Fougou – Further from the Centre of Disturbance

May 2nd, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

It’s with great pleasure that I’m able to announce that the second full-length album by Fougou, the duo of Matthew Shaw and me, has been released on Greengage Sounds. The label is run by our friends HK and Nan out of Houston, TX.

The album is truly Further from the Centre of Disturbance.

Fougou - Further from the Centre of Disturbance

You can stream the entirety of the album here – and of course purchase from that same link.

There were only 64 copies made – all beautifully hand-done by HK and Nan, with printed insert, handmade sleeves with a photographic print on the outer, and as each copy represents a unique hexagram of the I Ching, each one includes a small, vintage I Ching card.

An apology

March 28th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Suburban Electrification

With some sadness, I learned yesterday that Suburban Electrification is not going to be released as originally intended. To those of you who bought it from the label, I’m grateful, but I’m also sorry to disappoint you. I understand refunds will be given.

For others who were keen to hear the album, I’ve taken the decision to make it available for free download. There’s an explanation of the genesis of the album on the SoundCloud page. For reasons I won’t go into, it was quite a difficult decision to make this available now. Perhaps it’s my pop album. Perhaps.

3Kammer

March 4th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

This is a new piece, which I put together from three separate field recordings of rooms at home, available free for stream or download. It’s quite dense (and lengthy – 28 minutes) but uses very little by way of extras: there’s only minimal EQ and gain applied. I’m not sure what to think of the finished article…

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