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Review of Cousin Silas and Pendro ‘The Audio Scullery’
Submariner-in-Chief Rob reviews the recent work from Cousin Silas and Pendro: The Audio Scullery is the latest collaboration between Cousin Silas and Pendro - an interesting joint venture on several fronts, not least perhaps the perceived difference in styles: Cousin Silas, a musician I tend to think of as melodic and accessible, and Pendro, who …
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News from the Conning Tower: Whettman Chelmets single out today
As previously advertised on this very blog, Whettman Chelmets' glorious new single is released today. It's a lovely slab of retro shoegaze goodness. Here's the story: “Alas… The Sun is Shining and You are Still Alive” finds Whettman Chelmets exploring more of the guitar sounds and textures that defined his teenage life, and that sound …
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Forthcoming Attractions: Hans Castrup
Here in the Conning Tower we're entering another one of our fabled busy periods; this Friday sees the release of Whettman Chelmets fuzz-drenched shoegaze maxi-single Alas... the Sun is Shining and You are Still Alive (see previous blog post), followed on Monday by a new album by multi-media artist Hans Castrup. Das 7. Siegel (The Seventh Seal) …
Forthcoming Attractions: Cousin Silas and the Glove of Bones; Whettman Chelmets
Aloha. A brief update about two releases we've just made available for pre-order. As ever, we're fashionably late to the party, announcing our first two cassette releases. First up, we're delighted to welcome Cousin Silas back to the Submarine Broadcasting Company imprint, on this occasion in tandem with our resident multimedia artist The Glove of …
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News from the Conning Tower: t.r. hand and Glauber K. de Souza
Ah, autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitlessness. Our release for the tail end of September is 'Suburban Solitude' from our resident mystic t.r. hand in collaboration with Glauber K. de Souza of the Amao Quartet. The album contains the field recordings and sound collages you've come to expect from t.r hand, but taken in …
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News from the Conning Tower: Awkward Geisha, t.r. hand & Glauber K.S.
One of the features of the Submarine Broadcasting Company is that in addition to our roster of lovely musicians we also have guest artists from time-to-time who will release work through us rather than their home label... Cousin Silas earlier this year, and just recently Ippu Mitsui graced us with a release or two. The …
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Review of Stringmodulator’s ‘Manifesto’ from Monolith Cocktail Blog
Dominic Valvona’s New Music Reviews Roundup A bumper roundup this month from me of eclectic tastes from across the sphere, including albums, singles, cassettes and EPs from Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Andrew Heath, Picturebox, Bokanté And Metropole Orkest, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Perhaps and Stringmodulator. In brief, ‘lower-case’ minimalist composer Andrew Heath delivers […] …
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News from the Conning Tower: Radio Radio
A quick round up on some of the radio appearances happening soon: Stringmodulator on Grand Music for Tiny Souls (plus our Bearsuit friends Bunny & The Invalid Singers) Stringmodulator on the Comfy Show (plus our good friend Jaime Munarriz): t.r. hand on The Recognition Test (along with our friends Alwin van der Linde + {AN} …
News from the Conning Tower: forthcoming attractions
September 10th sees the release of three special albums, all quite different but with a common theme running through them. We have... From Germany, Stringmodulator with their debut album 'Manifesto'. Reclusive krautrockers K-Elektronischer Automatisten's new album 'Verlorene Tonbänder Maschinengefühle' English krautrock from Dynamo Snackbar with 'A Myriad of Catalysts' Three melodic instrumental albums that nod …
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