New year, not so new alias

New Year, not so new alias. Those with a predilection for electronic manoeuvres of the cosmic kind may wish to check out my new alias, BUNKR. There's two EPs coming soon courtesy of the Echaskech crew via their VLSI imprint.

Here's the opening track from the Appl Skies EP. Preview and pre-order!

Lost Idol releases White Light...

UK-based electronic artist Lost Idol recently emerged from the shadows with his third studio album Chrome Machine Tales. Hailed as “a perfect collection of ambient pop and electronica" (DJ Food), it maintained a sense of melancholy that has become Lost Idol's calling card. That sound is explored further on White Light, a mini-album containing three new songs along with remixes by Kettel, Digitonal and Jilk.

Lost Idol's Chrome Machine Music mix

Check out the new Lost Idol album Chrome Machine Tales at https://lostidol.bandcamp.com/album/chrome-machine-tales

To celebrate the release of his third studio album Chrome Machine Tales producer and DJ Lost Idol embarks on a 60-minute sojourn exploring the sounds and textures which have influenced his new work. From beatless free-floating ambience from Fennesz, Mountains and Jurgen Muller through to bittersweet wonk-pop from Weval and Julia Holter, classic electronica from Plaid and The Future Sound Of London through to a handful of Lost Idol's own creations, Chrome Machine Music is the soundtrack to a day in the life of a man who's often lost but rarely idle.

New Lost Idol album Chrome Machine Tales out now!

UK-based electronic artist Lost Idol returns with his third studio album following the acclaimed Utters From A Cluttered Mind (Cookshop, 2006), Brave The Elements (Cookshop, 2010) and releases through Marco Passarani's Nature Recordings and Pork Recordings. Chrome Machine Tales is an immersive yet surprisingly concise and accessible electronic pop album imbued with a sense of melancholy that has become Lost Idol's calling card.


“A perfect collection of ambient pop and electronica" - DJ Food

“Flashbacks of circuit board lullabies after a hard day on the autobahn" - Matt Oliver (Clash Magazine)

"Think Fujiya & Miyagi playing with Kraftwerk and fronted by Jacco Gardner" - Resident Music

"One of the most underrated bedroom producers hailing from the UK, his latest album is informed by the same airy self-conception for contemporary electronic pop like his previous album - it just feels more coherent and even more bittersweet this time around" - Lodown Magazine


VERY LIMITED stock of deluxe digipak CDs available exclusively from lostidol.com featuring beautiful design and artwork by Christopher Lewis

Also available to stream and purchase digitally from lostidol.com as well as all the usual digital outlets (iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc.)

Splutters From A Cluttered Drive

Hark! The purge of the Lost Idol vault has begun!

'Splutters From A Cluttered Drive' is a collection of Lost Idol recordings from the early 2000's (2000 to 2006 to be more precise). Most of these tracks were released in some shape or form on the Cookshop label, but were never widely available in digital format until now.

Lost Idol DJ set @ [Beep]stock 2014

I was fortunate to play some records at the brilliant [Beep]stock Festival in Brighton last weekend. Here's what went down...

Lost Idol @ [Beep]stock 19/07/2014 by Lost Idol on Mixcloud

Vote for Morning Glory in the Mixcloud & IRF Online Radio Awards

For some time now (over 10 years!) I've been producing the Morning Glory radio show, endeavouring to highlight the very finest experimental electronic music in all shapes and forms. Whilst I do this purely for a love of music and a desire to support fellow artists and labels, it would mean a lot to gain some extra exposure and recognition for the show. So if you have a minute and feel inclined, all you need to do is click this link - http://www.mixcloud.com/onlineradioawards/ - and VOTE! (Category: Electronica / Nomination: www.mixcloud.com/lostidol). Thanks!

Morning Glory Best of 2013 (Part Two)

Happy New Year!

Whilst 2013 is now but a fading memory, rapidly disappearing in the rear-view mirror, I hope you'll join me for one final listen to the year that was. Here as promised is the second part of my Morning Glory Best of 2013, enjoy!

Morning Glory Best of 2013 Part Two by Lost Idol on Mixcloud

Morning Glory Best Of 2013 (Part One)

So here it is - some of my personal favourite tracks/albums to emerge in 2013, all handily mixed up and presented in true Morning Glory style.

A huge thanks to all regular listeners to the show, your support makes this all worthwhile. Also thank you to Juice, Totally Radio, Purple Radio, Ness Radio and Mixcloud for hosting the show across the globe.

Morning Glory Best of 2013 Part Two coming soon...

Morning Glory Best of 2013 Part One by Lost Idol on Mixcloud

When Games Machines Duel

As 2013 ages gracefully, only to end its 365-day life in a booze-aided food frenzy, it's high time to start reflecting on the year that was, if I could only think back beyond the last fortnight that is.

It's been a great year for electronic music - the quite brilliant return of Boards of Canada, not to mention albums from fellow veterans including Mike Paradinas (aka u-Ziq) and Four Tet, plus Jon Hopkins and James Holden - I'll attempt a longer gaze through the rear-view mirror in the new year. But before all that I must alert you to this ace track from Rival Consoles on the Erased Tapes label. 'Odyssey' begins life as a minimal moody chugger with John Carpenter-esque synths building the tension nicely, eloquently unfolding into a fairly epic, cosmic slice of slo-mo techno that sounds like it's just returned to earth in a wood-paneled space wagon.

Check it out below along with a suitably fried video courtesy of Michael Zoidis.

Rival Consoles 'Odyssey' is available now from Erased Tapes.

Morning Glory's Autumn Harvest

I'm trying to avoid clogging up my blog with my radio shows (of course if you're that way inclined you can always hear more over here), however I felt I should share this special program I put together to celebrate the coming of Autumn. Musically I wanted to reflect upon the beauty and melancholy of my most favourite of seasons. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed recording it.

Morning Glory's Autumn Harvest by Lost Idol on Mixcloud

Metamono 'With the compliments of Nuclear Physics'

The frankly brilliant Metamono are a London-based collective responsible for "soldering together latterday mechanical mutations from equipment too prematurely discarded by capitalism's hellbent tendency towards planned obsolescence". Musically, this translates as a hugely varied electronic trip steered by grizzled synths, fidgety drum machines and other such decrepit, dust-laden noise boxes. Their sound is warm, fuzzy and eccentric, recalling classic techno and electronica from yesteryear as well as fellow retro-enthusiasts such as the Ghost Box collective. Metamono have self-released a couple of very limited vinyl editions of their debut album 'With the compliments of Nuclear Physics' which you can find here, as well as a cassette.

This is undoubtedly one of the finest albums I've heard this year. Check it out below!

DJ Food 'O Is For Orange'

A real audio-visual treat for any Boards of Canada fans out there. This set was put together by DJ Food for a BoC-inspired night that took place in London earlier this year.

‘O Is For Orange’ is the sound of weathered tape saturation, detuned analogue synthesisers, vinyl crackle and machine hum. It’s also the look of unfocused, flickering lenses, mirror image filters and blurry grain embedded into film. Unofficial fan films sit alongside experimental animation, public information shorts and even the odd official video. Material that BoC took inspiration from blends with their own work as well as many that they inspired.

Lost Idol features at 30:00!

DJ Food 'O Is For Orange' (version 2) from Solid Steel on Vimeo.

Morning Glory 15th July 2013

Back from a brief Summer break with a new Morning Glory. This week a new chapter in the Ghost Box 'Study Series' from Listening Center, the welcome return of electronica veteran Mike Paradians, primal electronics from James Holden, and a classic cut from Ulrich Schnauss.

Morning Glory 15th July 2013 by Lost Idol on Mixcloud

Snook's been to Iceland

Once upon a time, not so long ago, I ran a record label by the name of Cookshop - that's another tale in itself - and on that label I released an EP by an enigmatic chap residing in Bristol named Zoon van snooK. A few years on and here we have the second full length album from the man himself, sadly not released by me but thankfully picked up by the good folk at Lo Recordings who have had the sense (and probably the pennies to rub together) to give this great artist the wider exposure he so rightly deserves.

Shimmering drone, wheezing melodica and a slow piano motif soundtrack our embarkment onto the mythical 'bridge between life and death'. As the record unfurls, in wonderfully unhurried fashion, we are treated to concise instrumental pieces, highly melodic in nature, that combine traditional instruments of all shapes and sizes - plucked, hammered, bowed and blown - with subtle electronic flourishes, found sounds and carefully sculpted beats.

Much of the record was inspired by and indeed recorded in Iceland; having been fortunate enough to once visit this magical place, I can say this record perfectly captures the mysterious beauty of the landscape and the effervescent eccentricity of its inhabitants; indeed a fair few locals lend Snook a hand here, including members of Amiina, Benni Hemm Hemm and Sin Fang.

Immediate (lazy) comparisons could be drawn to the likes of Mum, Four Tet, Psapp and Tunng, however Zoon van snooK has clearly been influenced moreover by a specific place, its dwellers, and their traditions and musics of old.

Zoon van snooK's 'The Bridge Between Life & Death' is released by Lo Recordings on 10th June.

Morning Glory 3rd June 2013

Morning Glory stirs post-apocalypse, with Boards of Canada, Murcof and The Sight Below providing an unsettling electronic score. We then turn to Focus Group and Siriusmo for light relief, ending on an epic note with new music from Jon Hopkins.

Morning Glory 3rd June 2013 by Lost Idol on Mixcloud

Morning Glory 20th May 2013

Open your mind! Lend me your ears! This week, new music from Pilote, Jon Hopkins, Zoon Van Snook and another exlusive from The Cutler, alongside Richard Skelton, The Books, and Kid A.

Morning Glory 20th May 2013 by Lost Idol on Mixcloud

Morning Glory 22nd April 2013

Another wayward trip through ambient, downtempo, electronica and generally far out sounds courtesy of Pieter Nooten, Planivaar, Colleen, Floating Points, Bullion and more.

Morning Glory 22nd April 2013 by Lost Idol on Mixcloud

new BoC transmission?

A mysterious shipment of vinyl arrived at a record store in New York for this year's Record Store Day, apparently containing a 20 second snippet of new material from the legendary Scottish electronica duo Boards of Canada. In typical BoC style, the vinyl also includes a spoken series of numbers (9, 3, 6, 5, 5, 7), a clue to who knows what?

Whether or not this is genuine remains to be seen, but it's a great story nonetheless and continues to fuel the unextinguishable flame that burns bright around the highly secretive band.

More about the story over at the 2020k blog.

And here's that tantalising snippet...

Morning Glory Radio 7th April 2013

Morning Glory 7th April 2013 by Lost Idol on Mixcloud