Uboa

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 next friday (27th), the day before IL's 1 year anniversary. being chronically ill can take a big toll on your physical self-esteem - even if it doesn't affect your external appearance in obvious ways (although turns out my eyebags and see-through skin is mo...

[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 master anyway because I dig its vibe - and its low mp3 quality is kinda cute and fits. The mix has gone AWOL for now, so it does has some unwanted distortion, even after remastering...

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 all the stems. So this is the only remnant of her mix I have left, - only in mp3 - and it is indeed an incredible mix. Since I have no...

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 Wulf Gault)

To quote the post on ig:

h...

2025-05-23 07:10:50 +0000 UTC View Post

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 Spirit

2- A Body, Shapeless and Divine

3 - Prole Ana

4 - A Misremembered Dream

5 - A Windowless House (Deconditioning)

You can download both 320 mp3 versions and uncompressed 24/48 WAV ...

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 there

edit: thankyou! it went well and I will do more! u can follow me on twitch here!

https://www.twitch.tv/uboa_the_flesh

This is a trial - if it goes well, I might do some streams for everybody here teaching some of my sound design stuff in video form!

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 buildup into noise. However, this one actually "finishes" the noise" with some big screams and cut-ups, and thus feels more complete. It's not the same song, but it's non-identical twin sister.

Lyrically, it is about the social ...

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.
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Depending on what you prefer to call things, it is a mini-LP or an EP, being 32 minutes and 5 songs, it straddles between the two. I'v...

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 samples, the quality is not quite as polished (i.e. occasional silences not edited out and the volumes are not all normalised) - but given it is noise you shouldn't be expecting it. Great for sound collages, further editing or looping.

Also includ...

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-living crisis!) who had this giant concrete room called the "Spatial Studio". We took a lot of photos. It was very cold in there. Wish it was still around as the reverb...

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). These were done with my long-time friend and collaborator Taran, who is a remarkably talented photographer and, notedly, ambient musician as 2025-04-18 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

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 end made me quite dizzy.

Of course, the theme should be self-evident given the recent fascist crackdown on folk like myself around the world - which is not just ...

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 better amp now). However I think it is salvageable - I just need to take a break from the song a bit. Also features - the gore machine, hydrasynth, piano and junk percussion. No vocals yet, as usual (minus choirs) - but was thinking shoegaze ones and...

[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, you can see his forge in the background - to have stands), some chains and a modified trash can lid (also thanks to my dad, who added holes/screws in it to "jangle", as well...

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 originally a single song... but it feels like an EP of material there. It's similar to Please Don't Leave Me ... just much longer. I al...

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 other than Desdemona of Yotzeret Sheydim - with many other artists. She is also taking more submissions from trans noise artists for future volumes, all to trans mutual aid...

Kaho Matsui ft Uboa - Unconditional

Recently, Kaho Matsui asked 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 harmonies, screams and sent a lot of samples of noise for the crescendo.

For those who don't know her work, I strongly recommend "2025-03-10 17:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post

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 I've been working somewhat inspired by disability, isolation and my love for astrophysics. It's somewhat adjacent to some of the stuff in The Origin, especially with my old trustworthy gamelan VST. It also brings back some of the (currently fake) orchestr...

[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, here's some back (so they are free for all). Not entirely in numerical order as some got corrupted - spooky! Have fun. Use them for your noise song, your video game, your tabletop campaign or to scare your housemates into having sex quieter - whateve...

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

Here is a redux of an old song made originally just for soundcloud that 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 instrumen...

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 ages ago with my old discord server (which I disbanded due to the fact my mental health, and that of many of the members, was terrible at the time) and still want to do the idea. Here's the details.

-no samples longer than 1:30. WAV preferred, bu...

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 jammed out on my gear noise-diary style, but kinda grew. It's still not complete I think - maybe some singing will be added, an intro and probably a more decisive end. It's not only an ode to my recent bout of chronic fatigue-causing illness, but ...

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 it).

It's also to raise awareness for Orchid's fundraiser for FFS and general healthcare, here's the post and link.

Hey everybody, Violet and I’s gf Orchid (the three of us are Iconoplast) has made a fundraiser for both...

2024-12-25 08:48:27 +0000 UTC View Post

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' death industrial in the style of Pharmakon and Puce Mary - however with orchestral strings. The other songs are more harsh noise and ambient in the line of The Sky May Be and the release is loosely the same length. Since its a baked-down live set, the only overdu...

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 good health days. 24bit 48k, so DVD quality.

Also provided the albeton effects rack used to make them. All it indeed a single input or noise (such as a laptop mic, like me) and then go hog wild with all the settings. You might need to pick u...

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 i guess.

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 Bells for 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 bed with Health Issues, however I finally gained enough strength to finish it in my home studio. Feels ...

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 keyboard as a basis. The latter I had found on an old HDD, the songs they were used for were not very good, so I pillaged the samples (from 9 years ago, I rarely delete my unfinished or even 'bad' songs).

 I've been wanti...

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 turning out, but it still think I need to push myself further as a vocalist and mixing engineer. The song is in B minor, so I have to sing at t...