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​Mostly we put our daily recommendations here for the blog readers among you, although occasionally we go longform.
Reading about music is a bit like looking at pictures of food - not nearly half as much fun as getting involved, so we scribble a brief intro to hopefully whet your appetite but you're better off just hitting play. Not very "slow" I know but there's a lot of music to check these days & hopefully you'll find the recommendations a handy filter.
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7/5/2021 0 Comments

Ishmael Cormack - Critter (The Slow Music Movement)

WHAT THE COVER LOOKS LIKE:
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WHAT WE SAY:

​I'm really proud to release the first single from the forthcoming ambient EP from Ishmael Cormack today. I could go on but ultimately it's beautiful music, from a sensitive soul for people that appreciate the quieter things in life.
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WHAT YOUR EARS SAY:

WHAT THE RELEASE NOTES SAY:

A friend wrote me this poem after I sent him an early draft of the work. 

Rain, 
and a dog grew, green in Carpenter’s weed, 
from a crack 
in biscuit-crumb tarmac; 
a boy flowered on the 
lead, nose-bleed, skulking on, shrugging 
brambles in snug alley. 

Hazel branch flaps with 
the patter of squirrel, tickling 
leaves, 
prayer flags inciting wood- 
pigeon flight, fat chestnut gut: 
boy looks up 

from feet-planted soil, 
the diurnal roil of black and white, 
blow and boil, 
wet and wetter, 
rain, 

and the dog grew brown, 
and yarrow-flower withered to moss- 
speckled stone - and seagull-spat fortune - 
a carved pebble amongst 
carved pebbles 
henged in yews, 

and the dog, green, grew. 

- Lewis Coleman 

This work continues my obsessions with gathering found sounds into the studio. Capturing sounds that are connected to places and framing them as music. Using tape to create age and a sense of nostalgia. Using software to create serendipity, this reflects how I see nature, both chaotic and orderly. Treating everyday objects and sounds with reverence. In this sense my music is an offering to what already is. 

- Ishmael Cormack
  Credits:Objects: 
Toy keyboard 
Electric guitar 
Classical guitar 
Tape machine 
Dried seeds 
Laptop 
Piano - Recordings of St Andrews Church Grand Piano 
Credits: 
All sounds - Ishmael Cormack 

Mastering - Ian Hawgood (www.homenormal.com) 
Album Art - Glet Masa,  twitter.com/glet_masa 

Artists share of purchases & Royalties to go to Wildlife Trusts - Registered charity number 207238 (www.wildlifetrusts.org)​
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