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Derek Walmsley

@derekwalmsley.bsky.social
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I'm almost always trying to make the text flow better or reduce the number of words. Music writing in The Wire, Electronic Sound, The Quietus, LRB, elsewhere. slowmotion.blog

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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 23h
Love 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
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sensational www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/alpt...
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ALPTALL soft toy, Pallas's cat grey, 31 cm
ALPTALL 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 ...
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
good shot.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
peerless
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Crescent’s so good. The Impulse! album called simply Coltrane is essential
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“biology” + “ideology”?
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If 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
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Guardian style used to be that anymore is not written like that any more. But it's not the case anymore
An entry from the Guardian style guide say ing "Please do not say “anymore” any more"”A new headline in the Guardian saying “Crowborough was the most welcoming town in Britain. Not anymore"
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of those ‘steady now…’ statements
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'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
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maplins next
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
oh yeah the drone scene was awful. “all we need to is quickly update the firmware!!!!”
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can’t really argue.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But Cold House coming, right...
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So when is the Hood ambient collection getting a release?
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did this sign work any better than my "please leave the toilet door open for the cats to use their toilet"?
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Look, I'm sure we can meet somewhere in between."
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sorry to hear about that sad loss.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Unbelievable set.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
OMG these are absolutely excruciating.
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Primer by @derekwalmsley.bsky.social. Illustration by Savage Pencil.
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Inside 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
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
nice!
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great reheated from previous day leftovers.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PSA: quite busy with this and that and the other thing at the moment, so if you don't hear from me, try again.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think I lost track of his work around there. Sounds a fun listen
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I didn’t know that with Bowie. Or ZTT actually. Musta listened to ITD 100 times in my bedroom
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Into The Dragon is great
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love what Peter Shapiro wrote about WAMLAW - how when you listen closely it‘s a sad rather than celebratory song
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Watching 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”
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really 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...
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Harvey Nicks - The Mitchell Brothers
YouTube video by thebeats
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
what an opening track to that album
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Quite a closing sentence.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
lol
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
cheers for reading D
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Awesome man, delighted to hear it!
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
John Cena’s great.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
GUYS IT’S SOLD OUT
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
IMO, it‘s hilarious. And touching
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Coyote vs Acme at the flicks for the second time today
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
loved this piece
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fascinating piece by Drew Daniel this.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yeah love the journalist guy.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So 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
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Inevitably you wonder how much AI might have contributed to this 'book'
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Reviewers: make that first line count (props to AH for this gem) theuglygame.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/t...
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The End of Fifa
Review of ‘Forward: The revolution in football: The first 10 years of Gianni Infantino at Fifa’ by Alessandro Alciato.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hope it's as good as your second coffee!
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
totally. I like the oral history stuff particularly
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you like the artist, they‘re a wonderful deep dive. Mix of old and newly commissioned articles I think.
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Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yep, looks good. Drexciya next please
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