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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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.
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!”
Radio and podcast play galore for edinburgh
Sadly, I am extremely behind on radio and podcast play for LF17 / Edinburgh, but it’s been an amazing month for the album and I’m so thankful to the following for including a track or two. These folks represent a veritable who’s who of new music media, so please do enjoy and follow their shows.
- “Princes Street Gardens” and “Calton Hill” on Brainvoyager’s Electronic Fusion, aired March 2-3 on Modul303, Sci-Fi Radio, and Radio Dark Tunnel:
- “Calton Hill” on Urban Mutant, aired March 3 on KHUH:
- “Princes Street Gardens” on Dark Train, aired March 4 on Warminster Community Radio:
- “Calton Hill” on Electronic Odyssey with Lippy Kid, aired March 5 on Radio Free Matlock:
- “Calton Hill” on Lone Frequencies, aired March 6 on Mad Wasp Radio:
- “Princes Street Gardens” on black_ops, aired March 9 on Camp Radio:
- “Princes Street Gardens” on In Memory of John Peel, March 16:
- “Princes Street Gardens” on The Séance, aired March 16 on Repeater Radio:
- “Calton Hill” on The Moderns, March 17:
- “Princes Street Gardens” on It Came From Enclosure Three, aired March 17 on Mad Wasp Radio:
- “Princes Street Gardens” on Urban Mutant, aired March 24 on KHUH:
Princes Street Gardens on Bepi Crespan Presents
In case you missed it, Bepi Crespan’s always brilliant show on CiTR radio last Friday included “Princes Street Gardens” off my new MortalityTables release. Listen on the CITR website.
Princes Street Gardens on Four Larks And A WreN
Thank you to Four Larks And A Wren for playing “Princes Street Gardens” off LF17 / Edinburgh. Originally aired on Three D Radio in Adelaide, there’s a show playlist with links to every song’s Bandcamp link helpfully available.
Aural Aggravation on LF17 / Edinburgh
Many thanks to Aural Aggravation for the lovely review of the newest from myself and
Mortality Tables, LF17 / Edinburgh.
“In Elizabeth Joan Kelly’s hands, the sounds of a vibrant city are rendered, smoothed, with cross-hatching, delicate shading, some light smudging, a soft blending, by which everything clamorous is faded out to leave a slow hazing. There is, ultimately, no sense of Edinburgh itself here, and we find ourselves adrift, drifting on slow tides of sound with no connection to time or space.”
Catch the whole review, plus many more from the LIFEFILES series, over on Aural Aggravation.
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