Martin Franklin & Michael Northam
“An Opening Of The Earth: Recovered”
(Faria Records FAR-23)
“….excavating the sonic crust with heavy synthesised drones, trebly buzzes and popping bursts of sound……eerie as hell.” Darren Bergstein, I/E (from review of original release)
“An Opening Of The Earth: Recovered” revisits a spontaneous collaboration between the two musicians, captured in the early 90’s. At once a sonic artifact of the recent past and a touchstone for contemporary developments in lo-fi electronic sound.
Mythic imagery of man descending into the mysteries of the Inner Earth is conjured in this intense recorded performance. Using lo-fi sampling, eerie drones, percussive metal instruments and effects, the players trace an intuitive path through a midnight electronic improvisation.
After unearthing the original tapes, Martin Franklin has created all new mixes for this Faria Records release, including previous unheard sections, re-interpreted and enhanced for the 21st Century listener. The release is an edition of 500 copies. A6 card folder with CD and 3 postcards.
MP3 Sample playlist of tracks “Tape1 Pt.3″, “Tape2 Pt.2″, “Tape4 Pt.1″
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CodeTripper
“Deserted Cities” EP
Something of a mixture, this release makes use of Samples and recordings culled from several years of commissions and project work, the tracks mesh filmic tech-dub beats, tabla and Indian vocals, and mysterious shortwave recordings in a haze of static drones and synth textures.
Containing 4 new solo tracks on a black faced CDr, plus a 3″ mini CD with a remix swap for Nanny Tango records, the “Deserted Cities” tracks are housed in a chunky “Super Jewel Box”, with a handmade etched brass sygil by silversmith, Sarah Graveson, wrapped in handmade paper with a random selection of digital images in a mini “film strip”.
This release is a numbered edition of 100.
MP3 Sample playlist of tracks “Holdback”, “Transcommunication”, “Deserted Cities”
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V/A ”Cryosphere” CD
(Glacial Movements GM001)
Debut release by Glacial Movements, a new Italian label specialising in Isolationist Ambient material. This initial compilation release “Cryosphere” includes my track “Silent Writing” based on sampled gongs, from the now unavailable “The Frozen Lands” EP, originally released on Amplexus. The disc contains over an hour of droning atmospheres and textures from the likes of Troum, Lightwave, Oophoi and myself.
“The steady aesthetic and skill of old ambient hand Tuu perversely supplies the warmest track on Cryosphere, with some seven minutes of shifting minimalism …” SONOMU (thanks to Stephen Fruitman)
MP3 sample of track “Silent Writing” TUU:
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