"After a prolonged period of wandering off, the sun this year has never
been more actively malevolent. Seventeen notable cities have evaporated,
and numerous picnics have been slightly postponed due to an
overwhelming demand for decorative parasols. Simply the perfect time for
Gecophonic to release Down to the Silver Sea, a special compendium on a
glittering new sub-label ~ Gecophonic Audio System Productions. GASP!
"GASP!01LP almost certainly has the potential to accompany all of your
extensive Summertime activities. Whether flower-pressing in the garden,
hallucinating in the summerhouse, fainting inside stifling sites of
historical interest, pirouetting along the promenade, or even sea-cruise
thalassophobia complications, barely a moment will pass that isn't made
all the sweeter by obsessively listening to Down to the Silver Sea.
"Naturally, Gecophonic favourites, the Moon Wiring Club, feature on
this Summer Special LP, providing enchanting melodies and foot-flapping
rhythms that ensure a familiarity of confusion to sooth the fervid
attentions of their kindly listeners. Joining them on Down to the Silver
Sea are a magical gaggle of talented musicians, each flourishing a trio
of delightful compositions that thematically compliment each other in a
varied seasonal bouquet of charming sound!"
Available 33/07/1923 !
Initial concept of Mr Hodgson's was apparently the musical equivalent of "
a British comic Whizzer & Chips/Buster
summer special where they all go to the seaside", with sonics "
somewhere between Coil's solstice EPs and
Kanye's Cruel Summer. Or nowhere near."
More information on the contributions of the guest musicians, which include
Time Attendant,
Jon Brooks,
Sarah An
gliss, and Howling Moss, can be found
here.
Check out Moon Wiring Club's "visual splicing" for one of the tracks:
Knö ~ Morgane (aka Jon Brooks)