{"product_id":"still-out","title":"Still Out","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn ambient journey reflecting on friendship, the British landscape - and The KLF’s landmark album \u003cem\u003eChill Out.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in a remote cabin on the Devon coast, \u003cem\u003eStill Out \u003c\/em\u003eis an album-length collaboration between musician-filmmakers – and childhood friends – Will Cookson and Tom Haverly. A reflection on friendship, landscape and the passing of time, it inspired a road trip from North Yorkshire to North Devon they took together in the summer of 2024, and forms the soundtrack to a film of the same name which had its premiere screening as part of Stroud Film Festival in March 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the film, \u003cem\u003eStill Out\u003c\/em\u003e is also an oblique homage to The KLF’s iconic 1990 album Chill Out, which the Gloucestershire-based pair revisited after it turned up unexpectedly a few years back in Tom’s dad’s record collection. Inspired to create their own recording using a similarly free-spirited process, Will and Tom relocated to the Devon coast in late summer 2023, splicing together a 40-minute mix from their personal archive of recordings and found sounds in a remote cabin with no electricity or mobile reception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It came together using cut-and-paste techniques, with ongoing shifts and tweaks,” says Will. “The final result was an audio collage that felt like something [legendary hip hop producers] The Bomb Squad might make - if ambient music was the only material in their sample library.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing ‘ambient’ as a starting-point rather than an end in itself, they took inspiration from across the musical spectrum – classic-period Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Bill Evans, plus outliers such as 80s singer-songwriter Virginia Astley and the late DJ-producer Andrew Weatherall. The connections, though, are anything but obvious as the audio shifts seamlessly from field recordings and spoken-word interludes to mood pieces and snatches of vintage pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited and assembled using freely available open source programs, the source material was often radically altered using tools such as “PaulStretch”, a digital sound-morphing algorithm that allows users to stretch audio files to extreme lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When we found ourselves in a creative slump or unsure how to navigate a tricky part, we'd say, ‘Let's put some syrup on it and slow it down,’” says Tom. “That always helped us get back on track during late-night recording sessions at the cabin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart-soundtrack, part-meditative experiment, \u003cem\u003eStill Out\u003c\/em\u003e is intended as a reflection on the mental and emotional shift that occurs when stepping away from the routine of daily life – an album that forms a celebration of our ever-changing relationship to the world around us and the mystery of what it means to pass through time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sound Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51823248671051,"sku":"R1920-4097","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Clear","offer_id":53510897598795,"sku":"R1920-4475","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3200c073-25c0-33a1-f816-bab12cbe3b20.jpg?v=1747324797","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/still-out","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}