John Chantler

@inventingzero

Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ :: artistic director @edition-festival.com / Fönstret, co-founder @VenueCMS.com

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John Chantler@inventingzero· 4d

anyways, you can download from our system as OG or transcoded... big up @scazan.bsky.social for making this happen.

John Chantler@inventingzero· Jul 9

You'll very soon be able to connect @bsky.app to your @venuecms.com account and instantly publish your events to the decentralised web. This @smokesignal.events screenshot shows events I simply updated at @edition-festival.com after hooking it up. Super excited for what this makes possible !

A screenshot of a list of events on the Smoke Signal website that collects At Protocol events, headed 'Recent Activity' 'July 9, 2026' and showing five posts from @edition-festival.com with updates to existing events and the creation of a new event. This sits alongside two events posted by @dandelion.events

John Chantler@inventingzero· Jun 29

Today I announced this release that is in the making. Music by guitarist Finn Loxbo that I recorded and mixed. The artwork is from a painting by MSR + FCJ. finnloxbo.bandcamp.com/album/lummer...

A digitally constructed image of a vinyl LP coming out of a record sleeve. The sleeve has a green, black and cream painting of scratchy abstract figures. It is unclear what the painting is depicting, if anything.

John Chantler@inventingzero· Jun 18

Recording today at Edsberg kyrka with @lisaullen.bsky.social and Maya Bennardo. Beautiful room. big sound.

Inside of Wooden church building with circular light fittings and two people playing violin and piano

Mid side ribbon microphone array points down at a woman playing violin. She stands in front of a piano .

AB array of small diaphragm omnidirectional microphones. Modernist looking pipe organ in background

Omni directional microphone lies on a cushion placed on a tile floor

John Chantler@inventingzero· Feb 24

What a radiant being. Big life. Untouchable legacy. My deepest condolences to all those close to her.

A radiant, elderly woman wearing a purple and blue scarf and dark knitted cardigan stands in front of a blurred background with abstract lighting, looking at the camera. Photo is copyright Delphine Blast.

John Chantler@inventingzero· Feb 11

A pallet sits on snow covered ground with boxes containing the Ahmed 5CD boxset ‘giant beauty’ — 1950s era Swedish housing in the background

Rows of Ahmed boxsets with apricot coloured pull ribbons

John Chantler@inventingzero· Dec 13

Border terrier with overgrown coat lies on the threshold of a hotel bathroom looking straight ahead

John Chantler@inventingzero· Dec 3

I think they played for two weeks (22 Nov — 4 Dec). It’s just that the last two days were recorded for this release, right?

Photo from the book ‘gyllene cirkeln’ showing a selection of concert dates from 1965

John Chantler@inventingzero· Nov 17

Magnus Granberg & Skogen present ‘Trouble, Had It All My Days’ next week in Stockholm (Wednesday 26/11, Konserhuset) and London (Saturday 29/11, St Mary at Hill/Music We’d Like To Hear).

John Chantler@inventingzero· Nov 11

Thrilled to welcome @marjaahti.bsky.social back to Stockholm on Sunday 23 November to conclude our concert series at Yeshin Norbu for 2025. For this occasion Marja will present new live works for quadraphonic speaker array.

John Chantler@inventingzero· Nov 4

Anna Högberg Attack — Ensamseglaren has been out for a month now ! Look at these beautiful humans that made it happen. Photos by the irrepressible Tina Axelsson.

John Chantler@inventingzero· Oct 19

A border terrier rests his head on a copy of the giant beauty cd boxset by Ahmed

John Chantler@inventingzero· Oct 16

This will be our last concert for 2025, celebrating 20 years of Skogen with the premiere of a new work by Magnus Granberg in the rarefied acoustics of Stockholm Konserthuset’s Grünewaldsalen. 13 piece version of Skogen for this one ! Tickets & Info: edition-festival.com/en/events/ma...

Poster with white text on gold background and an image of a fisherman abstracted from a Hokusai woodcut. Text reads ‘Magnus Granberg + skogen “trouble had it all my days” onsdag 26 November 2025 kl19 Konserthuset Grünewaldsalen’

John Chantler@inventingzero· Oct 14

Sunday 23 November is the next and final concert in our series at Yeshin Norbu Meditation Centre. Swedish-Finnish composer Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social performs. Food (included in ticket price) will be a tofu/winter vegetable hotpot, rice, pickles. Tickets: www.nortic.se/ticket/event...

Concert poster. White text on dark green background reads: Marja Ahti Solo. Yeshin Norbu Meditation Centre. Roslagsgatan 62. sondag 23 Nov. 2025 kl 15. The poster includes a minimal illustration of a grid of lines and some dots

John Chantler@inventingzero· Oct 13

Short clip from Finn Loxbo's set at Yeshin Norbu yesterday...

John Chantler@inventingzero· Oct 13

Single Bean > Single Origin ? Does the 7th floor count as high altitude ?

Indoor coffee plant with a single cherry

John Chantler@inventingzero· Oct 10

New [Ahmed] double LP incoming via @cafeotodalston.bsky.social !! www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/sama-a-...

John Chantler@inventingzero· Oct 3

Anna with LP :-)

Anna Högberg holding a copy of her LP 'Ensamseglaren'

John Chantler@inventingzero· Sep 24

Recording Space: trio of Lisa Ullén, Anna Lund and Elsa Bergman tonight at Fylkingen. There is also a free lunchtime concert/recording tomorrow.

Three women - the members of space - stand around on a lit black box stage with their instruments: piano, bass, drums

John Chantler@inventingzero· Sep 22

These arrived today and turned out nice. Out Oct 3!

Hand holding an lp sleeve with a black and white photo of a young boy on a boat in the centre of a dark background

John Chantler@inventingzero· Sep 8

This Sunday we continue our concert series at Yeshin Norbu Meditation centre with violin works by Kristofer Svensson performed by Maya Bennardo. Communal meal at 3pm (dal Bhat), concert at 4pm. Hope you can join us.

Two circular shapes made up from thick rough horizontal lines and text that reads ’Kristofer Svenson: violin works’ at the top and ’Yeshin Norbu meditation centre Roslagsgatan 62 sondag 14 sept 2025 kl15’
at the bottom.

Photo of Maya Bennardo and Kristofer Svensson. Maya looks directly at the camera.

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 24

Yes!

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 24

Totally great concert today from Kansan Zetterberg. Nice turn out and great vibes all ’round. Here’s a short clip from the absolutely massive sounding arco section

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 19

LP sleeve mockup. Dark Green record cover with a rectangular black and white photo of a young boy on a boat facing to the right. Photo is overlaid with a stamp and some hard to discern handwriting...

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 19

Anna Högberg Attack — Ensamseglaren. LP/Digital out on Fönstret 3 October 2025. Pre-order: annahogberg.bandcamp.com/album/ensams...

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 13

Pat Thomas sits alone amongst rows of empty seating with fine polished timber railings at Victoria, the national jazz theatre in Oslo. He wears a tunic and holds a walking cane in his right hand.

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 13

Stills from video I shot during [Ahmed] soundcheck on Monday in Oslo.

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 12

Poster for Kansan Zetterberg at Yeshin Norbu on 24/8

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 11

Farah' Alaiyna (Joy Upon Us) as Rhythmmagik. Spatially displaced frequency spectrum. Snapped piano string. Epistrophy encore.

Not so focussed photo of Ahmed playing: L-R: piano, bass, drums, sax. Orange-pink light

John Chantler@inventingzero· Aug 11