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pre-order Big Track by Mike Winship

Big Track (named with affectionate memory for the popular 1980s programmable robotic tank, but there the connection ends) is one of those electroacoustic psychogeographical sound objects that they have now. It is constructed entirely from field recordings made within the London postcode of N7 and following the route of overlapping railway tracks (which form the shape of an inverted “7” when viewed on a map). These sounds have then been manipulated into… Big Track. The recordings were made using a mixture of ambisonic and spaced omnidirectional microphones. Whilst not true binaural audio, the piece does have an immersive spatial quality that can be fully appreciated when heard on headphones.

Recorded, edited, processed and composed entirely in the digital domain, May 2019.

embroidery

glue damage

some of the CD cases will need to be reprinted before sending out - there's some glue damage

pre-order Sunfall by Moebius Delta

Giles Barrett (from Tigercats and Soup Studio) has made a slow burning electro ambient opus that would be on the United States Spacecraft Discovery One stereo if Eno was at the helm

pre-order Trains Below The City by The Autobahn of Life

as if Felt and Saint Etienne had recorded the lift music for the Sapporo Winter Olympics in 1972

everything played by Patrick Ralla - the man who helps the Hanging Stars, Birdie, Go-Kart Mozart and the Rockingbirds sound so great

oh, and that's my mum and dad on te cover

pre-order Rhapsody 77 by Hilbert Space (featuring Keiron Phelan)

the second consecutive seventy seven minute tune to feature a flute - here's Rhapsody 77 by Hilbert Space, featuring Keiron Phelan:

"The super-cool David Holmes-produced Roy Budd soundtrack to a 21st Century Blake’s 7, directed by Stephen Soderburgh "

pre-order Primes and Squares by Isnaj Dui

Isnaj Dui. Photo: Christopher Nuun

"Being a book keeper by trade my immediate starting point for the 77 project was to have a look on Wikipedia for anything interesting about the number 77. Turns out it’s quite an intriguing number, made up of the first 8 prime numbers, or the squares of 4, 5 and 6. Primes and Squares is divided up into three main sections of 16, 25 and 36 minutes, as well as smaller sections of 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 and 19 minutes which results in a meet up between the two at 41 minutes."

pre-order Songs For The Prophets by The Unattached

A cycle of folk songs, exploring the visionary experiences of seventeenth-century radicals. Recording in locations throughout England, The Unattached ask: what happens when music, history and place are woven into the same cloth? This is not historical music, but the present viewed through the eyes of history.

in fact, this video will tell you all you need to know

pre-order Through Acheron by Bobby Barry

it begins with...

a serene field trip beneath flight paths, along canals and past building sites - recorded in three continents and augmented with throbs, pulses, drones, a wineglass, a kettle, a radiator and birdsong:

more denim sleeve progress

denim sleeve progress

making the denim sleeves

yep - Alexandra is working hard on the beautiful denim outer sleeves for this year's seven at 77 releases... these are very limited (just 49 copies) so make sure you get your order in early

seven at 77 2019

righteo - we're ready to go with the third year of seven at 77 :

seven bands, seven 77-minute tracks, to raise money for Médecins Sans Frontières

available as:

limited edition set of seven cds in handmade denim sleeve

tracks also available individually as cd or download
and you could donate at: justgiving.com/sevenat77

details on the acts, and the denim sleeve sewing (and embroidery) progress will follow, but in the mean time, get your copy here: