{"product_id":"hope-is-a-candle-home-recordings-1985-1990-volume-3","title":"Hope Is A Candle - Home Recordings 1985 - 1990 Volume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third and final volume in a trilogy exploring the teenage tape experimentation of \u003cstrong\u003eWarren Defever\u003c\/strong\u003e aka \u003cem\u003eHis Name Is Alive\u003c\/em\u003e. The beautiful ambient sketches and backwards loops of the first two volumes are still in evidence, but this collection sees the artist moving slowly towards more recognisable song forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of the material contained here was duplicated on the infamous demo tape that caught the ear of Ivo Watts-Russell and led to elements being re-worked into \u003cem\u003eLivonia\u003c\/em\u003e, the first \u003cem\u003eHis Name Is Alive\u003c\/em\u003e album on 4AD. Having circulated in poor quality form as a bootleg for many years, it’s a revelation to hear this music transferred from the original reels and mastered by Defever himself (who is one of the head engineers at Third Man’s mastering studio in Detroit).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the sounds here touch on the kind of dreampop which 4AD was known for at the time - the gauzy textures of the Cocteau Twins or This Mortal Coil, and predicts the saturated textures of the incoming shoegaze sound. But there’s also echoes of older, more esoteric sources: early minimalist works, 80s industrial records, even the blues and folk sounds documented by Folkways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe young Defever trying to interpret formative influences using a primitive home recording set-up and stumbling upon their own unique sound as a result of this tentative experimentation. As the artist recounts in the liner notes: “I wanted to do my own \u003cem\u003eMusic For 18 Musicians\u003c\/em\u003e. But I didn't know 18 musicians; I barely had two friends, and even they couldn't stand me.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disciples","offers":[{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50480197927243,"sku":"1111070","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8bb7aa5b-ab29-4c2d-910f-084ba4b7e4dd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727517495","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/hope-is-a-candle-home-recordings-1985-1990-volume-3","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}