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for the last five years trunk records have been issuing the great, lost work of pioneering british composer basil kirchin. and over this period basil has gone from being a great undiscovered and completely unknown british artist to a highly influential and historically important musical figure. he is seen these days as the grandfather of ambient music - eno is quoted as saying that basil found the ambient sounds he was looking for in the early 1970s. kirchins experimental work also influenced the dark industrial sounds of the nurse with wound, coil and psychic tv, and most maverick producers of the last 5 years own at least one kirchin album. and here, trunk are pleased (and a little saddened) to present his last album, completed only a couple of weeks before he passed away. it proves that kirchin, even in his mid 70s, was still very much an experimentalist at the top of his odd game. the whole album is brimming and bursting with odd ideas, new ways and the unique kirchin sound. the current trunk favourite is the last, epic ten minute hypnotic monster simply called 'e+me'. it's an obvious homage to his dear wife esther, who actually sings at the end of this heavily rhythmic, modal tune. tragically esther died a week before this last kirchin cd was pressed. this release is dedicated to basil and his wife esther, may they both rest in peace. limited to 500 copies on vinyl.