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Silence In The Secret Garden - 2025 Reissue

    'Silence In The Secret Garden' is an intensly personal and spiritual journey into the heart & soul of black music. From the reckless dark minimalism of the title track 'Silence In The Secret Garden' to the irresistible funk of 'Yesterday’s Party Watta Bout It', this classic album has continued to surprise and inspire. 

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Entrance To The Garden
    2. People
    3. Backagainforthefirsttime?
    4. LiveinLA 1998
    5. P.B.C.
    6. Shine
    7. Yesterdays Party Watta Bout It
    8. Silence In The Secret Garden
    9. On My Way Home
    10. Sweet Yesterday 

    A timeless classic - coming up on nearly 20 years since the original 12's were released and the very first time this LP has collectively been available on wax. (over 15 years since last in circulation) This edition was remastered to analog perfection from the legendary Stefan Betke (POLE) sonically sculpting the original work into a true masterpiece - this album has never sounded so alive! This is truly a multidimensional sound experience; it's like taking a swim in an analogue ocean and being immersed into the deepest end of the Marianas Trench. This edition features two cuts, "A Night To Remember" (as featured on Richie Hawtin's ENTER: Ibiza 4XCD mix) & "Under The Ocean" from the original 2009 edition of the album. The remaining tracks were selected from CD2 including "Tswana Dub" (Phase90 Restructure) as featured on Deadbeat's classic mix "Radio Rothko" on NYC's theAgriculture. Also included is a "live" (recorded from the house booth) performance at "dub echoes" in NYC (a screening for the feature film).

    Pure analogue bliss -- sonic submersion of the highest order!

    CREDITS:
    Written & Produced by Steven Hitchell. Additional Mastering, Mixing and Engineering by Mark Richardson @ PrairieCat/Metropolis Mastering, Chicago, USA. (2007-2009)
    Remastering and Lacquer cutting by Stefan Betke (POLE) @ ~scape mastering.


    STAFF COMMENTS

    Matt says: Now remastered for an even clearer headspace, the 2nd part of Intrusion's classic dub-techno opus arrives for us all to dive into its rich plasma pools of bass and atmospheric currents.

    TRACK LISTING

    A1. A Night To Remember [Remastered] 11:07
    A2: Ocean View [Remastered] 5:30
    B1. Kingston’s Burning Dub [live In Nyc] 8:08
    B2: De Lion’s Den [Remastered] 4:20
    C1: Never Forget [Remastered] 9:06
    C2: Tswana Dub (Phase90 Restructure) Remastered (4:42)
    D1: Love In Lofi [Remastered] 13:00
    D2: Under The Ocean [Remastered] 4:44

    Lines Of Silence

    The Long Way Home

      ‘The Long Way Home sees the band setting the controls for more varied destinations with a mix of shorter and punchier tracks alongside expansive ambient experimentation. Alongside band members David Little and Dave Clarkson, the title track of the album was remixed by Faust and Ulan Bator’s Amaury Cambuzat. The CD has recently attracted praise from Stuart Maconie Freak Zone and Gideon Coe on BBC 6music and a glowing review in Electronic Sound magazine’.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. The Long Way Home (La Route Des Choux Mix) 05:51
      2. Tzip Tzap! 03:38
      3. Phantom Galaxy 07:18
      4. Coastliner 04:38
      5. A Stranger Shore 04:30
      6. Withens Clough 21:13
      7. Back Home 01:17

      Erland Cooper

      Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence?

        Erland Cooper’s new album Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence is released – 3 years from the day the only master tape was planted deep into the Orkney soil.

        The album is a recording of Cooper’s brand new three-movement composition for solo violin and string ensemble. The work marks the centenary of celebrated Orkney poet George Mackay Brown, as 2021 marks 100 years since his birth.

        Inspired by natural landscapes and ruminating on time, hope, community and patience, the sole recording of the work – on ¼ inch magnetic tape, with the digital files permanently deleted – has been planted to grow and be nurtured or “recomposed” by the earth, before being exhumed and released in three years’ time. Whilst Cooper will not be unearthing the tape until 2024, he has left a trail for anyone to search and find it if they wish. A map with clues to the location of the planting site will be released via his digital platforms. If the planted tape is found, Erland will invite the discoverer to his studio to embark on a journey together for the treasured first listen. It will then be released exactly as it sounds from the earth.

        Erland Cooper says, “Music can so often feel undervalued and for some, being unable to perform live has at times felt like being buried. When an idea forms there is often an urge to share it as quickly as it develops but like spotting a bird, I want to let this fly and land in its own place and time. The work is one part remembrance and one part celebration of a landmark time.” He adds: “The material on the tape may erode naturally, disintegrate and create drops of silence or the peaty soil may preserve it perfectly well. It may or may not get better with age. I may or may not fall out of favour with my composition. Any alterations to the sound and music [when it comes out of the earth] will be reincorporated into the pages of a new score and live performance, as orchestral articulations.”


        STAFF COMMENTS

        Barry says: As fascinating as the concept is of burying an album for ages and then releasing it, degradation and all (including deleting the digital files for a 'no-takesie-backsies' scenario), it's actually listening to this modern classical masterpiece where the real joy lies. Brimming with atmosphere and (ahem) dirt, it's a perfect combination of concept and execution.

        Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

        The Closest Thing To Silence

          In August 2022, Australia-based, French born fourth-world music legend Ariel Kalma was invited to participate in BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction series of special collaborations. The program pairs artists that have not previously collaborated to create new music together. Kalma was quick to suggest working together with two musicians whom he has never met – the International Anthem recording artists Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer, whose critically-acclaimed duo debut Recordings from the Åland Islands had been released just a few months earlier. Kalma sent an invitation to Chiu and Honer, which was received with great enthusiasm.

          Chiu had been a fan of Kalma’s work for a long time, even citing him as a major influence on his approach to electronic music composition. After meeting their goal of 20 minutes worth of music for the program (which was four pieces total), the three musicians were satisfied in what they would present, and sent along their work to the producers of Late Junction; but simultaneously they felt like there was much more to be said, more work to be done. There were several pieces that they had nearly completed that weren’t sent for inclusion in the radio program, and there were many ideas for refining those that had. The three musicians collectively agreed that they would continue work together and try to push the music further. The Closest Thing to Silence is the result of their efforts to take the collaboration further. 

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Ten Hour Wave
          2. Breathing In Three Orbits (Intro)
          3. Breathing In Three Orbits
          4. The Closest Thing To Silence
          5. Dizzy Ditty
          6. Une Ombre Légère
          7. New Air
          8. Écoute Au Loin
          9. A Treasure Chest
          10. Stay Centered
          11. Stack Attack 

          The Awkward Silences

          The Awkward Silences

            Inclusive outsider pop mavericks and Antifolk legends The Awkward Silences return with their eponymous 4th album and their first release in 5 years. Off-kilter Daniel Johnston-esque pop songs inspired by Ian Dury and Iggy Pop. Produced by Jon Clayton (The Monochrome Set, Subway Sect), The Awkward Silences is their catchiest, most unusual and most personal work to date. Led by songwriter, author and disability campaigner Paul Hawkins, The Awkward Silences combine cleverly off-kilter Daniel Johnston-esque pop songs with energetic and inspired live performances pitched somewhere between Ian Dury, Iggy Pop and the Flaming Lips. Having cut their teeth at the infamous Blang nights at the 12 Bar Club back in the late 00’s, The Awkward Silences built up a dedicated following amongst the UK Antifolk Scene before taking on the mainstream with regular BBC Radio1 & 6Music airplay, festival slots up and down the country, and a celebrity following including the likes of Mark Radcliffe, Huw Stephens and Graham Coxon*. Owing to a combination of mental health issues, bereavements, disability activism and other real life complications, the band retreated from the public eye following the release of 2015’s Outsider Pop.

            2018 saw the bands first foray back into the spotlight with a triumphant set at Kendal Calling, spurring them back into the studio to record the new album. The Awkward Silences will also feature on ‘Scratchcard’, Blang Records forthcoming 15 year anniversary compilation (due October 2020). More recently, Hawkins has been in the music press for his work with disability charity Attitude Is Everything and their new initiative Beyond The Music, aimed at improving employment opportunities for disabled people in the music industry. As a disabled musician himself, Hawkins is passionate about improving access for deaf and disabled performers, gig-goers and professionals. All Awkward Silences self-promoted gigs have captioned lyrics for anyone who can't hear them. Paul is very happy to hear from disabled musicians who'd like some advice or a chat. * Graham Coxon was once mistaken for Chris from the band, and ended up getting punched as a result. We think he is a fan. Quotes - ‘Laden with pure charisma’ NME // ‘An ace antifolk superstar’ Time Out // ‘I haven’t been able to get Paul Hawkins out of my head for the last 4 days’ Huw Stephens 

            TRACK LISTING

            1 Quantum Physics
            2 Getting Ready For My Life To Begin
            3 There’s Nothing More Obnoxious Than A Self-Made Man
            4 Everybody Loves Organised Fun
            5 Other People Die
            6 Count Each Mistake
            7 The Medical Model
            8 Everything Will Probably Be Fine
            9 Pretending To Be Fine
            10 The New World

            The Silence

            Nine Suns, One Morning

              The Silence are a storm that has been brewing across Japan for over a year and now that system is breaking into the skies of the rest of the world. Their debut, self-titled release proved to be simply a preamble to the fluid and formidable electro-acoustic display of ‘Hark The Silence’.

              The first record was of a song-based nature, rendered with careful beauty familiar to long-time listeners of Maski Batoh and Ghost; a sounds that turned on occasion into greater journeys. Several months after finishing that album more songs were was taped during an epic recording session in an enormous studio with an audience of listeners whose presence inspired The Silence and added to the performance. However, these recordings were only a beginning and the band returned to the studio later to refine the songs in new versions, creating a powerfully jamming album that contains all the elements of music that define The Silence in flowing and transcendent performance, all of it recorded on 24-track analogue tape, a process which brings their musical and spatial elements into dynamic balance.

              Everything in the universe accessible to The Silence may be found in the ‘Ancient Wind’ trilogy that fills side one of ‘Hark The Silence’. From the depths of space rolls washes of gong, through which a terse, minimal bassline comes marching. Rattles of prepared piano spark and pass through the frame, blown over with the celestial omnipotence of a flute. The now-sensuous groove is underscored with luxuriant stereophonic drums rolling across the speakers.

              Representing the state of nature from which all music as well as The Silence has to come, ‘Ancient Wind Part 1’ ceases to exist and explodes into a furious Bo-Diddley beat for ‘Part 2’, a chant replete with acid-rock guitar solos, an encompassing saxophone testament and an echounit driven drum breakdown.

              Part 3 of ‘Ancient Wind’ resumes the chant in the mode of ‘Gangamanag’ (from Ghost’s ‘Hypnotic Underworld’ opus) and extends the fury of the progression in 7/8 to include a dazzling organ solo over unending volcanic eruption. As the swirling mass subsides, a few rusty blue notes from an acoustic guitar are sounded over the encroaching Silence.

              Recorded completely live, ‘Ornament’ continues with resonant guitar acoustics from the fading embers of the first side, starting with a gentle mode and sung by Batoh in their native tongue, before the song ascends to explorations in space with music.

              ‘DEX 1’ continues the ride, a heavy jam in 4/4 dedicated to Dexter Gordon with loads of texture from keyboards and saxophone that make for very compelling physical listening.

              The second half of the album contains an exquisite and intense rock arrangement from Damon and Naomi with Batoh’s tremendous singing atop the pile-driving power of The Silence in full swing, plus several other awe-inspiring encounters in live performance, minimal jamming, poetry, baritone-sax breath and group-think at its best.

              As the album closes with the clarion call of ‘Fireball’ the graveyard of all history traversed by The Silence is illuminated by the dead’s spirit burning in the air - a great and profoundly jarring moment. ‘Hark The Silence’ is a composite of such moments, an album that travels enormous distances and captures live energies in astonishing studio sounds.

              TRACK LISTING

              Ancient Wind Part 1 & 2
              Ancient Wind Part 3
              Ornament
              DEX #1
              Galasdama
              Breath Figure
              Little Red Record
              Company
              Fireball

              After spending two years living on opposite coasts and pursuing their own creative projects, Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp returned last spring to set to work on the sixth full-length album from the Rosebuds. Joining up with Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon (a friend and former bandmate who, in a 2011 interview, noted that the Rosebuds make “some of the most important music in the world”), the North Carolina-bred duo spent a week in Vernon’s studio teasing out a batch of songs that effortlessly weave the hooky songcraft of classic jangle-pop, the cagey romanticism of new wave, and a refined yet full-hearted sensibility all their own. Featuring Vernon on guitar and synths - as well as Bon Iver drummer Matt McCaughan and Sylvan Esso's Nick Sanborn on bass, both longtime pals and cohorts of the Rosebuds - the resulting Sand + Silence radiates both a graceful intensity and the loose, joyful energy that comes from making music with friends.

              TRACK LISTING

              01 In My Teeth 4:27
              02 Sand + Silence 5:13
              03 Give Me A Reason 4:03
              04 Blue Eyes 2:48
              05 Mine Mine 3:27
              06 Wait A Minute 3:48
              07 Esse Quam Videri 3;44
              08 Death Of An Old Bike 3:31
              09 Looking For 3:08
              10 Walking 1:56
              11 Tiny Bones 4:12

              Roll The Dice

              Until Silence

                Until Silence is the widescreen-epic third album from Stockholm based duo Roll The Dice. A monumental shift in both sonics and psychogeography. The characteristic framework of piano and synthesiser is reinforced with a newly conscripted 26-piece string section to startling effect.

                Roll The Dice are Peder Mannerfelt (who worked with Fever Ray and records as The Subliminal Kid) and Malcolm Pardon (who writes and records music for film and TV). The new chapter in an ongoing storyline which Pardon and Mannerfelt began crafting on their acclaimed 2010 self-titled debut: their protagonists now displaced from the factories of their last album In Dust, and cast into a Great War.

                Bringing light and shade to electronic architecture, the album features a 26-piece string ensemble with arrangements by Erik Arvinder whose credit include Lykke Li, Robyn and Primal Scream. The cinematic sound of mechanised warfare: life, death, hope and devastation

                Mastered and cut by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering in Berlin who reworked tracks from In Dust under his Pole moniker for their 2012 EP In Dubs.

                Roll The Dice will premiere tracks from Until Silence at this year’s Sónar festival in Barcelona, and the duo will appear at events around the world over the coming months. A formidable live proposition: waves of analogue sound coaxed from walls of vintage synthesisers, without a computer in sight.


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