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Renowned producer, dj, artist and author Justin Robertson fresh from the success of his Five Green Moons project joins forces with composer and Stone Club co-founder Matthew Shaw on their tribute to mythical band MineralTail. An 11 track cosmic trip through krautrock, weird ambience and loose-limbed grooves that accompanies the story contained in Justin's new novel of the same name. Expect hypnotic electronics and ritualistic rhythms, swirling melodies and glorious riffs.

'Critics agree that the greatest album ever recorded is the self-titled debut by the MineralTail. Recorded after the extinction of humanity by the combination of a Megalithic stone and two dogs, the record remains peerless in its ingenuity, passion and inventiveness. An album that consistently remains at the top of all rankings and charts. Though all such accolades are meaningless, nonetheless its enduring appeal is obvious. Here, at last is the first reliable account of how that record was made. The recording techniques, the creative disputes, the true source of the sound. It is a story of sublime inspiration, skulduggery, time travel, beauty and conflict. But most importantly it is the story of music itself. Because held within the grooves of the MineralTail's breathtaking debut is the voice of God's most dazzling accident. Music.'

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Knowing how popular Five Green Moons is, it's no surprise that there's a good deal of interest in Robertson & Shaw's bustling new LP, 'Play The Music Of Mineral Tail'. It's not 'Real' music from MineralTail, because I don't think they were real, but if you read Justin's book, i'm sure you'll have more of an insight! Drippy dub, scattered electronic and experimental noise. Ace.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Dog Stream Connects
A2. All For Nothing
A3. The Emperor's Lapdog Part 1 - The Sultan's Pavillion
A4. The Emperor's Lapdog part 2 - Venusian VIP
A5. The Emperor's Lapdog pt 3 - The Bold Dragoon
A6. Nothing is Dead
B1. Rise in a thicket of Thorns
B2. The Shriek of Pan
B3. We Are the Asteroid
B4. The Creak of Insects' Knees
B5. Dream in a Collapsing Sun