John Garner

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Surprise album drop today. Returning to my electronic roots with this beat tape produced exclusively on Koala Sampler. Creating this helped me through a dark time. Name your price on Bandcamp. Artwork by Michael Goodson. johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com/album/beat-s...

I studied Carnatic violin for a few years with Jyotsna Srikanth. Would be happy to share some reflections on the experience

Fab piece. Particularly like the mention of ‘cowardice’ — that certainly rings true of the tech manchilds.

Will check it out. Thanks for the tip!

I recommend it!

Adrift, by John Garner & Martin Donkin 1 track album

difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com/album/adrift

New from me and Martin Donkin — ‘Adrift’ is a single-track EP of shakuhachi, guitar, and field recordings. Out now on @difficultart.bsky.social, with beautiful ink artwork by Teruki Suzuki.

song for trees

jinashi shakuhachi improvisation

2.85 (G#) bamboo flute

surrounded by majestic trees
after heavy rain fall, shades of green shine out
first flowers of spring and bird song on a bright day
everything changes

#meditation #zen #shakuhachi #deeplistening #mindfulness
#nature #elements

Do you know anyone in London, Brighton, Eastbourne, Tunbridge Wells, or Hastings?

Be Kind Cadaver are playing a bunch of shows, and we'd love to make some new friends! Tell your loved ones to come along, we always put on a good show :)

Adrift, by John Garner & Martin Donkin 1 track album

That superbly talented @johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com has a new release out on DAAM:

difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com/album/adrift

Thanks so much for sharing this!

It’s sad! There’s so much joy in music-making.

What unites us will always be stronger than what divides us. Join us: MARCH TOGETHER AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION LONDON 28th MARCH 2026 togetheralliance.org.uk

What unites us will always be stronger than what divides us.

Join us:
MARCH TOGETHER AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT

NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION

LONDON
28th MARCH 2026

togetheralliance.org.uk

Thanks for sharing!

The Spiritual Impacts of AI on Music — John Garner Over the past few weeks, two interviews have got me thinking about the increasing presence of AI in musical spaces: the first, CEO of Suno AI, Mikey Shulman, in conversation with venture capitalist Ha...

Sharing this again, as it’s more relevant than ever. johngarner.co.uk/writings/the...

That’s awful! What’s going on?

The Intuition of Beauty, by Hervé Perez and John Garner 5 track album

diving deep into the sound of the raw bamboo

duo improvisations on jinashi shakuhachi with @johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com
exploring the sound + texture of the instrument
as a meditative process

nexttime.bandcamp.com/album/the-in...

#shakuhachi #jinashi #hochiku #bamboo #flute #japan #improvisation

Young person at a pro-Palestine rally, possibly in London, holding a hand-made sign which reads: A SLOWED-DOWN GENOCIDE IS NOT A CEASEFIRE.

A SLOWED-DOWN GENOCIDE IS NOT A CEASEFIRE

Which book?

Simply from the Fascist playbook. Alex Pretti is a true American hero.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

SOLIDARITY WITH MINNEAPOLIS

STOP ICE MURDERS
FIGHT TRUMPISM!

STAND UP TO RACISM
MONDAY 26th JANUARY 2026
6PM
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
LONDON

Everybody needs a home. Nobody needs a property portfolio.

Going to launch a new art-punk / punk-adjacent / slow core / weird-heavy band music sub-label of DAAM this year.

Completely open to submissions or recommendations of projects that fit that description and might like to get involved!

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AOTY '25

Congratulations to everyone who made the list this year!

And as is tradition- here I my list of runners up. This one might change today as I have three more albums on my docket. But so far it includes the 169 albums released in 2025 that I listened to and enjoyed.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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