Castles In Space
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Audiopile Review: Regular readers of this here humble email might recall the name Paul Cousins and his highlighted Vanishing Artefacts LP, released last year via Castles In Space, the imprint also behind this newest effort. His obsession with the ephemeral nature of tape continues onward with the appropriately titled Oxide...
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Jo Johnson’s explorations in sound have ranged from free-form punk with Huggy Bear in the 90s, to underground techno in the 00s, and, for the last decade, deeply expressive electronic minimalism that pays tribute to the many women who pioneered this genre. "Let Go Your Fear is my second full-length...
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Stephen James Buckley's work as Polypores has always pecked at the heels of otherworldliness, crafting rich soundcapes that bloom from nowhere: insistent arpeggios and staggered melodies that sprout thorns and seep honey. His craft is honed to the point that it's all flawlessly integrated and deeply hypnotic on his latest...
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With 2021’s ‘Mystery Fields’, Phil Heeks delivered a stunning homage to 1970s library LPs and soundtrack compilations, in his debut record as The British Stereo Collective. The long-awaited sequel ‘Iniquitous’ brings together two-decades-worth of TV music from an alternate reality. Says Phil: “I feel that Volume 2 nails the concept...
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Audiopile Review: Our favourite artist from the deep Castles In Space catalog, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, drops a new release, continuing his one-record-per year pace since launching the project back in 2021. Once again, the solo project of Gordon Chapman-Fox soundtracks the UK’s descent from the highs of utopic...
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Jonathan Sharp is a child of the 70’s. For his new album, “Divided Time” he has bottled the dappled light of childhood memories of times spent with parents who lived apart. Says Jonathan, “I’m a child of the seventies, but a very lucky one. My father lived and worked in...
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Castles in Space is delighted to have been able to curate an album pulled from Robin The Fog's unreleased tape archive. A true innovator and incredible live performer, Robin comments on the album "A Loop Where Time Becomes. Rare and Unreleased Recordings 2012-2017" "After twelve years, ten albums and innumerable...
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Cryptophasia is the third album from Scottish twin brothers Andy and Mike Truscott under their Kinbrae moniker. Shifting focus from their previous landscape-based releases, Cryptophasia sees the band explore their relationship growing up as twins and how this has shaped and formed them as people both individually and collectively. Reflecting...
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Mat Handley’s shimmeringly beautiful ‘Cotswold Stone’ was first released in 2019 and is driven by warm analogue sounds effortlessly conveying a feeling of being somewhere beautiful, out in the country. ‘Cotswold Stone’ presents a meditation on the passing of time and the persistence of memory and is in part a...
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Audiopile Review: More great imaginary soundtracking from the Castles In Space imprint, who issue their second release for Portuguese outfit Stellarays. Much like Greg Foat and his Off-Piste album, the group here are inspired by winter sport and adventure, utilizing a battery of vintage synths to conjure epic slaloming, the...
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"Remains" is the debut album from composer and sound artist Will Gardner. Will has worked extensively behind the scenes as an arranger, orchestrator and pianist in both Berlin and London, arranging strings for alt-J, Daughter, Låpsley and Madness. This debut solo work explores the experience of caring for his father...
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Based in Malmö, Sweden, Den Osynliga Manteln (The Invisible Cloak) comprises producer duo Ola Sandberg and Fredrik Grönvall. They describe their intention as making albums that tell stories and make journeys through textures and soundscapes of fictional places and spaces. With one foot in the past and the other in...
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Ola Sandberg is a Swedish producer based in Malmö — a multi-instrumentalist with a masters degree from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and a deep love for sound. As well as sound installations, film scores and collaborations (making up one half of Den Osynliga Manteln), Ola has an...
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“Interim Report, March 1997” by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan is Gordon Chapman Fox’s hymn and homage to the brutalist beauty of Cheshire’s designated new towns of Warrington and Runcorn. Chapman-Fox grew up in Lancashire, and having been a frequent user of the famous Preston Bus Station in his youth,...
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"Recently found during the closure of New Town House, Warrington, these tapes formed part of the advertising by the Development Corporation in the early 1970s. Showcasing a more pastoral, rural idyll than the architecture might imply, this represented an opportunity for people from smoke grimed cities to escape into a...
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Gordon Chapman-Fox presents the third album from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan. “With my return to Warrington and Runcorn”, says Gordon Chapman-Fox, “The music began to reflect the social isolation of New Towns life. This was mirrored by its creation through two years of pandemic lockdown. “The music is perhaps...
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The fourth Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan album, The Nation's Most Central Location, sees Gordon Chapman-Fox explore the north-south divide and reflect on 40 years of broken 'levelling up' promises. With eight tracks across 40 minutes, the album offers Gordon's usual mix of mournful remorse and upbeat optimism. Gordon has...
