{"title":"Colin Potter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the late 70s, \u003ci\u003eColin Potter\u003c\/i\u003e has worked as an experimental musician and sound engineer known for his playful approach to sound. Aside from his own work, he runs the long standing ICR label and has collaborated with \u003ci\u003eNurse With Wound\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCurrent 93\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrganum\u003c\/i\u003e, and other luminaries of the experimental underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimilar Artists:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Toop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemdike Stare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eArovane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003e\"Deux Filles\"\u003c\/emph\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003e\"Van Kaye + Ignit\"\u003c\/emph\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003e\"Ceramic Hello\"\u003c\/emph\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003e\"Bene Gesserit\"\u003c\/emph\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003e\"Cabaret Voltaire\"\u003c\/emph\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003e\"Polyphonic Size\"\u003c\/emph\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003e\"Schleimer K\"\u003c\/emph\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cemph\u003e\"League Of Nations\",\u003c\/emph\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e'The Fast Set',\n\u003cli\u003e'Ende Shneafiiet',\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-long-time","title":"A Long Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second of Polytechnic Youth’s new releases for March sees a return to the label for Colin Potter, revered not only for his home 4trk recordings of experimental electronics, minimal synth and DIY cassette output from 1980 onwards, and his esteemed ICR label also of course his continued work as part of Nurse with Wound.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHis celebrated back catalogue has -alongside a killer body of new recordings- been reissued on vinyl for a first time by labels such as PY, Deep Distance and Sacred Summits amongst others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis release is a collection of first-time-on-vinyl tracks from the 1989 cassette only releases \u003ci\u003eRecent History Vols. I and II \u003c\/i\u003eon ICR. 8 fantastic experimental, synth pieces recorded at his then home of Tollerton nr. York at various points between 1982 and 1989 and remastered by Colin in 2020. He says of this collection: “Over 30 years does seem like a long time, but in terms of how I worked then and how I work now, it seems even longer. The way these tracks were made feels like another world. Yet I’m still very connected to them and when I remastered them I was taken back to when I was exploring new equipment and ways of working. Primitive sampling and looping had arrived, to use alongside older analogue machines, guitars and early digital synths and effects processors. Happy daze……”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe album features another beautiful sleeve from longterm collaborator Jonathan Coleclough, and is released as a pressing of 300 LPs on vinyl only.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polytechnic Youth","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50417232118091,"sku":"1147991","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f0b45f01-362a-49e7-8cea-e3b6d8994f81_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726722659"},{"product_id":"rank-sonata","title":"Rank Sonata","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Rank Sonata' Is a brand new recording of the legendary Colin Potter, producer and collaborator of bands like Nurse With Wound, Organum and Current 93. Colin Potter has been a central figure in the UK's DIY and post-­‐industrial underground since the late '70s. His ICR label, founded in 1981, blurred the lines between post-­‐punk experimentation, crude pop, Krautrock-­‐inspired drone work And contemporary electronica, with releases by everyone from DIY legends The Instant Automatons through Chris \u0026amp; Cosey of Throbbing Gristle, experimental composer Trevor Wishart, drone soundists  Andrew Chalk and Darren Tate and Bryn Jones's Muslimgauze. He has also been a key collaborator with both Current 93 and Nurse With Wound, working in the studio With both groups since the late '90s as well as serving as a member of Nurse With Wound's current Live line-­‐up. 'Rank Sonata' encloses sounds of organic techno up to somnambulistic dub and dreamfull ambient. The nearly twenty minute long track 'A Wider Pale Of Shale' sounds absolutely timeless and could be played the whole night long because of its interplay of Ambient and Beat passages. With 'And' Potter shows us in a brilliant way how particular abstract sounds can be weaved into an unexpected multi-layered dub track.'\"Knit Where?' With its very deep and slow reverb rhythm gives the record Even a touch of darkness and melancholy. 'Rank Sonata' is a brilliant piece of music full of technical sophistication and innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50493790421323,"sku":"394070","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"womb-2","title":"Womb","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeripheral Minimal records is proud to announce the forthcoming release of the legendary and previously unreleased album, \"WOMB\" by Steve Parry (Neu Elektrikk \/ Hywl Nofio) and Colin Potter (Nurse With Wound). Recorded onto tape in 1981, it has remained unreleased in any format until now! Limited to 500 copies in a digipak CD with an 8-page booklet containing detailed information about the recordings.\n\n\"Womb remained unreleased other than a few cassette tapes given to friends. In 2014 I re-discovered the album master tapes while having a house clear-out. The Ampex 406 master tapes were severely damaged due to natural deterioration, the original tape had to undergo a time-consuming restoration process. Thankfully the project was salvageable and the music was transferred to digital. I must admit listening now to these recordings I am reminded of the creative surge and ebullient enthusiasm for making the music. It was indeed an exciting time.\"\n- Steve Parry\n\nRecorded: (1981) at Integrated Circuit Studio, Sutton–on-the-Forest, York \u0026amp; Wern Studio, York. 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