lgqs25Thought I would start a second mix of #synthbraska and, three hours later, have ended up recording another song for it (one that will improve the album IMHO.) Ho-hum; Bruce Springsteen recorded ‘My Father’s House’ later than most of the material that made up ‘Nebraska’, so I feel in good company…04 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzs62lgqs25https://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mkrinluwes2sThe “10 things that felt/feel like an upbeat look to the future” thread will start later today. Off to the #WordsChangeThings festival, in Margate, for my day job first. #FeelsLikeTheFuture is the hashtag for the thread… 🧵 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrinluwes2shttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mkq2lj7nn22uFascinating / inspiring posts by other folk (3): @sulkrooms.bsky.social. I’ve been making some field recordings (to see if I can create a credible album based on them - it won’t be ready for quite a while!) but they don’t involve the actual soil or the worms that make it home. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2lj7nn22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mkq2bsf7is2uFascinating / inspiring posts by other folk (2): @kaylapainter.bsky.social. I’ve not reached a personal conclusion on the question she poses but have enjoyed thinking about it. I’ve long found putting Cocteau Twins’ records on results in a happy state though. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2bsf7is2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/voltagepoetry.bsky.social/post/3mkq23jixfk2uFascinating / inspiring posts by other folk (1): @warringtonruncorn.com. I’m tempted to post a thread on 10 things that felt, or still feel, like an upbeat look to the future. Perhaps tie each one to a song and/ or tag some pertinent accounts? Might start tomorrow… [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:7obrmypugruwp5ka3p7wt5si/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq23jixfk2u