I'm Sebastien.

Under the Starry Stillness is a photographic diary of sorts: each post is relevant to the day it is posted.

I have a reblogging/general tumblr here: The Chemistry Set

I write quiet music and release it through Make Mine Music

I was born during the winter of 1979 in the industrial landscapes of the north-west Midlands. I currently live in Sheffield.

I'm a (disillusioned) socialist and a vegetarian.

I rather like: Derek Jarman, Quentin Crisp, Joan Crawford, Christopher Isherwood, Dusty Springfield, Jonathan Ames, Electronic Music, the early films of John Carpenter, Brideshead Revisted, and the British modernist movement.

I can also be found in the following places:
Lastfm
Twitter
Blog
Soundcloud
Brian Eno Another Green World 1975.
(Appropriate as today my Eno plays passed the 10,000 mark on last.fm, eek!)

Brian Eno Another Green World 1975.

(Appropriate as today my Eno plays passed the 10,000 mark on last.fm, eek!)

A 1970s postcard showing Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens, Plaza, Hotel and the Sunley Building (now City Tower).

A 1970s postcard showing Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens, Plaza, Hotel and the Sunley Building (now City Tower).

An early-1980s postcard of Preston Polytechnic.

An early-1980s postcard of Preston Polytechnic.

Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio, 2012.

Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio, 2012.

Joan Crawford c. 1927

Joan Crawford c. 1927

David Wynne’s Fire Figure (1963), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

David Wynne’s Fire Figure (1963), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

Sketch of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield c. late 1960s. (Note the caption states it was due to be completed in 1974 however it was actually finished in 1979.)

Sketch of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield c. late 1960s. (Note the caption states it was due to be completed in 1974 however it was actually finished in 1979.)

The Arts Tower and Western Bank Library from Weston Park, Sheffield, c. 1969.

The Arts Tower and Western Bank Library from Weston Park, Sheffield, c. 1969.

A 1960s postcard of Coventry Cathedral (old and new building seen from the east).

A 1960s postcard of Coventry Cathedral (old and new building seen from the east).

A postcard of Sunderland’s new town centre c. early-1970s.

A postcard of Sunderland’s new town centre c. early-1970s.

St. David’s Day. January and February have passed by quickly, quietly and almost unnoticed. I need to be more present (I have said this before).

St. David’s Day. January and February have passed by quickly, quietly and almost unnoticed. I need to be more present (I have said this before).