Just a quick one today, mainly to say hello and to let you know that DRIFT 002 will be along very soon.
This will be #2 in the DRIFT family of instruments. 9GB of gorgeous and distressed sounds made from a cunning hybrid of acoustic and analogue sources. There are acres of texture, grist, noise and parp for woozy keys, swooning pads, ecstatic throbs and the like.
Asides from working my head off to get this beauty finished, there hasn’t been much time left for cultural highlights.
Except one thing –
I accidentally discovered MARK FISHER, specifically his book GHOSTS OF MY LIFE
I’m about 10 years late to the party, you may already have found him.
But if you haven’t, and are interested in re-experiencing things you thought you knew through the head of a cultural Mekon – or maybe you are excited by ‘ the searing, impassioned brilliance of Fisher’s writing, the thrilling futurism of his ideas and his anarchistic range of reference (science fiction, electronic music, postmodernist theory, renegade literature, post-punk’
I can’t recommend him enough.
A tough read at first, once you get your head/ear in, you’ll find yourself bandying around phrases like HAUNTOLOGICAL BLUES, SONIC PHANTOMS, SIMULACRA and THE SLOW CANCELLATION OF THE FUTURE with gay abandon.
Your friends will hate you : )
He has/had great music taste and pushed me to find the beguiling and very Drifty recent BURIAL release ANTIDAWN EP
…and reminded me that friend of SOUND DUST THE CARETAKER makes the most starkly beautiful, heartbreaking, best sleeved and best titled music you’ve heard – and he gets millions of YouTube views !
I’ve also been listening to this a lot recently – for reasons that may become clear later* : )
Don’t forget to click pics for thrilling links
Speak soon
Pendle & Percy
Nostalgic human and small cosy dog
PS. If anyone is looking for a studio space in Brighton, drop me a line. I’m moving next door soon, so mine will be free. It’s great, but I need more space for experiments!
* no, it’s nothing macabre
