Paladin live, performing in Bristol for 'An Evening of Dungeon Synth'...

Best tracks discovered in August. I'm late with this but I had a lot of Dungeons & Dragons prep, you know how it is.

Panos Cosmatos once again gives us something that makes everything around it look like a pile of shit.

On the surface, this is such a cheesy film. Sweaty, lusty, and over the top, all done with such po-faced seriousness. But whether the style of it is something you embrace, or have to acclimatise to, once immersed, the film has the power to really floor you...

Best tracks discovered in July. I even wrote a little bit about each of them.

On Friday I uploaded the second volume of Cosmic BBQ and ended up mixing the third one live, as it’s more of a beat-orientated affair, so I’ve uploaded that volume too today.

The hot weather prompted me to post the latest iteration of ‘Cosmic BBQ’.

Here are my 25 favourite tracks discovered in 2024 so far. No filler here, all are worth your attention!

Nazis in a castle having their souls sucked out by a floating brain that then turns into a kind of undead bodybuilder, filmed in the most 80s style that clashes with its period setting, starring Jürgen Prochnow, Gabriel Byrne and Ian McKellen, and with music by Tangerine Dream?

If Mad Max 2 is a visual touchpoint for later, heavier industrial music, then the original for me is aligned with the weirder, minimal, synth punk that I’ve always found more appealing.

A brilliant film. Reminds you that every event can and should be seen as a moment of magical significance.

A pleasant album of library music-style meanderings.

Never heard of it, 1983 is a good vintage, the first track is a rip off of Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene IV. Excellent!

The album is no longer the default method of music appreciation. Therefore only albums that are remarkably consistent or that make more sense as an overall work rather than just a collection of individual tracks.