Sunday Post

Thursday saw the release of 'Rehashed', a mock DJ set centred around my own back-catalog. But why do it, and why now?

Well, it's something that I've been dabbling with since last year, but never got around to finishing anything substantial. And, as you've probably noticed, the idea of taking parts of songs and forcing them together is something that I find pretty striking. 'The Audio Bin' for example, 'Rehashed' is basically that side-project but with my own music and not donated outtakes.

It was also 'Wou's' second birthday on Thursday, so completing and releasing this remix seemed to be a nice way to look back on the years and 40 something tracks that I have managed to release during this time. 

'Rehashed' is free to stream and enjoy over on SoundCloud now: 

As mentioned in a previous post, I will be taking a break from releasing music and blogging throughout the summer so that I can concentrate on outstanding art projects and new music. Most notably my graphic novel, 'Major Gubbins', and the, 'MUSIC BY CHANCE' double LP.

Of course, I won't be disappearing completely. The 'Wou-Wou Repost' playlists will be back in June and social media updates will continue as long as I have something to share. There's also a number of collab tracks that are on the verge of release, including my vocal debut on Froxie's new EP, and a new song with Couch King (to name but two).

So until September, keep safe and happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling

Sunday Post

Inspired in part by Manitoba's, 'Start Breaking My Heart', tomorrow's 'Wou-Wou Open Collab' track, 'The Phoney Lab', is a short slice of MIDI heavy electronica. Orderly, sterile, but hopefully not without heart. And with it being an open collaboration project the master will be available alongside isolated stems for remixing and reshaping.

'The Phoney Lab', is out tomorrow via SoundCloud. Visit previous OC tracks here.

In other news, this May marks the second year of 'Wou-Wou & The Wormling', and, in the same vein as last year I'll be assembling a 52 track playlist of my favourite reposts during 2015/2016. It's just one of a number of things that I have in mind to reflect on my short time under this alias. Including special remixes and artwork... more details to come next week. 

Lastly, towards the end of May I'll be taking a bit of time off. This three month (or so) hiatus is so I can focus on my graphic novel as well as the 'MUSIC BY CHANCE' album, both due towards the end of the year. 

However, I won't be disappearing entirely, as there's a number of collaborative projects that'll be surfacing throughout the summer, with repost playlists and other social media updates to follow suit. 

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling

Sunday Post

I'm a big fan of cover tracks that deviate from the original source material. Things like Devo's take on, 'Satisfaction', and more recently on SoundCloud, Trixie Delight's version of, 'My Heart Will Go On', are perfect examples of how to do it right. And so, I hope to follow on the tradition of kooky rip-offs with tomorrow's release, an unintentional cover of Bill Withers, 'Lean On Me'. 

Unintentional? Well, it started life as a simple collaboration with Little Lone Waltz. Someone whom I've wanted to work with ever since I first came across her on Soundcloud. I provided a beat, she provided the keys. The pieces all fit beautifully together, but it still felt like it was missing something. 

So, I called on someone else who has been dying to collaborate with, Sarah Shamash. In just a few hours of sending her the rough instrumental demo, she had sent me her ideas. It was an unusual, but never-the-less stunning vocal, with the lyrics to 'Lean On Me' anchoring each note. I don't know whether she was planning to rewrite the lyrics or not, I never asked, I loved what she did and so we all decided to run with it. 

Anyway, 'Lean (feat. Sarah Shamash & Little Lone Waltz)', will be available to stream from SoundCloud, tomorrow. 

It's become apparent to me that I have featured on many tracks that I have failed to post on social media. These are either things that I have worked on with other artists, or 'Wou-Wou Open Collab' tracks. Now, I know it's not a big deal, but people go to a lot of time and effort to make this music, it's only right that I do my best to promote their hard work, right. So starting Thursday I'm going to post one of these tracks every week. I'll pick them out at random, and if I run out, I guess I'll just start from the beginning again.

Also, I know I'm jumping the gun a little, but come October they'll be a special 'Wou-Wou Open Collab' playlist to mark the first year of the project. Course, if you're interested to hear some of this stuff now, click (here).

Lastly, work on my long term 'MUSIC BY CHANCE' project has finally started up again. Due to the massive quantity of music to produce for it (over 40 tracks), I've shifted once again to a collaborative approach. It's unlikely that much of anything will surface until the backend of the year, but there are a few things already in the bag from Ronny The Rocket, Sensfuck and Jonathan Beckenstein... in fact, Jonathan has shared his contribution to the project on SoundCloud for all to hear. It's certainly an exquisite piece, and serves as an excellent teaser of things to come.

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling

Sunday Post

Space, subtly and softness seem to be common themes in my music uploads lately, and tomorrow's 'Wou-Wou Open Collab' track follows a similar route. 

Recorded around the same time as 'Sassafras', 'Open Plan Love Story' is one of my first loop pedal doodles. It's a demo that I've being adding to since that first session, but like most of these open collab tracks, it's something that I never planned to be released from my hard-drive until now.

Anyway, 'Open Plan Love Story', will be uploaded complete with grouped beat, guitar and keyboard stems, all of which will be available to download for free from SoundCloud tomorrow.

On a separate note, I'll hopefully get round to a spot of doodling and/or painting this week. It's been a while, so I'm hungry for it.

Work and pleasure don't always see eye-to-eye, but now the clocks have changed, the sun is out and I've shook off the illnesses that plagued March, I'm feeling positive that another creative spurt is just around the corner. 

Step lively,

- The Wormling

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Tomorrow's release, 'The Road', is a bit of a relic for me. The guitar part to which the rest of the track is built could easily be 10 years old. And although it has been recorded and rerecorded more than I can recall, it took a minimal approach and the soothing vocal talents of Cam-O the Chameleon and Blue Room Green to make it feel like a finished and enjoyable song. I seriously cannot thank them enough for pumping life back into it, and for helping me create something a little different from my usual beat-driven stuff. 

And so, 'The Road (feat. Cam-O the Chameleon & Blue Room Green)' will be available to stream in all of its mellow glory from SoundCloud, tomorrow evening (GMT). 

And before I go, I'd like to share the latest in a short stream of music that I've worked on with Wizardshoes. It's was a longtime in the works, so I'm pleased that it's finally out there. Enjoy! 

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling

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If messy and clichéd guitar solos are your thing, you'll probably enjoy tomorrow's 'Wou-Wou Open Collab' track, 'The Bum Note Blues'. A short instrumental mess around that was never meant to be anything more... it was certainly never intended to be released.

The whole track was built up from a MidiPunk beat that I looped and effected. All the other elements are me in half-cocked bluely mode, with each track being a one-take improv, warts-and-all affair. So needless to say, there's bum notes galore.

Nevertheless, the track and it's stems will be made available from SoundCloud from tomorrow... do with it as you will.

Happy thoughts,


- The Wormling

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I'm overwhelmed with the generosity that I've received towards my side-project, 'The Audio Bin'. I have to admit, I had my reservations when I first proposed it last February. I knew that there'd be a goldmine of unused audio and unfinished songs out there, but finding anyone who'd be willing to donate any of it to me I imagined to be highly unlikely. I mean, who really likes to share their shortcomings? 

But thanks to SoundCloud's supportive and open-minded community, my fellow music makers offered up their out-takes in spades, and so, made 'The Audio Bin' possible.

In honour of those artists, tomorrow I release the self-titled 'The Audio Bin' album. Complete with new tracks, guest remixes and a booklet containing full credits, and of course the fine artwork of Eleanor Adair, Emma Parker and Lizzie Badger, who dressed this years tracks so well. 

All of the above will be freely available on Bandcamp, with all existing 'Audio Bin' tracks on SoundCloud being made fully downloadable too. 

Lastly, it was a goal of mine to create and upload a zine every month, but as you can see, there isn't one here. The current balance between my music and art isn't, well, balanced. So I'm moving to a seasonal zine release until things level out a bit.

The same goes for the Esty shop and postcards, there's just not enough time in the day lately. But things move in cycles, and eventually things will settle in favour of doodling and painting again.

Happy thoughts, 

- The Wormling