What a dream come true! I’ve watched so many of my favourite artists perform at Omeara over the years… and tonight I had the pleasure of playing there myself. Thank you to all the movers on the dance floor! 🖤
New EP Release, “The Workhouse” (EP), is available now to listen & purchase via Bandcamp.
“The Workhouse” (EP) is a four-track instrumental collection composed of e.m.arson’s homemade synth disintegration loops, each captured in a single live take. Since returning to Norfolk, UK, earlier this year, e.m.arson has been drawn to a nearby Victorian-era workhouse and asylum — sites now commercially repurposed, yet concealing a history of cruelty, forced labour, and systemic abuse. Their lingering presence has sparked deep reflections on modern labour, class structures, and the haunting echoes of suffering that remain hidden in plain sight.
The EP is a dark, bass-heavy meditation on power, control, and the illusion of progress — exploring grim parallels between historical and contemporary forms of work. Inspired by the brutal machinery once operated within those institutions, “The Workhouse” evokes the oppressive rhythms of survival under systems that have barely changed in essence.
Tracklist:
i. Indoor Relief (0:00)
ii. The Workhouse (3:51)
iii. Treadmill of Poor Law (6:29)
iv. The Deadroom (9:42)
Each track tells a part of this story — from false promises of assistance to the grinding repetition of institutionalised labour. A personal favourite of the artist is “the workhouse” (track ii), which captures the emotional core of the project: stark, heavy, and echoing. e.m.arson explains that it was inspired by the “workhouse wail” — a sonic mourning for voices long erased.
Credits:
Released on 13th August, 2025
BTC Festival Photo Diary @ The Church 25/04/26 (1/4)
“all flowers bend in time.. you say there is no-one for you, but here is one.”
@thechurchipswich@brightenthecornersips
Next Saturday from 8pm at @nnfest in Chapelfield Gardens, I’ll be spinning some of my favourite spring tunes. Expect leftfield, electronica & nu-wave, for fans of Boards of Canada, David Lynch-style atmospheres, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Arthur Russell, Woo & more.
Photo 4 credits to @eleanor_linder
A year on from when I first created “The Pillbox” (LP Demo), I’m so grateful for this piece of work. The process taught me so much, and it has also connected me with my nearest and dearest today.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported this work so far — I appreciate it beyond words <3
Here’s some outtakes from the process, including a note I found from a “dear future self” letter I wrote when I was about 15 (6), and a very lovely message from Bandcamp (4).
📸 Photography credits to @nicolafayebates
Here’s a brief baroque moment from me to you.
A snippet from a recent piano improv piece with some interesting foley — it leans almost pulp-esque…
Around 13 seconds in, the audio picks up something I can only describe as the studio ghost echoing through.
spring u-turns
“tides pulled, suzanne wept
spikes inward, tulips neglected
drifting forward to turn back
u-turn for the fearful
fights are for the brave
lay down and rest
no need to run to win a race
(if in doubt, breathe o u t)”
