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Glastonbury? Schmastonbury! Currently my only remaining UK gig of the year will be at @CastlesInSpace Levitation on Saturday 5th October. Appearing with James Holden, The Soundcarriers, System 7 and veritable who's who of Castles In Space artistes.

Levitation '24 at Bedford Esquires

Castles in Space presents our annual festival of electronic music and ideas.

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@RuncornPlan

1 year

If I wasn’t clear enough before, fuck fascists. And if you have “legitimate concerns” about migration, trans people, how poor people use their money or anything called “woke”, stop buying my records and get the fuck out of my feed.

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2 years

Do you know where else BoJo, Truss and Ben Wallace are barred from? My house. The bastards.

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The Nation's Most Central Location, my fourth album will be released on 19th May 2023. Available on vinyl, digital and CD from @CastlesInSpace . It will be released with an exclusive edition for @RoughTrade with an exclusive vinyl variant and postcard.

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I made @ElectronicMagUK magazine no.1 Album of the Year. What can I say but thank you! Thank you to @CastlesInSpace for doing all the hard work, and thank you to everyone who bought a record or came to a gig this year.

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As a fan of Brutalism, I do grow weary of posts and coffee table books praising obvious subjects like Trellick Tower and Preston Bus Station. Give me the Brutalism that’s too ugly for postcards! Give me the old Preston Market, Bradford town centre, and, of course, Runcorn.

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Ian Brown, Richard Madeley and friends.

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@Luiseach Its all in the cheekbones.

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Holy Balls. This is outstanding.

Breaking More Waves

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Nice to see to @RuncornPlan becoming the filling between Harry Styles and Arctic Monkeys in this week’s official UK vinyl charts.

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I’m still pinching myself about this.

Vince Clarke remixes Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan | Juno Daily

Hear a rare Vince Clarke remix of the first track to emerge from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan's imminent new album

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4 years

Look at this beautiful thing! 12 inches of yellow wax coming in February via the astonishingly brilliant @CastlesInSpace

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@RuncornPlan

3 months

NEW ALBUM COMING SOON!

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9 months

Maybe capitalism decided Bandcamp had to be destroyed because we can't be allowed a successful, profitable internet model that actually empowers individual creators and artists. Because fuck those guys, my algorithm can do it cheaper.

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The new EP Building A New Town takes Warrington-Runcorn back to the early 1970s for four tracks of folk-tinged ambient electronica. It'll be released on 25th August on Autumn Gold splatter via the ever amazing @CastlesInSpace

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Take your $8 a month, go to Bandcamp and buy an album from an artist you've never heard of before. Your life will be immeasurably better.

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@mrnickharvey Not much has changed but they live underwater.

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2 years

This is astonishing. Thank you everyone.

Castles in Space

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2 years

Huge congratulations to @RuncornPlan on achieving a number 60 placing of 'Districts, Roads, Open Space" in the national album chart. 👏👏👏

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Reader, I filled it.

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No.6 in the Independent Albums chart! Thank you all!

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2 years

I finally own a copy of the actual Runcorn New Town Development Plan!

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1 year

I think this chart is the one that's impressed me most. 13th in the Record Store charts is pretty incredible considering it includes sales from HMV and our records don't even go there. That's 13th entirely due to independent stores. 🙏🙏🙏

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2 years

Does anyone have any more photos, maps or video of the Southgate Estate in #Runcorn from the late 70s? I only have a handful of images and they only hint at what a unique development it was.

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@RuncornPlan

9 months

Absolutely bricking it about performing with Wolfgang Flur tonight. What do you even say to a man who completely revolutionised music to such an extent that it's still held up as the paradigm of perfection today?

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Thank you all so much! Your Community Hub is at #19 in the UK Album Sales Chart. Hear or get it at:

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Watching some of Aphex’s recent live shows bootlegged on YouTube. Why isn’t he headlining Glastonbury, for god’s sake?

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@RuncornPlan

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So 2023, that’s a wrap! 20 gigs in 38 weeks has been exhausting but it’s been fun. Over 6,500 miles driven. Thank you to everyone who bought a record, came to a gig, told their friends about me, played me on radio show, wrote a review, and made this all possible.

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1 year

Two albums in the top eight best selling electronic releases on @Bandcamp . Thank you folks! 🙏

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3 years

Is that the second biggest selling electronic record today on Bandcamp? Just after Bicep? I’m overwhelmed. I think I’ve only ever sold 35 copies of something before.

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2 years

Time for some traditional Christmas music.

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NEW ALBUM COMING SOON! YOUR COMMUNITY HUB LP - 24 May 2024 on vinyl, CD, digital and streaming. A SHARED SENSE OF PURPOSE Single - 26 April 2024, on 7", 12", digital and streaming, featuring an exclusive remix from Vince Clarke. All at

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Thank you to everyone who bought a record or came to see me in the last 3 months or just said hello. Its been a bit overwhelming, I didn’t expect 2,000 records to sell out (in some places) in a day.

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RIP Sinead O’Connor. An incredibly brave woman, and the best voice of her generation. I saw her perform with Massive Attack and she’s the best singer I’ve ever seen.

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@RuncornPlan

2 years

Coming soon, in bottle green, via @weare1of100 . Pre-orders very soon!

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1 year

Test pressing for album 4, anyone?

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@RuncornPlan

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In the next 12 months, I'll be putting out: - one new album - two EPs - reissues of Interim Report, March 1979 and The Nation's Most Central Location - a non-WR album on the @CastlesInSpace subscription library - doing more gigs than I've ever done before

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2 years

Imagine paying $44bn to role play as a 2004 phpBB admin.

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Well its not everyday you find yourself in a magazine! Many thanks to @ElectronicMagUK and @Bob_Fischer !

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1 year

So in the past weekend we have a transphobic murder, fascist gangs attack a hotel housing refugees and the Tory party deputy chairman hanging out with neo-Nazis, but the real fascists are the people who ask that you recognise their pronouns? Fuck. This.

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Some of us were into New Towns before they were cool, Keir.

The Labour Party

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ANNOUNCEMENT: With @Keir_Starmer as Prime Minister, Labour will build the next generation of new towns.

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Catch me on @state51 ’s YouTube tomorrow at noon, playing 3 songs from Your Community Hub.

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Finally found time to listen to my own record. It’s alright, innit?

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1 year

An athlete at their peak.

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Evening.

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My favourite bit of @Scarfolk here in Whitby.

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335,000 people died from Tory austerity. Killed by a deliberate choice of his party. Going without Sky TV so your parents could put you through Winchester College is not sacrifice or suffering. Fuck you.

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2 months

In the new issue of Mojo: A rain-soaked electronic lament for a lost concrete future, like missing the last bus at the end of the world.

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Thank you everyone for making Your Community Hub the biggest seller on @Bandcamp today, with the 7” single not too far behind. 🙏🙏🙏

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Many thanks for 2023 everyone. Lots to look forward to in 2024, including lots more live dates, an album, EP and a single featuring a remix from one Mr Vincent Clarke.

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The new album, The Nation's Most Central Location will be released on 19 May 2023 on vinyl, CD and digital. Available for pre-order now from independent record stores. #CastlesInSpace #ElectronicMusic #Runcorn

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1 year

Chuffed to announce my first trip to Birmingham to support a living legend!

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2 years

TYPEFACE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN PEOPLE: I’m wondering if there are any fonts out there that suggest “local authority with a grand vision in the mid-late 70s” other than Helvetica?

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9 months

As well as the deluxe vinyl repress coming this Friday, there’s also the CD and cassette! Check this out!

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@RuncornPlan

2 years

Out this Friday!

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1 year

I find it pretty funny that I make music about the modernity of a town, and when I actually play that town, I’m playing in the 1,000 year old ruins of a Norman castle.

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Just got my copies of album 4. Oof. I think you are going to like this. Its certainly the nicest looking of the four. Find out more on Monday at 9am.

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2 years

The third Warrington-Runcorn album will be on @CastlesInSpace issue number CiS101. It is called “Districts, Roads, Open Space” and will certainly contain lots of open space.

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Enjoying the fact that I seem to have inspired lots of people to re-listen to Jean Michel Jarre. A most deserving and criminally underrated musician. Lacking the conceptual framework of Kraftwerk, but every bit their musical and technical equals.

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Take me down to the Shopping City Where the tiles are white and the walls are gritty

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1 year

I tell you how to stop the boats, Sue Ellen. You open legal routes for refugees and asylum seekers to come to the UK, removing the need for boats and human traffickers. The downside is you wouldn’t be able to politicise a tiny issue and convert it into votes from racists.

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan Friday 7th October Release of Districts, Roads, Open Space the third album on green and camouflage vinyl. Re-issue of People & Industry on transparent blue vinyl. All three albums available on compact disc.

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@RuncornPlan

2 years

Little preview for you folks…

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@ThreatNotation Ambient electronic musicians: I press this button and it goes “wooooosh” for three days

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DISTRICTS, ROADS, OPEN SPACE 8am, Friday 7th October Bright green vinyl, camouflage vinyl (limited), CD and download.

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I’m going to be announcing Album 4 next week… its arrived with @CastlesInSpace from the pressing plant. And this week I submitted Album 5 for consideration! Don’t expect that till 2024 though.

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This is insane. Sold out of the yellow vinyl in 9 minutes. What the blooming heckerslike? Don’t worry, plenty of the white vinyl left!

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I’m sick of being represented by this pathetic, fat, ignorant, disrespectful fuck.

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Ignore it to the best of my ability.

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Are you planning anything special for the coronation of King Charles III on May 6th?

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I've just heard from the incredible @CastlesInSpace that album 3 - Districts, Roads, Open Space - and the repress of People & Industry have arrived Chez Spacey Castles. These are for release on Friday 7th October.

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1 year

I fixed that Heidi video. #HeidiTwin

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The Nation's Most Central Location is Electronic Sound Magazine's Album Of The Year! It also features in Norman Records and Rough Trade's annual round ups. If you've missed out so far, its available on vinyl, CD, digital and streaming.

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For those interested, here are the transparent orange and vibrant orange versions of The Nation’s Most Central Location. Either looks stunning.

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YOUR COMMUNITY HUB is out now on streaming, Bandcamp and in stores.

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Its not everyday you’re on the front cover of a magazine, but the latest issue of @ThePlanner_RTPI features an interview with me. I think its a subscription only offer though, I’m afraid.

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RIP Ryuichi. A true master.

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Auntie Mabel and Pippin must have had a colossal carbon footprint. They got in their plane just to post a letter. The absolute bastards.

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2 years

For those that missed it, here’s Stuart Maconie’s Hauntology Freak Zone special.

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2 years

Here’s a clip from @EOTR yesterday. Still utterly blown away by the experience!

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@RuncornPlan

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Just for context my first album sold 300 copies with no press or publicity, just using social media in its first 9 minutes on sale. Its now on its fourth pressing, out tomorrow, which has already sold more than 390 copies in pre-sales. Fuck you, Glinner.

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I hope you all have a very peaceful and happy Christmas. Thank you all for your support this past year, it has been incredible. I have plenty more music and live gigs lined up for you next year. See you out there, folks.

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Summer 2023

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Here’s all the dates for my Autumn 2023 tour! @CastlesInSpace @byhut @hymnsforrobots @InDropped @silentsnakegang @ENDLESS_WINDOW @Live_Ade @dareshack

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Equinoxe. What. An. Album.

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Going to have some tshirts at future gigs, starting with @TheRoseHillArts in Brighton this Saturday. Available at gigs only in orange or black, and in a range of sizes.

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@SoozUK Prodigy’s Firestarter got record complaints on Top of the Pops and its literally just a bloke in a tunnel.

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Release date for new 12"/7" single, A Shared Sense Of Purpose has been pushed to Friday 10th May. The special 7" pressing has taken the pressing plant slightly longer than they thought, and we want to have the stock before we go live.

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Coincidentally, we also put in the order today for the vinyl of the follow up album, due in April 2024. There will be a single to precede it too, due March ish.

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@RuncornPlan

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I made @ElectronicMagUK magazine no.1 Album of the Year. What can I say but thank you! Thank you to @CastlesInSpace for doing all the hard work, and thank you to everyone who bought a record or came to a gig this year.

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My subtle political messaging in action.

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The correct attire for any self respecting Electronica artiste! @RuncornPlan @werrafoxma #Lancaster

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Your Community Hub - Bandcamp exclusive black splatter option. Available tomorrow from 8am at

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RECORDS UPDATE The 3rd album, 'Districts, Roads, Open Space' will be released on green vinyl (via stores) and green camouflage vinyl (via Bandcamp) in Autumn 2022 through the wonderful @CastlesInSpace . A 4th album and an EP are also in the can and mastered. Expect these 2023.

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I was not expecting to be the first thing you see on the Rough Trade website today.

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2 years

Range Rover body kits. For when your idiot nobhead wagon doesn't scream "idiot nobhead" loud enough.

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I wonder what percentage of my love for Brutalism is from being enchanted as a kid by the ridiculous over-engineering in the works of Gerry Anderson?

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Ok, I’ve got a spare 7” from Bedford. I’m going to stick it on Ebay and and donate all the money from it to @Mermaids_Gender , a charity helping transitioning children. This is after trans teenager Brianna Ghey was murdered in Warrington earlier this month. Links later. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Interim Report, March 1979 - special edition Coming 20 October on deluxe gatefold vinyl taken from a new vinyl master, with an accompanying 7" of two previously unreleased tracks. Available from @CastlesInSpace on Bandcamp and independent record stores.

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Any booking agents out there looking to take on what the Financial Times described as “one middle-aged man and his electronics set up”?

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The @CastlesInSpace Bedford posse in the house! @stephenjbuckley @FLCartographer

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And we're off!

The Nation's Most Central Location., by Warrington-Runcorn New Town...

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Everyone got their alarms set? Just over 11 hours till The Nation's Most Central Location hits @Bandcamp .

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2 years

Tonight’s gear.

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2 years

To those seeking to ban and outlaw striking, this is your reminder that strikes were developed as a civilised compromise. Up till then the usual approach was to kill the mill owner, burn down the mill and lead a workers army to march on Parliament.

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And we’re out!