Maps And Diagrams is back with a series of new limited 3" CD EP's. Each will be limited to 50 copies, we'll have 40 to sell and once they're gone they're gone. They come lovingly created in a hand stitched cork sleeve and a (small) random selection will come with a free notepad. He's spent some time on these buggers. They're well nice looking but what would you expect from a label called handstitched? It's good to see cork has more uses than clogging up wine bottles and stopping me from getting at their tasty juiciness. On to the music itself Foel has 4 tracks and it sees Mr Diagram heading off in a more ambient direction. It's not your boring ambience where not much happens for 20 minutes and then summat small happens like a hamster sighing. It's got things going on.... things are happening. Yep things are going on. There's clicks and cuts and weird noises over some delicious warm ambient drones and tones. Occasional guitars appear and I have to say it's luch fanciful stuff which is soothing me after another 11 hour day here. Some nice fuzziness plops at times in ala Tim Hecker. It's tops!! It's much more experimental than his past works but it's still supremely listenable. Be quick as these are gonna go in no time!!
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What their label says...
handstitched* recordings releases maps and diagrams * f o e l on 8cm cd. avoiding the usual packaging for the much-loved 8cm cds, handstitched* focuses on homespun, limited edition releases. * f o e l is assembled by hand in cork sleeves which have been individually stitched. maps and diagrams has approached this project from a more experimental angle, exploring deeper into composition and noise with less detail on conventional and predictable directions.
following on from * f o e l is * k o o m - by maps and diagrams, this is the second part of the series by handstitched* and due for release late april.
