Ian Hawgood - Tents And Hills

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4...according to our Phil on Thu 01 Apr, 2010.

Ian Hawgood seems to release loads of shit but then looking back through the archives we've not had too much lately which makes me think we were playing catch up with his back catalogue and now things are normal. Well as normal as they'll ever be. Tents & Hills sounds lovely on first listen. It's quite busy sounding drone music with a more electronic sound than his previous releases. Which is weird seeing as though it's about being all outdoorsy and that (I guess it's called Tents & Hills for a reason!). The 1st 4 tracks were released before on a long gone out of print EP but here they are with 4 bonus tracks which all feature field recordings of Ian hiking bothering squirrels over some lovely drones. Every time I hear this fella I just think he gets better and better! Essentially it's beautiful electronic music.....possibly too busy to be drone music.... it's more electronic soundscapey with interesting noises with some weird 'almost beats' in the mix. Deffo recommended.... Really lovely warm sounding stuff! Edition of 250!

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Tracklist:
1. October
2. No Clouds
3. Wake Up Mountain
4. Parasol
5. Foothills
6. Happy Alone
7. Curvy Borders
8. Inland River Valley

Release Description
Ian Hawgood needs no introduction. He has released an enormous number of releases under different monikers on countless labels, free mp3’s as well as physical releases. And besides that musical output he also runs three labels.

“Tents and Hills” was released by luvsound back in March 2008 as a 4-track EP. Shortly after the release Ian recorded 4 additional tracks. I first heard the tracks back in 2007 when Ian contacted me to release some of his music on Resting Bell. I fell in love with the first 4 tracks within seconds. The main theme through the whole record is a kind of organic, natural feeling. Especially on the bonus tracks Ian uses field-recordings from hiking and camping, woven together with droning soundscapes.

Enjoy “Tents and Hills” in its wholeness, with about 50 minutes complete duration.
Illustrator Kati Meden also reworked the graphic-design for this CD-edition.