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DIRECTING HAND - What Put The Blood
12" LP - edition of 500 - £ 10
DIRECTING HAND have recorded an exciting and chilling record of folk and fire tunes. Placing equal emphasis on experimental free drum and wordless vocal improvisations and reinterpretations of traditional English folk songs, “What Put The Blood” is beautiful, ugly, loud and quiet all at once. “And just as the traditional readings are illuminated by the advanced application of vanguard, modernist aesthetics, the improvisations feel intuitively authentic and deeply volk-ish. For a tradition to go on living, sometimes it is necessary to kill it off completely.” (from the liner notes). Now consisting of Alex Neilson on drums and vocals and soprano Lavinia Blackwall who also plays harp, cello and harmonium, DIRECTING HAND have truly zoned in on the essence of their craft.
The LP features exclusive liner notes by Volcanic Tongue’s David Keenan and comes housed in a hand screenprinted wrap-around sleeve designed by Lavinia Blackwall.
The first 100 copies of the LP come with a bonus 3” CDR of four songs that Lavinia recorded in the studio shortly after the Directing Hand sessions. Utilizing electric organs, guitars, grand piano and her pure soprano voice, she hauntingly interprets and reinterprets two traditional English folk songs and two of her own compositions. The disk comes in a handmade sleeve letterpressed with a Masonic image from Lavinia’s collection. The 3" CDR s are now SOLD OUT!
MOTOR GHOST - A Gold Chain Round Her Breast
12" LP - edition of 300 - SOLD OUT
MOTOR GHOST is the new project of drummer / vocalist alex neilson and multi-instrumentalist ben reynolds. ‘A Gold Chain Round Her Breast’ is their first recorded document as a duo. from the brooding opener through tracks of soaring electricity to the beautifully fragile a capella rendition of the folk song ‘Leaves Of Life’, this album sees alex and ben exploring darkness and light and all shades in between. alex’ drumming provides much of the backbone of the album supporting and conversing with ben’s acoustic and electric guitars, loops and the call of the dümuk (a greek horn). the album comes in screenprinted sleeves, all of which have been hand embellished and are individually numbered.
the first 100 copies of the album include a 3” bonus cd-r containing a 4 song solo vocal set alex performed at the macbeth in london the day before the MOTOR GHOST studio session and feature exclusive and extensive liner notes by scottish folk singer alasdair roberts. these will sell on a first come first serve basis.
12" LP - edition of 500 - £ 10
DIRECTING HAND have recorded an exciting and chilling record of folk and fire tunes. Placing equal emphasis on experimental free drum and wordless vocal improvisations and reinterpretations of traditional English folk songs, “What Put The Blood” is beautiful, ugly, loud and quiet all at once. “And just as the traditional readings are illuminated by the advanced application of vanguard, modernist aesthetics, the improvisations feel intuitively authentic and deeply volk-ish. For a tradition to go on living, sometimes it is necessary to kill it off completely.” (from the liner notes). Now consisting of Alex Neilson on drums and vocals and soprano Lavinia Blackwall who also plays harp, cello and harmonium, DIRECTING HAND have truly zoned in on the essence of their craft.
The LP features exclusive liner notes by Volcanic Tongue’s David Keenan and comes housed in a hand screenprinted wrap-around sleeve designed by Lavinia Blackwall.
The first 100 copies of the LP come with a bonus 3” CDR of four songs that Lavinia recorded in the studio shortly after the Directing Hand sessions. Utilizing electric organs, guitars, grand piano and her pure soprano voice, she hauntingly interprets and reinterprets two traditional English folk songs and two of her own compositions. The disk comes in a handmade sleeve letterpressed with a Masonic image from Lavinia’s collection. The 3" CDR s are now SOLD OUT!
MOTOR GHOST - A Gold Chain Round Her Breast
12" LP - edition of 300 - SOLD OUT
MOTOR GHOST is the new project of drummer / vocalist alex neilson and multi-instrumentalist ben reynolds. ‘A Gold Chain Round Her Breast’ is their first recorded document as a duo. from the brooding opener through tracks of soaring electricity to the beautifully fragile a capella rendition of the folk song ‘Leaves Of Life’, this album sees alex and ben exploring darkness and light and all shades in between. alex’ drumming provides much of the backbone of the album supporting and conversing with ben’s acoustic and electric guitars, loops and the call of the dümuk (a greek horn). the album comes in screenprinted sleeves, all of which have been hand embellished and are individually numbered.
the first 100 copies of the album include a 3” bonus cd-r containing a 4 song solo vocal set alex performed at the macbeth in london the day before the MOTOR GHOST studio session and feature exclusive and extensive liner notes by scottish folk singer alasdair roberts. these will sell on a first come first serve basis.