Coming soon...

Book and CD together at last...

Thursday 19th September saw the official release of the book 'Tales from the Black Meadow' at what seemed like a secret gathering at Reading Central Library.

The book, written by fellow Soulless Party collaborator Chris Lambert, is a haunting tome which ably gathers together the fascinating historical stories and ancient tales discovered by Professor Roger Mullins - an obsessive of the Black Meadow.

Why not read the tales with a copy of your 'Tales from the Black Meadow' CD? It could surely add to an all round sonic experience for you.

Don't forget both book and CD are on sale now.
You can buy the book from Amazon here and the 25 track double CD is still available here

Soulless Central cordially invites you...

For viewers of Soulless Central...

This September, we are holding a special evening of music,film and drama based on the legend of the Black Meadow.

If this is geographically suited to you, please do pop along..

The Brightwater Archive

In 1968 Professor Roger Mullins of the University of York gained access to the Brightwater Archive. The archive contains a wealth of material on the Black Meadow disappearances between 1911 and 1930. Following Lord Brightwater’s resignation in the early 1930′s the files were seized and held by the Home Office until the late 1960′s when they were opened up at the request of Professor Mullins for a research project.

When Professor Mullins disappeared whilst exploring Black Meadow in 1972 the files were closed. Under the Freedom of Information Act the public are now allowed access to these files. Over the next few years we will be sifting through and publishing pertinent information on one of the greatest cover-ups of the 20th century.

Now you can keep abreast with Mullins' findings by following this official Brightwater Archive site

Prepare to enter the Black Meadow...

The New Soulless Party album has arrived... There's no song and dance here. No build up. This will be an ongoing and expanding series.. There will also be a book entitled 'Tales from the Black Meadow' which will be following shortly. Feel free to enter in to this world of recently discovered folklore, myth and wonder.. Listen at first, then decide if you want to know more..

Here's an announcement for teachers...

September - and that means a return to school. Or should that be a return to the past?

Back to School by Soulless Central Radio on Mixcloud

Tales from the Black Meadow: The Watcher from the Village

NOTICE: Work continues apace with the gathering and collating of various pieces surrounding the mystery of the Black Meadow.. We can only post our findings in a limited fashion presently i'm afraid. We apologise for the prolonged spell's of silence on this matter.. The Mullins estate has instructed that we don't release full details until all work has been completed.. Until that time, here is another rare finding from the Mullin's archives for now..

In Production...

Timeslip before your eyes...

We love a bit of Timeslippery shenanigans here at SC.
Take a look at this joyously geeky video from Prague..

It's of a 600 year old Astronimical clock tower being subjected to clever video mapping images beamed on to it's front.

The images are something else, showing a kind of 'timeslip' of the buildings past, present and possible future..

The 600 Years from the macula on Vimeo.

Electronic Encounters - The Special Edition is out now..

For anyone interested.. The joint sci-fi project that is 'Electronic Encounters - The Special Edition' is out now..



Lots of new artists added to the throng and some CE3K style artwork freely downloadable too!
Grab your FREE copy here

Coming soon...

February 29th 2012...

Due to the overwhelming response from the original 'Electronic Encounters' album back in August 2011, we are proud to announce a 'Special Edition' release of the album which is to include several new songs added to the existing album.

Here is just a quick taster of who to expect on this Special Edition...

Sarah Angliss:

Soft Metals:

OS OVNI:

Spacebuoy:

Chris Lambert

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Soulless Central presents: Top 7 Albums of 2011

It's that time of year where many music blogs, magazines, websites and what have you start waxing lyrical about what they consider to be their top 10 albums of the year etc..

Here at Soulless Central, you'll never find the likes of Adele, Professor Green(?), Coldplay or other such R&B/hip-hop nonesense that seem to dominate (what were) our music charts in our list...

The internet is certainly where it's at these days..

while the radio churns out 'spoon fed' manafactured trash on a daily basis, the T'internet is a veritable breeding ground for homegrown talent..

Please attend, as i list my TOP 7 (just to be different) albums of 2011..

7. John Foxx and The Maths - Interplay



6. Grouper - AIA




5. Geigertek (Neil Fellowes) - Soundtrack for City Living



4. Pye Corner Audio - Black Mill Tapes Vol 2: Do You Synthesize?



3. Spacedog - Juice for the Baby



2. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves




1. The Advisory Circle - As the Crow Flies

New Soulless Central mix: Time-Slips

Time-Slips by Soulless Central Radio on Mixcloud

Winter's coming..

Winter draws ever closer and here to prepare you for the long haul is a new Soulless Party Mix.. Though i must warn you.. It's quite scary..

The Aethereus Mix by Soulless Central Radio on Mixcloud

Soulless Party interview..

Those pleasant chaps over at Project Moonbase have put up the full Soulless Party interview on their blog page.. You can hear how the idea for Electronic Encounters came about and a little bit more on The Soulless Party's background...

Project Moonbase PMB045B: Kev Oyston Interview

Visit the Project Moonbase website to hear more from the recent future

The 'secret project' has landed...

Finally, The Electronic Encounters album is here.. Relax, and drift away to another cosmos or imagine you're part of this classic Spielberg movie. Enjoy sounds from the likes of the brilliant Pye Corner Audio, the lovely Golau Glau or enjoy the light heartedness of the sublime Dolly Dolly..
Drift off to another galaxy with the dreamy sounds of Neil Fellowes or communicate with another species with the funky Sublevel, or why not Check out Devil's Tower with the likes of Vic Mars and The Soulless Party.. All these artist's feature and more with ELECTRONIC ENCOUNTERS...

Download your FREE copy now from here

New mix all about electronic music..

Electronics in Music by Soullessparty on Mixcloud

Bonjour from Monroeville

The boffin's at the Monroeville Music centre have been boffining away hard at their new release, Les Défauts des Fabrication.

Tweaky, scrathcy and down right sublime, Its an EP filled with character about actual 'real' characters...(Really check them out!)

This little gem has a rightful place on anyones tape deck.. Canadian Radiophonics anyone? :)

I highly recommend you get this as soon as it is fully released for cassette..

Meantime you can download a couple of tracks from Les Défauts des Fabrication here

Today would be a good time to do that.. ;)

The music of the clock...

The thing i loved most about german electronic wizards Kraftwerk, was their uncanny ability to write brilliant and mesmerizing music to accompany such mundane everyday objects and concepts such as motorway's, computer's or bicycles..

I used to anticipate their next album being about a radiator or a greenhouse...
Alas, those albums never came in to being..

Today, we bearly find a 'concept' album of such ilk in the music shops or in the 'music' chart. (Its not even a chart anymore but more of a 'menu' for kids.)

However, who should step up to the mark to fulfill our cravings of a concept album but good old Jon Brooks.

Yes it is he of 'The Advisory Cirle' and 'Cafe Kaput' fame who has 'kraftily' put together this polished little 'werk' of art, giving us all a new everyday concept and object to marvel about!

The humble alarm clock.

Not just any alarm clock though... Its the Braun AB-30 alarm clock to be precise and this little album is dedicated to it and it's creator Deiter Rams.



Born in 1932 in Hesse, Germany Deiter Rams started out his working life as an architect and carpenter.

In the 1950's He joined electronic manafacturers Braun to become their head designer.

In his time there he helped create cutting edge Slide projectors, Record Players and shelving systems but more notably he was the brain behind the Braun AB-30 alarm clock.

Jon Brooks recieved this clock for his 15th birthday, no doubt spending every waking hour of his young life hitting the snooze button and probably, as we all do, taking the clock for granted.. Until later on in life where he hit upon the idea to take this beloved clock and 'break it down' as it were.

Sampling every click, drone, beep and tick, Brooks has deftly put together and organized these 'filtered' samples turning them in to charming pieces of electronic and very 'germanic' sounding music..

One can immediately reference the usual references like i have at the start of this piece, but listen carefully to how he exercises these samples and you will start to hear shade's of 'The Art of Noise'!

I am, and no doubt forever will be a fan of Mr. Brooks's music.
I gush like a school girl at every release he and fellow Ghostboxer (Rev.) Jim Jupp have made and i find both of their respective works inspiring to say the least.

Both have somehow, singlehandedly created the soundtrack to my childhood.. Or perhaps it was 'a' childhood that never was..
Whatever it was, it wasnt Bucks Fizz or Bay City Rollers i kept hearing being played on the wireless in the background..

No!it was Brooks and Jupp!

To download Jon Brooks 'Music for Deiter Rams' Here's a link

Download it now!.. :)