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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 19h

Fabrication Scenario 001 DISTRAXI BALF KNYF PUBLIC AFFECTION VOTIVE FORM THE LUBBER FIEND TOMORROW! 4/10, 3pm I’m a last minute addition so see you there!

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

INDUSTRIAL COAST X UNTHINKABLE DETERGE BALF FINN DARRELL MOVINGSKY DJ DEATHDEFY WALLS OF TEESIDE 8/10, HARI, HULL 20:00-23:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/industrial...

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Playing these in a few weeks. Here’s me watching Deterge before I even made noise. Now I get to play on the same bill. Dude in the back at the middle is the real legend. They support live music all over the North, hundreds of gigs a year.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Northern Nightmare, 10/10 Manchester. All day noise fest. I’m playing on the bill with some insane talent. Deterge, Russell Haswell, Mouth Wound, Ekstasis, Distraxi, Salford Electronics, Cannon, Walls of Teeside, Adrian Steele, Technicullus. More! industrialcoast.bigcartel.com/product/nort...

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Northern Nightmare - Live noise fest

Industrial Coast, Embryo and Bad Revue present Northern Nightmare. All day noise split between two Manchester venues. First wave of announcements:: 10.10.26 Full line up and venue details to follow. L...

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Steve put me on a playlist of loads of killer stuff for the Turner Prize After Party / Middlesbrough Arts Week.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Trojan Pony A new art space in Boro from the IC41 YOOF have their second exhibition after the photography from Nikki Sneakers the other week. Support your creative communities. Private viewing on 24th September 10:00 open midday Monday 26th September. 6 Howard Street.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The gig on the weekend was incredible. Geography of Hell put on an incredible audio visual show, I’ve seen nothing like it. Lussuria was class. KNYF was intense and hypnotic. My performance was probably the best I’ve done. Soundsystem was quality. Next one Hull then Manchester. More TBA.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We’re rescheduling the BALF, Ex-Servant and Lush gig on Wednesday because the venue wasn’t working out and it was becoming impossible. So we’re looking elsewhere for November and looking after our community.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tonight! I’m playing in Boro @ The Auxiliary with Geography of Hell, Lussuria and KNYF. Go and hang out at Trojan Pony before for a Nikki Sneakers exhibition. Boro is alright like. industrialcoast.bigcartel.com/product/geog...

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GEOGRAPHY OF HELL & LUSSURIA - Live in Middlesbrough

Industrial Coast x Auxiliarty Project Space present :: GEOGRAPHY OF HELL LUSSURIA Auxiliary Project Space, Saturday 12 September We are thrilled to announce, in conjunction with Mythology Agency, Geog...

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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GEOGRAPHY OF HELL & LUSSURIA - Live in Middlesbrough

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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Northern Nightmare - Live noise fest

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Chuff - Better the Devil You Know | Fixed Abode Late night improv soundscapes from bedrooms with spoken word from the North. Beauty in the bleakness of it all. Proper Northern Gothic. fixedabode.bandcamp.com/album/better...

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BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, by CHUFF

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Grey Streak - Soft Courage Modern synth pop from Liverpool with a glitchy internet age doom scrolling jazz vibe to it. Micro loop ASMR turned into synth pop. Love it. They also work in SEND education so big up the crew going back to work and the young’uns. greystreak.bandcamp.com/album/soft-c...

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Soft Courage, by Grey Streak

10 track album

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hewn - Boundary | Joy de Vivre Ambient tape loops that are gritty and gorgeous. I can sink into these for days. hewnmusic.bandcamp.com/album/boundary

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Boundary, by Hewn

4 track album

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Entering summer holiday hard mode. Soft Play. I had an MRI earlier just for a break.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

BALF live in September 12/9 Industrial Coast @ The Auxiliary, Boro. W/ Geography of Hell, Lussuria. industrialcoast.bigcartel.com/product/geog... 16/9 @ Cafe Etch, Boro. W/ Ex-Servant, Lust. Solo set and group improv. www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Mid... October dates coming in Hull and Manchester.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Listening to old mixes and picking out old gems 💎 Doubleheart aka Neil Lanstrumm & J D Twitch on Nonplus+ heavy broken rave techno thing. nonplusrecords.bandcamp.com/track/salsa

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Salsa, by Doubleheart

from the album NONPLUS 018 - Salsa / Ache

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Stable - Always Fresh Flowers | Venalism Stable processes their grief for the loss of their Mother with some intense dark ambient harsh noise that really hits deep. From the head of one of the best labels around. venalism.bandcamp.com/album/always...

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Always Fresh Flowers, by Stable

4 track album

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If you’re in Scarborough you can pick up a copy of Efflorescence by BALF at the incredible DIY art space Mandy Apple 🍏 linktr.ee/mandyappleco...

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

2026 EASTSIDE industrialcoast.bandcamp.com/album/eastside LOW FELL w/ @collap-sing.bsky.social lowfell.bandcamp.com/album/code-red EFFLORESCENCE balf.bandcamp.com/album/efflor... DOMESTIC OVERSTIMULATION tralfamadorianpoetry.bandcamp.com/album/domest... More TBA.

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EASTSIDE, by BALF

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Adrian played with us last night as part of Walls of Teeside on sax and they’re incredible so check this out.

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Rockette Morton @rockettemorton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Nothing better than a Monday mail day to kick the week off right!!!Gotta love a tape that comes with a zine: Low Fell - Code Red lowfell.bandcamp.com/album/code-red THANK YOU @balfnoise.bsky.social for throwing in the JANNI DAKKAR tape: constantexistentialcrisis.bandcamp.com/album/darlin...

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

There is an insane noise festival at The White Hotel today called Negative Output that I’m too skint and far away to be at, plus I just wanna be with my kids. But at the record fair tomorrow you can grab Efflorescence from Venalism themselves in person. venalism.bandcamp.com/album/efflor...

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EFFLORESCENCE, by BALF

6 track album

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It’s the end of term now. I’m not physically at work anymore but I still woke up stressed about everything I’ve got to do for next year and processing this last year. Always takes a while to shed it all. Teaching is intense. Glad it’s over for now and I can just be a Dad.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

First Industrial Coast radio show on Radio Ouseburn. Pretty sure it’s Seb and Haydn at the controls. Wren Adobe guest mix might have a BALF & Jonathan Breakfast unreleased gem in it from a forthcoming project I’ll tell you more about down the line. www.radioouseburn.com/project/indu...

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Industrial Coast Episode 1 - Radio Ouseburn

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T @collap-sing.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Free noise, courtesy of @balfnoise.bsky.social and I

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Rockette Morton @rockettemorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

If I was anywhere close to the North Yorkshire Coast you know what I would be doing tonight. With the time difference I guess it’s starting about now? Coming soon to a #Cassunday near you……only a few remain 👀 lowfell.bandcamp.com/album/code-red

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Code Red, by Low Fell

7 track album

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just loading the equipment (my phone) onto the tour bus (VW Golf Plus from the early 2000’s) with my roadies (4 & 7 years old) for the gig tonight. Everyone in that room tonight will be an artist (because everyone else and even some of them will leave to watch the football).

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Tonight! Why not have a warm up in a cafe in Boro before the footy by listing to some experimental noise? I’ll have some of these with me too. Low Fell the collab with @collap-sing.bsky.social with tape, print, zine and poster.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Mozzenjammer x Industrial Coast Acid 87 Grasping at Reality BALF Dabholm Cut 15th July Cafe Etch Boro £8 Advanced / £10 OTD Doors 7:30 www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Mid...

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Next week. If you’re about come and say hi! I’ll be playing this new stuff live for the first time. I’ll have tapes. It’s the last two weeks of term so I’ll also be grasping at reality.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Harsh Noise Critic gave this one a review. I like this bit: ‘a meditative yet engulfing hyperdelic soundscape that finds horror in its sublimation.’ Go and check them out for loads of good recommendations. www.instagram.com/p/DaUqg0Aubd...

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Grab the tape and zine from us direct! lowfell.bandcamp.com/album/code-red

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Code Red, by Low Fell

7 track album

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Today I’m reminded why I teach in the places I do. We’re saying goodbye to a student who came from being in zero education to seeing them grow in confidence, see hope in their lives and built enough confidence to chase their dream of becoming a paramedic. Plus they have sick music taste. Emotional.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

You can also grab this directly from me. balf.bandcamp.com/album/efflor...

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EFFLORESCENCE, by BALF

6 track album

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Listening to Iceman Junglist Kru to cool down on a run in This Heat!

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

‘Billowing, cavernous textures radiate with a gauzy, dreamlike quality, suggesting placidity and even delicacy, but with a creeping sense of ominous spaciousness, until the crushing waves of intermittent sub-bass thunder overwhelm the diaphanous miasma’ Tip?

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

You can hear some of Gary’s music right now on Mary Anne Hobbs 6Music.

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James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

BALF - EFFLORESCENCE | Venalism DARK AMBIENT POST-RAVE ECOLOGIES THE EYE PIERCING COLOURS THAT SATURATE THE VISION TO SHAKE US FROM THE DARK. BLOOM IN CONCRETE. RECOVERY TRAX ART DIRECTION JONATHAN BREAKFAST MASTERING BY GENDERISTHEBASTARD venalism.bandcamp.com/album/efflor...

Stack of tapes with a grey tape with pink blossom label and green strip.

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