Paper Relics is a collaboration between Whitelabrecs owner Harry Towell and his brother Stuart. They began recording together back in 2010 at their family home, with an EP on the Audio Gourmet netlabel which was followed by debut album ‘Over Exposure’ on Time Released Sound. In 2018 they created ‘The Road Home’ for Whitelabrecs, a record in which Sven Laux also had a hand.

The Paper Relics sound takes Stuart’s guitar and bass performances as the focal point of the compositions, with Harry’s background in creating Ambient and electro acoustic music adding further detail and texture. Each of their infrequent records has an evolving character, as equipment and techniques get updated and their lives change. Over Exposure was a record about photography, reflecting upon faded old family polaroids of life on the farm that their father grew up on. The Road Home moved into a richer more detailed sound palette, themed around the brothers’ new homes.

‘Emersion’ is a four track EP which is the first item in their discography, in which they did not physically sit down to record together. It was created through file-exchanges during lockdown, as glimpses of a life beyond the grip of the pandemic became in sight. As cautious plans were being made and a strange sense of freedom emerging, they reflected on the time-warping effects of their endless days spent indoors throughout the pandemic. They opted for a lo-fi retro sound, which sets out a dusty, degraded aesthetic across the recordings. Reel-to-reel tape decay, radio distortion, vinyl crackle and VHS hiss give a vintage charm to these reflective songs. There is a palpable melancholy which disguises the key message of optimism, with this EP being released on the 19th of July, a day being dubbed ‘freedom day’ in the UK. ‘Emersion’ is a brief space for reflection, in which the dust can settle.

After the album had been finalised, Stuart took a short break in the Scottish Highlands and he captured a series of photographs whilst hiking in the landscape. The EP cover artwork is one of these images, overlooking Loch Ness from a misty vantage point. We’ve created a short run of cassette tapes to tie in with the retro, lo-fi theme and the tape itself is neon yellow; a flash of colour as a stamp optimism.

Written and produced by Harry & Stuart Towell
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Stuart Towell

Stuart Towell: Guitar, Bass
Harry Towell: Baritone Ukulele, Harmonica, Violin, Voice, field recordings, electronics, MIDI keyboard and programming

Emersion

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"Is There Room For All Of It"
Jessica Moss
09 September 2021

JM: vocals, lyrics, organ, video
Thierry Amar: bass
Jim White: drums
Nadim Chartouni: video editing

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SqrtSigil - Voltage Depression  (Album Preview)
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Recorded in Kolberg, Poland in the pre-pandemic era, using mostly Ciat-Lonbarde instruments.

Releases October 8, 2021 

Written and produced by Maciek Jaciuk 
Shimmering Moods Records 2021 
SHM 177

SqrtSigil - Voltage Depression  (Album Preview)

Jnatra - Colorado Synth Society Performance 11.28.21

Windy Weather Always Makes Me Think Of You

A Man With A Bagpipe

Performed by Elisabeth Smalt. 
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Music For Viola

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2020 élan vital recordings

The album 'Teaching A Fish To Fly' by Motorpig was conceived as series of narrations, made of memories and personal impressions of the author, and it consists of five pieces of long-shot drone-ambient jams draws conceptually on audio snapshots from travelling and intended to evoke a kind of surrealist images in a listener’s mind, images of something very simple but capable to tap the subconscious of the human brain with a focus on introspection and imagination. The work combines digital granular, analogue FM-synthesis, field recordings and occasional noises processed on a laptop, with its ranges and spectrum from more subtle soundscapes to rawer and at times even unnerving drones and sound experiments. 

Motorpig is an electronic project started in 2012 by Mykola Yosypenko based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Inspired by his surroundings, he started doing music experiments using old tape recorders layering street sounds, radio noises and acoustic guitar to create vast sound collages. His today’s work combines generative music and granular synthesis with digitally processed field recordings and acoustic instruments. The music itself is a blend of his influences and imagination.

Cover photos: Mykola Yosypenko

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releases 5 September 2020

Motorpig - The Beacon

Exclusive track on the tape release for the debut album 'Breath' by Helsinki, Finland-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Juha Mäki-Patola.

CD + Tape + Digital release date = September 25th, 2020
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