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Vibing out on hardware in a deliciously red-eyed style, the trio’s intimate studio familiarity bleeds thru in eight slompy and horizontally-inclined moves smartly informed by jazz and ambient and connected by deft dub sensibilities. The LP follows very much in the vein of Zigtrax’ ‘Live in Zig’ (as in Leipzig) tape for Kassem Mosse’s  Ominira label, exploring a low lit and low key, conversational trade of ideas unloaded from drum machines, synths and samplers, all executed live and in-the-moment with seemingly little edits.

Although there are strong dance cuts tucked away in the B-side’s grubby, rub-a-dub chuggers, the overall feel is set to be consumed in a single sitting in domestic situation or wherever the mood takes you, stretching from gorgeous BoC-like pads to supremely blunted, bong-bubble dynamics and bumbling drums a la Theo Parrish’s ‘Dance of the Drunken Drums’ in a deeply charming style primed for rolling on the carpet in luxury sportswear. 

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The Gathering Dawn is the debut solo album from Hollie Kenniff. The album, which is her first ambient proclamation, displays a sprawling looseness in sharp contrast to her works as one half of Mint Julep with husband Keith Kenniff (Helios, Goldmund). The Gathering Dawn wistfully utilizes glacial synths, blurred out guitars and Hollie's melancholic vocal plumes as a basis. The album finds Hollie effortlessly folding classic ambient motifs in with minimal modernist brushstrokes.

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio.
Cover photo "Becoming Wilderness VI" by Inka & Niclas.
Design by M.Cadoo.

To Keith Kenniff for your love and support and to our dear sons.

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In the Summer of 2019 Greig Baird and his family moved home and into a new area of a city they have lived for many years.

The layers and layers of history in this new locale were palpable and inspired Baird to create this small collection of music, ‘Once Hallowed’.

This new area was home to a Franciscan Friary established in the 13th century and later home to a church, Allhallows-on-the-Wall built in the 19th century. This church was later a corset factory, then later a parachute factory during war time. The last burials in this place were conducted in secrecy by the light of a midnight moon during the cholera epidemic of 1832. The wall outside Baird’s home dates to Roman times and was once the south-western city limit.

The burial grounds now deconsecrated and long abandoned are also home to the catacombs of the city. Again abandoned long ago, bodies long removed, tales of stolen skulls and grave robbing, and the stone of which they are built are all that remains. The areas wildlife, dog walkers, children playing, students hanging around, drunks falling asleep on abandoned tombs and the city’s drug dealers plying trade all make the place what it is. Often beautiful as the light changes and Falcons fly above, the sounds of the day city form into the nocturnal; sometimes sad as the desperation of people’s modern situations becomes abundantly clear.

The relics of the past experienced in our present creates something else. Something deeply inspiring, creating an atmosphere deeply felt and not entirely understood.
—GB/MCT 
Credits
Written and produced by Greig Baird
Layout and design by 扎克
© Healing Sound Propagandist
HSP-05 | MMXIX
pastinsidethepresent.com/hsp
healingsoundpropagandist.bandcamp.com

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"Many miss the mark with this kind of thing, but Naoito succeeds by running afro beat, spiritual jazz, and soul-funk through the lens of modern beat production - all executed with the lightest of touches. So sick!" - Light In The Attic

Former member of the Kingdom Afrocks band and one of the most talented artists of today’s Japanese music scene, drummer and multi-instrumentalist Naoito creates with “dotA” an explosive and unique mix of spiritual jazz and afro flavors.

Sung in Japanese and English and bringing the very best musicians of Tokyo’s underground scene, “dotA” is released in Japan on the legendary Jazzy Sport imprint. 180g is proud to bring to the international audience this essential album of contemporary grooves straight from the far-east!

music&words by NAOITO produced by ☆.A
Naoito ー vocal,drums,percussion,guitar,casiotone
Takahashi “Bocchi” Masahiro ー hammond organ(sideA),clavinet(sideB), piano
Hashimoto “Kids" Takehide ー alto sax
Inada “Inacchi" Takasada ー tenor sax