Lachlan R. Dale
@lxch.bsky.social
Experimental music + Eastern classical music. Buddhism, meditation & literature.
Sydney Uni Book Fair haul. $4 each. Reasonable and proportionate.
September 12, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Sydney Uni Book Fair haul. $4 each. Reasonable and proportionate.
Reposted by Lachlan R. Dale
Gorgeous from @lxch.bsky.social youtu.be/F3pTtkPTdoM?...
Joseph Rabjohns & Lachlan R. Dale - Like Falling Leaves (live at So Soap Studio)
YouTube video by Art As Catharsis
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September 8, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Gorgeous from @lxch.bsky.social youtu.be/F3pTtkPTdoM?...
Art As Catharsis' 15 year anniversary was photographed and reviewed by Hook Riff & Banger - beautiful shots!
A huge thank you to the team, their constant support of the local music scene is inspiring.
hookriffandbanger.net/2026/08/23/1...
A huge thank you to the team, their constant support of the local music scene is inspiring.
hookriffandbanger.net/2026/08/23/1...
15 Years of Art As Catharsis @ The Bendigo Hotel
Artists: Ghostsmoker, Convulsing, Brian Campeau, Black Aleph, Saleeha & TVISB, Instrumental (adj), Lack the Low, Diploid, AphirVenue: The Bendi, Melb, Aus (Naarm, Woiwurrung country)Date: 21st …
hookriffandbanger.net
August 24, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Art As Catharsis' 15 year anniversary was photographed and reviewed by Hook Riff & Banger - beautiful shots!
A huge thank you to the team, their constant support of the local music scene is inspiring.
hookriffandbanger.net/2026/08/23/1...
A huge thank you to the team, their constant support of the local music scene is inspiring.
hookriffandbanger.net/2026/08/23/1...
Somehow, Culture Eater continues to produce really interesting interviews.
Here I reflect on the 15 years of Art As Catharsis, how the industry and changed, and where we're all headed. Check it out.
cultureeater.com.au/conversation...?
Here I reflect on the 15 years of Art As Catharsis, how the industry and changed, and where we're all headed. Check it out.
cultureeater.com.au/conversation...?
A Conversation with Lachlan R Dale: Fifteen Years of Art As Catharsis - Culture Eater
Fifteen years is a long time to be doing anything, and it’s not much time at all. Art As Catharsis is celebrating fifteen years of its pursuit of music with three shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydn...
cultureeater.com.au
August 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Somehow, Culture Eater continues to produce really interesting interviews.
Here I reflect on the 15 years of Art As Catharsis, how the industry and changed, and where we're all headed. Check it out.
cultureeater.com.au/conversation...?
Here I reflect on the 15 years of Art As Catharsis, how the industry and changed, and where we're all headed. Check it out.
cultureeater.com.au/conversation...?
Check out my interview with JRoc over on PBS. Not long until Art As Catharsis 15 year anniversary shows kick off!
www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-...
www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-...
The Doom Saloon
Beyond heavy with JRoc
www.pbsfm.org.au
August 11, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Check out my interview with JRoc over on PBS. Not long until Art As Catharsis 15 year anniversary shows kick off!
www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-...
www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-...
Joe from Self Proclaimed Deity was kind enough to interview me for Art As Catharsis' 15 year anniversary.
We talked about how the changing music industry, the role of record labels, & the importance of grassroots promoters, writers & enthusiasts.
selfproclaimeddeity.substack.com/p/july-2026
We talked about how the changing music industry, the role of record labels, & the importance of grassroots promoters, writers & enthusiasts.
selfproclaimeddeity.substack.com/p/july-2026
July 2026
ISSUE #7
selfproclaimeddeity.substack.com
July 23, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Joe from Self Proclaimed Deity was kind enough to interview me for Art As Catharsis' 15 year anniversary.
We talked about how the changing music industry, the role of record labels, & the importance of grassroots promoters, writers & enthusiasts.
selfproclaimeddeity.substack.com/p/july-2026
We talked about how the changing music industry, the role of record labels, & the importance of grassroots promoters, writers & enthusiasts.
selfproclaimeddeity.substack.com/p/july-2026
Bless this blazing light
The movement of the trees
The relief of the cool breeze
This world shining forth
Out of a dream
Familiar like a memory
Encoded in my skin
The movement of the trees
The relief of the cool breeze
This world shining forth
Out of a dream
Familiar like a memory
Encoded in my skin
June 27, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Bless this blazing light
The movement of the trees
The relief of the cool breeze
This world shining forth
Out of a dream
Familiar like a memory
Encoded in my skin
The movement of the trees
The relief of the cool breeze
This world shining forth
Out of a dream
Familiar like a memory
Encoded in my skin
Mustafa Faizi, Sangeet Mishra & Maharshi Raval at Glebe Town Hall. A beautiful evening bringing together Afghan & Indian classical musician, hosted by Worlds Within Worlds, with support from City of Sydney.
Photo: Saleel Shrotriya
Photo: Saleel Shrotriya
June 23, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Mustafa Faizi, Sangeet Mishra & Maharshi Raval at Glebe Town Hall. A beautiful evening bringing together Afghan & Indian classical musician, hosted by Worlds Within Worlds, with support from City of Sydney.
Photo: Saleel Shrotriya
Photo: Saleel Shrotriya
I've just become a monthly member/donor of Lazy Thinking - a fantastic grassroots Sydney venue & nonprofit focused on supporting musicians.
It's the most exciting model I've seen in some time. Support it if you can. www.lazythinking.com.au/become-a-mem...
It's the most exciting model I've seen in some time. Support it if you can. www.lazythinking.com.au/become-a-mem...
Become A Member — Lazy Thinking
www.lazythinking.com.au
June 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I've just become a monthly member/donor of Lazy Thinking - a fantastic grassroots Sydney venue & nonprofit focused on supporting musicians.
It's the most exciting model I've seen in some time. Support it if you can. www.lazythinking.com.au/become-a-mem...
It's the most exciting model I've seen in some time. Support it if you can. www.lazythinking.com.au/become-a-mem...
"Look upon the world as empty, Mogharāja, ever mindful; uprooting the view of self you may thus be one who overcomes death. So regarding the world one is not seen by the Lord of Death."
- The Buddha, Sutta Nipāta 5.15
- The Buddha, Sutta Nipāta 5.15
June 22, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"Look upon the world as empty, Mogharāja, ever mindful; uprooting the view of self you may thus be one who overcomes death. So regarding the world one is not seen by the Lord of Death."
- The Buddha, Sutta Nipāta 5.15
- The Buddha, Sutta Nipāta 5.15
I have emerged from a hellish work schedule to recommend some new music.
Featuring Nusantara Beat, Cave Sermon, Sareban, We Lost The Sea, Bhairavi Raman & Nanthesh Sivarajah, NGAIIRE and more.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
Featuring Nusantara Beat, Cave Sermon, Sareban, We Lost The Sea, Bhairavi Raman & Nanthesh Sivarajah, NGAIIRE and more.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
New music for June 2026
Indonesian psych rock, amplifier worship, Canartic violin, modular synth experiments, and a one man metal project that decimates genre boundaries.
disassembledforms.substack.com
June 22, 2026 at 7:03 AM
I have emerged from a hellish work schedule to recommend some new music.
Featuring Nusantara Beat, Cave Sermon, Sareban, We Lost The Sea, Bhairavi Raman & Nanthesh Sivarajah, NGAIIRE and more.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
Featuring Nusantara Beat, Cave Sermon, Sareban, We Lost The Sea, Bhairavi Raman & Nanthesh Sivarajah, NGAIIRE and more.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
“This drive (of resentment, grievance and moral superiority) means, in the end, that the far right will always promise a phoenix-like fiery rise, right before realizing they can only ever deliver ashes.”
Feed: "The Bulwark"
By: Matt McManus on Tuesday, June 16, 2026
By: Matt McManus on Tuesday, June 16, 2026
This Far-Right Thought Leader Is Embarrassingly Vacuous
Auron MacIntyre’s world of resentment, decline, and perpetual emergency.
www.thebulwark.com
June 19, 2026 at 6:44 AM
“This drive (of resentment, grievance and moral superiority) means, in the end, that the far right will always promise a phoenix-like fiery rise, right before realizing they can only ever deliver ashes.”
This ambient / drone piece of mine is six years old today. I’m quite proud of it. Why not give it a spin?
For fans of Sunn O))), Abul Mogard, Earth and Rafael Anton Irisarri.
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/death-...
For fans of Sunn O))), Abul Mogard, Earth and Rafael Anton Irisarri.
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/death-...
Death Envelops All, by Lachlan R. Dale
1 track album
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com
May 21, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This ambient / drone piece of mine is six years old today. I’m quite proud of it. Why not give it a spin?
For fans of Sunn O))), Abul Mogard, Earth and Rafael Anton Irisarri.
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/death-...
For fans of Sunn O))), Abul Mogard, Earth and Rafael Anton Irisarri.
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/death-...
Oh Olga, no! 😰
With disgust I learned Olga Tokarczuk uses AI to help with writing her latest novel - article in Polish, my translation of relevant bit in posts below
mycompanypolska.pl/artykul/olga...
mycompanypolska.pl/artykul/olga...
Olga Tokarczuk zapowiada ostatnią powieść w karierze: „Pisanie długich opowieści jest dziś ekonomicznie nieopłacalne”
Czy w świecie powszechnego pędu i pośpiechu jest jeszcze miejsce na duże, wymagające opowieści? Olga Tokarczuk wyraża obawę, że ta era dobiegła końca. Dlatego najnowszą powieść, uważa za ostatnią w ka...
mycompanypolska.pl
May 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Oh Olga, no! 😰
📚 Solid second hand book haul
May 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM
📚 Solid second hand book haul
My new EP Realms is out today!
Bridging the worlds of progressive metal, Afghan rabab & ambient music - and featuring collaborations with Chris Allison (Plini, Instrumental adj.), Mitch Clews, Qais Essar, Cam Macdonald (Hashshashin) & Tim Carr.
Check it out: lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/realms
Bridging the worlds of progressive metal, Afghan rabab & ambient music - and featuring collaborations with Chris Allison (Plini, Instrumental adj.), Mitch Clews, Qais Essar, Cam Macdonald (Hashshashin) & Tim Carr.
Check it out: lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/realms
Realms, by Lachlan R. Dale
4 track album
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com
May 1, 2026 at 12:47 AM
My new EP Realms is out today!
Bridging the worlds of progressive metal, Afghan rabab & ambient music - and featuring collaborations with Chris Allison (Plini, Instrumental adj.), Mitch Clews, Qais Essar, Cam Macdonald (Hashshashin) & Tim Carr.
Check it out: lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/realms
Bridging the worlds of progressive metal, Afghan rabab & ambient music - and featuring collaborations with Chris Allison (Plini, Instrumental adj.), Mitch Clews, Qais Essar, Cam Macdonald (Hashshashin) & Tim Carr.
Check it out: lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/realms
Reposted by Lachlan R. Dale
@lxch.bsky.social's latest is a typically eclectic mix of metal, drone and ambient. Music to methodically grind your brain into paste to.
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/realms
#NowPlaying
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/realms
#NowPlaying
Realms, by Lachlan R. Dale
4 track album
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com
May 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
@lxch.bsky.social's latest is a typically eclectic mix of metal, drone and ambient. Music to methodically grind your brain into paste to.
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/realms
#NowPlaying
lachlanrdale.bandcamp.com/album/realms
#NowPlaying
Belatedly mourning the early death of Roberto Bolaño and Rob Burbea this weekend.
April 26, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Belatedly mourning the early death of Roberto Bolaño and Rob Burbea this weekend.
Roberto Bolaño, James Baldwin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jorge Luis Borges, Hisham Matar, Cormac McCarthy, Gerald Murnane, Leo Tolstoy.
Almost: Olga Tokarczuk, Orhan Pamuk, Karl Ove Knausgård, Salman Rushdie, Saul Bellow, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Arundhati Roy.
Who have I missed?
Almost: Olga Tokarczuk, Orhan Pamuk, Karl Ove Knausgård, Salman Rushdie, Saul Bellow, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Arundhati Roy.
Who have I missed?
April 10, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Roberto Bolaño, James Baldwin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jorge Luis Borges, Hisham Matar, Cormac McCarthy, Gerald Murnane, Leo Tolstoy.
Almost: Olga Tokarczuk, Orhan Pamuk, Karl Ove Knausgård, Salman Rushdie, Saul Bellow, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Arundhati Roy.
Who have I missed?
Almost: Olga Tokarczuk, Orhan Pamuk, Karl Ove Knausgård, Salman Rushdie, Saul Bellow, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Arundhati Roy.
Who have I missed?
Roberto Bolaño is the best. He’s become one of my favourite writers.
April 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Roberto Bolaño is the best. He’s become one of my favourite writers.
Friends! We have new music for you - from contemporary compositions for the oud, to cathartic post-metal, hypnotic musical cells, ambient minimalism, nostalgic breakcore and rapping through the grieving process.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
New music for March/April 2026
From contemporary compositions for the oud, to cathartic post-metal, hypnotic musical cells, ambient minimalism, nostalgic breakcore and rapping through the grieving process.
disassembledforms.substack.com
March 31, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Friends! We have new music for you - from contemporary compositions for the oud, to cathartic post-metal, hypnotic musical cells, ambient minimalism, nostalgic breakcore and rapping through the grieving process.
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
disassembledforms.substack.com/p/new-music-...
A beautiful new classical Afghan Rabab composition by Sareban.
Check it out: sareban.bandcamp.com/album/echoes...
Check it out: sareban.bandcamp.com/album/echoes...
March 27, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A beautiful new classical Afghan Rabab composition by Sareban.
Check it out: sareban.bandcamp.com/album/echoes...
Check it out: sareban.bandcamp.com/album/echoes...
Zu absolutely kill it on their new record. Molten grooves meet deep atmospherics.
zuhom.bandcamp.com/album/ferrum...
zuhom.bandcamp.com/album/ferrum...
Ferrum Sidereum, by ZU
11 track album
zuhom.bandcamp.com
March 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Zu absolutely kill it on their new record. Molten grooves meet deep atmospherics.
zuhom.bandcamp.com/album/ferrum...
zuhom.bandcamp.com/album/ferrum...
“It doesn’t help at all, as the years swagger brutally by, to recognise that much of one’s trouble is produced by the really unreadable and unpredictable convulsions of one’s own character…”
- James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone
- James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone
March 5, 2026 at 9:44 AM
“It doesn’t help at all, as the years swagger brutally by, to recognise that much of one’s trouble is produced by the really unreadable and unpredictable convulsions of one’s own character…”
- James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone
- James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone