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Clarence Clarity – UNRECORDED HISTORY (Self-released, 2022)

Chris — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:31:43 +0000

The sound of the movie theatre behind closed doors, the thump of the club beyond the entrance, the roar of the party rising as you climb the steps: noise as anticipation, as invitation. I’ve had a fascination with this idea since Byetone’s 2008 Death of a Typographer (Raster-Noton), whose opener “Into Bios” transitions from field recordings off […]

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Raum – Daughter (Yellowelectric, 2022)

Chris — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:53:50 +0000

I was travelling with work the last few weeks for the first time in over two years, our trans-Atlantic in-person stuff having all been stopped as a result of the C Word. It’s a curious thing, travel for work; on the one hand it puts a complete pause on your life while away, and on […]

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Benoit Pioulard – A few moments in which I was met with an experience that I might never have again (2021)

Chris — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:12:25 +0000

I close my eyes: I trace every gesture retread every footstep linger in every syllable A jewel of time held in the palm of my past It turns and turns each flickering facet thumbed and rubbed ’til soft and scuffed So precious to me I daren’t touch it now for fear it will wear away […]

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Federico Durand – Herbario (Laaps, 2021)

Chris — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:02:15 +0000

In the last few of years I’ve become increasingly obsessed with the colour green. I suspect this originated watching Tarkovsky films, whose use of colour in landscapes scenes is intoxicating to me, and then further entrenched following a return to the familial homeland of Ireland. Emerald Isle, I had forgotten, is a name rightly earned. […]

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Ben Frost – Steel Wound (Room40, 2003)

Chris — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:31:38 +0000

Over Christmas I took a few walks around my alma mater, the University of Birmingham, just a short walk from where my family lives now. Although my family home has never been more proximal to the place I spent the final years of my education, I very rarely visit the campus when I return home. It […]

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Giles Corey – Giles Corey (Enemies List, 2011)

Chris — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:29:12 +0000

I often have thoughts about going back and reviewing older content that I’ve enjoyed from years gone by, making sure that in my time writing here I capture all of those special and impactful records that I’ve fallen for. The most pivotal albums I think are more-or-less all here now, but there are still plenty […]

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Danny Clay – Ocean Park (Laaps, 2020)

Chris — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:43:18 +0000

I don’t want to be here anymore. The house is a cage, an arena that confines thought and inhibits the imagination, stifles the senses and relegates the world to an untouchable otherness. I’ve been reading about the Hebrides recently, of its many islands and storied history, and have found my heart yearning again for the […]

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Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini – Illusion of Time (Phantasy, 2020)

Chris — Sat, 23 May 2020 17:07:18 +0000

I seem to end up talking about time a lot. Time, time, time. Part of this, it seems, is that as my friends and I get older, we find ourselves increasingly coming to terms with the fact that we’re moving (or have moved) beyond our youth. Adult life has its perks obviously, but as we […]

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Minor Pieces – The Heavy Steps of Dreaming (FatCat, 2019)

Chris — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:27:44 +0000

I didn’t learn to drive until I was 21; I know that’s pretty late in some places but here it’s not such a big deal, though I suppose I was a little behind the curve. At the time though I knew when I started that, for whatever reason, I couldn’t have done it when I […]

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How To Dress Well – Love Remains (Lefse, 2010)

Chris — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 21:21:57 +0000

It continues to fascinate me that works you explored years ago but didn’t enjoy or appreciate at the time can be returned to considerably later with an entirely new outlook. I’ve often wondered how many records there are from years gone by that I snubbed at the time, but now may come back to with […]

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