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‘Land of Cats’ by Heather Holcroft-Pinn

Our first compilation incorporated music, images and poetry around the theme animals. We were thrilled to include this wonderfully surreal poem by Heather Holcroft-Pinn. We’ve just put out a physical copy of the compilation including photos of the artwork and a handmade booklet. Available here. All proceeds to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Image by JessieContinue reading “‘Land of Cats’ by Heather Holcroft-Pinn”

On a Hamburg anti-war Memorial (Lucy Day)

Some thoughts on the St Nikolai anti-war memorial in Hamburg, which featured in a song by Tom Cowin and me, in the Ruins zine project. (To be found here: https://theknightsproject.bandcamp.com/track/chasm) I was asked to write this by the lovely people working at St Nikolai´s Cathedral: https://www.mahnmal-st-nikolai.de/ In the midst of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, theContinue reading “On a Hamburg anti-war Memorial (Lucy Day)”

Ruins blog series. #4. ‘Daylight in Memory’ by Mount Xiao/ Nine is the Level

Antony Finch writes about the process of making Daylight in Memory. Listen here. All funds for the sales will go directly to http://www.grenfellfoundation.org.uk   This track is part of a Castle Cooperative Records project, collating images, tracks and poetry around the theme ruins. A soundscape piece inspired by & featuring “Nine is the Level” onContinue reading “Ruins blog series. #4. ‘Daylight in Memory’ by Mount Xiao/ Nine is the Level”

‘Ruins’ blog series. #3. ‘Chasm’ by The Knights Project

Listen to ‘Chasm’ This song is part of a Castle Cooperative Records project, collating images, tracks and poetry around the theme ruins. The results are being gathered together as digital zine (out on the 25th Nov) and a blog series. The lyrics are inspired by St Nikolai’s Church in Hamburg. The church was rebuilt inContinue reading “‘Ruins’ blog series. #3. ‘Chasm’ by The Knights Project”

Ruins blog series. #2. ‘Come see me’ by The Beighley Grange

This song is part of a Castle Cooperative Records project, collating images, tracks and poetry around the theme ruins. Stuart Cochrane speaks about the process of writing a song. Listen to ‘Come and See me’ Writing a song for me is more stumblering, fumbling, and mumberling until the words are right, I have written plentyContinue reading “Ruins blog series. #2. ‘Come see me’ by The Beighley Grange”

Ruins blog series. #1. ‘Realizing’ by Malcom Stalagmite

Image: Upaya Buddha phoned me after I was gone I sometimes call this Autopoietic Phantom Pop, or in even a more nerdy ambition: Autopoietic Phase Space Phantom Pop. Others may call it Instant Composing or music in the spirit of Free Jazz, without being Jazz (… but may turn into it) or simply pieces, mayContinue reading “Ruins blog series. #1. ‘Realizing’ by Malcom Stalagmite”

‘Made of Mind’

Warped Love Group have just released a stunning electronic (electro-acoustic?) album through us, where warped sounds, luscious saxophone melodies and warm bass take the listener on a ‘psychogeography’ of Sussex. Jake Smith writes about the process of collecting the field recordings he used for the album. Listen here ‘Made of mind’ is a lockdown albumContinue reading “‘Made of Mind’”

Poetry by OLM’s Tom Cowin

“Cowin guides us through poetry that is as panoramic and intense as the landscape it explores.” Tess Jolly. We’re soon to release a booming, earth-shattering noise record by OLM, which has been hiding underwraps for far too long. But did you know one member of OLM, Tom Cowin, is also a published poet? Tom toldContinue reading “Poetry by OLM’s Tom Cowin”

Playlist series: #1 Silky Disturbance

We baptise this new series of playlists biased towards female and non-binary musicians and producers with Georgia Collins, aka Silky Disturbance. “London born, Bristol based, Silky Disturbance formed by Georgia Collins, reflects an esoteric escape world of dark synths and sultry vocals. She balances her archaic femininity with gothic undertones taking the listener to aContinue reading “Playlist series: #1 Silky Disturbance”