by fiercelyindie | Aug 19, 2022 | Compact Disc, Moths to Ashes, Uncategorized
Ghosts are important, the type of ghosts that lurk in the shadows of creativity: The misfits, the b-sides, the outliers. Plenty of bands compile enough of these for a release, see Gomez’s ‘Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline’ or Radiohead’s...
by fiercelyindie | Feb 17, 2021 | Moths to Ashes
It’s summer 2019, the summer before the pandemic and I have packed up and sold Beliefspace Studio. The ghosts of my former life still haunt me and I cannot bear to be in the studio space any more. I seldom plug in my electric guitar, the instruments sit...
by fiercelyindie | Mar 6, 2020 | Blog, Cassette Tape, Compact Disc, Digital, Format, Vinyl
I have written a few articles recently about my love of analogue formats and yes it’s true that the quality inherent in analogue formats is lacking. However, that is not the crux of my argument for any type of artistic analogue expression. In this article...
by fiercelyindie | Mar 2, 2020 | Aesthetics, Art, Blog, Culture
As audio engineers and artists we may baulk at the term ‘Low Fidelity’. However, there’s a difference between low fidelity and low quality. As previously discussed the idea of a grungy aesthetic is one that appeals to my own practice and recently, I...
by fiercelyindie | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog, Cassette Tape, Collecting, Culture, Digital, Minimalism, Vinyl
The idea of the Minimalist-Collector seems discordant. However, in this article I propose that, with some careful consideration a synergy can be realised. The practice of minimalism is very personal and the uninitiated may presume that the idea is to “own”...
