It's finally here!!After months and months of waiting The Declining Winter single is here and what a joyful beast it is. The Future Sound of Hip Hop Parts 1 and 2 is a total breathe of fresh air hovering above a stagnant pool of filthy gassy music. We have 2 tracks of pastoral beauty on this 7" from founding Hood member Richard Adams. Musically it's very much like Hood with it's wonky lazy sounding acoustic guitar and a simple drum beat (with nice added dub effect). If that wasn't enough the bass line bobs along extremely successfully. There's some nice chinese sounding sounds in 'part 1 yorkcitythree' which lift the mood slightly though it lives in a permanent state of falling down around itself as it's possibly the most shambing thing I've heard in a while. It's an absolutely beautiful piece of music though. Both sides are absolutely glorious and initial copies come with a bonus 3" CD featuring remixes from Part Timer, The Remote Viewer, Northstation, Epic 45 etc. We have the bulk of these so be quick if you want one as we've sold most of them already on presale. The 7" is limited to 200 all hand numbered and hand made all with different photo fun on and the 1st 50 come with the bonus CD (also numbered!)
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What their label says...
Its a 7" record packaged in 100% recycled materials. All packaging
comes from old unsold records, unwanted packaging and unused photos.
The inner bags are made from partly recycled materials. The record is
limited to 200 copies. The first 50 copies come with a bonus 3" cd of
remixes courtesy of the Epic 45, Northstation, Remote Viewer and Moteer
men. The Declining Winter is the musical project of Richard Vincent
Adams of Leeds UK, the co-founder of the continuing group Hood. This
record features contributions from Chris Cole (Many Fingers, Matt
Elliott) and Chris Adams (Hood, Bracken, Downpour). It is influenced by
(but probably sounds nothing like) the music of Low, The Durutti
Column, Songs of Green Pheasant and early Microdisney as well as the
myriad sounds of J Dilla and associates.The Declining Winter will
release the short album 'Goodbye Minnesota' on Rusted Rail in November
(note the edition with the bonus CD has sold out now!)
