Special embossed, die-cut sleeve with 56-page booklet - 200 copies on black vinyl
Disorientingly transitive example of sound poem experimentation from Oi Les Ox's Aude Van Wyller and Lucy Van, a former associate of Laila Sakini on that similarly great Figures LP from nearly 10 (!) years ago. MATERIAL presents as a true product of collaboration, Van Wyller's fragmented production, built from fractured loops and palimpsestic field recordings, the ideal frame for Van's text, which seems to explore interconnected thoughts around urban space, dissolving time and the human subject amidst it. Such pursuits can frequently translate as overly academic, solipsistic or abstruse to the point of incomprehension, but that's far from the case here, with something mysteriously inviting about their pairing, a confluence of unexpected melody and strange observation emergent from the intistial ooze that proves both alien and somehow warm. This is the music of the vibrating city and how we move alongside it. Highly recommended for anyone who's found worth in M. Klein & Steffan de Turck's A New City, The Dengie Hundred's work with Gemma Blackshaw or Hiele Kinsella's Third Summer of Love. Edition of 200 w/ beautiful embossed sleeve & 56 page photo book.
FFO: The Dengie Hundred, M. Klein & Steffan de Turck, Hiele Kinsella, Marianna Maruyama & Hessel Veldman
