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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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My good friend Rob Jenkinson and I worked together for several years with our (hardcore industrial) Smallcreep band. Rob still helps me and @theraindogs.bsky.social out with his Jenkotronics and f*d up guitar weirdness, even on my loosest jazzy ramblings, bless him ❤️🙌

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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"Black Rocks". The opening track from "The Ebb And The Flow", one of my favourite albums. Stream / buy music by my @theraindogs.bsky.social on @bandcamp.com #bandcamp #bandcampfriday #mimimalism #minimalistmusic #ambientmusic #prog #postrock the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's #BandcampFriday so if you buy any of my @theraindogs.bsky.social music today over on @bandcamp.com they forego their fees and I get 100% of what you pay. the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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My good friend Rob Jenkinson and I always began our (hardcore industrial) Smallcreep albums with Pinhead quote samples. Rob still helps me and @theraindogs.bsky.social out with his Jenkotronics and f*d up guitar weirdness, even on my loosest jazzy ramblings, bless him ❤️🙌

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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"It out-Enos Eno".... If you fancy unwinding this weekend, may I recommend sitting back with some of my @theraindogs.bsky.social minimalism.... the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/album/waterl... #Minimalism #AmbientMusic #MinimalistAmbient #MusicSky #Soundscapes

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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If you fancy unwinding this weekend, may I recommend sitting back with some of my @theraindogs.bsky.social minimalism.... the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/album/the-eb... #Minimalism #AmbientMusic #MinimalistAmbient #MusicSky #Soundscapes

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Simple lesson for the Sheerans of this world.

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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On September 11, 1948, John Martyn was born Ian David McGeachy in New Malden, Surrey. From an early age he was raised by his father and his wider paternal family in Shawlands, Glasgow. As an adult he made some astonishing music and did some terrible things.

Copies of Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Cannot recommend this book highly enough. 🙌

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Listen / buy here... the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/album/waterl...

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The benefits of membership... the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/vip-membership

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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This advice resulted in an appropriately named piano improvisation on the album "Piano +" the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/track/trust-... #obliquestrategies

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Trust In The You Of Now, by The Rain Dogs

from the album Piano +

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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In print in today's @theipaper.com, my feature on the genesis of Life’s What You Make It & the song’s significance in the Talk Talk story. (Album: model's own dog-eared 1986 edition; the rather more pristine half-speed vinyl reissue of The Colour of Spring is out today) inews.co.uk/culture/musi...

A feature on Talk Talk in today's print edition of the i paper with a vinyl copy of The Colour of Spring next to it.

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Reminder that before Talk Talk became their final brilliant selves, they delivered some absolute banging pop. ❤️🙌 youtu.be/ERimiTA_tW4?...

Talk Talk - it's my life live 1984 Best Version

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Happy 82nd birthday to the marvellous Roger Dean, who almost single-handedly decorated my teenage walls. 🙌❤️

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The Rain Dogs @theraindogs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Promised myself at the start of the weekend I was going to try playing. Somehow failed.

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

6-year anniversary of this track showed up in FB. A nice one, very minimalist, with percussion tapped out on bass by @ianhalst.bsky.social and me covering piano & textures. Now available on the album "An Imprint Upon Time: Music For Drones And Nyckelharpa" the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/track/shards...

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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Two epigraphs for In Another World.

‘The straight road had been lost sight of’
Inferno, Canto 1, Dante Alighieri,
translated by Seamus Heaney (1993)

‘Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away’
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman’s Odyssey

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Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How's this for a double header - focused on writing the biographies of Talk Talk & Prefab Sprout - both with infamously private, reclusive front men Join authors @nigetassell.bsky.social and @graemethomson.bsky.social at #Louder2026. 12.15pm Sat 14 Nov Manchester. Tickets: tinyurl.com/y583xuhf

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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

An oldie but always a good conversation starter: my choice of ten of the best career-spanning songs from Philip Lynott, born on this day in 1949. www.theguardian.com/music/musicb...

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Thin Lizzy – 10 of the best

Frontman Phil Lynott’s biographer charts the band’s rapid progress from melodic heartfelt ballads to raw, thunderous rock’n’roll

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Absolutely one of the greatest ever protest songs. End of.

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On FB today back in 2020, part of a series of posts I did about designing album covers for @theraindogs.bsky.social - focusing on Swiss Design principles and, in particular, the extraordinarily beautiful work of the ECM label. www.facebook.com/share/19JRZU...

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The Rain Dogs @theraindogs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today is #BandcampFriday when BandCamp forego their cut of revenue. So if you buy any of our albums today, 100% of the payment goes to us. Which is nice. the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Excellent Scots Whay Hae! podcast chat with @graemethomson.bsky.social on his superb Talk Talk book. And - per a minor aside towards the end - Yes… PLEASE do a book on The Blue Nile 🙏❤️ youtu.be/rxwHM2vR36M?...

Graeme Thomson - In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk

YouTube video by Scots Whay Hae!

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Sid Smith @sidsmith.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Reading that Bill Oddie has died. It seems appropriate to play this Mike Ratledge-penned classic from Soft Machine Six, which was dedicated to Bill. youtu.be/CTMM2oPqJBw?...

Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album [For B.O] (Remastered 2006)

YouTube video by The Soft Machine - Topic

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just been rewatching this. An absolute must for any serious musician or music lover. Some genuinely profound quotes & insights. Having for some unknown reason not been able to play a note for 18 months (🤦‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️) I find many things about silence reassuring. youtu.be/xdWEMbXwG_o?... #talktalk #markhollis

YouTube video by Eduardo Nicolás

Habla Hollis (1998)

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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Repeating, developing, and mutating patterns, and drifting notes and atmospherics... "Black Rocks" from my @theraindogs.bsky.social album "The Ebb And The Flow" - a minimalist / ambient love letter to the South Wales coast. the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/album/the-eb...

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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Via FB Memories, my recording rig in Stockwell, very early 2000s. Rhodes MK80; amazing piano - plus Atari running Cubase, classic Roland MT32, Akai ‘analogue’ synth module & sampler, plus hard disk recorder. And my lovely Chapman Stick with separate multi-FX pedals for bass & melody channels. ❤️

The Rain Dogs @theraindogs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"Black Rocks" from our minimalist / ambient homage to the South Wales coast. the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/album/the-eb...

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Patrick McGahon @paadzer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sinéad O'Connor sadly passed away 3 years ago today on July 26th 2023, aged 56 😞 #sineadoconnor #Irish #music #sinéadoconnor #nothingcompares

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Tax us more" That's the simple message from more than 120 UK millionaires calling for a tax on extreme wealth. PMUK member Brian Eno joined Sky News this morning to explain why those with the greatest wealth should contribute more to build a fairer Britain. #ProudToPay #TaxTheSuperRich

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Mairi Damer @marzid.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Friends, hope some of you will join me in supporting this Rebuild the Mack campaign. If Notre Dame can be rebuilt with love and sensitivity, why not Charles Rennie Macintosh's stunning School of Art building in Glasgow? rebuildthemack.com

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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"It’s a fascinating story, brilliantly told … It will make you listen in a new way. In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk is not an instruction manual, it’s a guide book, and it opens up a magical, and often moving, journey." www.scotswhayhae.com/post/the-gos...

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The Gospel According To Mark: A Review of Graeme Thomson’s In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk...

A version of this article first appeared in PRODUCT magazineMusic fans of a certain vintage are likely to have first encountered Talk Talk in their early post-punk synthpop stage, contemporaries with ...

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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Read all about it 🦋

The Spring title page from the book In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Opened the show bursting out of a phone box, struggling the whole length of Earls Court, getting tangled up in telephone cable, to try and reach Sinead O’Connor (on the night we went) only to be dragged the whole way back again. Pure Spinal Tap! ❤️🙌

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Top tip for any musicians / serious music fans here: do make sure to follow @graemethomson.bsky.social whose new book on Talk Talk & Mark Hollis’s final works is just solid gold, and @sidsmith.bsky.social who is, amongst so much else, unarguably King Crimson’s absolute authority & biographer.

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My other "After Jon Hassell" subtitled track... "Janjanbureh", aims at evoking the peace, tranquility, heat, and beauty of upriver in The Gambia. Me on all instruments. the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/track/janjan...

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I've done a couple of tunes that I subtitle "After Jon Hassell", and they're both set in the heat of Africa, which his FX-treated trumpets seemed to perfectly capture. One is "Janjanbureh", about The Gambia. The other is this - "Felucca" - about the Nile. the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com/track/felucc...

Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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On the subject of @graemethomson.bsky.social - if you’re a serious music fan, or musician, you absolutely need this: an exquisite dive into Talk Talk’s final 3 albums, including the extraordinary “Spirit of Eden” and “Laughing Stock” - and Mark Hollis’s solo album. Fascinating and inspiring.