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Mark S. Williamson

@spaceshipmark

Musician, educator, filmmaker. Landscape drones and scrapes. Old stones. Children's music workshops with the Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra. Deep in the valley, Todmorden. #MDANT https://linktr.ee/spaceship_mark

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Population: Nil, by Null 5 track album

Looks familiar… harmonicunionmusic.bandcamp.com/album/popula...

01.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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piano improvisations, by primitive percussion youth orchestra ft: m.williamson 5 track album

Kids always want to have a go on the piano and teachers say β€˜no’. Well, I said β€˜yes’.

backupdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/piano-...

25.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

41 years of Sleng Teng and also one day since I used the same model keyboard in a performance of Terry Riley’s β€˜In C’ down the pub…

23.02.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve actually had it since (almost) new. My dad got it from a friend when I was seven or eight I guess. Little did I know it was THE Sleng Teng machine…

22.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great afternoon playing Terry Riley’s β€˜In C’ down the pub…

22.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
moss crop - high germany
moss crop - high germany YouTube video by Moss Crop

Doomfolk Sunday…

#folkmusic #folk #doomfolk #dronefolk

youtu.be/4me38IvJRGY?...

22.02.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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C’mon someone. I don’t post that much but it’s all good stuff…

21.02.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds great!

18.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure! I have a copy somewhere but I’ll need to scan it in…

18.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark S. WilliamsonΒ  – folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out | The Quietus folklore, facts and fables 6: three days to find out by mark s. williamson Many Quietus readers will no doubt be familiar withΒ Time Team, the archaeology programme broadcast by Channel 4 for a decade ...

Not sure I ever mentioned this review here: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

@sirtonyrobinson.bsky.social @rakshadigs.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @derekpitman.bsky.social @lawrence-shaw.bsky.social @megsdigs.bsky.social @timeteam.bsky.social

18.02.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The thought that someone put each one there with their hands!

18.02.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

(My first venture into zines was about the stone circles of the M6 when I was 17 or something (it wasn’t very good!)

18.02.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Gunnerkeld is southbound only, does that count as a full view or only a half? πŸ˜‰ What’s the other. I know you can see the M6 from Oddendale, but I think it’d be hard to spot the other way round!

18.02.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Menhir and Dolmen of Kerluir. Right in the heart of the Carnac landscape but rarely visited…
#standingstonesunday

15.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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now playing on THE PERIPHERY on NOISEBOX RADIO:

Dan B-Hill | Julie 7:12 | Thorn Wych | Mark S Williamson – Part One (Folklore Tapes)

thornwych.bandcamp.com || spaceship.bandcamp.com ||
@spaceshipmark.bsky.social
folkloretapes.bandcamp.com || instagram.com/folklore_tapes

@noiseboxradio.com

15.02.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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folklore, facts and fables 3: shapeshifters, by mark s. williamson 7 track album

I sort of had a go… spaceship.bandcamp.com/album/folklo...

15.02.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You wait and you wait, and then two appear in the shed at once.

A short album with a jamboree bag of extra stuff about this 1969 Royal College of Art film.

The Watchers (Reimagined Soundtrack) - Various Todmorden Artists (Folklore Tapes, 2026)

#Vinyl #FolkHorror @spaceshipmark.bsky.social

14.02.2026 10:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, I was at that one too!

10.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A standing stone in a field by a road with some electricity transmission cables to the right.

A standing stone in a field by a road with some electricity transmission cables to the right.

One of the stones at Stones (by Stones Road) near Todmorden. No one seems sure what these stones are or how long they’ve been there but the farmer definitely doesn’t like you climbing over the wall for a closer look…
#standingstonesunday

08.02.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
All six Folklore, Facts and Fables zine and cd sets.

All six Folklore, Facts and Fables zine and cd sets.

It’s #bandcamp Friday tomorrow. All of these (and more) are still in stock. Also, my van has to go to the garage for some biggish work so tomorrow would be a great time to buy some stuff!
Thanks!
www.spaceship.bandcamp.com

#folklore #folk #archaeology #stonecircles #timeteam #folkzine #zine

05.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
All six Folklore, Facts and Fables zine and cd sets.

All six Folklore, Facts and Fables zine and cd sets.

It’s #bandcamp Friday tomorrow. All of these (and more) are still in stock. Also, my van has to go to the garage for some biggish work so tomorrow would be a great time to buy some stuff!
Thanks!
www.spaceship.bandcamp.com

#folklore #folk #archaeology #stonecircles #timeteam #folkzine #zine

05.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It may well have been, not sure where I got bread oven inside from… it looks like it’s been taken down a lot since my visit twenty odd years ago… I’ll have to dig out the photos!

27.01.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A long time ago, on weekend off from a warehouse job I had in Nantes, I took an extra day off and searched out may of these. They really are amazingly huge. Did you find the one with a bread oven inside? Can’t remember the name now… I must go back!

27.01.2026 10:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When I started primary teaching (before they got a bit more strict about it). I would change into trainers and put an old trackie top from, perhaps, the 70s over my shirt and tie. Apparently that’s not sportswear.

26.01.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A small stone in a field with a figure in the distance.

A small stone in a field with a figure in the distance.

Another small stone in a field.

Another small stone in a field.

Another small stone, partially buried.

Another small stone, partially buried.

A figure standing on a small fallen stone.

A figure standing on a small fallen stone.

We went to Worsthorne Stone Circle. The weather was bleak and there’s not much to actually see there on the ground. There was a cremation excavated there in the 1880’s so it is legit.
Saw our first snowdrops of spring on the walk back to the van…

#stonecircle #burnley

26.01.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Menhir du Champ de Caesar, VendΓ©e, France. Photo from around 2003/4. It’s a big one.
#standingstonesunday

25.01.2026 10:42 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to be of assistance…

24.01.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did it help?

24.01.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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…and so it begins, again. Accompanied by Stone Circles by @spaceshipmark.bsky.social

#JigsawWednesday #Drones

21.01.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mark Williamson Stones, vans, traffic, music, noises etc.

And here are some films, in a variety of styles and genres, that I have made:

youtube.com/@spaceshipma...

13.01.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0