{"title":"Ivan The Tolerable","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"atoms-in-the-void","title":"Atoms in the Void","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe hazy sound worlds of Hawksmoor(James McKeown) and Ivan The Tolerable(Oli Heffernan) come together in a swirl of hallucinatory bliss on Atoms In The Void. Both McKeown and Heffernan delve in 70s album side long form jams within their own projects, and on Atoms In The Void both come together in hazy, droning beauty in bite-size chunks. \"Anise\" combines pastoral folk with an underlying unease, while \"Atom Dub\" has that distinctive Ivan The Tolerable drone to it, while tasteful wah wah guitar accentuates the mystery of the track. \"Interoception\" lies somewhere in the middle, offering up a hazy trip built on a dizzying blues-infused backbone. And \"Machen\" sounds like a lost Angelo Badalamenti piece left on the David Lynch's cutting room floor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtoms In The Void is the heady collaboration you didn't know you needed. 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The earliest recording sessions date back to 2018 at the IDI in Middlesbrough, engineered by longtime collaborator Nigel Crooks over the course of three weekends. The material was left unfinished for years, shelved for reasons that accumulated and compounded - until the tragic passing of Crooks in 2023. His unfinished work lingered, and the desire to complete it became a mission.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “In the end, I finished this record for Nigel, above all else,” says Oli Heffernan (Ivan The Tolerable). “It always annoyed him that it never got done.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo bring the album to completion, the original stems were passed to producer Hugh Major (formerly of Benefits) in early 2024. Across a year of meticulous experimentation - countless versions, radical reconstructions, entire songs torn down and rebuilt - the album transformed into something wholly new. The final collection spans 14 tracks, reimagined from the ground up yet still anchored to the spirit of the sessions that began it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “It’s a very different beast from where it started,” Heffernan adds, “but I think Nigel would really like it - and be glad it was finally finished.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eChromophobia\u003c\/em\u003e stands as both a reinvention and a tribute: a document of persistence, creative overhaul, and the enduring impact of a lost collaborator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riot Season","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Crystal Clear","offer_id":56288629195083,"sku":"R3251-2020","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a3564407028_16.jpg?v=1768232575"},{"product_id":"psychogeography","title":"Psychogeography","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sprawling, meditative journey into inner and outer space, the new double album\u003cbr\u003efrom Ivan The Tolerable sees Oli Heffernan retreat fully into the solo realm - crafting\u003cbr\u003ean expansive sonic world that feels both intimate and cosmic in scope. Recorded\u003cbr\u003eentirely alone and released via Riot Season, this latest work drifts away from\u003cbr\u003estructured forms and toward something more fluid, exploratory, and transcendent.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the devotional atmospheres of early ambient pioneers and the hypnotic\u003cbr\u003epulse of kosmische music, the album unfolds as a series of slowly shifting\u003cbr\u003esoundscapes—analog synths breathing in long, patient waves, tape loops dissolving\u003cbr\u003einto shimmering drones, and melodies that seem to emerge from nowhere before\u003cbr\u003egently receding again. There are echoes of ritual, of vast landscapes, of time\u003cbr\u003estretching and folding in on itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross its two discs, Heffernan embraces a deeply immersive approach—less\u003cbr\u003econcerned with destination than with the act of drifting itself. It’s music that invites\u003cbr\u003estillness and surrender, equally suited to deep listening or quiet disconnection from\u003cbr\u003ethe noise of the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnbound by genre yet rooted in a rich lineage of experimental sound, this is Ivan The\u003cbr\u003eTolerable at his most introspective and transportive - a double album that doesn’t\u003cbr\u003ejust ask for your attention, but your presence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riot Season","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Cream \/ Black Marble","offer_id":57156483907915,"sku":"R0465-5949","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-29at15.44.37.png?v=1777473901"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/ivan-the-tolerable-1.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}