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...according to our Phil on Thu 14 Oct, 2010.
In case you didn't know what a patient zero was it's the original source of an outbreak of a contagious influence within a population. I was always convinced I was gonna be the 1st to get bird flu in the UK but then it never really took off. Patient Zero is kinda apt if you don't get it as well. The concept of this album was to soundtrack the mind of patient zero whilst their symptoms advance and taking into account the lunar and solar cycles. It's a crazy concept and not one for the indie kids I suspect. Musically it's reasonably bleak (as you'd expect) with some dark style ambience, acoustic guitar and noisier shouty electric guitar contributing to the mix. Chuck in some slightly theatrical style David Tibet spoken word style musings and you're about half way there to getitng an idea of what's going on here. It's an interesting one and if you sit and listen to it you're treated to a story of sorts. I won't tell you what happens as I don't want to spoil it for you!
Patient Zero
Patient Zero refers to the original source of an outbreak of a contagious illness within a population or to the most significant case within the population.
This album is an attempt to psychologically portray the mind of a Patient Zero, wandering through their urban surroundings infected with the solar downturn at the Summer Solstice and tracking the advancement of symptoms as the sun goes from the height of its earthly power to its astronomical nadir. Feelings of old are transformed as the autumn progresses, infecting others and feeding back into the shared experience, changing perceptions and projecting a new reality as signifiers take on different and separate meanings.
Written throughout the six month period at times of lunar or solar significance and in multiple locations across the UK, each song portrays a thought, experience or mood of the time and place of its conception.
A true and faithful relation of the Sun's dark passenger.
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