Williwaw

[Mobbd]

I've seen this guy live a couple of times. Amplified guitar and ukulele for ambient effect.

He's been recording bits and bobs on Sunday mornings and uploading them to YouTube. Very low listen-rate, so I'd put this in the category of 'undiscovered gems.'

https://www.youtube.com/user/donkeyscratch/videos

The most recent post ('standing like a tree for me') is fairly typical of his work so get your phone hooked up to your sound system and give it a whirl.

[Mobbd]

Forgot to mention that when he performs live, you can see all of his kit (probably a treat for technical music nerds) but also that he projects old industrial films and/or silent impressionist shorts onto the wall. The combined effect is really pleasing.

He doesn't seem to bother with the visual element of YouTube (though I've not watched all of his vids so I could be wrong) but that's fine by me. I just like to kick back to it.

[RenegadeScrew]

Very nice stuff.  I've just downloaded 'the incomplete pleat' from bandcamp.

How did you stumble across this incredibly obscure stuff?  Do you know them?

[Mobbd]

Hi RenegadeScrew. I always admire your avatar.

A venue called the Old Hairdressers in Glasgow is/was a good place to hear good grassroots stuff that isn't usually a bid for fame. I'd gone in for a pint and he was playing in the main bar.

I know him enough to say hello to now, but that wasn't how I found him (or why I recommend him). Some genuinely nice serendipity.

[RenegadeScrew]

Thank you.  It's better than most of my posts!

Sounds like a good place and a lucky find.

Interestingly the guy is a doctor and publishes stuff about hearing loss and so on.   You can find out more about his academia than his music!

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/people/bill.whitmer

https://www.aes.org/events/140/presenters/?ID=4771

I'll need to download some more of his free albums on BC. 

[Mobbd]

Blimey, you went deep. Interesting finds though.

I'm still listening to his YouTube stuff (on this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCSUFSYEun7qMBguJhLSyTFi84dGfESsN) and it's better than I even thought. His jazz collaboration with 'bevan' is wonderful.