Moss Covered Technology - Once Hallowed (Healing Sound Propagandist)

WHAT THE COVER LOOKS LIKE:

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WHAT WE SAY:

I'm guessing Moss Covered Technology is a glass half full kind of guy. Surmising the chequered history of his new surroundings & life's always rich, not always happy, sometimes mundane & occasionally brilliant tapestry via his machines he's proposing a surprisingly light, airy & optimistic ambient picture of the human condition for Past Inside the Present's new sub label.

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WHAT YOUR EARS SAY:

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WHAT THE PRESS RELEASE SAYS:

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
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