Hello.
Well life is really up in the air for me at the moment, for various reasons too dull/personal to bother you all with. However, one glimmer of good news is that there is actually some of my music available on a record from the wonderful Castles In Space label. A proper vinyl 7" single that you can play on a record player, with a cover and an insert sheet. It's been 14 years since I had a proper record of my own out.
It features two electronic instrumentals that I composed last year and polished to something approaching a shine this year. One is a moogy glam stomper, the other a theme tune for a non-existant regional TV news show from 1983. There are 300 copies available, half of the run on black vinyl and the other half on white. I designed the sleeve and all that, the audio was given a sonic buffing by the excellent Jon Brooks (Ghost Box/Clay Pipe/Trunk etc.) and there might be a surprise within that will be of use to about three people... I hope.
Anyway, it's officially released May 11th but you can pre-order it now. Many thanks to those who've already done so, and it's really nice to see names I don't know popping up on the sale pages as well as those that I do. The Bandcamp link is this: https://soundhog-cis.bandcamp.com/album/astrablast-newtown-parkway, and here's a video I did for one side, using a 1980s Sony video camera, a Panasonic mixer, a TV set and a VHS recorder. Hope you like.
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here's the post https://acidted.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/astrablast%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bnewtown-parkway-by-soundhog-electronic-electronic-experimental-electronic-neokrautrock-radiophonic/ and tweeted
Hey Ben,
How are you getting on these days?
Been a LONG time since we last chatted and a lots happened ;)
I still stay in touch with Froodle (Richard Hawkins) but have left Eastbourne for a little further north these days, Scotland ;)
Give me a shout at some stage ;)
Chain/Shane - Quantum Designs - Forever :P
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