- Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:42 pm
#39741
THAUMATROPE1
Split 7": JEO / THE SOULLESS PARTY
Limited edition of 100 copies pressed on black vinyl, each individually hand numbered and hand stamped with two separate linocuts.
Includes thaumatrope postcard and photocopied insert. Download code provided upon purchase.
CAGE SIDE [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4Ro2tOcvo[/video]
BIRD SIDE [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dih193PJb_Q[/video]
Available directly from The Crooked Circle.
Digital formats available at Bleep.
"Two sides of instrumental eerieness entombed within the black vinyl of this debut release from The Crooked Circle. 'The Soulless Party' emote a melancholic solitude somnambulising classical instrumentation over dark tones which sound like slowed down Wurlitzers. This haunting piece verges on dark ambient/classical whilst still carving out its own mournful terrain to wander into alone - The Black Meadow as psychological space. 'The Pavement Waltz' sounds like what might be playing on the carousel at The Carnival of Souls. This is anachronistic creepiness, an aural hallucination induced on the site of an old carny burial ground. Midway through, the track appears to end yet the main melody returns to play itself through backwards revealing it's palindromic nature. This infernal music has abandoned linear time altogether, navigating the grooves in directions of it's own making."
- ROUGH TRADE
"Mystery record of this issue by many leagues. This appears to be two different UK ensembles playing tunes that are inspired by (or are covers of) movie themes from the 1930s. The label is named after a Zazu Pitts film from 1932, and the series name has to do with an archaic variation on the zoetrope, which shows two different images which merge when you put them onto a spinning platform (like a turntable). The music is instrumental, somewhat ominous, somewhat corny, and the concept is quite captivating, if ultimately impenetrable. Attempts to figure anything out about the musicians involved have proven futile."
- THE WIRE, Issue 365, July 2014
"This limited 7-inch split sees The Crooked Circle combine two haunting songs by JEO and The Soulless Party. The latter is the project of producer Kev Oyston and poet Chris Lambert who turned their fascination for British folklore into a joint venture. Inspired by the mysterious stories from the North Yorkshire Moors, the oboe motif in ‘Tales from the Black Meadow (Main Theme)’ takes us back to 1972 when a professor went missing in the area. JEO go for the spookiest of all time signatures: their waltz chords dancing around a ghostly synth melody."
- BLEEP
http://thecrookedcircle.bigcartel.com/
https://soundcloud.com/thecrookedcircle
THAUMATROPE1
Split 7": JEO / THE SOULLESS PARTY
Limited edition of 100 copies pressed on black vinyl, each individually hand numbered and hand stamped with two separate linocuts.
Includes thaumatrope postcard and photocopied insert. Download code provided upon purchase.
CAGE SIDE [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4Ro2tOcvo[/video]
BIRD SIDE [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dih193PJb_Q[/video]
Available directly from The Crooked Circle.
Digital formats available at Bleep.
"Two sides of instrumental eerieness entombed within the black vinyl of this debut release from The Crooked Circle. 'The Soulless Party' emote a melancholic solitude somnambulising classical instrumentation over dark tones which sound like slowed down Wurlitzers. This haunting piece verges on dark ambient/classical whilst still carving out its own mournful terrain to wander into alone - The Black Meadow as psychological space. 'The Pavement Waltz' sounds like what might be playing on the carousel at The Carnival of Souls. This is anachronistic creepiness, an aural hallucination induced on the site of an old carny burial ground. Midway through, the track appears to end yet the main melody returns to play itself through backwards revealing it's palindromic nature. This infernal music has abandoned linear time altogether, navigating the grooves in directions of it's own making."
- ROUGH TRADE
"Mystery record of this issue by many leagues. This appears to be two different UK ensembles playing tunes that are inspired by (or are covers of) movie themes from the 1930s. The label is named after a Zazu Pitts film from 1932, and the series name has to do with an archaic variation on the zoetrope, which shows two different images which merge when you put them onto a spinning platform (like a turntable). The music is instrumental, somewhat ominous, somewhat corny, and the concept is quite captivating, if ultimately impenetrable. Attempts to figure anything out about the musicians involved have proven futile."
- THE WIRE, Issue 365, July 2014
"This limited 7-inch split sees The Crooked Circle combine two haunting songs by JEO and The Soulless Party. The latter is the project of producer Kev Oyston and poet Chris Lambert who turned their fascination for British folklore into a joint venture. Inspired by the mysterious stories from the North Yorkshire Moors, the oboe motif in ‘Tales from the Black Meadow (Main Theme)’ takes us back to 1972 when a professor went missing in the area. JEO go for the spookiest of all time signatures: their waltz chords dancing around a ghostly synth melody."
- BLEEP
http://thecrookedcircle.bigcartel.com/
https://soundcloud.com/thecrookedcircle
