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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 2h

Listening to the rather wonderful Filaments compilation from @silver-threads.bsky.social ahead of review...literally taking the weight off my mind!

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cross-London transport is on its knees today. I'm on my fifth train, all have been late and three have had last minute platform alterations requiring a heroic dash to the line. Worse than the 90s!

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Admiring the creativity of Andrew Spackman on new electronic album Heftibag, as the clouds begin to part near Redhill #commuterworld

Trees from the train, between Nutfield and Redhill

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That was surely a wind-up contestant?! #popmaster

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Autumnal sounds from Bernard Herrmann this morning...a lovely arrangement by Hans Sorensen of his Clarinet Quintet, expanded with strings. Link below: #commuterworld

Looking east across Tonbridge Racecourse Sportsground

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Prodigy's Breathe is 30 years old, eeek. I still prefer it to Firestarter for some reason - one of their very best

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John Earls @johnearls.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My latest ‘Hanging Out a Window’ column has just been published and it’s a review of some recent cultural highlights. Dive in, read and subscribe (free) here: johnearls.substack.com/p/recent-cul...

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great to be back in one of my happy places - @wigmore-hall.org.uk - for two very fine concerts today. Piano at lunchtime from Zee Zee, then typically inventive Mozartists programme this evening. Reviews to come soon, on @arcanadotfm.bsky.social

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cloudbusting with the Signs EP by BUNKR, a generous footnote to his excellent Signals LP from earlier in the year #commuterworld

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Listening to a new recording of John Williams' Essay for Strings from 1965. Fascinating piece...and strong hints of Jaws on the horizon! www.pentatonemusic.com/product/john...

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John Williams Flute Concerto – Bernard Herrmann Souvenirs de Voyage - Pentatone

AN IMAGINATIVE DIALOGUE BETWEEN CONCERT AND CINEMA

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Enjoying the best coffee in Redhill...after a journey soundtracked by Cologne label Kompakt and their electronic music roundup, Total Kompakt 26 #commuterworld

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A good time to repost this! As well as Wombles bangers, Mike Batt has written a most impressive symphony - which he discusses here:

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Remember dancing to half these #totp tracks in dodgy clubs in Croydon (!) They've not aged well so far...

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My other piece of pop writing this week...always fun to listen to the Ozrics and this one is no exception!

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of my albums of the year...an Autumnal treasure:

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A suitable image to go with the longer songs from Sondre Lerche's Acrobats album, today's #commuterworld listen

Reflections in the Medway river, Tonbridge

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I still remember Tommy Vance playing this on Radio 1's Friday Rock Show. He let it fade for an age, it was nearly December when the rain finally stopped!

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For this morning’s ##commuterworld - with umbrella! - it was back to Ozric Tentacles, and the positive energy of new one Harmonic Mind

The Medway river at Tonbridge, looking towards the high street

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Two very contrasting reviews to write for @musicomh.com this week, on Beck and Ozric Tentacles. Always a great time of year for new music!

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On the train and plunging into the wonderful world of Ozric Tentacles, their brand new album Harmonic Mind #commuterworld

View from the train between Penshurst and Edenbridge, Kent

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The wistful album Acrobats, from Norwegian singer songwriter Sondre Lerche, to start the week's #commuterworld listening while walking by the river

A willow tree by River Lawn Green, Tonbridge

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Still not too keen on the second half of the Last Night...but I think the BBC Proms have done a great job this year, somehow catering for all ages and many musical tastes. We're very lucky to have it!

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Nearly a point...great effort but our porous defence needs shoring up! #ncfc

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is bound to be a good read!

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

LESSONS IN HARMONY, my novel about the friendship between Ravel and Vaughan Williams, will be published in November. This thread is for anyone who's bought, or is thinking of buying, one of the signed editions available from Waterstones or an indie bookshop. (They won't be available from Amazon.)

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Always amusing to see a thick coat in the freezing #TOTP studio

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Looking forward to this - really enjoyed it at the Proms back in 2014:

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Out today! Available to stream wherever you get your music, or to buy with glorious programme notes by @leahbroad.bsky.social at www.prestomusic.com/classical/pr...

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#AmbientAugust #MusicChallenge Day 31 Brian Eno - Music for Airports (played by Bang On A Can) I had to end with Eno. Music for Airports has proved a timeless piece of music with real inner calm and unexpected versatility: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGgb...

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YouTube video by Bang On A Can - Topic

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#AmbientAugust #MusicChallenge Day 30 The KLF - Chill Out One of the ambient landmarks...best heard in full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWeb...

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: The Chemical Brothers Grace Jones Jean-Michel Jarre The Pogues Tinariwen Daniel Barenboim Arthur Brown James Brown Ian Brown Goldfrapp

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just heard the peerless Tinseltown In The Rain from The Blue Nile on the radio...and was reminded of my own encounter with singer Paul Buchanan. Feel very fortunate to have had that interview! www.musicomh.com/features/int...

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Interview: The Blue Nile | Music Interviews | musicOMH

What David Beckham is to headline-seeking, The Blue Nile are to keeping a low profile. The Scottish trio only release an album every five to 10 years, yet

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#AmbientAugust #MusicChallenge Day 29 Loscil - Iona My favourite musician in the ambient sphere working today...Loscil finds music of rare natural purity, often evoking the stunning British Columbia coastline where he lives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Bm...

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#AmbientAugust #MusicChallenge Day 28 Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ One of Reich's best and most approachable compositions, with a hypnotic, warm weather ambience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsOd...

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Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973)

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In position for the late night Erland Cooper-led Prom. Blackbirds over the speakers to lower the heart rate...the third time I've heard birdsong in this hall!

The Royal Albert Hall preparing for tonight's Prom of 'Ultimate Calm'

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Weirdly I've just been writing about New Order, and this album just came up! Relatively unsung but holding very strong in their output

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#AmbientAugust #MusicChallenge Day 27 Erland Cooper & William Doyle - Migration I Sonorous drones from their collaborative album Murmuration...and a reminder ahead of his Prom appearance late tonight that Erland writes wonderful music of natural ambience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ5k...

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Erland Cooper & William Doyle - Migration i

YouTube video by Edensounds - Music For Plants

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#AmbientAugust #MusicChallenge Day 26 Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène, Pt. 2 I will always remember listening to this album for the first time the day after the big storm in 1987. This part in particular was uniquely calming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq9s...

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Oxygène, Pt. 2

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#AmbientAugust #MusicChallenge Day 25 The Orb - O.O.B.E. So many to choose from, but I've gone for the one I heard first - the opening of the peerless U.F.Orb album, with its 3D headphones perspective: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEby...

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Crossed rails on a bright morning, with the music of Heiner Goebbels on ECM - the expansive and highly expressive 'Walden'

Crossing the Uckfield to London line on the train, between Edenbridge and Godstone

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Really good programme, this - the Maconchy a great piece and the Moeran very underrated:

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating, share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll.

The sun over fields between Tonbridge and Powder Mills, taken around 7 am during a run on Saturday morning

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#AmbientAugust #MusicChallenge Day 24 The Field - I have the moon, you have the internet The first track from the Yesterday & Today album, a Kompakt classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvX9...

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The Field - I have the moon, you have the internet [Track 1]

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