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A5 zine + weekly newsletter covering independent, electronic DIY labels/artists. Edited by @neilmason.bsky.social, a @castlesinspace.bsky.social publication. moonbuilding.substack.com / moonbuildingmag@gmail.com
Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 99 this Friday. It should come with a Flake, right? We mail out to 1,800+ subs, discerning people who appreciate quality DIY electronic music. Ad space is available! Email address in bio.
As today is #BandcampFriday the latest edition of @moonbuilding.bsky.social is very welcome. Plenty of hints and tips in here 🙏x
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Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 98b is out right now!
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An interview with me about my book and indie publishing in general!
Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 98a is out now! Oh yes, on Thursday. It's a book review special! See you in the morning for our usual music recommendations mailout.
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We have a BONUS newsletter for you this afternoon. It's a book special featuring a review of Ian Watson's 'The Tunnels', a cracking interview about the author's DIY publishing adventures and an extract from the book.
It's a lovely read and it's landing at 2pm TODAY.
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The idea has always been to expose DIY artists/labels to as big an audience as possible so keeping the newsletter free is vital. I'm relying on advertisers and subscribers to help fund this.
Thanks for the kind words Willie. The subs model seems ideal, a few hundred people at a few quid a month and it's sustainable. I could offer a subs-only newsletter, but my audience would go from 1,800+ to 50 overnight...
No, please don't apologise. It's tough for everyone. Appreciate the support.
Thank you, appreciated.
Thank you Simon, that's great to hear. Need a lot more like you!
Thank you, massively appreciated.
For the first time since I started Moonbuilding Weekly two years ago, we have no adverts this week. We are supported by 54 of our 1,800+ readers who have a paid subscription. If the labels/artists we write about don't think we're worth supporting, I think we might have run our course.
One day to go to get an ADVERT in this week's double-whammy newsletter beano. Yup, TWO newsletters, one on Thurs, one on Fri. Double the views! Email me TODAY for more...
Here's the newsletter featuring the discount code... moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-97-2...
Discount code is in this very newsletter... moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-97-2...
Advertisers! Start your engines! We're doing a bonus newsletter this Thursday, which means double the views this week. Email me...
Happy Monday! Adverts are what makes the Moonbuilding Weekly world go round. I have THREE spaces available this week. Two weeks/£75. Book now!
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Thank you @moonbuilding.bsky.social for making ‘Bundle of Styx’ from my forthcoming EP Salix (antique free reed organ vs clarinet shreds by Charlotte Jolly) your Track of the Week!!
Many thanks to @moonbuilding.bsky.social for the review in this week's edition. (Plus loads more brilliant stuff.)
Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 97 is out now... starring @loulayorke.bsky.social @keithseatman.bsky.social @solar76.bsky.social and much more!
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There's one lonely ad spot left for tomorrow's newsletter. We cap ads at a max of five per issue to ensure decent exposure.
I'd like to see the space filled so how about a 50% discount. £50 for two weeks. Artwork required by 9pm. Email me!
Lovely review of HERZOG: A Retrospective (DiN95) by d'Voxx in this weeks @moonbuilding.bsky.social.
"d’Voxx say that these tracks “do not attempt to score the films, but rather to inhabit their territories”. And what territories they are".
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It's Friday! Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 96 is out right now.
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Two ad spaces left for tomorrow's Moonbuilding Weekly. FLASH SALE: If I can have artwork by 9pm (BST), it's two weeks for £50. Who's in?
Happy Monday! Plenty of ad space on Moonbuilding Weekly so it's time for our first special offer of the year - book an ad in Feb and you can have three weeks for £75. Email us now!
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"Fascinating stuff. Musically it’s vast, great big slabs of mournful sound, like huge monoliths crashing into each other."
Review of Rafael Anton Irisarri @blackknoll.bsky.social new album in this week's @moonbuilding.bsky.social substack.
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Neil wanted a quiet one on @moonbuilding.bsky.social this week, which is why he asked me to review @confluxcoldwell.bsky.social new record 'Shadows And Simulacra', which was made in part with generative AI. It was great fun to write, knowing the strong feelings people have about this tech.
Big thank you to @moonbuilding.bsky.social for making our new song 'What About Tomorrow?' track of the week!
"swirling appeggios" and "a wonderful repeating, Reich-like piano riff from Meg."
