"'The Town That Was Murdered' is an homage to the book written by Red Ellen Wilkinson about north-eastern town Jarrow. Forgotten at best, actively dismantled at worst, Jarrow is a signifier of the treatment of Northern industrial towns. Pitch black in places but not without glimmers of hope, there is a violence and frustration that …
German Ocean // The German Ocean
“Once upon a time, we looked outward”…. The German Ocean formed in late 2020, a partnership between Darren j Holloway of SINNEN and Gavin Martin.
Shame and Portent / Dogs Versus Shadows
Shame and Portent is a sonic biography of the annus horribilis that was 2020. A year of lockdowns, shutdowns and sh!tshows.
News from the Conning Tower: new release round-up
Blimey Charlie, it's been busy. Several new releases to catch-up on, so straight to business, if you please. Flavigula: JēmarazJēmaraz is an album incorporating ambient krautrock soundscapes, samples and live instrumentation that will delight fans of progressive and art rock. Each composition on Jēmaraz creates colourful, heady landscapes that are simultaneously dark and light, disorienting …
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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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‘Happiness’, from Incentive
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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