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Bedroom photoshoot pt1

So the other day I was delirious from post-vaccine (both flu and covid) side-effects and decided to just... get the laser nebula light and go crazy in my room. my partner currently has covid so part of it was meant for her, but also to make some promo shots for "all the dead" which is out ne...

[old/remastered] Uboa - Placed

An old dark ambient song originally ... placed ... only on soundcloud - from all the way back in 2016-17 (8 years ago!) as part of the 'filaments' series. Apparently I've never uploaded it here, which is odd. I could only find an mp3 (again, luckily 320kb) but I gave it a shiny new maste...

Uboa - You Did This To Me (Impossible Light B-Side)

Hey! Here is a song rejected from the final version of Impossible Light, "You Did This to Me". Sadly I don't think a complete version of this song will see the light of day due to no longer being on speaking terms or contact with the mixing engineer / co-producer of that record, who has ...

Uboa - 110-Montauk (for trans youth charity compilation)

Here is a complete remake of an old song "Montauk" (which I apparantly never uploaded here, and no longer seems to be on soundcloud...) done for a charity compilation for trans youth with most of my mates in the noise scene down under. The song... is a spooky one.(artwork by Sarah Octavia Wu...

All the Dead Melt Down as Rain (mini-LP)

Hi everybody, here is my new 32-minute, 5-song mini-LP, All the Dead Melt Down as Rain. Paid patreon subscribers (and those too broke to subscribe) get this a few weeks before I pop it on bandcamp/spotify.1 - Cleansed of Spirit2- A Body, Shapeless and Divine3 - Prole Ana4 - A Misremembered Dream5 - ...

Hi, I will be streaming in 20 mins

I will be making horrible sounds, mixing (likely collective noise diary stuff!) and maybe going through new songs! See you all thereedit: thankyou! it went well and I will do more! u can follow me on twitch here!https://www.twitch.tv/uboa_the_fleshThis is a trial - if it goes well, I might do some s...

Uboa - Windowless House (Deconditioning) (old version)

Hey, here is another track off All The Dead Melt Down As Rain, specifically the finale. As the title suggests, here is the spiritual sequel to detransitioning, as it share a lot in common with it both instrumentally and structurally. Both start with soft vocals and piano, have an ambient choir build...

Uboa - A Body, Shapeless and Divine (announcement) (old version)

So over the last two weeks, in desperation, I made a thing - "All the Dead Melt Down As Rain".Cover by me - collage (magazine cuttings, knife scrapes, incense ash, pen, whiteout + digital colouring/editing/text post-scan), done late 2024. Yes, the new Patreon header is based on this work.--D...

Uboa Glitch Pack 2

Yes, more annoying sounds! By far the biggest sample pack I've done to date - everything from cut-ups, drones, melodic warbles, effected speech and semi-rhythms. All made using the laptop microphone and an extrermerly large amount of LFO-controlled effects (and OTT). Since there are so many samp...

Impossible Light Photoshoot

I was going to put more up from the photoshoot with Taran I'm still looking for where I actually saved them on my HDD/email and I am tired. Anyway, here are some photos from the photoshoot with Frankie Pan (or effpan). We shot these at Magnet Studios (which has sadly closed, thanks cost-of-livi...

Photos from shoot w/ taran pt.1

I have been thinking of other posts, and I think since some other folk with Patreons are posting photograph archives, I might as well do the same, even though I am perpetually confused why anybody would like to look at me (my self esteem really never recovered from growing up as a closeted nerd). Th...

Uboa & Fashiongore - Protection

Another collaboration song finished recently, with the inimitable Bulgarian dark ambient artist fashiongore. She sent me only about 2 minutes of drones to work with, and we manage to expand it to a full 8. Featuring - drones, choirs, pedal noise, samples and, of course, screams. The long one at the ...

Uboa - Every Angle Ache All Too Much (WIP)

Another WIP, using... the tin whistle! Another collage-y one (started in 2024), with a big Sludge Section. I got stuck with this one around the heavy section with the baritone guitar, and wasn't entirely happy with the length (the crescendo it feels too short) and the guitar tone used (I have a...

[Sample Pack] Trash Can Drums with Serene Ailment (ft Dad)

hey! finally, another sample pack - this time with my drummer Lulu (Serene Ailment). We recorded these for future uboa songs (indeed you'll hear them in things I am working on) but she suggested we also pop the samples up here. Basically - two trash cans (modified by my dad - who is a blacksmith...

Uboa - Kill, Not Capture (WIP)

Hey, sorry for the gap. As y'all know my health has not been the best recently - I am officially diagnosed with POTS. Despite being mostly housebound while I rest and wait for medications/lifestyle adjustments to work, I've still been busy, so time for several WIPs!Here is a WIP of what was ...

Uboa - Giggle (from Stonewall / Noisewall volume one)

Hello, I finally tried my hand at "harsh noise wall", a genre I have previously publically disparaged on the internet. I think HNW is ok now, I guess I am older and less of a hater. I think I get its meditative nature now. Plus, this is for a good cause - trans mutual aid, organised by none ...

Kaho Matsui ft Uboa - Unconditional

Recently, Kaho Matsuiasked me to collab on a song with her, and it turned out great. It is on her upcoming release "Life Lover", which is a stunning work blending twinkly emo, noise, ambient, electronica and glitch. She did most of the song and composed it structurally, and I added vocal har...

Uboa - To You, My Collapsing Star (pt1) (WIP)

Hey, sorry I didn't get around the collective noise diary. I didn't do it immediately, lost momentum and the pressure of getting it done 'in time' while having the worst POTS flare up of my life was a little overwhelming. I also needed to vent about my health ... more.Here is a song ...

[Sample Pack] Some "liminal drones"

Here are some spooky, liminal space silent hill skibidi drones made with a yamaha PSS-170, chase bliss generation loss, strymon nightsky, boss DD-7. Did it about a week ago when bored and out of compositionally creative ideas for the collective noise diary. Besides, you all gave me some samples, her...

Uboa - Validation Pyre (2025 redux) (now on the She/Her TDoV Compilation 1)

Here is a redux of an old songmade originally just for soundcloudthat I always was fond of, remade with everything I have learned about production, mixing and sound design over the past 7 years. It has a different structure too and more instruments added - notedly vocals. Specifically, I have learne...

Collective Noise Diary (Edit: now multiple songs!)

Edit: 3/6/25 - this is still going! now multiple songs worth! please keep sending things through!! first song coming soon when throat is repaired!Announcing an idea I've been wanting to try for a long time - making sound collages out of what you send me. I did this agesago with my old discord se...

Uboa - The Tyranny of Posture / Dissassociative Kindness

Sorry for nothing for a bit. Been (surprise!) unwell again. Anyway, have a 15+ minute long song. I was originally just planning to do a noise diary entry for some comps i've been asked to do but it kinda ... got a little out of hand. It's still a WIP with only minimal vocals. Was originally ...

Iconoplast WIP untitled

merry xmas/Hanukkah. Here is another Iconoplast WIP - based on a recording of violet and orchid jamming and me laying stuff on top - a lot of stuff, so much that I need more from them! We have an album's worth of jams I am slowly editing (before sending it off back to violet and orchid to add to...

Uboa - Dis (Live from Roadburn)

Preview of the Meltdown set (or EP), now entitled "Every Reactor Four a Friend", recorded at RB and (nearly) remastered. The set was recorded in full and I've remastered it, awaiting feedback from my label if they are interested in releasing it. This song is much more 'traditional&#3...

The Uboa Glitch Pack

Hello everyone. been a while again, and we have chronic fatigue to thank for that. Here are some little noises to use royalty (but not credit) free for your music. Lots of granulator glitches, cut ups, eerie drones and strange sounds in general. Hope you dig it. New song hopefully soon after some g...

Iconoplast - Tranquil Vivisection

Here is an audio-only preview of a new project with (one of) my gf(s) Orchid, aka Twinsoul. It's atmospheric harsh noise (this song is much more on the atmospheric side), and we're working on more songs. She gave me permission to pop it here. It's kinda spooky so happy belated Halloween ...

Uboa - Footscray Park (pt. 1)

Here is another song for the same thing as Banksia Grave, likely the first song on the record/ep/whatever. Using a VST based on the Federation Bellsfor the first half, and my home piano for the second half. It's sad, and noisey and very much a "typical Uboa song." Predominantly made in b...

Uboa - Banksia Grave

Another noise diary song, this time a little more quiet/subtle, and produced in a more plain/lo-fi way more reminiscent of my older 2019-era work (like The Origin and The Absolute).It uses also synth jams - the first part from 2020 (using a minilogue) and the second half from 2015 (!) using a MIDI k...

Interview w/ New Noise

https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-xandra-metcalfe-of-uboa-talks-impossible-light/Another interview because I can't seem to shut up. This time for New Noise magazine (US). Posted here again so they are all accessible from one location. This one mostly focused on IL.

Uboa - The Woman Does Not Exist (WIP)

Here is a WIP of a song written around the same time as Impossible Light (2018). I recently made a second attempt at recording vocals and gave it a complete remix. An older mix was posted on soundcloud years ago, where my vocals were only scarcely in key.I am really happy with how this song is turni...