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My method to implement Indieweb principles and add webmentions support to my Jekyll site is probably the laziest of all. It enabled a decentralized reply system, as well as allowing reposts and likes.

How I’m currently managing writing new content in my Jekyll-based static blog, using Shortcuts on macOS.

I love RSS. However, by using a third-party plugin to automatically generate the feed, I didn’t pay attention to how it could be improved. An occasional discussion on Mastodon prompted me to a change.

My EP The Die Is Cast, produced with Antiquity and published last year on Bandcamp, is also on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.

An article by Wim Vanderbauwhede, Professor in Computing Science and a Reader at the University of Glasgow, on the need for low-carbon and sustainable computing, along with a vision towards zero-carbon computing.

How I added WebP images to my Jekyll-based static site, obtaining new levels of optimization and performance.

Unreal Engine 5 will enable next-generation real-time 3D content and experiences with greater freedom, fidelity, and flexibility.

I’ve finally published a blogroll page, containing a partial list of websites and blogs I read either through RSS, the Fediverse or both. Today, two new inspiring entries.

Why Brad Gessler created Legible News, which makes a large size of my daily news intake (the rest being RSS, Hacker News and Mastdodon).

How I implemented a content security policy on a static website built with Jekyll, hosted on Netlify and loaded with several external embeds.

Two new beautiful songs by my friend Rachel Goodman, who sang on two songs in my last concept album.

I joined Mastodon, as an experiment. So far it feels totally different from social media.

Quote from Nolan Lawson about the good, the bad and the mixed bag of being outside Twitter for the last five years.

My point of view about the pros of being outside mainstream social networks for the last 19 months.

Bandcamp joins Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine and champions for a fair and open Internet, says Bandcamp’s CEO Ethan Diamond.

Quote from Richard Pierce about the ironies that the war in Ukraine is showing about the West, the EU and the UK.

Just implemented a fancy photogallery with a carousel in pure CSS. No Javascript at all. Includes lazy images for efficiency and speed. Iʼm going to write a case study about it, probably sharing the source on Github.

I’m really digging the music of Michael C. Hall’s band, Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum. Here’s a YouTube playlist with my current top 5 songs. Enjoy.

After last week drop of Meta’s (read: Facebook) market value by $230 billion in a single day, an article by CNBC exposed how Facebook is kicking the can down the road, by accusing Apple’s privacy changes to iOS.

4 months after Silvia’s announcement, here is Minutes to Midnight’s new redesigned website. Easier to navigate and straight to the point, I finally have full control over my code and my online presence.

Following a process to recalibrate my self-identity after leaving social media, I’m going back to the roots, leaving WordPress for Jekyll and joining the IndieWeb.

On the 60th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, I’ve decided to release the last video from my album After 1989.

New single out today. Included in the new EP Aperture, Non sai chi sono is the remix of an original song by Italian artist and producer Nevica, aka Gianluca Lo Presti.

New mini EP released today, in collaboration with Antiquity. Introducing the topics of my next concept album, The Die is Cast.

The company behind MuseScore has announced the acquisition of the well known FOSS audio editor, Audacity.

I watched this amazing video interview, arguably the best one in a while.

How REAPER improved my music workflow, part 3: open architecture, development cycle, efficiency.

How REAPER improved my music workflow, part 2: customization, community, stock plug-ins.

In the past twelve months I’ve managed to revolutionize my music software workflow, twice. In this series, I describe the 8 major benefits that REAPER brought to my music production workflow, and how they pushed me toward a full switch from Pro Tools.

The new single by Antiquity, Shelter From A Storm is my new bass recording and co-production, together with Gerald Duchene.

Rings is the debut album from Berlin-based recording artist and multi-instrumentalist Cameron Hassard.

A quick explanation of my strategy for saving and preserving audio material, both for personal use and for my clients.

Dan Ecclestone’s solo album, Hidden Music, is out now. Recorded by Sam Inglis, mixed by Minutes to Midnight, mastered by Ian Shepherd.

A year ago today, on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I published my debut solo album, After 1989: A Trip to Freedom.

The article Producing Bass Tracks Remotely, originally published by Unlock Your Sound, features the real-life scenario of a bass part produced for the single The Far Side of the Sun by Antiquity.

I spent the last month and a half leaving the UK. Besides moving house, city and country, we were followed by two lingering monsters: a global pandemic and a massive feeling of betrayal.

75 years ago, while two young men escaped from Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Berlin, the United States nuked a city for the first time in history.

Secret Eclectic is a London-based website founded by a team of people who follow the arts worldwide. They love supporting emerging acts or people who deserve more recognition.

Like plenty others, I’m finally leaving social media, and by that I mean Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Pinterest and Reddit. This post is a personal point of view, it’s not intended as an exhaustive analysis on what is going on with social media, nor am I trying to convince anybody. I’m just redirecting my attention and my time to something more productive.

In Our Dreams is out now. Written, produced and mixed by Gerald Duchene. Vocals and melody by Dan Ecclestone. Bass by Minutes to Midnight. Mastered by Chris Pavey.

Article by Game Developer (formerly Gamasutra) about the release of the videogame Attentat 1942. Google refused to publish the game on their Play Store in Germany, France, Austria and Russia.

Callum Gardner’s new single, Without You, is out now. Full production and bass by Minutes to Midnight.

Kennedy announces proof of a build-up of Soviet missiles in Cuba. The world is one step from nuclear war.

Another stunning track by Gerald Duchene, where I produced one of my most sumptuous fretless bass tracks ever.

Stunning review by Nova Music Blog for Skinny Kid, the opening single from the album After 1989.

Another amazing album review. Angry Baby wade every week through great new indie music tracks to find the best gems.

Minutes to Midnight song Love Field was selected for the latest episode of the podcast You haven’t heard this music yet.

I went back to Berlin, retracing my grandfather’s steps in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. In the process, I wrote a concept album.

How an arrangement for another band became the first single from the concept album “After 1989”.

Cheering crowds greet the President at Dallas airport. As the motorcade cuts through the city, I stand still while everything changes.

30 years after the opening of the Berlin Wall, a real-life story about imprisonment and liberty. Between two wars and three generations.

I’m on the S-Bahn 1 from Berlin to Oranienburg. Sachsenhausen camp, where my grandfather was held prisoner by the Nazi, is a few miles away.

The new single by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Callum Gardner, ‘Wriggle A Little’, produced by Minutes to Midnight is out now.

London-based singer-songwriter Callum Gardner’s new single, ‘Hang Loose’, is out now. Produced by Minutes to Midnight.

Following my principle of trying to get out of my comfort zone, I helped the promising young artist Method Sinik with the production of his recent EP.

I’m happy Gerald Duchene asked me to write and play a bass track for this beautiful song. It’s my second collaboration with his project Antiquity Sessions.

How Callum and I met, got to know each other and start collaborating on new songs. I now co-produce his material and play the fretless bass in the band.

How I co-produced ‘Premonition and Ruin’, a superb concept album around a lament for the European ideal.

A comprehensive list of the live shows I performed around England as a bass player, between 2017 and 2018, with Callum Gardner and his band.