Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 23hLove it. Were the instruments well-labelled? I don't think there were any languages I understood when I was there... which made it all the more mysterious 100
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Sensational www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/alpt...ikea.comALPTALL soft toy, Pallas's cat grey, 31 cmALPTALL soft toy, Pallas's cat grey, 31 cm With its specific posture, big fluffy head and intense eyes, the Pallas's cat is easy to recognise. Doesn't it look a little grumpy though? Yes – and that's ... 040
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Crescent’s so good. The Impulse! album called simply Coltrane is essential 110
Reposted by Derek WalmsleyMarie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If ever you wanted evidence of how white Hollywood is, check out these photos, and then imagine how they are folded to make the magazine cover - only the left third will be on the front 53510
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Guardian style used to be that anymore is not written like that any more. But it's not the case anymore 060
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm just saying sir, if I remember right... you said that your contracts were watertight, please correct me if I'm wrong here. But that's the thing you can help me to understand, your contracts were watertight they were good, OK. But I was just struck sir you didn't say contract, you said contracts 010
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026oh yeah the drone scene was awful. “all we need to is quickly update the firmware!!!!” 110
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So when is the Hood ambient collection getting a release? 160
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Did this sign work any better than my "please leave the toilet door open for the cats to use their toilet"? 010
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Look, I'm sure we can meet somewhere in between." 012
Reposted by Derek WalmsleyThe Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Primer by @derekwalmsley.bsky.social. Illustration by Savage Pencil. 0153
Reposted by Derek WalmsleyThe Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Inside The Wire 512: Aphex Twin Primer Richard D James is the mischievous wizard behind the era's most thrilling electronic music, from ambient experiments to drill 'n' bass and off yer face acid, in a journey spanning Cornish bedrooms, global festival stages and MTV www.thewire.co.uk/issues/512 4369
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Great reheated from previous day leftovers. 110
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026PSA: quite busy with this and that and the other thing at the moment, so if you don't hear from me, try again. 060
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think I lost track of his work around there. Sounds a fun listen 100
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I didn’t know that with Bowie. Or ZTT actually. Musta listened to ITD 100 times in my bedroom 100
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I love what Peter Shapiro wrote about WAMLAW - how when you listen closely it‘s a sad rather than celebratory song 020
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Watching a rock star doc tonight which genuinely sounds scripted by AI. Some great contributors but all this “the international pop icon disappeared from the public view and was rumoured to be a recluse… but went on to influence a brand new generation of global singer songwriters” 280
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Really sad to hear about the death of of Sway. He sounded like no-one else in the mid-2000s around the time that grime was popping off, including his verse here www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGRx...youtube.comHarvey Nicks - The Mitchell BrothersYouTube video by thebeats 040
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Coyote vs Acme at the flicks for the second time today 2110
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026So glad you like it. Yeah, reading through the amazing Syrobonkers interview, the sense of studio craft and working the parameters of equipment is infectious, Syro is like (weird comparison coming) listening to a Todd Rundgren album or something, the way it's so lovingly honed in all the right ways 110
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Inevitably you wonder how much AI might have contributed to this 'book' 010
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Reviewers: make that first line count (props to AH for this gem) theuglygame.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/t...theuglygame.wordpress.comThe End of FifaReview of ‘Forward: The revolution in football: The first 10 years of Gianni Infantino at Fifa’ by Alessandro Alciato. 180
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026totally. I like the oral history stuff particularly 020
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you like the artist, they‘re a wonderful deep dive. Mix of old and newly commissioned articles I think. 010