Guest tidbit Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Label: Mordant Music Catalog#: MM015 Format: CD, Album Released: Jun 2007 Notes: In the summer of 2006 Mordant Music were approached by Boosey & Hawkes to contribute to a library album of 'drone' based pieces. Out of more than 200 tracks composed for the project, 22 were eventually included and released as a Film & TV industry-only CD entitled 'The Drone Continuum' as part of the Strip Sounds catalogue. 'Carrion Squared' collects 40 synthetic pieces which were omitted from the final commission. All tracks are between 22 seconds and 2 minutes 34 seconds in length, and range in style from hackneyed preset to modified starch.... enjoy.... endure. ---Baron Mordant & Admiral Greyscale, Spring 2007 Tracklisting: 1 Astley's Lament (0:44) 2 Analog Daniels (1:04) 3 Blast Screen (1:45) 4 Boersma (1:30) 5 Chiedozie Maj7 (1:29) 6 Crack Of Krakow (0:59) 7 Curlew (1:48) 8 Debbie Does Poggenpohl (0:49) 9 Deportivo Suppressant (1:18) 10 Dungeness (0:57) 11 Fading Font (2:18) 12 Final Score Pathos (1:02) 13 Fine-Toothed Ohm (1:35) 14 Gang Lion (1:43) 15 Gavreau (2:08) 16 Genuflect (0:53) 17 Greyscale (0:29) 18 Innate Dog (0:31) 19 Insufferable Socket (0:34) 20 I've Found One (2:02) 21 Keep Whacking Me (1:26) 22 Little Hanging Sac (2:13) 23 Minor Pete (1:58) 24 Minotaur In A Tollbooth (0:22) 25 My Life In The Nest Of Piezo Horns (1:17) 26 NASL (2:32) 27 New Leonard (1:16) 28 No Keith (1:01) 29 Olbas Miasma (1:42) 30 Paepl (0:34) 31 Pessary (0:30) 32 Poly-Coypu (1:59) 33 Rodney Imbues (1:07) 34 Sincere Blanc (1:53) 35 Slowly Turning Shit (0:38) 36 Telomere (1:23) 37 Torrid Slot (0:58) 38 Traveln (0:57) 39 Walk-In Bath (1:42) 40 Wet Pain (0:54) clips Someone's being very good to us this week, and instead of merely one Mordant record, we get two and they're both incredible? Hmm... it's a week of double releases methinks, and not only is this very good indeed, but it's pretty far removed from the doom and gloom of its sister album 'The Tower'. Apparently made up of offcuts from a Boosey & Hawkes library music album which the duo of Baron Mordant and Admiral Greyscale were commissioned to produce, 'Carrion Square' is the perfect record for followers of the BBC Radiophonic workshop desperate for a fix. Forty tracks of synthesizer damage guide you through the weird, wild world of Mordant Music, and with the production at a ridiculous level throughout you would be forgiven for thinking this could be a long forgotten relic to be placed alongside the recently rediscovered work of Daphne Oram or Delia Derbyshire. You can almost feel the analogue circuitry pulsing and fizzing away as you let yourself absorb the music, and far from the skittish collection of overly short tracks the record could be, instead it feels totally coherent and totally perfectly realised. That's maybe why I doubt that tracks' status as offcuts, as rarely do compilations of offcut tracks sound so well put together, I suppose it could have been planned all along - but then I've always loved a good conspiracy theory. It's pointless for me to go into detail about specific tracks even, there is far too much to dig into on here and really you need to hear it from beginning to end. Let's hope that some day these guys will be picked up to do the soundtrack to some sci-fi TV show or another... err... maybe Doctor Who? Well I'd be happy that's for sure... Do yourself a favour and buy both Mordant Music albums this week, you won't be disappointed. Huge recommendation! ----boomkat ,,--- yes, indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 oh and there is also a new The Tower, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 yes there is ::liepr:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Kingdom Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Thought this was interesting, don't know how much I would listen to it if I got it. The Tower album sounded pretty nice though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 gotta(!) agree on that.. in every sense i think i enjoy this one the mo(i)st (:!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 ghostbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 eric zann maybe, ... and belbury poly.. and why not focus group also, but... triphop you say! you must be ear blind or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Kingdom Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 eric zann maybe, ... and belbury poly.. and why not focus group also, but... triphop you say! you must be ear blind or something I haven't heard too much, but I will say that the latest Belbury Poly album (The Owl's Map) is just awesome! Anyone know if Ghost Box has any US distribution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I haven't heard too much, but I will say that the latest Belbury Poly album (The Owl's Map) is just awesome! yep, it's unbelievable. eric zann's 'ouroborindra' is another good one. the focus group are probably closest to library music sounds, i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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