Phosphene - Phoenix Trees

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5...according to our Brett on Wed 08 Apr, 2009.

This 3" Phoenix Trees CD from John Cavanagh's Phosphene is a curious beast. Blowtorching satisfying analogue synth tones to oddball lyrics and sound effects, it's a bit like listening to the music for some sort of nature programme about space fish that went out on the BBC in the 1960s. Like much of the best electro-acoustic stuff it somehow pulls off the trick of sounding like it's got one foot in the past and one in the future, Earthbound yet star-hopping. Totally unique and charming stuff that you really just need to hear for yourself but if you're into all the Radiophonic Workshop business it's a safe bet you'll be thrilled with it.

John Cavanagh is many things to many people - unearther of rare Delia Derbyshire recordings, longtime music broadcaster, psych-writer and serial analogue synth botherer. Phosphene is his musical project and "Phoenix Trees" is his latest interstellar installment of radiophonic vibrations from Glasgow, featuring abstract acoustics atop antique science fiction sounds, Meek melodies, tone poems, otherworldly violin and what sounds like a requiem for a dying star. Immerse yourself in the world of "Phoenix Trees" by Phosphene and allow your soul to be psychedelicized... by a 3 inch EP in a handmade sleeve.

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