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Strange Textures

Strange Textures

Written by: Strange Textures
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Hi, I’m James and this is my personal journal.

I have difficulty sometimes with words, so I wanted to keep a journal that wouldn’t involve them. Instead I try to communicate by improvising a piece of music every week.

Some call it ambient and post-rock. It has things in common with those, and others. Abstract and impressionist, it changes.

It’s me, recorded most often in a moment and not repeated, it contains all the happy accidents* that occur with this sort of thing. It often has a soothing effect and is meant to be listened to, but can work in the background.

Check out other things I do at strangetextures.com.

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Episodes
  • And When You're Gone

    And When You're Gone
    Jan 20 2026

    Toronto 1906

    I met an interesting chap today. All uncomfortable urgency in movement. Ideas burst from him as a force. Like a conduit, desperate musician.

    They called all critics the enemy of human expression and claimed to work for a system that builds laws to ensure that those who fit what society wants are rewarded, while those who do not are left to suffer.

    I like it. There’s some nihilism there but with an optimistic energy undercutting it.
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    1 hr
  • Brushed By LIghts

    Brushed By LIghts
    Jan 13 2026

    Paris 1923

    Trust me. People come and go. Go mostly. Slip away and go their own separate way. You need to make the most of them while they’re here. Love costs. It takes effort and work.

    Some wise words I’ve collected from a couple of places. Maybe borrowing words from other people could work when I’m struggling for my own?
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Respect Your Mistakes

    Respect Your Mistakes
    Jan 6 2026

    Freedonia 1933

    It sounds very serious, all this, doesn’t it? There is room in it all for the silly, the fun, the joy. Maybe that should be the focus of my words from now on?

    The quietness stems from the tangle of serious words attempting to describe and communicate things that are ephemeral and shifting. Music handles that much better. Maybe words can do more or similar through humour?
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    1 hr
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