Cassette
Recorded in Glasgow and Stockholm, spring 2020.
Pistachio C41 tape in homemade kraft-brown box with two-colour risograph printed cover.
Benevolent master that he is, Mr Jon Collin has deigned to give the people what they want and brought three great Early Music tapes back into print. If you missed these first time around, treat yourself now, for you may not get another chance. Jon's in guitar mode here (as opposed to the keyed fiddle he's been using more recently) and, as ever, shows himself as good as any other in the field. Languid, soaring, ecstatic, deeply expressive, homely yet otherwordly - it's all in here, somehow (don't ask how). Hard to pick a stand out between them (and at £9 a pop, do you need to?), though the collab with Glasgow's Irma Vep is interesting for affirming just how good he can be in the company of another (see also the recent work with Troth), while The Land is so astonishingly moving in its use of minimalist improvisation you can almost hear the rain (or are they tears) bouncing off the strings. Music aint no competition, which is just as well for everyone else - JC's the best around.
