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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Prepping night. CDs in the post tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who spent some of their hard-earned on me last Friday and over the weekend. Big gribblyhugs all round.

A table full of stuff that is going into packing CDs and sending them out.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This has an account on Bsky, and just replied to one of my posts in a typically AI manner. Blocked - I noticed a couple of mutuals followed it, so thought I’d share - or be corrected if it’s not AI.

ARCHONODE - Facebook
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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Anyway, There’s still a couple of prints left of your’e wondering whether to press the button on the CD or not 😉 Also, online Release Party tonight on NHAM at 8pm BST- cal.gravitons.org/event/nham-r... 2/2

A Gelli plate print based on the cover of Agatewards.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

On Sunday at The Joiner's Arms in Lincoln, I'm doing a Launch gig. Duty and Harry Medium will also be playing 6:30pm start Thought I'd posted this on here, but doesn't look like I did! There's my world-beating promo skills again! Anyway, if you're around Lincoln on Sun, be great to see you 🧵2/2

Poster advertising the Agatewards Launch gig.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A little reminder: my new album is out on Bandcamp & Mirlo at 8am BST on Friday The first few CDs ordered from my Bandcamp page will get a free hand-printed card based on the album cover gribbles.bandcamp.com mirlo.space/gribbles www.yellowbellyrecords.co.uk #musicsky #newmusic #electronicmusic

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They’re dead, Dave.

$Headshot against a black background. Text reads: Researchers found Conquest Man had been stocky and muscular with multiple healed fractures Digital reconstruction reveals Norman Conquest man's face$

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sunday evening. It’s raining outside Don’t really want to go to bed. Tired but mind not shutting down. Time for some of this, I reckon.

Opening scene from Koyaanisqatsi. Native American cave paintings.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Right. Morning arty-farty stuff done. Time to reroute some guttering and install a new water butt. More arty-farty stuff later! And I suppose I better rehearse for the gig as well…

A table full of art stuff. Gelli plate printing to be precise. You can see the latest pull sat on top of the Gelli plate, sat on top of a cutting mat. Various acrylic paints, a brayer (for rolling the paint onto the Gelli plate. a pile of previous pulls and the all important mug of black coffee.

A gelli plate pull. Turquoise and mint blotches on a black background. I think it looks better than the text description makes it sound!!

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?

A comic strip - 12 frames of Calvin (a small boy) pulling a variety of faces.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Ahh. Skymoth doesn’t copy videos over natively. Here ‘tis. We’ve done a lot more since then. 😉

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Bugger all this sunshine. I’m doing some sledging today.

A dual keyboard stand. There is a Roland System 8 on top and a Studiologic Sledge (the funky black key edition) below.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Had a cracking meeting with the Yellowbelly chaps last week. Excited for getting Agatewards out there in a month, but also for what may lie beyond... [1/3]

A box of 40 CDs in jewel cases. They pre presented end-on - you can see a yellow spine with the title in a bold black font - GRIBBLES - AGATEWARDS

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Studio Gribbly back in live mode. Of course, as we're discussing a Launch Gig for Agatewards, I'm considering learning new songs. As a great man once said. "You do it to yourself, you do..."

Table with Ableton Push, Novation Nova II, Apple MacBook Air & Tascam Model 12 in 'gribbles is playing again' live formation.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Today’s adventure: the Festival of Quilts! Yeah, baby!

Photo of the meeting point at the Festival of Quilts

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Studio Gribbly back in live mode. Of course, as we're discussing a Launch Gig for Agatewards, I'm considering learning new songs. As a great man once said. "You do it to yourself, you do..."

Table with Ableton Push 2, Novation Nova II, Apple MacBook Air & Tascam Model 12 in 'gribbles is playing again' live formation.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today’s the day. Absolute scenes in the Thorpe back garden.

Not quite a barn raising. But we are assembling a 10x6 shed…

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The follow-up track, Shedbuilding, didn’t do as well for Elvis Costello as Shipbuilding did.

Breeze blocks, various bits of pre-shed and an (optimistic) spirit level arranged around a clear, slabbed space…

The floor is now down on the breeze blocks. The spirit level is nowhere to be seen - does that mean it did its job out it has been abandoned (too optimistic).

The bits of shed are now arranged in order around the floor awaiting assembly.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I know the green t-shirt was reminding me of something...

The cover of Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Agatewards by Gribbles, tweaked to resemble a certain Waterboys album cover...

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Sorting merch out tonight. Done black and and asphalt grey, but I'm quite taken with this Forest Green. Any other colour requests? #merch #comingsoon #electronicmusic

Forest Green T-Shirt with the Agatewards cover photo, the album title and artist underneath in grey text.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Here early, but we bagged one of the seats on the steps. Most civilised. My back will thank me for that later. Anna Calvi and David Byrne. So looking forward to it.

A shot across The Piece Hall in Halifax. Taken from the top of the steps at the west side, looking across the (mostly empty at this time) courtyard to the (mostly empty at this time) stage in the SE corner.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Well now. Who wants one? 😉 Exact release date TBC - sometime late summer. We're discussing launch events right now... Excited to get this out there... #newrelease #cd #music #electronicmusic #dialect #poetry

A stack of CDs with a yellow spine. The text on the spine in black states - 'gribbles - agatewards'

Stood next to the stack are 3 CDs arranged so you can see the front and back cover.

The front cover has the artist name and title below an old photograph of a group of men from the early 20th century in front of a tepee style tent. On the ground in front od them is an old style gramophone.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Me & Ralph have been for his morning plod. Now he’s hiding from the sun (waiting for a visitor? 😉) Have demolished part of the old shed, ahead of new shed delivery midweek. Am now popping over to see little brother and deliver his birthday present. Looking forward to car aircon & tunes.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today’s #badges Up at 4am this morning, have the one on the left.

Two button badges on a blue t-shirt.

The one on the left says ‘buff pls’, the one on the right is a seascape with land in the distance and ‘autumna’ typed asking the bottom.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Spending a few days in Northumberland with Sarah. Off to a cracking start at the Baltic Centre in Gateshead. Love soaking up all this creativity - always moves me and makes me want to do more.

A fabric wall hanging with the following printed in random typefaces

10 RuLES F*R A
*CReATIVE LIfe*
1. HAVE FUN.
2. CReATE WHAT YOU WANT.
3. Don’t OVERTHINK It.
4. FEED YOUR IMAGINAtION.
5. DON'T BE SCAReD TO STAND oUT.
6. FAILuRe IS NOt ALWAYS THe END.
7. LISTEN To MUSIC To StARt The CREATIVE FLOW.
8. EMERACE YOUR EMOTIONS.
9. BE INTERESTED in
EVeRYTHING AND ANYTHING.
10. Remember that THERe ARE
NO RULES in art.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I've spent most of the last few years making music in the box. I have no problem with that - I'm comfortable there, I'm still learning new stuff in Ableton & I'll carry on. But I want to do *something* with my small collection of hardware. So it has to be out so I can grab & go [1/2]

Photo of Studio Gribble, mid re-arrange (again!!!)

You can see an 'L' shaped desk configuration, with various bits of kit on them.

Clockwise fro the left:

Tascam Model 12
Macbook Air
Arturia Microbrute
Korg Minilogue (front)
Midicake ARP (back)
Moog Mother 32 (back)
PWM Malevolent (front)
Korg Arp Odyssey Module(back)

Out of shot:
Novation Nova II
Yamaha CS1x
Uno Drum
Korg Volca FM
Korg SQ-64
Ableton Push

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The results of my work yesterday - 16 prints, each one with it's own little flaw and imperfection. I'll use 10 as a freebie to go with the first CDs bought from my Bandcamp page following release... Agatewards will be released on Yellowbelly Records - as soon as we have a date, I'll let you know!

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#nowplaying #MusicToPrintTo #BoxSet Probably the last for today. Just another couple of prints to do. Happy Families by Blancmange from The Blanc Tapes box set.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#nowplaying #MusicToPrintTo #BoxSet Autogeddon by Julian Cope. The box has a velvety finish which attracts dust like I don’t know what!!

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#nowplaying #MusicToPrintTo #BoxSet Living Ornaments 80 by Gary Numan from the Living Ornaments 79 And 80 Box Set

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#nowplaying #MusicToPrintTo #BoxSet Now we’ve set the precedent with soul mining shall we stick with box sets for the rest of the afternoon? Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails from the Halo I - IV box set

Photograph of the cover of the halo 1 to 4 box set by Nine Inch Nails

Photograph of the album cover, pretty hate machine on a small wooden shelf above a turntable with the vinyl playing

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#nowplaying #MusicToPrintTo Soul Mining by The The From the glorious box set. A thing of beauty.

The cover for Soul Mining by The The on a small shelf above the turntable playing the record. The turntable cover is closed and the box set from which the album is taken as resting on top.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I’ll hopefully have an update on the Agatewards CD soon. In the meantime here’s a photo of a test version of the hand gelli plate printed 5x7 I’m planning on including with the first 10 sold on Bandcamp. #gelli #art #print #music #electronicmusic

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Bit of #gelli printing tonight. Not much - it's a bit warm and the paint is drying a bit quick! #art #print #gelliplate

A gelli plate print.

A magic of small .g logos, with a blue/grey gradient wash.

A gelli plate print.

A magic of small .g logos, with a blue/grey wash.

This has a distressed feel (not entirely intentional - but it looks cool!)

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

On Thursday night @ 8pm BST I shall be sat here pressing play on a set that has been pieced together since my last streamed gig in April. [1/5]

Studio Gribbly in "I've spent all my time getting this set together, and have run out of time to sort all my wires and where things sesiblly sit" mode.

I've kind of got used to playing the set with everything on top of each other like this, and muscle memory is starting to kick in - so it's staying like it is. Though a couple of tracks have me a bit squished!

Kit in view: MacBook Air M4 Laptop running Ableton/OBS - Midicake ARP, Novation Launchkey Mini, Ableton Push 2, Tascam Model 12, Novation Nova II

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Well. the good news is I have a set,. I also have some 'scripts' to help me navigate stuff that a lot of which didn;t really exist in this form a couple of weeks back! But I'm moving slowly from "Oh God. What have I done?" to "O.K. Let's do this" #NHAM #Live #electronicmusic #elecronica

Gribblyscribbles in pencil - notes and Notes for a song.

I'm hoping they make sense when I play it!

Gribblyscribbles in pencil - track names, BPM, keyboard and volume settings.

I ought to type these up or something.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

If you were wondering if there’s some gribbles on this new Subvert thang, then there is! Just the usual at the moment, but there are plans… www.subvert.fm/gribbles

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Doing the business while I get arty farty. #NowPlaying we know where the time goes by the FLK. Essential.

A photograph of an LP playing on a turntable. Above this is an album cover which features two cows.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Getting there... Not sure whether to do them all in the same colour or do different ones. Probably the latter. Not least of which because I'm running out of Yellow Ochre...

A gelliplate with the 1900's gents image mentioned in the first photo transferred, but prior to the other elements being added.

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Up early again. I now have an ambient-y intro. I have an idea of what to do in-between this intro and the ending I posted about yesterday. I’ll hopefully get some time today to start fitting some jigsaw pieces of ideas together into a set…

Ableton live screenshot with just a few tracks of samples with automation envelopes overlaid on them.

Doesn’t look like much, but I think it’s quite effective.

The sample/track titles give a hint as to how it’s going to sound.

thunder
Handful of songs
Camberwick green
Play school

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Seven years ago today. 2019 was A Good Year.

A blue rectangular sign by the road saying:

DEPOSIT
HONEY & POTATOES
IN BIN
AT FERRY TERMINAL
WITHOUT PENALTY

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Starting to think about #NHAM live next month. Doing a spot of sampling. Just gathering ideas that may or may not get used...

Still from the Theme to the 1970's UK kids show 'A Handful of Songs'

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Graham Thorpe (gribbles) @grahamthorpe.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A little reminder: If you're free between 8 and 9pm (BST) tonight, by not drop in and see what my spare room looks like... stream.gravitons.org I'll be doing a set of eclectic, but mainly quite chilled, electronica... #livemusic #livestream #musicsky #electronica #electronicmusic

GRAVITONS.ORG
3RD W3DN35DAY
ONLINE GIG

GRIBBLES

ECLECTIC, CHILLED, ELECTRONICA FROM LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
15.04.26 - 20.00 BST (19.00 UTC)

STREAM.GRAVITONS.ORG

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