Recommended by us on 4th February 2010
...according to our Brian on Thu 04 Feb, 2010.
Spooky CDr from Andrew Paine. Occasionally employing a muted take on spoken word performance within the realms of these haunting, screeing & whirring tendrils of drone modulation, in the process creating a sinister but utterly captivating backdrop. I've always been a fan of spooked sounds and 'Functions of Hedgerow' doesn't remotely disappoint. The track 'Scent of Green', for instance, sounds like Broadcast creeping through a seriously haunted wood at the dead of night, wavering, quivering analog keys being enveloped by dark spectral shadows. I'd love to listen to this in the dark with just some flickering candles for company! Utterly beautiful, menacing stuff!"Functions of Hedgerow... overgrown... structurally diverse.... have been found to support large populations of breeding birds... providing song posts... nesting and feeding sites... functions of hedgerow... six hundred plant species... fifteen hundred insects... sixty-five species of birds and mammals... functions of hedgerow... food... medicine... shelter.
Sonic Oyster is delighted to announce a new album by Andrew Paine; the final part of a loosely structured trilogy which began with the release of Five Perspectives (On the Same Event) on Apollolaan Recordings, continued with Weekend World on the Bellshill label and concludes with Functions of Hedgerow on Sonic Oyster Records.
'Like taking a comfort nap while the World Service broadcasts nearby' (Alistair Crosbie).
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