chevassut - five tracks from osg netlabel

Excited about this, but as ever didn't want to say anything before it happened.

Today saw a release for some of my 'lo-fi noise, drone and folk' (his description*) from Graham Dunning's excellent OSG (Open Sound Group) netlabel. You can find the free download here.

I'm responsible not only for the sounds but for the cover photo featured above.

With the exception of Did The Morning? recorded at the end of March this year (2012), and Crawl recorded and assembled in (email) collabration with Tim Gaze in 2009, all the tracks are from April this year.

They explore emotional states while never precisely locating them for the listener. The aesthetic as ever is awkward and unfinished.

You may already have heard some of the pieces on YouTube. They use a minimal set-up of mics, FM/AM radio, electric bass guitar, LoopStation, and domestic objects as soundmakers. Sounds went through a small mixing board to an amp, from which a live recording was made by digital recorder.

Make sure you check out the other stuff on Graham's label while you're there. I obviously highly recommend the live Womb recording, but there's much more of interest there.


*Made me laugh. Although I'd also argue the differences between these musics are pretty minimal.