I'll start the 2011 proceedings with a strong recommendation. The Resource Centre is a new project from John Hanson of Magnetophone and his EP1 on First Fold is a triumph. Elegant, cyclical melodies fashioned from electronically processed mallet-based instruments, with beautifully simple arrangements - "All Automatic Parts 1 & 2" is a real favourite around here, although the entire EP has been on repeat all week so far. Such an evocative piece of work.
Read more about The Resource Centre << here >>.
It is available on CD from First Fold, also available as a download from iTunes.
In a related event, First Fold are about to release "Tomorrow Curves", an album by The Assembled Minds, which is Matt Saunders' project, John Hanson's writing partner in Magnetophone. I'm excited by this, too, as Matt played me some work-in-progress versions of these tracks a while ago and I was blown away by them.
Read more about The Assembled Minds << here >>.
- Jb.
Lovely stuff. Looks like The Resource Centre EP is on Spotify too: http://open.spotify.com/album/7n5bdye0NqU4PZpdC4sy9q
ReplyDeleteSounds great. Thanks for the recommendation.
ReplyDeleteGood call on 'All Automatic Parts 1 & 2.'
ReplyDeleteIt sounds so much to me like a song by Satellite Grooves called 'I love the rain':
http://www.last.fm/music/Satellite+Grooves/Atoms%2C+Molecules+and+Rain
You may also like to know that there are fully versions of the album available now on Last FM...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.last.fm/label/First+Fold+Records/albums
Including all the back catalog and January releases (Assembled Minds, Small Party Of Pressure and Spunkle). They will be availble to buy from the usual suspects and via Spotify from the 26th Jan.
I will definitely be buying these. I loved Magnetophone's last album. Thanks for the heads-up, Jon.
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