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Awesome Wells has been recording music and hibernating in bedrooms in valleys, kitchens by railways and bunkers in the city for several years. His music envisages a huge soundscape bringing in many elements of his diminished fantasy travels. Wandering the world through the mediums of sound collages, most likely on his own or with the kind help of a cat called Flea. It definitely included a smashed china plate in a plastic bag, a flugelhorn from Prague held together with green tape, a Jew's harp from Venice, the birds in a graveyard in Nottingham in spring, bits of electronic synthesising and effect tom-foolery. A girl mucking about with a piano, a knackered old zither, a Dictaphone recording of a Ukrainian train station at dawn, sleigh-bells at dusk, an over-used loop sampler, some old jam-jars in a plastic bag, a nut-cracker named Klad, a lampshade, a child's violin, and probably some other stuff too. This all makes for a wonderful sound, taking in influences from Hawk And A Hacksaw, Animal Collective and Dexys Midnight Runners, to name a few. During this hibernation Wells stepped out to juggle various instruments and noises for The Voluntary Butler Scheme and as a result of parental encouragement from band-mates and friends alike, decided to open up his confused world of sound collage to other people.