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Mark Pritchard

Under The Sun - 2025 Repress

    Following the release of his new collaborative album 'Tall Tales' with Thom Yorke, a 2LP vinyl repress of Mark Pritchard’s previous solo album Under The Sun is once again available via Warp Records.

    Originally released in 2016, 'Under The Sun' is one story told in chapters and, as with any good story, the spell is only maintained if you don’t skip to the end. Pritchard, as usual, defies easy categorisation and that is what gives depth and nuance to this work. He draws on the sounds and influences genetically coded in his musical DNA; ambient, nu-wave, avant-garde electronics and folk; but reimagines them through an otherworldly filter that cements Under The Sun somewhere in the future, rather than the past.

    The album features contributions from peers and friends including Thom Yorke, Linda Perhacs, Bibio, and Beans, and explores themes of beauty, desolation, and longing for home.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. ?
    2. Give It Your Choir Feat Bibio
    3. Infrared
    4. Falling
    5. Beautiful People Feat Thom Yorke
    6. Sad Alron
    7. You Wash My Soul Feat Linda Perhacs
    8. Where Do They Go, The Butterflies
    9. Hi Red
    10. Ems
    11. The Blinds Cage Feat Beans
    12. Dawn Of The North
    13. Khufu
    14. Rebel Angels
    15. Under The Sun

    Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke

    Tall Tales

      Following Pritchard’s remixes for Radiohead, the pair struck upon an otherworldly synergy with the track ‘Beautiful People’, a centrepiece of Mark’s 2016 solo album 'Under The Sun'.

      Now presenting a whole album, 'Tall Tales' showcases Pritchard’s mastery of archaic machines that he had previously unearthed in synthesizer archives, guiding the music down unexpected and experimental paths. Yorke meanwhile delivers a haunting and expansive vocal performance, evoking Radiohead’s OK Computer-era digital FX while delving into dark, introspective storytelling.

      Also central to the project, visual collaborator Jonathan Zawada’s artistry enhances the project with his hyperreal environments that blur the line between the organic and digital, juxtaposing uneasy landscapes of natural beauty with the brutal aesthetics of a dystopian world.

      Through Yorke’s lyrics, Pritchard’s atemporal compositions and Zawada’s visuals, 'Tall Tales' questions where our insatiable appetite for ‘progress’ might have landed us. 

      TRACK LISTING

      1. A Fake In A Faker’s World
      2. Ice Shelf
      3. Bugging Out Again
      4. Back In The Game
      5. The White Cliffs
      6. The Spirit
      7. Gangsters
      8. This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice
      9. Tall Tales
      10. Happy Days
      11. The Men Who Dance In Stag’s Heads
      12. Wandering Genie

      Mark Pritchard

      The Four Worlds

        Mark Pritchard returns with ‘The Four Worlds’, an eight-track collection further exploring the sonic worlds first encountered on 2016’s opus "Under The Sun". Mark has once again collaborated with acclaimed visual artist Jonathan Zawada on artwork and visuals.

        "The Four Worlds" features a collection of underground poets and musicians including Colorado’s psychedelic heroine Space Lady on "S.O.S" and eighties cult radio artist Gregory Whitehead on "Come Let Us".

        Mark Pritchard has been releasing music under different guises for nearly three decades (Global Communication, Reload, Africa Hitech, Harmonic 313, Harmonic 33, to name a few). Mark has become a figurehead in his field with artists such as Thom Yorke, Linda Perhacs, The Space Lady, Bibio, Clark and Wiley all queuing up to work with him. Luckily for long term fans, there's still bucket loads of underground spirit permeating through the album. "Glasspops" opens with one of his characteristic, growling sawtooths, paired with technoid perc and a steady incline it introduces the rest of the album's smaller missives perfectly, occupying most of side A and building the air of anticipation and drama perfectly for what follows - a haunting set of poems matched with sublimely astute sound design! From Gregory Whitehead's occultist delivery on "Come Let Us" to the instantly celestial hymnal of "The Arched Window", the air of otherworldliness and spirituality is omnipresent throughout. We're loving this concept here at Picc HQ - it's great to finally see some dramatic spoken word interwoven with sound design and sonic textures so well. 


        STAFF COMMENTS

        Barry says: The last outing from Pritchard gained a hefty following in the shop, and this one is set to do the same. Deep, rhythmic basslines, outsider electronics and snapping bitcrushed percussion all form together into a brilliantly engrossing whole.

        TRACK LISTING

        Glasspops
        Circle Of Fear
        Come Let Us Ft Gregory Whitehead
        The Arched Window
        S.O.S. Ft The Space Lady
        Parkstone Melody II
        Mên-an-Tol
        The Four Worlds

        ‘Under The Sun’, Mark Pritchard’s first solo album in five years, is designed to be listened to in one sitting; the unique atmosphere of the album has led from Pritchard’s exploration of the timeless production and mixing techniques of the 1960s and 70s.

        Having previously produced - both collaboratively and as an individual - under various pseudonyms (Global Communication, Africa Hitech, Harmonic 313, Harmonic 33, to name a few), he has now begun to release all music under his own name.

        The record draws influences from ambient, psych and folk and, with help from vocalists such as Thom Yorke, Linda Perhacs, Bibio and Beans (ex- Antipop Consortium), creates a sort of sonic utopian landscape, complemented completely by the artwork of Jonathan Zawada.

        For fans of Atoms For Peace, Brian Eno, Fennesz, Jane Weaver, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jon Hassell.

        STAFF COMMENTS

        Barry says: Pritchard releases his dazzling new album for Warp Records. Featuring serene electronic trills and sweeping ambience, mixed with acoustic guitar pieces and the vocal talents of a perfect selection of guest artists, this is a varied and engrossing selection of electro-acoustic masterstrokes.

        TRACK LISTING

        ?
        Give It Your Choir (Feat Bibio)
        Infrared
        Falling
        Beautiful People (Feat Thom Yorke)
        Where Do They Go, The Butterflies
        Sad Alron
        You Wash My Soul (Feat Linda Perhacs)
        Cycles Of 9
        Hi Red
        Ems
        The Blinds Cage (Feat Beans)
        Dawn Of The North
        Khufu
        Rebel Angels
        Under The Sun

        Mark Pritchard / Bibio / Clark

        A Badman Sound / Heath Town / Inf Inf Inf Inf

          THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2016 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

          Record Store Day rave 12” from Warp mainstays Mark Pritchard, Bibio and Clark.

          Mark Pritchard kicks off the 12 with throwback jungle anthem ‘A Badman Sound’; the classic Amen break gets laced with rave stabs and intermittent dub sirens.

          ‘Heath Town’ is the opposite of what you’d expect from Bibio. In particular, the second half takes stylistic cues from ‘A Badman Sound’ and features the popular, euphoric James Brown-produced ‘Yeah Woo’ sample.

          Clark winds down with ‘Inf Inf Inf Inf’, a more ambient sound that brings in broken beats and is reminiscent of early Aphex Twin.

          2016 is an exciting year for all three artists:

          In May, Mark Pritchard is releasing his first album under his own name.

          In April, Bibio releases his fifth album on Warp, A Mineral Love.

          And after releasing his most successful album yet in late 2014, Clark returns with ‘The Last Panthers’ record, inspired by his score of the Sky Arts drama series of the same name.

          For fans of: Aphex Twin, Autechre, Special Request, Om Unit

          Vinyl 12" in 3mm spine sleeve with centre holes (in Warp house bag).

          Limited to 500 copies.

          TRACK LISTING

          Mark Pritchard – A Badman Sound
          Bibio – Heath Town
          Clark – Inf Inf Inf Inf


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