Description:	Digipak CD on Unshaped Led
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Experimental / Abstract
	Label:	Unshaped Led
	Price:	£8.49
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

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...according to our Brett on 18 February 2010.

There's a cool backstory for this release involving a deaf Glaswegian man who cycled over 3000 miles to the Arctic Circle and back.. Seriously man, I can barely get up the hill to Cash Converters on Town Street of a lunchtime so that sounds fucking mental. So Daniel Padden's troupe have teamed up with boutique mechanical instrument-maker Sarah Kenchington for the soundtrack of the film of said backstory and the result is this rather charming album, which to my ears often lends the Eastern European-influenced sounds of the Ensemble something of a Dirty Three feel, albeit far more avant-garde. Generally it's a fairly quiet, restrained affair (perhaps a little reminiscent of the last Matt Elliott LP) with the the odd burst of gypsy dance energy but it's never less than completely engrossing whatever it's up to. Good shit.

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Sound clips for Dummy Jim by The One Ensemble & Sarah Kenchington: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Unshaped Led, UNSHAPEDLED001, £8.49.

What their label says...

'dummy jim' is based on the story of james duthie, a profoundly deaf man from the north-east of scotland who, in 1951, cycled a solo trip over 3000 miles to the arctic circle and back. he wrote a journal 'i cycled into the arctic circle' which was the starting point for matt hulse's film. the music on this album will form the basis of the film soundtrack.

if you're unfamiliar with sarah kenchington, she makes remarkable mechanical musical instruments, and i recently made an album with her 'the bellow switch' (on luke fowler's shadazz label).

Tracklisting:

   1.  4:30 am
   2. Universal Wonders
   3. Better To Wear Out Shows than Sheets
   4. A Couple of Jumpers
   5. Bully Storm
   6. Well-Painted Bicycle
   7. Monique
   8. Polkagris
   9. Cows
  10. Lumberjacks
  11. The Crab Instructs Her Young
  12. A Hollow Tube
  13. Khaki Knickers
  14. Narvik
  15. Courage!
  16. Prince Olaf
  17. Midnight Sun
  18. Granite City
  19. A Rare Lad