The first percussion / drum-only album of the Lugubrious 78 - DRUM AUTOMATISM SERIES (2026) has been released. Consisting of fourteen improvised, chopped, randomised, recompiled, discarded, and overlaid pieces, ‘Broken Streams of Consciousness (Drum Automatism, Vol. 1) is available to stream and download on Lugubrious 78.com, Subvert, Mirlo, and Bandcamp. More information about how it was created can be found at DRUM AUTOMATISM SERIES (2026). This is the first Lugubrious 78 release not available on streaming platforms as we contemplate our relationship with the (increasingly exploitative?) medium. The first track, ’Reflections on Instability', can be streamed below.

The third release in the ‘EMPTY CHAIRS SERIES' has been released (on 29 May 2026). 

It is the first album of sixteen planned for 2026.

Written across many years, it consists of the usual psychological-political focus, complementing ‘THE TWELFTH OMINOUS ANXIETY’ and ‘REPEAT. BLINDLY.’ (both released in 2025), and draws on many of the characteristic Lugubrious 78 composition and performance approaches. It will be available on BANDCAMP and SUBVERT soon. Meanwhile, check out the words at SKETCHES OF MUSICAL THOUGHT - SONG LYRICS. See EMPTY CHAIRS SERIES (2025 - 2026) for more about the music.

Post updated: 11 September 2026

Lugubrious 78 recently joined Subvert as a Founding Artist. Currently positioned as A Collectively Owned Bandcamp Successor, Subvert is “collectively owned, stewarded, and controlled by its community, with 100% of its founding ownership reserved for its artists, community, and workers. We’re building a platform that has artists’ interests, collective ownership, and democratic governance hardwired in its very DNA.”

No doubt this is a welcome and necessary intervention in an industry that seems stacked against the interests of independent artists.