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Every year, warofnature.com selects unmissable new records. Albums that – in our humble opinion – stand out from the crowd. A ‘top 10’ this year, plus some top tunes as a bonus just for you. And a playlist. Reviewed in one sentence, more or less. But before we get to the list, a summing up, as per. Last year’s selection was an altogether gentler affair, and featured zithers (Blue lake), found…

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Every year, warofnature.com selects unmissable new records. Albums that in some way stand out from the crowd. Ten of them this year. Reviewed in one sentence. But before we get to the list, a summing up. 2023’s list features handcrafted zithers (Blue lake), shopping mall ambiences (Mandy, Indiana), noisiness (Gum Takes Tooth, Water From Your Eyes), and bedroom recordings (@). Even some…

This one came out interesting at their gig at Concorde2 last week.

22 superlative long players from 2022. The best, most unmissable records of the year from warofnature.com

Listen up: these are the best, most unmissable albums of 2022 from warofnature.com. There is an increase in dystopian, fractured, angry and generally dysfunctional music this year. Perhaps it’s a sign of the times, perhaps it’s just the bubble we have selected for ourselves, but it seems right and fitting that there should be music this year that confronts the world’s issues (racism, social…

warofnature’s best albums of 2021 – the peaks and troughs of another year of broken boundaries

Ten superlative long players from 2021. The peaks and troughs of another year of broken boundaries. Playlist below. Enjoy. Top singles here. 1. Deerhoof – Actually, You Can. OK it’s not like I’ve got shares in the band or anything, but I’ve lost count of the number of times they’ve ended up in my year end ‘best of’. And each time I take a good hard look myself in the mirror, wave a waggy…

warofnature’s best singles of 2021 – music to make your heart high

I was going to write something. About having Covid again. About what a shite year it’s been – and also a brilliant one. But realised that’s all blah, blah, blah. Let the music speak for itself. Here’s warofnature’s top 10 singles – and a playlist of more. Albums to follow. Enjoy. 1. Heartlow – Jane Weaver. Other than the Welsh National Anthem (RIP, Mum), my most played record of the year.…

New book – ‘Being in Nature’ – published now

The book is aimed at readers who want to feel calmer, healthier, and make the most of their time outdoors. Illustrated by Lucy Williams – award winning artist who designed the signs for Brighton Pier and the Open Market – the book sets out some simple practices, the science behind why they work, and makes suggestions for simple things we can do in our day to day lives to benefit the…

Brighton Beach Box Brownie Brownie 2A (Made in Canada), 1 hour exposure.

Box Brownie pinhole experiments in Cornwall

Box Brownie modified for long exposure with out of date B&W photographic paper. flowers mannequin hand

inky depths – inkcap gathers pace as an excellent new outlet for nature writing that has something important to say

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back (Nikonos) II nature

More images with a Nikonos II camera.

the sound of biodiversity – live stream from Berlin’s museum of natural history…producer Dominik Eulberg makes music inspired by nature

How many of these environmentalists do you know? #blackhistory should be every month not just in October – so here are some people doing brilliant work that deserve the spotlight

The environment sector is whiter than white. In the UK as a whole, according to a study by Policy Exchange, only 0.06% of environment professionals are from ethnicities other than White British. This is second only to farming in lists of least diverse occupations. In both sectors, the numbers of workers from Asian, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, other Asian, Black or Mixed ethnic groups are so…

warofnature’s best music of 2020 – a soundtrack to the year of the rat

The best music of 2020 was dark and dystopian to a degree – I suspect 2021 will be next level dark, once releases catch up. No more preamble, we all know how shite the year was. The year of the rat, no less. There were a lot of incredible records though. Here’s the top 10 albums – and a playlist of more. 1. Protomartyr – Ultimate Success Today 2. Run The Jewels – RTJ4 3. Little Simz – Drop…

board poarn – a surfboard design collection

This has been curated by warofnature over the years…otherwise known in Pinterest circles as stopitrightnow.

All wave sliders will appreciate a browse…

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/stopitrightnow/board-poarn/

Recent snaps. More at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fpix

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