ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The owls gave me their stems and let me go as beautifully soupy as I wanted with their beautiful harms this is a really nice listen 052
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026new gig alert: just came on at the Egg in Albany, NY as the Artistic Programming Manager - - booking shows and other great shit in this giant concrete ovoid Come to a show, let’s link 🥚 040
Reposted by ben seretanA Place For Owls @aplaceforowls.bsky.social · 12/06/2026All Thieves, Vol. 1 is a new forthcoming EP from A Place For Owls and our buddies @phoneswithchords.bsky.social, @brosaleigh.bsky.social, @benseretan.bsky.social, @flightmode.bsky.social, @gololimpicomx.bsky.social, @adamanglin.bsky.social, and Nathan K. The first single is out now! 2258
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Thayer and I are hitting Tubby's tonight see u there 020
Reposted by ben seretanThe Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 13/05/2026On 'Sunbeam Of No Illusion', Ben Seretan and John Thayer find melody where ambient music usually forgets to look, treating amplified mistakes, grass-bundle drumsticks, and borrowed sustain as the raw material of a minimalist document of place. The Minimalist Gospel of Ben Seretan and John Thayer:thetonearm.comThe Minimalist Gospel of Ben Seretan and John ThayerOn 'Sunbeam Of No Illusion', Ben Seretan and John Thayer find melody where ambient music usually forgets to look, treating amplified mistakes, grass-bundle drumsticks, and borrowed sustain as the raw material of a minimalist document of place. 021
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026sunbeam of no illusion on the list of best ambient music on bandcamp this past month just in time for bandcamp friday ;) grab a copy: seretanandthayer.bandcamp.com/album/sunbea... 020
Reposted by ben seretanM. Geddes Gengras @m-geddes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026GUEST LIST is available for preorder today. The end result of 2.5 years and 22 collaborators & my first LP in a decade, GUEST LIST is by far the most fully realized incarnation of the sound world in my head, everything I love about music brought forward by a crack team of players & friends. 186
Reposted by ben seretanTyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 20/04/2026A gorgeous piece of upstate ambient from Ben Seretan & John Thayer.doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.comDoom & Gloom From The TombBen Seretan & John Thayer - Sunbeam of No Illusion A gorgeous piece of upstate ambient, Ben Seretan and John Thayer's Sunbeam of No Illusion is the aural equivalent of a long, restorative walk through... 1123
Reposted by ben seretanSun 13 @sun13music.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Weirdo Rippers #22 Ft. @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social, Laurel Halo, Ben Seretan & John Thayer, Wahn, Stuart Cook, Isabel Pine, and more... sun-13.com/2026/04/16/w...sun-13.comWeirdo Rippers #22 - Sun 13Featuring Ben Seretan & John Thayer, Laurel Halo, Stuart Cook, Wahn, and more. 384
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026really enjoyed chatting with Carolyn for this :) nice read for a nice record ! 052
Reposted by ben seretanTracy Keats Wilson @courtesydesk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Right now, I am not searching for miraculous musical reinventions so much as a little solace: N.C. Love, Memorials, Seretan & Thayer, Ted Lucas, Dagmar Zuniga, Field Commander Ali, and Robber Robber. courtesydesk.substack.com/p/courtesy-d...courtesydesk.substack.comCourtesy Desk April 2026 Bandcamp Favorites Part 1N.C. Love, Memorials, Seretan & Thayer, Ted Lucas, Dagmar Zuniga, Field Commander Ali, and Robber Robber 172
Reposted by ben seretanA Place For Owls @aplaceforowls.bsky.social · 03/04/2026beautiful new LP of instrumental music from Ben Seretan and John Thayer seretanandthayer.bandcamp.com/album/sunbea...seretanandthayer.bandcamp.comSunbeam of No Illusion, by Ben Seretan & John Thayer11 track album 032
Reposted by ben seretanEchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 03/04/2026Review | Ben Seretan & John Thayer - Sunbeam of No Illusion by @zivljub1.bsky.social "They were able to make a seemingly complicated concept sound as easy and natural as their “machine in the garden” should sound. Their sunbeam sounds quite natural indeed." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/ben-... 022
Reposted by ben seretanSecret Ambient Club @secretambientclub.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Album of the day ✢ Sunbeam of No Illusion — Ben Seretan, John Thayer (2026) Label: AKP Recordings ✢ Listen + support the artist ffm.to/sunbeam-of-n... #ambient #ambientmusic 071
Reposted by ben seretanAKP Recordings @akprecordings.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"I love this record so, so much." - @foxydigitalis.bsky.social 🥹 Thanks Brad for the glowing review of future classic 'Sunbeam of No Illusion' from @benseretan.bsky.social & John Thayer Everyone read the Capsule Garden now --> foxydigitalis.zone/2026/03/30/t... 151
Reposted by ben seretanPopMatters @popmatters.com · 01/04/2026Ben Seretan and John Thayer's 'Sunbeam of No Illusion' beautifully melds improvisation, loops, effects, and field recordings. It's an #ambient masterpiece. #PMPick [9/10] out now via @akprecordings.bsky.social. REVIEW: tinyurl.com/Seretan26 041
Reposted by ben seretanAnEarful @anearful.bsky.social · 28/03/2026A richly immersive collaborative album from Ben Seretan and John Thayer gives us this week’s A Song For Friday. Also: Paul McCartney, King Tuff, MEMORIALS, Snail Mail, Hempress Sativa/Paolo Baldini DubFiles, Irreversible Entanglements, and more! anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for...anearful.substack.comA Song For Friday: Ben Seretan & John ThayerA richly immersive collaborative album. Also: Paul McCartney, King Tuff, MEMORIALS, Snail Mail, Hempress Sativa/Paolo Baldini DubFiles, Irreversible Entanglements, Tristan Allen, and more! 111
Reposted by ben seretanListening Habit @listeninghabit.bsky.social · 27/03/2026The new Ben Seretan x John Thayer record is out today on @akprecordings.bsky.social. It’s got a mellow, organic warmth to it that is reminiscent of Nico Georis’ Pink Clouds thanks to the abundance spacey, dusk-toned keys. #ambient #newmusic #musicsky seretanandthayer.bandcamp.com/album/sunbea...seretanandthayer.bandcamp.comSunbeam of No Illusion, by Ben Seretan & John Thayer11 track album 1104
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026new album out today please welcome to the world SUNBEAM OF NO ILLUSION blooming like the first day of spring me and John Thayer huddled around his Rhodes, spinning golden threads our first as a duo and our first with @akprecordings.bsky.social seretanandthayer.bandcamp.com/album/sunbea... 010
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026New album drops Friday but we’ll be streaming the whole thing on Bandcamp later today join me, John, and @akprecordings.bsky.social in the chat seretanandthayer.bandcamp.com/merch/sunbea... 021
Reposted by ben seretanAKP Recordings @akprecordings.bsky.social · 25/02/2026OUT NOW: "Little Winds" is a hall of mirrors where extrapolated chords fragment, stutter, and crystallize in hypnotic layers. A sizzling, shuffling watercolor, 'Sunbeam of No Illusion' from @benseretan.bsky.social & John Thayer is out 3/27 💎🌈 seretanandthayer.bandcamp.com/album/sunbea... 031
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026today John, @akprecordings.bsky.social, and I present to you "Little Winds" - - the second serene slice from Sunbeam of No Illusion, due out in full on March 27th pristine B Lydian unfurling on a spectral Fender Rhodes streaming everywhere, here's the feedback visualizer: youtu.be/tPYSvTLcE9g?...youtu.beBen Seretan & John Thayer - Little Winds (Visualizer)YouTube video by AKP Recordings 123
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026really enjoyed chatting with Brad - what a mensch!!! 132
Reposted by ben seretanBrian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Anyway in a day that's already gone off the rails at 10 am EST it's nice to find out that Ben Seretan and John Thayer have made an album of super chill keyboard music together.seretanandthayer.bandcamp.comSunbeam of No Illusion, by Ben Seretan & John Thayer11 track album 021
Reposted by ben seretanAKP Recordings @akprecordings.bsky.social · 02/02/2026"bathes luxuriously in undulating waves of soupy, looped, shimmering tines, alternating between Yoshimura elegance and the most heartbreaking moves of Angelo Badalamenti scores" "Watermelon Well" from @benseretan.bsky.social & John Thayer is out now 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfb0... 021
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026new edition of my weekly newsletter featuring a great interview with pianist David Moore - - you might know his great work as Bing & Ruth or as a member of Cowboy Sadness but tomorrow he releases his first album of solo piano performances an epic mountaintop, we get into it link below, enjoy! 100
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Very proud and happy to announce to Bluesky our new album as a duo, it’s the most devilishly serene shit u ever heard 010
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026New My Big Break out today Very serene guitar unfurling plus! I get electrocuted and eat a scorpion at my friend’s wedding read.mybigbreak.zone/archive/ther...read.mybigbreak.zonethere first opens up a reaping-shaped holeguitar clouds rolling in / the alluring evil of la rueda de la fiesta 010
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026My buddy OHYUNG - a legit alt pop star and an excellent film composer - just announced a new and really stunning ambient album First single’s streaming, whole album comes out in March - definitely worth checking out!!!! ohyung.bandcamp.com/album/iowaohyung.bandcamp.comIOWA, by OHYUNG12 track album 010
Reposted by ben seretanRosy Overdrive @rosyoverdrive.com · 23/12/2025And now: Rosy Overdrive's favorite reissues and compilations of 2025!rosyoverdrive.comRosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2025Today, we’re closing out my personal best-of-2025 picks with Rosy Overdrive’s favorite reissues, compilations, and archival releases from this year. As this list encompasses a fairly wi… 13811
Reposted by ben seretanAlex Lewis @alexjrlewis.bsky.social · 03/12/2025🫧 New music out from my band The Early today. An EP called CUSP. Our first with Island House Recs. theearly.bandcamp.com/album/cusp-ep All proceeds will be donated to Asian Americans United, who have been supporting immigrant communities from Philadelphia’s Chinatown since 1985 ✊ 131
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Great new album out today via @auralcanyon.bsky.social Feels like a good soundtrack for scuba diving in the Hudson River in your dreams auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/winds-...auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.comWinds Gate, by John Thayer10 track album 041
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 25/09/202542 straight minutes of the seven of us ripping one riff for the entire set, enjoy youtu.be/IHkgKHDwMmE?...youtu.beThe Ben Seretan Big Band One Riff Set August 27 2025 Catskill, NYYouTube video by Benjamin Seretan 000
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025new My Big Break out now, used it as an opportunity to chat with great human @wicknebber.bsky.social we talk about the world's crisis of interest, taking things meaningfully, and how scary it is thinking everyone else is going to Hell great convo, enjoy! read.mybigbreak.zone/archive/i-be... 131
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Gig so sick I had to make two flyers Me + a six piece band playing one riff for forty minutes tonight 010
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Second to last night of the solo leg of da summer tour I have covered an insane amount of ground in the last few days and tonight I will be playing an extra special one in Durham, NC :) 000
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Unfortunately my continued efforts at playing music have been generously rewarded with mirth and camaraderie and I will have no choice but to continue doing it 020
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 30/07/2025We are blasting down 84 blasting Ace of Spades at maximum volume and will not tap the brakes once until we get to the gig in Boise tonight 🫡 030
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Continuing to meet all the coolest people doing rad shit online and then playing shows with them 010
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I finally get to meet the sweeties @wicknebber.bsky.social and the Nothings tonight (aka @aplaceforowls.bsky.social) and I couldn’t be more delighted So sick how tour allows you to string together excellent humans We’re going silly goose mode at Goosetown tonight in Denver 032
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Had a truly wonderful time ripping shit in Minneapolis and also we got into a waterfall and did karaoke haha !!!! Brining our unstoppable zest for life to Omaha, Nebraska this evening Hope to see some of you at Pageturners tonight Has anyone seen my capo btw? 020
Reposted by ben seretanTiny Engines @tinyengines.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Today is the first anniversary of @benseretan.bsky.social's magnificent Allora! We have less than 20 copies of the orange/bone and less than 40 copies of the highlighter yellow left. benseretan.bandcamp.com/album/allora 061
ben seretan @benseretan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Allora came out one year ago today!!! I love this record, I love going insane, and I love Italy We will be very appropriately celebrating the album by ripping shit in Minneapolis tonight 🤌 030
Reposted by ben seretanA Place For Owls @aplaceforowls.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Nick Webber & The Nothings rock band show on Monday night with @benseretan.bsky.social and Maddy Marsan 153
