Doozy of a new Phantom Circuit episode out now, including “Calton Road Cobblestones” from LF17 / Edinburgh. Originally aired June 6 on Beachy Head Radio; catch the archive on Mixcloud or below, and see the track list on the Phantom Circuit website.
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ElectroJunkyard Episode 25
Airing today: a brand new summery episode of ElectroJunkyard, my bi-monthly show on Camp Radio in France. Airs at 7pm CET / 12pm CT. Listen at Camp Radio.
Moray Newlands – The Wasp Factory – Buzz Buzz (releasing June 28 at Worm Hole World)
Amy Cutler – where are the lost summer days – Sister Time
SAULT – Morning Sun – 11
Gipsi – Summer Hours – Sleepy Follow
The Knife – The Height of Summer – Tomorrow, In A Year
Library Tapes & Julia Kent- A Summer By The Sea I – Escapism
Neon Indian – Dead Beat Summer – Psychic Chasms
Ball Geographie – Weltempfanger (Kann mich jemand hören) – Hotline / Weltempfanger (Cassingle #34)
Utility Player – Heat Evolution – ISOLATION AND REJECTION VOL 5
Diamondstein & Sangam – The Heat – Doom Mix Vol. III
mineral stunting – sun worship – stones and mud
Whatever The Weather – 11 28°C (Intermittent Sunshine) – Whatever The Weather
Maison Blanche – Sunset Funset – Hello, Commander
People Like Us – Eve Of Sunshine (2013) – 25 Years of People Like Us
Slowcoach and Scrolls – Grinding Sun – False Positive Crew: Deathbomb Arc 20 Year Anniversary
Taku Sugimoto and Moe Kamura – かいだん [Stairs] – さりとて [Saritote]
Raymond Scott – Ohio Bell Thermo Fax – Manhattan Research, Inc.
listencorp track-by-track review
listencorp has a really incisive track-by-track review of LF17 / Edinburgh up. Here’s what they had to say about “Calton Road Cobblestones:”
Calton Road Cobblestones ends Elizabeth Joan Kelly’s sonic exploration of a small patch of Edinburgh’s ground, taking the listener to a spare and empty space that opens up slightly through the wandering keys, frigid noise, mulling synth pads and emotive strings that close off the song. It’s an ending that lets free-wheeling melodies speak to the aura of Edinburgh, encapsulating the ominous yet rich spirit of the city.
Read the full review at listencorp.co.uk, and many thanks to Louis Pelingen for such an inspired piece.
A Duck In A Tree, More Realistic Goals, and Phantom Circuit
More radio play for LF17 / Edinburgh on some truly wonderful shows:
“Calton Road Cobblestones” on :zoviet*france:’s A Duck In A Tree, originally aired on Resonance FM and CJMP 90.1 FM. Listen at podbean.
“Calton Road Cobblestones” was also played on Reform Radio‘s More Realistic Goals.
And “Calton Hill” was on Beachy Head Radio‘s Phantom Circuit:
ElectroJunkyard Episode 24
Airing today: a brand new episode of ElectroJunkyard, my bi-monthly show on Camp Radio in France. Airs at 7pm CET / 12pm CT. Listen at Camp Radio.
- Nino Gvilia – Anders – Nicole / Overwhelmed by the Unexplained
- maya ongaku – Water Dreams – Approach to Anima
- Niecy Blues – Exit Simulation – Exit Simulation
- Niecy Blues – Exits – Exit Simulation
- Li Yilei – Pillow, Mantra and Trance – NONAGE
- Saya Gray – AA BOUQUET FOR YOUR 180 F ACE – QWERTY II
- Kristen Gallerneaux – Bird Beat – The McClintic Chorus
- JWords – compassion – moods
- Deerhoof – Come Down Here & Say That (ft. Lætitia Sadier) – Mountain Moves
- CURRENTMOODGIRK – I FEEL HAPPY – Side Split
- Amy Cutler – lost field, empty reins – Sister Time
- Elizabeth Joan Kelly – Calton Road Cobblestones – LF17/Edinburgh
- Black Tape For A Blue Girl – you tangle within me (2020 remaster) – ashes in the brittle air (2020 remastered expanded edition)
The Wire Review
It’s such an honor to be featured in The Wire, and this month’s review from Spenser Tomson is just wonderful. An excerpt:
“Calton Hill” sounds weirdly like the more ambient sections of Queen’s soundtrack for Flash Gordon; “Princes Street Gardens” traces a stroll not through the city streets but the shallow tropical lagoons which came long before. Given a set of urban field recordings, it’s reasonable to expect the result might be far less fantastical and strange, but Kelly always finds weirdness in the everyday.
Read the whole issue (maybe with the help of your local library)? at The Wire website.
ANTIGRAVITY Review
An absolutely lovely review of LF17 / Edinburgh in one of my personal favorite New Orleans publications, ANTIGRAVITY Magazine. An excerpt:
The three electro ambient tracks, each named after a location in Edinburgh where the original field recordings were made (“Calton Hill,” “Princes Street Gardens,” “Calton Road Cobblestones”), are soothing and otherworldly, occasionally employing synthesizers to flirt with more unsettling undertones. The end result only hints at the original recordings, Kelly’s production leaving the faintest memory of the actual time and place, like stepping into a dream reality.
Many thanks to ANTIGRAVITY and Mary Beth Campbell for this. Catch the whole thing, plus reviews of Kim Gordon, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Hurray For The Riff Raff, and more on the ANTIGRAVITY website.
Princes Street Gardens on Sonic Imperfections
A big thank you to Nigel Bryant for playing “Princes Street Gardens” on Resonance FM’s Sonic Imperfections. Catch the archived show on Mixcloud or below:
Avant Music News Review
Avant Music News has graciously reviewed LF17 / Edinburgh, and per usual it’s an insightful analysis of the release:
“Calton Hill is five minutes of ethereal chording with a slow voice-like melody. The tones are light but with a hint of anxiety. Princes Street Gardens is based on looped rhythmic structures reminiscent of old-school works from Dockstader and others. Over these, Kelly places a dialog between echoing effects and horn-like themes. Calton Road Cobblestones finishes things up with sparse string-plucking and drones. The latter grow ominous as the piece ends.”
Catch it, and more of the most knowledgeable analysis in experimental music, on the Avant Music News website.
Edinburgh In the Letter
Much gratitude to Blair for highlighting LF17 / Edinburgh in The Letter this week:
“LF17 / Edinburgh is the latest in the LIFEFILES series and features Louisiana artist Elizabeth Joan Kelly. Previous contributors include Simon Fisher Turner, Xqui, Audio Obscura, Maps and more. The idea behind the series is simple, an artist receives some recordings (I assume from the label Mortality Tables) and they respond in a fitting manner. The recordings could be “from places, people, objects, moments in time, environments and quotidian events”. This time round, the sounds come from the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh!”
Elizabeth Joan Kelly 