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@variable_self

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🪩 a c i d wizard 🧙‍♂️🪩 dj, prod, live 🎵
Resident: @theredroombristol 🚨
BOOKINGS: [email protected] 👽

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Very excited to share my latest liveset with you all! Lots of work has gone into updating and refining the sounds <3

Heres some clips of the tracks I played, some you'll recognise and others are still unreleased. Extremely keen to perform more of these sets and keep making new music to add in!

Thanks to @clockfactorybristol for letting me part of their new IN:SESSION recordings. Full 30min set up on youtube, link in bio xx

#liveset #electronicmusic #electro #bristolmusic #acid taken in Clock Factory Bristol by @variable_self

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Exploring new sonic ideas alongside branching out into visuals with the help of TouchDesigner.

Getting really creative with FX helped create these sounds, alongside layering in granular foley and of course hardware synths.

Heres 3 tracks and 3 visuals to accompy them, let me know which ones you're enjoying!

#ableton #audiovisual #touchdesigner #producer #electro #electronicmusic #acid by @variable_self

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When it came to the remix of Human Connection Index, I only had one artist in mind.

@variable_self have consistently impressed me with their approach to electronic music, particularly, the way they use live performance and hardware to create something that feels genuinely their own.

Because Human Connection Index is built around such a personal melodic structure, I knew this remix needed someone who would understand the core of the original, but have the creativity to completely reimagine it.

variable_self delivered far beyond anything I could have expected.

The remix is intricate, detailed and full of subtle references to the original, while ultimately taking the track in a completely different direction — a 180° electro flip that pushes the original idea somewhere entirely new.

This is exactly the kind of creative approach I’m searching for with Transistor Rhythms: taking electronic music somewhere it hasn’t been before.

Very proud to have this one as part of the Human Connection Index.

#electro #electronica #remix #electronicmusic #bristol taken in Bristol, United Kingdom by @variable_self

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// THE HUMAN CONNECTION INDEX IS NOW ONLINE

At its heart, Human Connection Index is an attempt to capture the feeling of finding that special connection that seems to transcend explanation.

In reality, it’s a manifestation of the human emotional experience translated into rhythm and sound. It’s something that’s been written as a direct resistance to the involvement of Artificial Intelligence in our music scene.

I truly wanted to push this record beyond the boundaries of what I thought I was capable of. It’s not experimentation for its own sake, but an attempt to translate a feeling into sound: the rush, the recognition, the overwhelming joy of finding something that feels impossibly rare.

The record comes complete with a @variable_self remix. Through a total deconstruction of the original track, familiar sounds become fragments, fragments become memories and the spaces between them become charged with anticipation. The result is not a remix that simply revisits the original, but one that discovers what else was hiding inside it.

The finishing touch was delivered with a high fidelity master from @thirdsonmusic / @mstr_learn - he’s an incredible artist in his own right and it’s a privilege to have his involvement in the record.

Thanks to @electronicgroove and @moskalus for their premieres and helping to get The Index online.

// > WELCOME TO THE INDEX, USER.

Artwork design - @transistor_rhythms
📸 - @andrepattendenprojects

#newmusic #electronica #bristol #artist #electronicmusic taken in Bristol, United Kingdom by @variable_self

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First ever official remix for @adriano.mp3 came out last month on @circuitgrooves!
It was a good challenge to rework Alien Squat into something even more alien, and it ended up as one of my heaviest electro tracks! Thanks for the invite 👽

My approach was reprocessing every element I wanted to keep so nothing is exactly the same as the original, while still keeping the core sound palette central. Loads of restructuring to form a new groove, few new sounds and of course had to add some acid later on. Hope you enjoy the bizarre sci fi sonic excursion 🛸

#bristolmusic #electronicmusic #remix #electro #acid by @variable_self

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2 months ago

@variable_self rounding off 2025 with me in the @swu.fm studio 🎄💕

I had to quickly abscond in the 2nd hour to travel to see @jamiroquaihq in Brum (who were incredible + who I opened this set with, with Just Another Story from The Return of the Space Cowboy).

Barnaby did a stellar job of holding down the airwaves in my absence with lots of broken rhythms 🌞

Music from @escola_records @adeepnalstrom @grant.la @last.nubian @felipegordon @_jaysound @azymuthoficial & more ❤️

Listen via @rinse.fm / in my bio 👆 taken in Bristol, United Kingdom by @variable_self

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10 months ago

Quick jam of Repetition 94 from my latest ep on @remmahrecords. Working on lots of live bits behind the scenes so expect to see more soon :)

#electronicmusic #liveset #undergroundmusic #hardware by @variable_self

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10 months ago

🔊 #RH021 is here! 🟢

variable_self - Stone Jam EP

@variable_self steps up on Remmah with the Stone Jam EP - a three-track journey through acid-tinged rhythms, analogue grooves and pure rave spirit. Out now.

Buy via Remmah’s Bandcamp [link in bio]

#RH021 variable_self - Stone Jam [EP]
Format: Digital
Written & Produced: Barnaby Shaw
Design: Rory Hamilton
Mastering: Kevin McHugh at Valence Studios
Distribution: Rubadub by @variable_self

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a year ago

Tickets now on sale for our 3rd October reunion! Check the bio ⬆️

Rave and disco slammers inbound featuring the talents of @variable_self.

Good to be back 😎

art: @samlester__ by @variable_self

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🔊 #RH021 New music!

variable_self - Stone Jam EP

Bristol’s @variable_self joins the Remmah family with the Stone Jam EP, landing 25th Sept. A wide-eyed three-tracker that blends acid-tinged hardware, analogue grooves and rave-inspired textures.

Repetition 94 is out today 🚀

Pre-order the EP via Remmah’s Bandcamp [link in bio]

#RH021 variable_self - Stone Jam [EP]
Format: Digital
Written & Produced: Barnaby Shaw
Design: Rory Hamilton
Mastering: Kevin McHugh at Valence Studios
Distribution: Rubadub by @variable_self

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a year ago

New @komrad94 episode with @variable_self

📻 listen on SoundCloud, link in bio by @variable_self

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a year ago

Number 30 of the Free series by @variable_self

⬇️ Download on SoundCloud, Link in bio taken in Paris, France by @variable_self

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