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News from the Conning Tower: coming attractions
Hello you. How's things? It's all a bit weird at the moment, isn't it. One of the benefits of operating from a submarine is that isolation is all part of the gig. So as far as new releases go, it's full-steam ahead. But without the steam, obvs. Two new releases that have snuck under the …
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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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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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New Releases: Manipulant, Cousin Silas and GOATS
It's starting to get busy here at the Conning Tower, what with Exhibition and possibly Klang coming up, plus one secret project and two confirmed new artists. So, in our wisdom we decided to release three new works on the same day. You can thank us later. Anyway, we have pretty much something for everyone. Starting …
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Review: The Modul 303 Benefit Album Vol 2
One of the revelations of operating in the world of netlabels was when I realised there is no huge gulf between the big name successful acts and the independent artists; there is quality to be found at every level of fame and accomplishment, you just need to know where to look. I mention this because …
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News from the Conning Tower: Exhibition
So much news, so few typing fingers! OK, Exhibition. Exhibition is the name of our 2018 'open' compilation. There are three strands to the compilation, Red, Green and Blue: Red is the most experimental and challenging, Green is predominantly instrumental or ambient, and Blue is rock, post-rock, pop, electronica and so on. We're accepting entries …
New release from Cousin Silas
We are delighted to announce that we have today released our first album from Cousin Silas. 'Sketches, Rough Drafts and Early Ideas' is a collection of previously unreleased material, curated by the man himself, dating back to David's first adoption of the Cousin Silas name. Despite being early material, the pieces are remarkably mature and …
Review: Dream Topography
Rob from SBC and Beltism reviews Argali Records' new experimental compilation, Dream Topography: In the interests of full disclosure, I should point out I was delighted to have a Beltism track included on this compilation. But let's pretend I'm impartial and concentrate on the other tracks. Argali Records is the brainchild of John Lithium (aka …