{"product_id":"stash-2","title":"Stash","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eStash,\u003c\/em\u003e the absolutely energy-drenched 2nd album from BCMC, the guitar and keys duo soars through waves of pleasant rhythmic turbulence on the way to show us just what they got.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeedle down: increased activity dubs and baubles the sonic surface of BCMC’s \u003cem\u003eStash\u003c\/em\u003e planet. Waves from Arabian, Indian, Flamenco and Soul groove in alliance under the expanse of an all-world flag, representing a borderless pursuit of cosmic music moments in the hand, of\/by\/for all the people of folk, rock and jazz, psych, west coast psych, prog, DIY, experimental, traditional, programmatic, impressionistic, liturgic, electric...!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe it’s in the DNA between Cooper Crain on organ and synth and Bill MacKay on guitar? BCMC’s groove-based understanding\/space-based alignment of purpose is two-headed (four-handed) intuition in music, aurally forming whenever playing, composing, improvising, or all the above. \u003cem\u003eStash\u003c\/em\u003e is part guitar and keyboard recital, part unbridled electroacoustic assembly of spontaneous international deep and wide sounds. Happening between them, somehow. Like the time: guitar and keyboard pushing, then pulling back in space. The sound of two people agreeing on this. Patterns emerge, units form, and then, we feel BCMC alive in the wide-open air of the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso in \u003cem\u003eStash:\u003c\/em\u003e written things, shorter strands, riffs, prog\/funk\/church organ breaks, psychedelic blues-rock soloing on synth. Echoes of Floyd\/Doors\/Deep Purple\/Iron Butterfly\/Velvets\/Can wove into a jangly nest, then trembled with an occasional British folk peregrination. Insistent chord\/rhythm discovery: jam it out. Having taped, take a second pass in places. Improvisation, layers, inner-player dialogues revolve the flow, open it up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrop the needle down into \u003cem\u003eStash\u003c\/em\u003e anywhere. You find one sonic widescreen or another in time. Vivid, judiciously-tripped minimalist songs; tropical soundtrack capacity and time, horizons and water flown in from the border, fine frontier and mellow high.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStash\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded on half-inch 8-track tape by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio, then recorded more and mixed to half-track 2-inch at Sweat Loge by Cooper and Bill. \u003cem\u003eStash\u003c\/em\u003e’s different textural feel is down to wondering about, then dialling details in the sound, getting good signal in a few good spaces with a few new (old) machines in the chain. And in the mix, not a digital module was stirring: \u003cem\u003eStash\u003c\/em\u003e is straight AAA, student!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PIAS","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":57020537012555,"sku":"R1306-6231","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tape","offer_id":57020537045323,"sku":"R1306-7766","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/DC976hires.jpg?v=1776078763","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/stash-2","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}