Our first release of 2020 is an imprint of Incentive's brilliant Happiness album on cassette. It's urgent, dense, claustrophobic, playful, ominous, melodic, and visceral. It's instrumental, but certainly not ambient. James (Incentive) says: Happiness is an an album comprised of inspired and emotional compositions and production — a deep, complex sonic journey that amalgamates deep mechanical …
News from the Conning Tower: More from FROM
Just a quick update to let you know that the FROM album, 'A Memory of Tomorrow', is now available for pre-order on digital download and CD from our Bandcamp store. To tempt you in, we've made another track (the title track, no less) available to hear immediately:
News from the Conning Tower: FROM
This week sees the release of the debut single from the newest addition to our roster, FROM. She Stands is taken from their forthcoming album A Memory of Tomorrow which is scheduled for September. FROM is the long distance (New York via Brussels) collaboration between experimental electronic producer Michel Mazza and singer-songwriter Piero Delux. They describe their project as …
News from the Conning Tower: Modwump
Sound the 'important news' klaxon! This week sees the release of the debut album by Modwump. Entitled Animal Bitrate, it's pretty different to anything we've released before. It's noisy, beaty, cheeky, dancey, glitchy, provocative and impossible to ignore. Modwump are Sheffield-based duo/trio Craig, Tim and Frankie, risen from the foundry ashes of wonk-prog outfit Mangabros. They …
News from the Conning Tower: Cousin Silas and Iyari
Two new releases this week, hand-crafted by artisans and curated just for you by our very own Captain Bob. First up is the new album from stalwart of the ambient scene, Cousin Silas. A Night in Centralia is an album of sombre, sobre pieces on different themes. Similar in tone to our previous Silas release Radio …
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New Release: GOATS ‘Far Out’
We've been publicising the new GOATS album for a couple of months now, so we're absolutely delighted to announce its general release. Far Out is GOATS' second album, with a change of personnel and a change of direction. The core members Alan Morse Davies and Declan Owen remain and are augmented by Jorge Mario Zuleta …
News from the Conning Tower: GOATS ‘Far Out’
Next month we have another big release, the much anticipated new album from experimental supergroup GOATS. Far Out is GOATS' second album, and it is a different beast from the first album. There has been a change of personnel, and this time the album is a single 38 minute piece; chief goat herder Alan Morse Davies …
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News from the Conning Tower: Menhir and leaving richmond
Our final two releases of the year will be released in December; both are new artists to the Submarine Broadcasting Company, with contrasting styles but both represent the highest quality of music possible. First out the blocks are Spanish project Menhir, with their beautiful and startling Sound Track, part of their multimedia project, Desert Series. …
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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) …
