John Garner
@johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com
Violin & Shakuhachi | https://johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com/ | https://johngarner.co.uk
Director of Turquoise Coconut Records | https://turquoisecoconut.com
Co-director of Mudita Arts |
https://muditaarts.co.uk
Director of Turquoise Coconut Records | https://turquoisecoconut.com
Co-director of Mudita Arts |
https://muditaarts.co.uk
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John Garner
@johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com
· May 12
Stoked about this! @subvert.fm offers a clear path for digital music in a nightmarish industry. Check it out now. subvert.fm/johngarner
One hour to go on 40% discounts on digital albums on the Turquoise Coconut label Bandcamp page with code ‘hooray4coconuts’! turquoisecoconut.bandcamp.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
One hour to go on 40% discounts on digital albums on the Turquoise Coconut label Bandcamp page with code ‘hooray4coconuts’! turquoisecoconut.bandcamp.com
40% off all digital releases today on Turquoise Coconut with the code hooray4coconuts. I take no commission as a label — all money goes directly to the artist/charity. All support greatly appreciated! turquoisecoconut.bandcamp.com
Turquoise Coconut
UK-based independent record label and podcast.
Releases available exclusively on Bandcamp.
New music for curious ears.
#keeplifecolourful
Strictly AI free.
turquoisecoconut.bandcamp.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:16 AM
40% off all digital releases today on Turquoise Coconut with the code hooray4coconuts. I take no commission as a label — all money goes directly to the artist/charity. All support greatly appreciated! turquoisecoconut.bandcamp.com
A week of new records! Thanks to German label Adventurous Music for releasing this duo EP of shakuhachi/classical guitar improvisations. adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/wild-b...
Wild Breath, by John Garner & Martin Donkin
5 track album
adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A week of new records! Thanks to German label Adventurous Music for releasing this duo EP of shakuhachi/classical guitar improvisations. adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/wild-b...
Out today on New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings, with poet Nisha Ramayya and bassist @basspope.bsky.social! A phantasmagorical ride through free jazz, experimental spoken word, Tantra, Zen, magick, and more. Available on CD or digital. johnpope.bandcamp.com/album/new-wa...
September 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Out today on New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings, with poet Nisha Ramayya and bassist @basspope.bsky.social! A phantasmagorical ride through free jazz, experimental spoken word, Tantra, Zen, magick, and more. Available on CD or digital. johnpope.bandcamp.com/album/new-wa...
Turquoise Coconut (the label I run) features in this fab edition of Means Magazine! Support grassroots music and publications.
All UK orders have now shipped - EU/US ships tomorrow.
We've never had so good feedback for an issue, really excited to see this peoples hands.
Please consider picking up a copy to support our work supporting the grassroots!
meansmag.bandcamp.com/merch/means-...
We've never had so good feedback for an issue, really excited to see this peoples hands.
Please consider picking up a copy to support our work supporting the grassroots!
meansmag.bandcamp.com/merch/means-...
MEANS 7: You Can't Climb a Tree With Dead Roots from MEANS
MEANS 7: You Can't Climb a Tree With Dead Roots from MEANS
meansmag.bandcamp.com
September 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Turquoise Coconut (the label I run) features in this fab edition of Means Magazine! Support grassroots music and publications.
New shakuhachi/guitar duos from me and Martin Donkin. youtu.be/DrfTiGCcjH4?...
Stories from the Dene (jinashi shakuhachi/classical guitar)
YouTube video by John Garner
youtu.be
September 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM
New shakuhachi/guitar duos from me and Martin Donkin. youtu.be/DrfTiGCcjH4?...
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There was a time when Steven Pinker was the media's favourite scientist. Then came the debunking of his field of study, a flirtation with “race science”, and links to Epstein
Journalist and cultural critic @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social dissects what went wrong 🔗👇
Journalist and cultural critic @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social dissects what went wrong 🔗👇
September 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM
There was a time when Steven Pinker was the media's favourite scientist. Then came the debunking of his field of study, a flirtation with “race science”, and links to Epstein
Journalist and cultural critic @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social dissects what went wrong 🔗👇
Journalist and cultural critic @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social dissects what went wrong 🔗👇
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When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music
September 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music
@awasteofredmeat.bsky.social @difficultart.bsky.social thought this zine may be of interest: criticalminded.org/downloads/CR...
criticalminded.org
September 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
@awasteofredmeat.bsky.social @difficultart.bsky.social thought this zine may be of interest: criticalminded.org/downloads/CR...
New series of live ambient albums launched today with @basspope.bsky.social and Athol Cassidy: triangulumhall.bandcamp.com
Triangulum Hall
Live ambient trio named after a glorious reverb preset by audio designers Valhalla. Patiently unfolding tapestries, channelling, and devotion. Slow-motion Allan Holdsworth meets Wendy Carlos meets Wat...
triangulumhall.bandcamp.com
September 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
New series of live ambient albums launched today with @basspope.bsky.social and Athol Cassidy: triangulumhall.bandcamp.com
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Politico journalist reporting Labour getting nervous already about their blank cheque for new data centres.
Keep up the pressure folks.
It's the people Vs the tech bros
👇🏽
Keep up the pressure folks.
It's the people Vs the tech bros
👇🏽
August 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Politico journalist reporting Labour getting nervous already about their blank cheque for new data centres.
Keep up the pressure folks.
It's the people Vs the tech bros
👇🏽
Keep up the pressure folks.
It's the people Vs the tech bros
👇🏽
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So the allegation of plagiarism in his PhD was investigated and dismissed. It turns out he did run all those marathons. So tell me, precisely, all you online sleuths — what exactly did Jason Arday do wrong?
(Apart from being the wrong class and colour of course)
(Apart from being the wrong class and colour of course)
August 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM
So the allegation of plagiarism in his PhD was investigated and dismissed. It turns out he did run all those marathons. So tell me, precisely, all you online sleuths — what exactly did Jason Arday do wrong?
(Apart from being the wrong class and colour of course)
(Apart from being the wrong class and colour of course)
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NEW STEWART LEE column
The climate crisis requires concerted global opposition to Trump and the fossil fuel industry, not just restrictions on corner shops selling grills
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
The climate crisis requires concerted global opposition to Trump and the fossil fuel industry, not just restrictions on corner shops selling grills
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
August 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
NEW STEWART LEE column
The climate crisis requires concerted global opposition to Trump and the fossil fuel industry, not just restrictions on corner shops selling grills
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
The climate crisis requires concerted global opposition to Trump and the fossil fuel industry, not just restrictions on corner shops selling grills
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
New record out today on Turquoise Coconut. Three delicious works from legends of minimalism, exquisitely rendered by a master saxophonist. carlraven.bandcamp.com/album/glass-...
August 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
New record out today on Turquoise Coconut. Three delicious works from legends of minimalism, exquisitely rendered by a master saxophonist. carlraven.bandcamp.com/album/glass-...
Three Bandcamp Friday purchases from me. First up, the first release from label Shhh/Peaceful with the eponymous ‘Lero Lero’. shhhpeaceful.bandcamp.com/album/lero-l...
Lero Lero, by Lero Lero
9 track album
shhhpeaceful.bandcamp.com
August 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Three Bandcamp Friday purchases from me. First up, the first release from label Shhh/Peaceful with the eponymous ‘Lero Lero’. shhhpeaceful.bandcamp.com/album/lero-l...
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Tomorrow on DAAM: two new pre-order albums exploring inter-generational drone and Welsh-language speculative history. To say they are both incredible and unfathomably unusual would be an understatement.
Grab them from our bandcamp first thing tomorrow!
difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com
Grab them from our bandcamp first thing tomorrow!
difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com
August 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Tomorrow on DAAM: two new pre-order albums exploring inter-generational drone and Welsh-language speculative history. To say they are both incredible and unfathomably unusual would be an understatement.
Grab them from our bandcamp first thing tomorrow!
difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com
Grab them from our bandcamp first thing tomorrow!
difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com
Join me at 20:00 GMT+1 tonight for a free listening party ahead of the release of saxophonist Carl Raven’s new LP ‘glass riley reich’ on Monday. It’s a beautiful sonic space in which to pass a Thursday evening! carlraven.bandcamp.com/album/glass-...
glass riley reich, by Carl Raven
14 track album
carlraven.bandcamp.com
August 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Join me at 20:00 GMT+1 tonight for a free listening party ahead of the release of saxophonist Carl Raven’s new LP ‘glass riley reich’ on Monday. It’s a beautiful sonic space in which to pass a Thursday evening! carlraven.bandcamp.com/album/glass-...
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August 5, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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“Everyone has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies”: Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net on why the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
August 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
“Everyone has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies”: Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net on why the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Pope/Garner/Byrne/Roth- Harvester
@basspope.bsky.social and @johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com and friends straight up ripping it. Worth it for the blast of heat that comes at the start of "Happy Face, No Crown."
johnpope.bandcamp.com/album/harves...
@basspope.bsky.social and @johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com and friends straight up ripping it. Worth it for the blast of heat that comes at the start of "Happy Face, No Crown."
johnpope.bandcamp.com/album/harves...
Harvester, by Pope / Garner / Byrne / Roth
5 track album
johnpope.bandcamp.com
August 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Pope/Garner/Byrne/Roth- Harvester
@basspope.bsky.social and @johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com and friends straight up ripping it. Worth it for the blast of heat that comes at the start of "Happy Face, No Crown."
johnpope.bandcamp.com/album/harves...
@basspope.bsky.social and @johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com and friends straight up ripping it. Worth it for the blast of heat that comes at the start of "Happy Face, No Crown."
johnpope.bandcamp.com/album/harves...
