Recordings of places, people, objects, moments in time, environments and quotidian events are shared with a range of artists working with sound. Those artists are then free to respond to the recordings in any way they like, either through manipulation or composition.
A Mortality Tables Product
MTP18
credits
from LIFEFILES / LF4,
released April 7, 2023
Produced and mixed by Veryan, March 2023
Source recordings: Mat Smith
Design: Neil Coe
Source recording: dishwasher, Woburn Sands, 8 July 2022 & 6 February 2023
Expertly arranged underwater ambient architecture, with the odd radar blip and the ghost of a melody occasionally poking through the sonic murk. Also avoids the tweeness that seems par for the course with many hauntological-labelled releases
An extraordinarily good and satisfying album, highly recommended for fearless sound adventurers everywhere. kickingmachine
Purportedly the recordings of a disgraced experimental psychologist (you decide), “Jumand” sets spoken word to eerie synths. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 2, 2023
J.Lynch (aka Thirty Pounds of Bone) plays with organic elements, including prepared piano, against electronics to impressionistic effect. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 21, 2023
The 17 mindbending songs on this compilation represent minimalist experimental music at its best, a collage of blips and static. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 3, 2022