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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I've collected many CDs over the years for teaching & research ... and pleasure. I've decided to start digging through these - here's Nouvelle Vague 3 with covers of 80s punk, post punk and synth pop - features original performers such as Terry Hall and Martin Gore. Most enjoyable 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Afternoon tunes - I've always thought the Cocteaus peaked with Blue Bell Knoll, but revising my opinion to some extent - saw them at Brixton Academy touring this, and there are some great moments on this album 😎

Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Cafe LP cover

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

BREAKING: US to withdraw from the International Court of Poetic Justice.

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Evening listening - not certain I've actually listened to this vinyl copy before ... Jon Brooks - Shapwick on Clay Pipe Music from 2013 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I first saw the Cocteaus live in May 1983 supporting OMD at the Manchester Apollo - they literally had a massive impact on me with their taped drums vibrating through my chest - this album was released 5 months later and was a real leap forward from their earlier skeletal, visceral sound.

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels LP cover

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The soundtrack to my first semester studying in Leeds in Autumn 1984 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Just arrived - issue 27 of Blitzed magazine with our (Nostalgia Deathstar) interview 😎 Wonder if this would have been acknowledged as 'research impact' back in the bad old academic days 😀

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Just rediscovered how good this is 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

After completing work on mine and David Pattie's Kraftwerk book @ 15 years ago I hardly listen to their music anymore. The exception is the original Radio-Activity album. The cover is in the worst condition of any album I own - the vinyl is pretty much perfect, as is the music 😎

Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity LP cover and inner sleeve

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Listening to another 40 year old LP - 1986 was a good year 😎

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration LP cover

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ending the day with more ACR - The Old & The New 1978-85. Think I got this dirt cheap from Vibes in Bury around 1987. Nice 7" with Shack Up and Thin Boys too 😎

A Certain Ratio - The Old and The New 1978-85 LP cover

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

ACR on A&M - I bought this from a shifty looking person at a car boot sale in Bury the day after it was released - it's a kind of pop version of the Force album. Around this time I heard 'Good Together' being played by a daytime Radio 1 DJ who said it was from 'a new Manchester band' 😄

ACR - Good Together LP cover and inner sleeve

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Finishing the day with my favourite ACR album - also 40 years old (November 1986). Recorded at Yellow 2 studios, Stockport where I was working when this was released 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Been slightly disappointed digging through my neglected shelves of vinyl, lots of stuff seemed missing - but then I remembered I sold half of my collection in 1989 to buy a synth, 4 track, mic and FX unit ... in the long run it was the right decision. Anyway, current listening ...

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Morning vinyl - bought in Lyon 40 years ago about now ...

This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears LP cover

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Listening to music on the original releases you bought 40 years or so ago is qualitatively different from streaming or listening to later CD releases, remastered and otherwise - a physical presence wiping out those years between. Here's one to end today's listening 😎

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead LP and inner sleeve

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

... and now my favourite Cocteau Twins album ...

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This morning's vinyl - 40 years old - still sounding fresh on a summer morning 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Decided this story from my updated Pistols at the LFTH 4th June 1976 study deserved its own post on my new 'Words from the Ether' Substack. On prog/punk entanglements - Sex Pistols, Gryphon and the Gig That Never Happened.

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Sex Pistols, Gryphon & the Gig That Never Happened

Didsbury College, Manchester - 1st October 1976

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Just seen the wonderful Blitzed Magazine review of our new Nostalgia Deathstar album 'The Burnout Society' 😎

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NOSTALGIA DEATHSTAR RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM – Blitzed Magazine

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This is my first post on my new Substack publication 'Words from the Ether' that focuses on my research beyond early electronic music in 'Song of the Atom'. If you want to know what a soap factory worker from Warrington had to do with a work from the 1960s literary underground then have a look!

wordsfromtheether.substack.com

Michael Leigh & The Velvet Underground

The Author, the Book and the Obscenity Trial [1912-1965]

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Here's the second and concluding part of my survey of Leon Theremin's appearances on the German stage from August-December 1927.

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Leon Theremin in Germany [2]

Rediscovering Theremin's Performances on the German Stage [August-December 1927]

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I've been researching Leon Theremin's performances in Germany in 1927 for a while - here's part 1 of what I've found, including extracts from press reports and a cameo by Soviet musical visionary Arseny Abraamov

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Leon Theremin in Germany [Part 1]

Rediscovering Theremin's Performances on the German Stage [August-December 1927]

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

New Substack post on Eda Emilie Kassel: Forgotten Pioneer of Electronic Music

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

One of the most enjoyable things I've found when researching early electronic music is that I continually get to rewrite history - e.g. Evgeny Henkin performed on the Theremin in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil in 1930 well before the Thereminist who is usually given the credit - Max Wolfson.

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I had some time yesterday to put this together - an explainer on the Berlin School of Electrical Music [1928-1930] - little known but fundamental to the spread of electronic music performance across Europe from 1928-1930. Further posts exploring these performances will follow.

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

After some tweaking my 3-part overview of Martin Taubmann's important role in bringing electronic music to British audiences from Germany in the 1930s is now available on Substack.

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

'Gobsmacked' is an album created using our original demo & live recordings to digitally produce versions of our songs for 2026. This has been fun, eye-opening & 'gobsmacking' - we hope you like this 'what if?' version of our album of originals out today on Bandcamp - all proceeds to MIND

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Gobsmacked

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Somewhere among the 1980s post-industrial smokestacks of Leeds a small cabal of refugees from west of the Pennines created an unholy eclectic musical vision - Just Hip. 40 years on our music is now on Bandcamp - all proceeds to MIND in memory of our late keyboard player and vibesman Zbig Ucinek.

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Gobsmacked [Original Demos & Live Recordings], by Just Hip

20 track album

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Since releasing the 'Dreams and Delusions' album last week there've been some very kind comments, a number of CD and digital sales and interest on streaming platforms. Glad to know this music has connected with people in the UK, USA, Australia and Spain ... and possibly elsewhere ...

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Out today - new ghost elektron album 'Dreams and Delusions: Archival Reinvention [1990-1991]' draws from music I made in the 1990-1991 period reimagined with a dark ambient-instrumental-experimental feel - on CD and digital download via Bandcamp and also via the usual streaming platforms.

ghost-elektron.bandcamp.com

Dreams and Delusions: Archival Reinvention [1990-1991], by ghost elektron

11 track album

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Just finished up the CD artwork for my upcoming ghost elektron album release 'Dreams and Delusions'

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Inspired by Martin James, been thinking about the uncanny resurrections I've been orchestrating in my recent music projects & connections to Fishers work - decided to get hold of some hard copies in place of the 'well thumbed' Kindle versions. Looking forward to getting reacquainted ... 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Enjoying a Xmas day flick through this book about my old workplace 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It's been a busy musical end of year - three exciting releases coming in 2026 - and this one is a bit of a surprise - an uncanny resurrection. More info soon 🙂

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The New Mad Elektrons [myself and Gary Monaghan] single is released today on State of Bass UK via Bandcamp and all streaming platforms. Swing & Shake is a song that we began tinkering with when we both lived in London in the early 90s, and then Gary took it to the next level 😎

mad-elektrons.bandcamp.com

Swing & Shake, by Mad Elektrons

track by Mad Elektrons

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

My new seasonal EP is now available via all streaming platforms (4-track version) and Bandcamp (with 2 extra tracks) on Stateless Bass @ State of Bass UK - some winter calm after the Nostalgia Deathstar autumn storm ... ❄️❄️

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Winter EP, by ghost elektron

6 track album

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Out today - a little different from my recent ghost elektron album - quieter, piano oriented, icy electronics. Available now on Bandcamp (with 2 extra tracks) with a 4 track version streaming from Friday 5th.

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Winter EP, by ghost elektron

6 track album

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

CDs of my new ghost elektron album 'The Romance of Modern Mechanism' have arrived - available from ghost-elektron.bandcamp.com/album/the-ro...

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A review of my new ghost elektron album in the new Electronic Sound magazine - really happy with this! 😎

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

So how have I spent the ghost elektron 'The Romance of Modern Mechanism' release day? Mainly playing around and reacquainting myself with this - and reading up on how to fix the effect selector potentiometer that barely works (apparently many EM1s have this exact same problem) ...

Korg Electribe EM1 Music Production Station

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

My new ghost elektron album is out today on streaming platforms and CD - ambient-instrumental-experimental - CD available to order via Bandcamp. Good to see this in the world 😎

ghost-elektron.bandcamp.com

The Romance of Modern Mechanism, by ghost elektron

12 track album

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Finalised CD digipak artwork for my 2nd ghost elektron album - The Romance of Modern Mechanism - out this Friday (3rd October) - with thanks to Louise Morell for putting this together using some of my photographs 😎 ghost-elektron@bandcamp.com

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

My new ghost elektron album 'The Romance of Modern Mechanism' is out next Friday 3rd October. Now available for pre-order on CD or Digital via Bandcamp - the first release on the State of Bass ambient-instrumental-experimental sister label Stateless Bass. ghost-elektron.bandcamp.com/album/the-ro...

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

After our Nostalgia Deathstar album release, had almost forgotten that my 2nd ghost elektron album will be out on Friday 3rd October via Bandcamp (digital and CD) and the usual stealing platforms - it's ambient-instrumental-experimental. Cinematic, dark and light ... more details soon ...

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Sean Albiez @ghost-elektron.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Wow - very nice review of our new Nostalgia Deathstar album in Electronic Sound magazine - 'Savage and prescient' - that'll do 😎

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