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They also have a keen eye for pop culture references, making each release an intriguing blend of musical exploration and cultural significance.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"armature-for-a-painting","title":"Armature For A Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eNext up on Feral Child, sees not only a second ever release from New Zealand based Vor-Stellen but a teaming up with one of label head Dom’s favourite ever labels, the mighty Flying Nun. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite some patchy European distribution the first VS release \u003ci\u003eParallelograms\u003c\/i\u003e, was a constant player at FC HQ; 4 superb tracks of super laid back, kraut flavoured slow burners, (lead track “Voyager” especially, comes hugely recommended with its accompanying film clip), so when the band OK’d a second release for Feral Child, we were stoked. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVor-stellen is the experimental project of Brendan Moran, which blends fixated guitars and drums with ad-hoc electronic layers producing perforated waves of sustain which echoes off the fourth wall. 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It’s a beautiful piece and by releasing it on 45, one would hope to push Marc’s music out a wee bit further, certainly it’s a thrill for Feral Child to release it and it’s flip, the more electronic, and equally fabulous “432” is just great too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCool sleeve in super gloss finish with FC back catalogue card, and keep yr eyes peeled for the ace 1.5” labels too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feral Child","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50392189305163,"sku":"2002029","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/fc29_magic_arm_3654de87_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726406240"},{"product_id":"toy-piano-mantra-ghosts-of-the-karelia-forest","title":"Toy Piano Mantra \/ Ghosts of the Karelia Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003eRepress. A beautiful pair of instrumental gems from two of label head Dom’s musical heroes; Will Sergeant and Paul Simpson. Released as a limited 7” vinyl only release. Taking some rare time out from their respective book writing (Will with the second instalment of his bestselling “Bunnyman”, Paul with “Revolutionary Spirit: a post punk exorcism” -also being made as a film) to release a split 45 here, both tracks are wonderful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWills' “Toy Piano Mantra” is a beautifully meandering, slow building, multi layered piece - more melodic than some of his previous more experimental solo work; of its back story and creation, Will says: “I’m not really one for acoustic guitars, I have played them on EATB records, but the electric guitar is my weapon of choice. So I set myself a little task -for no other reason than it being a bit of fun- and thought “Why don’t I make a collection of acoustic tunes, purely to see if I could?”. All my acoustic guitars are very cheap, which never stopped me using them. I had bought a Chinese pedal harmonium in London in the ’80s, and scrounged the use of a good ukelele, my Auto Harp was an obvious component, then I remembered the toy piano I had bought in a pop up flea market in a vacant New York lot, back when New York still had vacant lots. Deliberately deciding against having any tunes ready, everything was set up and with the help of Andrea my engineer and pro tools wizard, we kept the good bits and expanded with these instruments until I felt it was finished. It was all off the top of my head and my fingers created music like some automatic drawing that Austin Osman Spare might have conjured up on one dark and ritualistic night. 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Borrowed sound clips hark back to now defunct eras of UK and German culture such as militant anarchist revolution and the German Democratic Republic (DDR).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontag wrote, arranged and mixed the album and even built some of the synths, guitars and equipment used. The album features guests such as longterm friend Kath Gifford (who Richard has known from his Hair and Skin Trading Company days, whilst Kath played with the likes of Stereolab and Snowpony) who provided vocals \/ lyrics for “Mirtazapine Drift” (originally written by Montag after being prescribed the drug for chronic insomnia) and Gareth McNicol (fellow bandmate of the sometimes active, Hearing Voices Movement) provided additional guitars.Professor Jono Podmore who is a collaborator with Can (supervising their most recent remastering) and co-collaborator with Irmin Schmidt (Kumo) provided mastering and whisky sampling.These days Richard is also a mental health Nurse and Psychological Therapist in Glasgow, Scotland, and the album is “bookended by Montag’s favourite Swedish toddler”.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feral Child","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50434690318667,"sku":"2018613","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a2270905000_10_c514361e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726893180"},{"product_id":"kind-of-surreal","title":"Kind of Surreal","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolytechnic Youth \/ Great Pop Supplement secret sister label Feral Child with an absolute beauty. 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Epic in depth and intensity, a brooding masterpiece of deep electronic psych to these ears, and a track that incredibly lay by the curbside unused, as Dirk began assembling his first CG record, “xx10 was only ever -and still is- it’s working title, and it lay unmixed for a long time until in 2018 I finally made a good mix”. Side one closer “Frost” was recorded in 2013 and was previously lost on Dirk’s hard drive until found fairly recently and added to his “Relics” series on bandcamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide two is fully taken up with the epic “Sanctum”; and was the first recorded Cosmic Ground piece ever; prior to this new project even having a name. A long lost, discarded piece, recently found again and released on vinyl here for a first time. 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All are released as runs of 250, on coloured vinyl, and come wrapped up in gorgeous screened SK|FC outer pvc sleeves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudio Kosmische is predominantly the solo project of Dom Keen, (Dom Keen; The Hologram People, Holy Magick) though often ably assisted by regular collaborator Jon Parkes (Dreamlord Recordings) amongst others. Expect experimental drones and dreamy Krautrock vibes influenced -as the name suggests- by the legends of the classic 1970’s Kosmische movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese LPs are part an ongoing series, \u003ci\u003eAlpha 77, Omega 76, Gamma 75\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRitual 74\u003c\/i\u003e (available previously via dronerockrecords). \u003ci\u003eAlpha 77\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOmega 76\u003c\/i\u003e came to life at the start of lockdown, recorded purely for meditative purposes to prevent the onset of cabin fever. 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Again in a pressing of 250, this time on cherry coloured vinyl with insert card and housed in screened SK|FC PVC outer sleeves. This final part of the series is perhaps more collaborative; Jon Parkes (from the equally wonderful Korb) guesting heavily on this record. 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Titled “Demon Stations”, it’s a beautifully seamless collection, mercifully saved from the relative oblivion of bandcamp \/ digital only demos and released on vinyl this February.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of course know James best from his Wooden Wand moniker, alongside his work with the likes of Michael Gira and Thurston Moore etc, then one would hope last years’ “Birthday Blues” 33 artist tribute \/ comp covering songs from various points of James’ career (feat Meg Baird, Lee Ranaldo, Six Organs of Admittance amongst others) will only have raised his star further….\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn this collection, James says ““Demon Stations” is a compilation of songs from five different digital-only demo collections I released on Bandcamp between 2021 and 2023. I relied on the ears and judgment of my old friend Dom to curate this comp, allowing him to choose his favorites from over 60 songs. While I might have chosen an entirely different batch of tunes, I was happy to defer to Dom, as I’ve never had much perspective when it comes to assessing my own material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll of the songs were recorded at home, mostly on the same day they were written. Most are first takes, intended to provide a template for a theoretical band to follow if and when the songs were to be re-recorded “properly” at a later date. 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Six beguiling tracks of atmospheric, occasionally acid folk flavoured, melodic \u0026gt; freakout shifts, taking in tips of the hat to Popol Vuh (check Miri’s beautiful vox on “Angel”), Amon Duul and fellow countrymen Acid Mothers Temple and Kikagaku Moyo amongst others.  Formed in 2019, this three-piece consists of Kazuki Toneri (guitar, sitar), Miri (bass, flute, vocals), and Koh Hamada (drums, percussion). Each member is well-versed in music, film, and various other arts, drawing inspiration not only from experimental, psychedelic rock, and noise music but also from art across the world, both past and present. Their music weaves solid, architectural elements with destruction into a dark and gloomy soundscape, is often described as \"dark psychedelic.\"  They released their first album, \u003ci\u003eWay Down East\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2021. In 2022, they relocated to London, where they performed on UK tours and at festivals. 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