Jekyll2026-05-22T14:42:04+01:00https://phantomcircuit.com/feed.xmlPhantom CircuitPhantom Circuit is a radio show of strange and wonderful sound waves, featuring music that is alien, electronic, exotic, essential.Phantom Circuit 469 – Fury2026-05-22T00:00:00+01:002026-05-22T00:00:00+01:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/05/22/Phantom-Circuit-469Phantom Circuit #469: Fury

Furious fun in the dark, with the sounds of Rikardfvs, Melancholic Robot Tantrum, Face Yourself, İlhan Mimaroğlu, Les Vampyrettes, Audio Obscura, Robert Schroeder and many more.

First heard on BHR on Thursday, 21 May, 2026.

]]>Phantom CircuitPhantom Circuit 468 – Into a Trump Chic?2026-05-01T00:00:00+01:002026-05-01T00:00:00+01:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/05/01/Phantom-Circuit-468Phantom Circuit #468: Into a Trump Chic?

Magical music for troubled times. Tracks by Ruth White, Bryar G., Mantris, Void Wanderer, Black Seas of Infinity, Delerium, Philippe Petit, Abominations of Yondo, Substak + LR Friberg, A Ghost I, Dopplereffekt, John Fiddy, Amedeo Tommasi, Der Plan, KHLD, Alireza Mashayeki and Covolux.

First heard on BHR on Thursday, 30 April, 2026.

]]>Phantom CircuitTrump as Jesus or Doctor or Magician or Father Christmas or Whomever2026-05-01T00:00:00+01:002026-05-01T00:00:00+01:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/05/01/Trump-Doctor-Jesus-MagicianJournalist: “Mr President, did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ?”

Trump: “… I thought it was me as a doctor.”

We shall probably never find out what the prompt had been for the AI image that Trump posted, or what the LLM used—perhaps quite arbitrarily—as source images. Is Phantom Circuit alone in having been reminded of Pamela Coleman-Smith’s design for ‘The Magician’ in the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck?

composite image of: a portrait of Jesus; the infamous image posted by Trump; the ‘Magician’ tarot card; montage by Phantom Circuit; ‘So hot right now’ still from ‘Zoolander’

In the top row above: an example portrait of Jesus in red and white; the infamous AI image posted by Trump; the ‘Magician’ tarot card by Coleman-Smith.

The montage created (not AI-generated) by Phantom Circuit for Phantom Circuit #468: Into a Trump Chic? reused elements from: ‘The Magician’, the Trump AI image and an AI image published by Entre_Humos (used under licence).

By the way, the “demonic” figure in the sky in Trump’s AI image looks as though it’s simply the result of the AI having included too many eagles!

]]>Phantom CircuitPhantom Circuit 467 – I Said *Bleep*2026-04-19T00:00:00+01:002026-04-19T00:00:00+01:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/04/19/Phantom-Circuit-467%20copyPhantom Circuit 467: I Said *Bleep*

An assortment of ****ing great music for the whole family. Enjoy the sounds of The Doomed Bird of Providence, Public Image Ltd., Kemlo and the Zones of Silence, Mitski and more.

**** yeah!

First heard on BHR on Friday, 17 April, 2026.

]]>Phantom CircuitPhantom Circuit 466 – Moonlit2026-04-03T00:00:00+01:002026-04-03T00:00:00+01:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/04/03/Phantom-Circuit-466Phantom Circuit 466: Moonlit

Meditative and mysterious music from Delia Derbyshire, Ice Guild Kaiser, Brian Eno, Thierry Zaboitzeff, Carl Matthews, Lagowski and more. 🌕 🐺

]]>Phantom CircuitPhantom Circuit 465 – Ascent into Chaos2026-03-20T00:00:00+00:002026-03-20T00:00:00+00:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/03/20/Phantom-Circuit-465Phantom Circuit 465: Ascent into Chaos

After a welcoming musical start, the chaos gradually increases… but it’s controlled chaos, and there is beauty to be found within. The chaos and charisma come from Masochistic Values, Sin of Envy, This Little Alien, Kai Nobuko, Toxic Chicken, The Residents, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Chaos Doll, Accasari, Basschaos, Swin Deorin, Portal, Astrum Luciferi, Sunn O))) and Philippe Petit.

]]>Phantom CircuitPhantom Circuit 464 – Achromic Tit Pun2026-03-06T00:00:00+00:002026-03-06T00:00:00+00:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/03/06/Phantom-Circuit-464Phantom Circuit 464: Achromic Tit Pun

You surely know barn owl that Phantom Circuit always brings you the best music but I know what you are thinking: “Who is in this edition? Who? Whooo?”

Well, I’m glad you asked. There are tracks by Kavalcade, Portal, Seefeel, El-Son 7, Xim Sonada, Toxic Chicken, Melancholic Robot Tantrum and many more. Owl be glad if you listen to tit, and so will you!

]]>Phantom CircuitPhantom Circuit 463 – Phase Change2026-02-27T00:00:00+00:002026-02-27T00:00:00+00:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/02/27/Phantom-Circuit-463Phantom Circuit 463: Phase Change

Here’s another assortment of stunning, sublime and sibylline sounds, not only for the most adventurous of listeners but for anyone who yearns to hear music that reaches far beyond the mundane music of the mainstream.

Tracks by Closet Ballerinas, Morphine Bandit, Lagowski, Moebius & Plank, Death Tape Super Bass, Scald & Waterflower, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Savant and Anubis Rude.

]]>Phantom CircuitPhantom Circuit 462 – Lovely and Lively2026-02-06T00:00:00+00:002026-02-06T00:00:00+00:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/02/06/Phantom-Circuit-462Phantom Circuit 462: Lovely and Lively

Music by Storyinsoil, Burning Books, Yazz Ahmed, Takashi Kusano, Sin of Envy, Somatic Responses, Simon Heartfield and many more.

]]>Phantom CircuitPhantom Circuit 461 – with a session by Sugaar Pan2026-01-24T00:00:00+00:002026-01-24T00:00:00+00:00https://phantomcircuit.com/posts/2026/01/24/Phantom-Circuit-461Phantom Circuit 461: with a session by Sugaar Pan

A misty, mystical session for Phantom Circuit by Sugaar Pan featuring Matthew Nowik – plus tracks by Keith Seatman, Dominique Cyprès, John Carpenter, Vrouw!, The Home Current, Dissolved, Trem 77 and more.

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