new tape on FORT EVIL FRUIT out now. synth jams from earlier in the year. Individually painted sleeves:
From releases
fires for sorrow
new album release pending 2018. TEASER TRACK: “fires for sorrow”:
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solo show now available
Cafe Oto have recently released this digital download of a performance from march 2015. Click to listen to the first song in the set – a version of “when I was in my prime” which my friend Andy Farrell told me was about syphilis. I can find no evidence of this on the interweb, but who knows, maybe it’s true.
mother to no swimming laughing child – out now on fort evil fruit
singing knives reissue
the good folk at singing knives records have re-released some old recordings of mine on cassette. the first side is from 2002, the second from 2007. a lovely review from RFM can be found here. and the cassette can be ordered direct from the singing knives website.
the enormous space
the enormous space
a compilation inspired by j g ballard
“One morning Mr. Ballantyne takes the tempting decision to stay inside his house. This is how one of the greatest and most popular J.G. Ballard short-stories begins. Through a suffocating dive into endless inner space, the psychological nightmare that follows reveals the fears of urban life and the dark sides of the human being. Seemingly, this short-story is unfolding in an uncomfortable and tense silence inside the walls of a house in a London suburb. Only few sounds are present and they are always distant and/or disturbing: the drone of a car engine, the rattling of the letter slot, the noise of the refrigerator, the air that blows through the open windows, the singing of the birds in the back garden. This compilation attempts to explore that intermittent space/silence.
In the last few months many musicians found this short-story in their mailbox, with the request to create fitting soundscapes for it, if they were willing to struggle with this harsh silence. Of course, they were free to create whatever they like. Most of them already knew and love J.G. Ballard’s work; others read the story and liked it – all of them found the idea alluring and challenging. Their correspondence varies from soundtracks for specific scenes and conveyance of feelings and atmosphere, to coverage of themes the story contains. We have tried to put the tracks in order to follow the development of the story – you can hear this compilation while reading it, before or afterwards. One thing is certain: when you read “The Enormous Space”, it will stick with you for a long, long time. We hope that this compilation can do the same.”
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