Listen
I sit and listen to the shadows in my cave and I play them. I sit at the mouth of my cave and I hear my flock and the birds and I play them. I hear the wind and the rain and the snow and I play them. I hear my bees when they take their honey and I play them. I hear the sun and the moon and the stars and the silence and I play them. I hear the mountain flowers and the silent bats at night and I play them. I hear my breathing and my heart and I play them. I hear the silence and the years passing and I play them.Background by Mikhael Pyaskovsky
Radio Astercote
Are you sitting uncomfortably? Radio Astercote goes out on that hidden frequency, between the tick and the tock - where it's always nearly teatime, and all you have is your transistor and the dark.
Thought for the Day
Broadcasting straight from Fen House, as and when there is something to say.
Last updated: August 2023
Radio Astercote Presents
Long-lost mix-tapes rediscovered in a box at the back of the station
Last updated: May 2024
Musical Box
Sounds of the Fen
Some of my favourite albums: pastoral, proggy, folky, pagan and hauntological.
Not mobile friendly yet! An old webpage, unlikely to be updated because it's a nice snapshot, sharing some of the albums I was listening to in the early years.
Last updated: December 2021
What I'm Listening To
Album reviews, as and when I please
Last updated: March 2023
Music
My playlists are currently, imperfectly, hosted on youtube. These are rarely-if-ever updated, because youtube is an ephemeral place to keep anything of value and it's unpleasant to interact with.
Astercote Broadcasting Network
Television
View selected programming for slow days. Serials, childrens stories, advertisements, documentaries, all evoking a certain mood. Quiet, ephemeral.
Last Updated: November 1973
Daily News
Consult each morning, or at idle moments, to set you up for the day
Last Updated: May 2024
Radio Times
This webtoy pulls you into the world of programs I would like to be broadcasting - it is different on each visit. Don't attempt the crossword.
Click to View Credits
The Radio Times toy is reliant on other people's code, including:
Last updated: August 2023
Beneath the Soil
Station Management
Notes on how to maintain a .mp3 collection for the longterm
Last Updated: September 2023
Station Playlist
A collection of acid folk, pastoral prog, hauntology, ambient and strangeness
Last updated: March 2024
Fenvibes
I tag my collection whenever a song has a fenvibe - a more reliable technique than making playlists, which are broken whenever folder structures break. I can additionally export tagged songs to a webpage, as a spare backup and for the perusal of strangers.
Last Updated: March 2024