This month’s NHAM @mixtape is a showcase of acts performing throughout this month as part of Radio Free Fedi Fest from @radiofreefedi
@ethicalrevolution is joined by @sknob for this one and there’s so much good music to get into here: https://www.audiointerface.org/shows/nham-mixtapes/20250707/
Special Live NHAM show with Q+A (Post by @ethicalrevolution)
[If the video doesn’t appear below in your Fedi client click here to view]
On July 2nd we broadcast a special live show at Radio Free Fedi Fest (RFFF25), answering questions about NHAM in between showcasing 12 tracks from the 13th NHAM Mixtape (Nonesuch Homecoming And Merrymaking), which were all by artists performing at the festival.
The video is now available on demand at the top of this post or via our Hyper8 videos page (thanks @freebliss for the awesome video software).
It was a first for both @sknob and myself but we managed to stumble through okay it seems. A big thank you to sknob for sorting all of the technical aspects out (not to mention the moral support). And thanks to my dad too for lending me his laptop to stream from. (This neo-luddite doesn’t even have a device good enough to do a video call!)
A big thank you to everyone who was able to join us live on the @owncast stream. For those who couldn’t be there you can now watch above.
Details of artist performance times at RFFF25 are in the video and you can also check them out below the player at the venue at party.radiofreefedi.net. There are loads of great acts lined up throughout the month of July and we’re looking forward to being at as many of them as we can!
We are so grateful to the hamster (@controlfreak) for putting on this month long extravaganza of amazing Fedi Music.
If you enjoyed my track on Wednesday’s #NHAM mixtape livestream for #RFFF25, you might want to consider getting it as part of @mirlo’s new fundraiser compilation album.
A lot of indie musicians are switching from bandcamp to fair, ethical platforms like Mirlo, and given the choice, you, dear beloved person who buys music directly from artists, should too !
Nonesuch Homecoming And Merrymaking – NHAM Mixtape 13
Radio Free Fedi returns to action for a one off festival this month: RFFF. It runs throughout July and we broadcast a special live NHAM mixtape show at the beginning of the event, showcasing acts performing live at the festival. Therefore all of the tracks in this mixtape have been chosen from those performers.
As always there is also a radio show version of this mixtape with me chatting between the tracks. That can be found on Audio Interface (@audiointerface) from the first Monday of the month as well as featuring in NHAM Radio‘s Mixtape Monday slot.
⬇️ Click the first track to begin playing and keep the page open to hear the mix in full.
[If viewing from the Fediverse you need to click here to listen to the mixtape on NHAM]
1. Take It if You Want It by Shannon Curtis
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@shannoncurtis
This has got to be up there as one of my favourite Shannon Curtis songs. Perfectly capturing that 80s vibe and adorning it with lyrics attuned to the politics and crises of the present day.
2. Double You Slash Hackers (AxWax 2023 Remix) by Delegates of Culture
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@axwax
In the last millennium AxWax made hip hop. Now he makes stuff with synths. This 2023 remix of one of his old hip hop tracks is a combination of both. Delegates of Culture were a collective of 10 artists from five countries, including AxWax on beats and Skuff and Ill Seer with the rhymes.
3. 1.1.0 by control
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@controlfreak
With director and filmmaker Cameo Wood on vocals this is control, aka controlfreak aka our glorious Hamster – the man behind RFF and RFFF. The man we have so much to thank for in helping build the amazing community of independent bands and artists we have in The Fediverse. Much that has come since RFF in terms of promotion of independent musicians in the Fediverse – the NHAMs, the TIBRs, the Audio Interfaces – we’re all standing on the broad shoulders of the one little hamster called control.
4. yaoi gagarin by pulu
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@ahihi
Miranda from Helsinki aka Pulu makes some incredible sounds. The last couple of releases for bonkwave compilation albums testify for that. Written in Sonic Pi (a live coding environment based on Ruby) the short but sweet yaoi gagarin comes from the 2024 album, ‘nested’, having been written for Alternative Party 2024’s Obscure Music competition, which it won first prize!
5. Bercée d’illusions by sknob
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@sknob
I remember first listening to this when it came out last year and being utterly blown away. It was one of those moments – headphones on, active listening – I was overcome and transported in my head to a huge theatre surrounded by an orchestra playing the track. It’s part of the Cities EP containing four very different tracks all well tied together by the theme of living in (or not living in) cities. The EP is an absolute triumph. I’ve gladly purchased my copy and I’d encourage you to as well: It’s available on @mirlo for any amount – pay what you feel.
6. Growing pains by sgrow
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@lislegaard
sgrow is one of Norweigan soundscape artist Kristoffer Lislegaard’s projects, collaborating with his wife Vilde Ilkama Nupen. They made four releases between 2013 and 2019 of which Growing pains was on the ultimate one, Circumstance II. Since then Kristoffer has done some fantastic stuff both in collaboration as Øy and his solo work. Most recently he released the live set of his performance when he open for Autechre in Oslo.
Hot off the press: A fifth sgrow album is due to be released early in 2026!
7. Skinicism by Doctor Body
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@alisynthesis
Atomospheric sounds and a mesmerising vocal performance from Doctor Body – one of at least four pseudonyms used by Alison Wilder. Doctor Body is actually a collaboration between Alison and Greg Wilder, her ex husband with whom she does a fantastic podcast called Too Much Music.
8. Adding Up To Nothing by Sockpuppet
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@fluffy
With both haunting and jaunty qualities, this is a lovely lo-fi tune from Sockpuppet aka fluffy. It’s the final track from the 2015 album Refactor.
9. Sorry You Died by bgm
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A little earlier this year bgm put out the video for this track, shot some 10-15 years ago, and it moved me to tears. Sorry You Died was about his family cat. He thought it would be a good idea to record the acoustic guitar in a boathouse, sitting on a gas can, swatting at mosquitoes, for “atmosphere”. The recording subsequently came out on the album “They Don’t Run Your Life.”
10. Plume by Calin Dica
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@akash
Calin Dica said the baroque cello melody came by itself over a rather classical harmonic progression and that the lyrics were inspired by a good friend who could have become a lover in another arc! I love the feel in this song. The evocation in the vocal is very strong and makes me want it more. I have no idea what is actually being said as my French is sadly non-existent, so it’s all vibe driven.
11. Secrets by Meljoann
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@meljoann
Earlier this year we serialised the album Status from which this track comes. Pure sugary retro pop with Motown bassline as Meljoann herself says. A hit from an album of hits. Check out the fantastic video and read more about it.
12. Never Meet Your Heroes by Futzle
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@futzle
The typical brilliant blend of intelligent wit and musical nouse from Futzle also known as Deborah Pickett. Never Meet Your Heroes is from the EP “Futzle: the Musical” and it brings the perfect mood to leave as an outro to this month’s celebration of all things Fedi music.
#FediMusic #festival #Hot #mixtape #music #MusicFestival #NHAM #NHAMmixtapes #playlist #RFFF #RFFF25
The lobby is now open for #NHAM #mixtape live radio show!
@ethicalrevolution and @sknob are presenting a special live edition.
They’ll be showcasing artists performing at #RFFF25 and having a chinwag and answering questions put to us in the live chat.
Come discover some great artists
Supportive discussion with, about and from artists here in the digital neighbourhood! Awesome.
Join us at:
https://party.radiofreefedi.net
#streaming #owncast #radio #fediwave #radio #hangout #radioFreeFesi
C’est ce soir à 22h ! (si ma.connexion internet survit à l’orage, c’est moi qui diffuse le stream 😅🤞).
Venez écouter la nouvelle mixtape de Sam (@ethicalrevolution), et on essaiera aussi de répondre à vos questions à propos de #NHAM. https://musician.social/@radiofreefedi/114780671754702088
NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Trong Tháng 6 Âm Chú Nh
NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Trong Tháng 6 Âm Chú Nh NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Trong Tháng 6 Âm - Chú Nh Your browser does not support HTML video. NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Trong Tháng 6 Âm Chú Nh #NHÂM #Tý #Bí #Mật #Mắn #Trong #Tháng #Âm #Chú
https://simsothantai.com/2025/07/02/nham-ty-1972-bi-mat-may-man-trong-thang-6-am-chu-nh-2/
Radio Free Fedi Fest 25 #RFFF25 démarre ce soir !
Avec les superstars du fedivers @shannoncurtis et @hilljam qui reprennent avec brio des tubes des années 80.
Et demain soir, je serai aux côtés de Sam (@ethicalrevolution) qui présentera sa désormais légendaire mixtape mensuelle en direct, et pour répondre à vos questions à propos de #NHAM.
Faites passer le mot !
https://nham.co.uk/2025/07/are-you-ready-for-radio-free-fedi-fest/
NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Trong Tháng 6 Âm – Chú Nh
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https://simsothantai.com/2025/06/30/nham-ty-1972-bi-mat-may-man-trong-thang-6-am-chu-nh/
May Mắn Hơn Người: Nhâm Tý 1972 – Trong Giờ Thiêng Mùng 1 Tháng 6 Âm, Phúc Về Tiền Ngập Két
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NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Đổi Vận Trong Chớ
NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Đổi Vận Trong Chớ NộI DUNG VIDEO: NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Đổi Vận Trong Chớ Your browser does not support HTML video. NHÂM Tý 1972 Bí Mật May Mắn, Đổi Vận Trong Chớ #NHÂM #Tý #Bí #Mật #Mắn #Đổi #Vận #Trong #Chớ
https://simsothantai.com/2025/06/16/nham-ty-1972-bi-mat-may-man-doi-van-trong-cho/
These days I mostly listen to new music by fedi musicians (#bonkwave radio, #nham radio)
Latest album : https://bonkwave.org/music/the-four-seasons-of-bonkwave-bonks-of-spring-1/
Upcoming livestreams:
2025-06-13: The Four Seasons of Bonk Wave/The Bonks of Spring Part 1 (words)
2025-06-20: The Four Seasons of Bonk Wave/The Bonks of Spring Part 2 (nowords)
2025-07-02: Live #NHAM Mixtape Show + NHAM Q&A
2025-07-09 (TBC): sknob bonks cities live
And all the other great #RFFF25 July livestreams
#FourSeasonsOfBonkWave #FSoBW #BonkWave #NotBonkWave
Details:
https://nham.co.uk/attend/
https://party.bonkwave.org
https://party.radiofreefedi.net
Live NHAM Mixtape Show with Q&A
Radio Free Fedi Fest, Wednesday, July 2 at 07:00 PM GMT+1
A special LIVE presentation of the July NHAM mixtape episode featuring artists performing at RFFF25 with a NHAM Q+A between Sam (@ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social), sknob (@sknob@mamot.fr) and audience members.
https://cal.gravitons.org/event/live-nham-mixtape-show-with-qanda
NHAM Update Opus 6 (A Whole Lot of F’s Given Edition) by @sknob
🚨 Stop the press! Major NEWS! 🚨
Radio Free Fedi has announced Radio Free Fedi Fest 2025, #RFFF25 for short, a month long artists’ streaming series in July!
Check out the initial list of participants, including @shannoncurtis, @futzle, @controlfreak, @bgm (and yours truly 😅) among others, on party.radiofreefedi.net.
And if you scroll down the list, you probably won’t fail to notice the following announcement:
Our friends at NHAM will be conducting a music panel / Q+A event, details pending.
Details pending indeed (and a double dose of anxiety in my case). What should we talk about? What do you want to know about NHAM? Do you have any gripes constructive criticism? Suggestions? Ideas? For the site, for the stream, for championing indie artists and music?
Let us know by pinging Sam (@ethicalrevolution) and/or sknob (@sknob) on Mastodon with the hashtag #RFFF25, and we’ll do our best to conquer our stage fright and respond during the livestream.
In the meantime, and as if all this wasn’t enough excitement, the @radiofreefedi Hamster has also resurrected the legendary RFF Comfy Channel in the lead up to RFFF25, a lovely present to the community! (I’m listening to it as I write these lines).
Thank you, dear 🐹!
WATCH
While we’re on the subject of live-streaming, be sure to watch Lorenzo’s Music (@lorenzosmusic) interview with Gabe Kangas (@gabek), the maintainer and primary developer of Owncast, the free and open-source live video streaming software that, you guessed it, powers RFFF25!
You also won’t want to miss @lorenzosmusic’s interview with Keith Marshall (@keefmarshall) of Pretentions Incongruity, Misaligned Aardvarks and bonkwave fame.
(Speaking of which, rumor has it that a major bonkwave release is imminent!)
REVIEWS
Something we (OK, I) failed to mention in our last update: we published our first non-English-language review, and we hope it will be the first of many! So brush up on your Spanish and/or fire up a translation tool (no LLM’s please, we frown on them in these parts), and be sure to read Música de Ida y Música de Vuelta by @Langile. It’s a truly lovely musical ride.
Don’t be shy, send us your REVIEWS. They don’t have to be long or sophisticated (although they can also be both of course). In fact, why not take @prinlu’s idea to heart:
“instead of year-end spotify wrap or weekly posts of your listening stats, why won’t you rather write three sentences (or paragraphs) about that album that moved you last year/month/week?”
We’ll gladly publish the ones about indie releases!
LISTEN
The new month ushers in a new mixtape, and a very special and touching mixtape it is! Sam (@ethicalrevolution) has cooked up a Next-level Happy Anniversaire mix for his dear friend Martin, including an original track written for the occasion by Secret Deal, Sam and Stefan’s not so secret band, among other delightful surprises. 🫶
RELEASES
So much cool music to discover and look forward to, including the latest releases featured on NHAM by:
@babumenos
@ferociousdesigns
@futzle
@herr_irrtum
@james
@liedersaenger
@melondruie
@muz4now
@prestonoutatime
@RobertaFidora
@SamanthaJaneSmith
@SeaFury
@sjwallin
@sknob
@stefan
@timerival
@wibi
and radio shows by @axwax, @CCirco and @xylander over on @audiointerface
So no excuses! Ditch those evil streaming platforms (they’re all evil), and subscribe to RSS feeds here and elsewhere, like those on Mirlo (@mirlo) and Bandwagon.fm, listen to the RFF Comfy Channel all through June, get into the habit of tuning in to NHAM Mixtape Radio and other groovy stations like Not What I Call Radio Bonk Wave, support the artists with a kind word or some coin if you can, and spread the word far and wide that indie fedi music is where it’s at!
Next-level Happy Anniversaire, Martin – NHAM Mixtape 12
One of my dearest friends and one of the big sources of musical inspiration to me from a very young age has a special birthday on June 1st so I’m dedicating this mixtape to him.
He was a drummer and songwriter in a band my dad managed when I was a wee boy. After that he formed a new band who had brief britpop stardom with an appearance on The Big Breakfast and quite a following in Japan. Then at the turn of the century he formed a trip-hop outfit who managed to win what was dubbed during the Napster age as the first ever internet Oscars, beating Eminem to an mp3.com streaming number one single and subsequently being flown by helicopter to The Playboy Mansion to collect the Best Music Award. 🤷♂️😵
Martin and I have had some great experiences together, not just in music but in football, cricket and life too, so this mixtape is dedicated to you, Martin. And hey you’re never too old to join us in the Fediverse! -The music scene in here is BUZZING and the community is a joyous thing.
As always there is also a radio show version of this mixtape with me chatting between the tracks. That can be found on Audio Interface (@audiointerface) from the first Monday of the month as well as occasionally featuring in NHAM Radio‘s Mixtape Monday slot.
⬇️ Click the first track to begin playing and keep the page open to hear the mix in full.
[If viewing from the Fediverse you need to click here to listen to the mixtape on NHAM]
1. Ctrl Alt Del by Silverman
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The opening track from the third Silverman album, ‘Speed of Life (part 2)’ released in 2002.
2. Lampadaires by Knobil
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Knobil aka Louise Knobil is a double bassist, singer and composer who blends jazz, punk, glitter and French chanson with sparkling, audacious energy. Those of you familiar with the surroundings in the Fedi music scene will surely have come across the wonderfully talented @sknob. Well Louise is his niece. Talent and creativity obviously run in the family. Great video too:
3. Information Array by Roberta Fidora
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@RobertaFidora
If you haven’t yet seen the INCREDIBLE animated video for Roberta’s latest single, ‘Here Come The Lucky Ones’ you can find it on NHAMtv. The video for ‘Information Array’ (also brilliant) is in there too. This track is one of my absolute faves.
4. Assfuck the Boss by Meljoann
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@meljoann
There’s something of an Alex Cameron vibe to Meljoann’s work. Not necessarily in the actual sound but certainly in the tone. Assfuck the Boss is no exception.
5. HDYK by Liotia
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@inpc
And so to the man I share many a morning with in the Fedi. Matthew Smyth plays records from his shed every weekday morning between 8am and 9am UK time – That’s 5pm in Pyonyang as I’m sure Matt would like me to point out! He streams The Kali Mera Show playing records from his collection and chatting via Owncast where a bunch of us just hang out with him and his cat George as we begin our day. It’s great and you should definitely pop by and join us when you can. Liotia is one of Matt’s music projects alongside Abigail Hubbard.
6. Flames by Schall und Stille
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@stephan
Susanne Balg is on vocals on this gorgeous song by Stephan Kleinert’s Schall und Stille. It was recorded on an island in the North Sea as part of a 4-track EP called ‘Biike’ about the tradition of the same name, which is the burning of large bonfires to bid farewell to winter.
7. Fear the Summers by Crocuta
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@crocuta
From bidding farewell to winter to fearing the summer by German grunge pop duo Crocuta. They nail the vibe of sweltering urban heat in this track.
8. Cruel by Alastair Leonard
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@javantigers
Beautiful. From a double A side released earlier this year by the songwriter living in Western Australia.
9. Eternal Return by socool
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@socool
This one takes me back 20 odd years to when I was listening to The Album Leaf a fair bit. As ever it’s a masterfully put-together piece of music by Emily from Vancouver aka socool.
10. Hunaja by Lehto
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@lehto
A sublime blend of funk, breaks and trance in Hunaja, which is Finnish for honey. It comes from the album, ‘Sisu’, released this year.
11. My Heart Tin by Secret Deal
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My apologies that I cannot mix or master but this one’s written especially for your birthday, Martin – in collaboration with my band mate @stefan who masterfully composed the music. Cheers you!
12. Time is a Blade by Silverman
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The track from the end of the last millennium that topped the mp3.com streaming charts and earned Martin a music industry Best Music Award. A video performance of the song is below. I’ve posted a little collection of some of the tracks from the four bands (well three plus a name-change) Martin was in during my formative years. Those bands were the aforementioned Silverman (1998-2002 + 2016), Nilon Bombers (mid-late 1990s), The Kissingers (early 1990s) and Frame by Frame (most of the 1980s and in to the 1990s).
#FediMusic #Hot #mixtape #music #NHAM #NHAMmixtapes #playlist
Un an après ma première fois, je referai un concert unplugged, ainsi qu’un 2e livestream de questions-réponses avec @ethicalrevolution pour #NHAM.
J’aurai l’occasion de vous le rappeler d’ici là 😇
Tous les détails sur https://party.radiofreefedi.net/
sideSister's ( @elsemusic ) LoveLock is giving me a perfect gentle summer breezy mood this morning. https://sidesister.bandcamp.com/track/lovelock Reminded of it via the #nham station on https://theindiebeat.fm/nham/ #fedimusic
