I hope the year is treating you well a few days in. Today is sponsored by the letter 'X' and the numbers 1971 and 2023.
X-3 was another name given to the Prospero satellite, launched by the BLACK ARROW rocket…

Jan 4 2023
Jan 4 2023
I hope the year is treating you well a few days in. Today is sponsored by the letter 'X' and the numbers 1971 and 2023.
X-3 was another name given to the Prospero satellite, launched by the BLACK ARROW rocket…
Dec 23 2022
Maybe it should be renamed Dark Krampus instead of Dark Compass given the time of year, but it's always nice to see songs getting a play on the radio, in this case, the song is In Your Neighbourhood.
On…
Nov 16 2022
To badly borrow a quote from a bygone confectionary advert,
"DarkCompass, with these broadcasts, you are really spoiling us."
This time though it's Once Upon A Time, at number 10 on the list in the most recent show, which…
Nov 12 2022
As many of the places for finding inspiration and discovering visual archives are shapeshifting again, I'm reminded that I should gather more things together and display them here, lest they disappear into some digital ether, along with all my best…
Read moreNov 8 2022
Nov 8 2022
Thanks to Ro from DarkCompass for playing What You Want on the radio last night. Did you know that the show started in 2004? That's way back when MySpace was the go-to place. Speaking of which, you can find…
Read moreOct 28 2022
Halloween is almost upon us and it just so happens that my creepy orange child (an almost perfectly doom-y accompaniment to the spooky season), Gilded Cage, is five years old this year. For that reason, I've decided to put…
Read moreSep 30 2022
Sep 1 2022
No new releases for Bandcamp Friday tomorrow (still on a learning and muttering under my breath curve), but I did make a video a few days ago which brings together my childhood TV habits, sandcastles and celebrity rocks in support…
Read moreJul 20 2022
I was fully intending to make some equus puns, but it's even too hot for horse jokes. Instead, I will just share this new horse-themed album from Glass Grave, which I recently contributed to (Neighbourhood folks, check your…
Read moreMay 2 2022
That is Cock Block, of course, which is a mixtape released every Friday at noon on 8k.nz. Incredibly, you can hear ETHER/ORBIT *in its entirety* below. Whew. ✨
Apr 28 2022
Large thanks to the ever-supportive Rob Harvey for playing In Your Neighbourhood on his lovingly-curated Synth City show and just a little reminder that the song is up as a free download when you join the mailing list (I generally…
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