It’s safe to say that Steven Legget has been somewhat measured in his approach to releasing music. The Newcastle native was behind the Four Hands moniker, with releases alongside iconic industrial figures Zoviet France on Signals From The North and the classic ‘Hizou’ on Claremont 56 back at the turn of the decade.
 
Now, this Firecracker Recordings release highlights a fully realised body of work, only hinted at by the aforementioned projects. Starting life as a performance in Turkish Baths located in Newcastle upon Tyne’s City Pool, one of the last remaining civil saunas in the country, Legget has created a textured, melodic and immersive eulogy to the woozy, slow motion, drug free endorphin rush of the bath house. Pieces from this performance, alongside field recordings collected on the islands of Paxos and Loutro, South Crete are reimagined as a luscious ambient music. Accompanied by cello and electronics with real attention paid to musicality, vast and gaseous cinematic compositions are submerged beneath waves and drenched in steam and condensation.

All tracks produced by Steven Legget. Field recordings collected on the island of Paxos, and Loutro (Crete).
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 co-written by Laura Reid.
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 cello performed by Laura Reid.
Track 7 co-written/produced and performed with Suade Bergemann (Sine Bass) and Mark Hand (Fender Rhodes Stage 88 Piano and Jen SX1000 synthesiser).

LP Mastered by Suade and Cut by Keith.

For Sacha x

All profits from the sales of this LP will be donated to the charity Waves for Water:
http://www.wavesforwater.org/

• 2x12” vinyl album
• Double gatefold, screen printed, 2 colour sleeve
• Strictly limited press
• Silkscreened artwork by Al White

Worldwide distribution exclusively by Rubadub.

FIREC024LP Steven Legget - Bathhouse

Golden Shields  is a collaborative project of long time collaborators Steven Legget (Bathhouse) and Suade Bergemann. (Adapted Vinyl). Working together they explore expansive cinematic ambient rhythmic music ranging from deep techno to aquatic dub.

Suade and Steve are also now working on deep, spacious ambient music using the project name 'Golden Shields' with an album to be released later in 2022.

They also record under te name of Solid State Survivor for their more rhythmic explorations 

The duo often come together in different configurations with collaborations with artists such as renowned jazz/experimental keyboard performer, writer and  producer Mark Hand, composer and Cello performer Laura Reid, and multi instrumentalist, composer and producer Dan Blackett. 

Recent joint work includes soundtrack commissions for The London College of Fashion, remixes for Alan 'Portable' Abrahams and original tracks for the Of Paradise label and the Freerotation Dove compilation in support of the people of Ukraine.

With a large body of unreleased new works in the pipeline we are available for live performances, commercial soundtracks, remixes and collaborations.

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