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 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 moreSep 30 2022
May 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…
Read moreMar 14 2022
It appears that a whole month has gone by. Here are a few notable things that have cheered me up and cheered me on in recent weeks.
Feb 15 2022
To what does the mysterious title above refer?
It can only be a new show from blue star radio! Here, you can listen to my contribution to the recent Cities and Memory project, Shortwave Transmissions, along with pieces…
Feb 13 2022
Broadcasts and radio seem to be a bit of a theme recently. First off, BLACK ARROW & ETHER/ORBIT were released together on cassette via The Dark Outside (normally broadcasting from the Galloway Forest) and now Cities and Memory has released…
Read moreNov 28 2021
A transmission within a transmission. Thanks to Simon Heartfield for playing some of ETHER/ORBIT on his Secret Self Seance Radio show, along with Pye Corner Audio, Halina Rice, Rupert Lally and many more. You can listen below or view the…
Read moreAug 30 2021
We're back looking and listening to the night sky. My track 'Huygens' can be heard as part of Blue Star Radio's 41st episode, fittingly concluding with those stars who've recently drifted out into the infinite night, and a Leyland Kirby…
Read moreJun 14 2021
As you know, I'm no stranger to song titles relating to the supernatural. See Spectre, Ghosts and Haunted Gold. I'm not going to tell you which one is on this radio roundup of horror harmonies from isvisible isinvisible…
Read moreMar 31 2021
Potentially your city, even, depending on where you're tuning in from. Anyway, nice to hear In Your Neighbourhood get a little play here whilst I'm working on some new bits and pieces.
Also, on the subject of synth cities, if…
Feb 28 2021
Whether it's blasts from the past or "blast off", I can’t resist a good Mixcloud show and this one features a song from 2014 EP Precurxor. Listen to Once Upon A Time and more eclectic electronica below!
Dec 31 2020
Dec 3 2020
No, not the name of a forthcoming folk album (somewhat Mulligan and O'Hare in tone), but a little heads up that alongside ACR, Arab Strap, Black Honey and other goodies, I'll be on Andy Morrison's December show with a seasonal…
Read moreSep 26 2020
Set your radios to hum, because it's time for another instalment of The Dark Outside (the broadcast where you could hear anything from an acid banger to a particularly beautiful washing machine), this time as part of Aerial Festival…
Read moreSep 15 2020
These ones are. ⚡
Always exciting to hear a blast of In Your Neighbourhood over the airwaves, especially when it's followed up by Sufjan Stevens (probably the only time I will ever get to say that) and we're coming…
Read moreAug 24 2020
The clue was in the title. Here's a BLACK ARROW-led assortment of treats from Tulip Black and the folks at 8K.NZ. Sending thanks across the globe (and the first play in full too). ✨
Jul 13 2020
I was listening to the Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack yesterday whilst swimming through the internet of opinions and ended up feeling several inches shorter. What I should have been doing instead, was summoning up some space sounds with Simon Heartfield below, on…
Read moreJun 27 2020
BLACK ARROW is out today! Thanks to everyone who's taken the trip with me and to everyone who sent me a picture of their record too - I've enjoyed seeing a little piece of space on synths (thanks to Simon…
Read moreDec 11 2019
Jun 16 2019
I’ve been sending secret synths in to this for a number of years now and still get a surge of pure joy from seeing not just my own name, but a sprawling community of the weird and wonderful who…
Read moreSep 29 2018
Set your controls for the heart of the Solent and listen to 'The Stars, Like Dust' on BBC Solent Introducing here.