Cosey Fanni Tutti & Philippe Petit

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 16 Sep, 2010.

I've not heard anything from good ole' Cosey (Throbbing Gristle/Chris & Cosey) since her collaboration with CoH so this is a welcome record to begin my day. These tracks were originally pressed onto vinyl a while back and spun by Philippe Petit on the wheels of steel and gradually got a bit of ware which apparently he enjoys the sound of as these have been mastered from the degraded vinyl originals to include all the crackle etc. Not the first time this has been done I'm fairly sure but a nice idea all the same. Cosey's vocals are super ghostly and have some additional processing as they float amongst some unsettling ambience from the French musician. It's totally spooked out and really quite beautiful. 'Invisible Whispers' goes deeper into the abyss with disembodied vocals and chilling vibes, almost heading into the nightmare zone but not quite. Again a really gorgeous piece with a wee bit more snap, crackle and pop then the A-side. Limited to 300 copies and the picture disc features strange mutant slug people.... I saw an enormous slug in the garden the other night, probably the biggest I've ever seen in my life.

Last year Dirter released "Fiends With A Face" documenting the first step of James Johnston and Philippe Petit, and this time the French "musical travel-agent" teams up with Throbbing Gristle's legendary Cosey Fanni Tutti. The instrumental pieces “Mist While Sleeping” & “Invisible Whispers” were recorded a long time ago and then manufactured as unique vinyl units which Philippe Petit used during his musical sets. After many playing, their texture was gradually changing and as a result, there was an alteration in the sound . To your ears will come an echo of the past with the vinyls' warm cracklings... On ''Mist while sleeping'', Philippe decided to take advantage of the patina of age to elaborate a peculiar sound texture. However to emphasize the aging on the piece ''Invisible whispers'', Philippe resorted to sand paper. It was therefore only natural to release the pieces on vinyl to give the chance to all of us in turn to enjoy the organic maturation in sound that time will slowly develop...the decision to pick Cosey Fanni Tutti has flourished overnight because of her other-worldly timbre which brings a delicate, poetic touch, both human and hazy, as if a mermaid were whispering her spell-binding ballad to our ears...This beautiful picture disc 7" is limited to just 350 copies worldwide and demand is sure to outstrip supply.

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