These tracks were recorded across seven years of in-between days. They were mostly edited during long train journeys — A to B and back again. These tracks were intended at various stages to be: a vinyl 10”; discarded; that difficult fourth album. Work continued. Rare indecision. Focus pulled elsewhere.
‘This Is How You Disappear’ and ‘Mod Two’ were originally commissioned by Alexander Pohnert for his 2013 installation at Shift, Berlin (now: OHM Berlin). ‘Monospace’ uses a live performance at FuturePlaces, Porto in the Autumn of 2013 as its primary source. It was worked up the following year, with ‘Contract Five’ and ‘Tyro’ – outtakes from rehearsals – following soon after. The earliest recordings, documenting the ‘Voiceworks’ project at Guildhall, London, 2011, were the last to be worked on for this edition, resulting in ‘Atem’.
And now it’s time to begin again.
With thanks to Heitor Alvelos, Manuela Benetton, Anselmo Canha, Dale Cornish, Gerard Forde, Mike Harding, Allon Kaye, Achim Mohné, Michael Muennich, Parker, Andrew Poppy, Carol Watts, Jon Wozencroft and Stephen Wrench for playing a part in this process.
credits
released December 15, 2017
2, 6: originally commissioned by Alexander Pohnert for Habitat One, an installation at Shift, Berlin, 7 May 2013 – 11 May 2013. Batbox recordings made on location in Brandenburg by Alexander Pohnert and Felisa Henrikus. Faulty Grundig reel-to-reel recorded by Anna Cruise. 3: recordings made in February 2011 at Guildhall, London for Voiceworks. 4: Monotron Delay live recordings made by Hélder Sousa at Passos Manuel, Porto, 31 October 2013 for FuturePlaces. Edited and processed by Philip Marshall between April 2013 – February 2014. Finalised on 29 July 2017. Mastered by Phil Julian. Published by Field Music. Originally released on cassette by Vanity Publishing.
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