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All music created, performed and mixed by Gesloten Cirkel

Artwork by Simon Fowler
Design by Niek Kessels
Mastered by Alain Paul
Distribution by Clone
Unleashed by Selvamancer

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Bank NYC is very excited to present the definitive statement of Collector, "No Prospects". Collector is the solo guise of Jason Campbell, resident of Newcastle, Australia. Since 2014, Campbell has been channelling the industrial malaise of his hometown through his unique take on heavy electronics. After a series of releases on global-spanning labels such Steel City Dance Discs (UK), Nice Music (AUS), Clan Destine (SCO) & Night People (US), the debut long-player for Bank NYC finds Collector embracing true album form for the first time in his discography. Across eight pieces, Collector delivers a bleak sonic narrative via a hardware-only approach to production: Analog drum machine patterns are intricately intertwined with menacing synth lines, and driving bass is met with the unrelenting clatter of tightly-sequenced field recordings taken straight from the heart of local industry.

Thematically, "No Prospects" navigates the downfall of Newcastle's BHP Steelworks at the end of the 20th century. Acknowledged widely as the largest de-industrialisation event in Australian history, the closure of the Steelworks in 1999 marked a dramatic cultural shift where blue-collar vocations were vanquished due to an economic slump, and were consumed by the trending cosmopolitanism seen in adjacent cities. "No Prospects" draws on Campbell's family lineage in the Newcastle's steelworks, providing a rich, personal context to an industry that both gives and takes away. The sharp intensity of the album is sustained by dramatic shifts in pace: the devestating slow burners of 'Two From Five' and 'Ricochet' are instinctually offset by the frenetic 'CFT' and 'Workers Club Collapse', which showcase Campbell's no-nonsense approach to shaping an almost club-ready breed of modern industrial techno. Although diverse across both sides, cohesion is found in Campbell's toolkit of samples that are unmistakably Collector. The album's eponymous track, 'No Prospects', serves as an introspective centrepoint - a largely arrhythmic excursion shrouded in familiar brooding, textural drones, and underpinned by the chug of machinery on the brink of collapse.

Although forever indebted to the spirit of local electronic outcasts, Bloody Fist Records, Collector's "No Prospects" is a remarkably distinct statement straight from the heart of Australia's Steel City. The complexity of arrangements speak to Campbell's long association in experimental music communities, whilst the persistent feeling of dread conveys a uniquely regional story of decay and futility. Pure Novocastrian industrial electronics.

No Prospects

Collector - Gauze (BNK-040)

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Remix from the brand new EP by Santa Cecilia & Semionauta
 - Tell Me To Sin, mesmerising release out on Strange Therapy
https://strangetherapy.bandcamp.com/album/tell-me-to-sin

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Tell Me To Sin

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McMarian - duo from Cracow (Poland) formed in 1986 and suspended in 1989. Main members was Piotr Kalinowski and Marcin Bednarski (Wahehe, O.N.G.O., Biomodem, Elektrostat, Subotnick), supported by Piotr "Peter" (tapes, effects, noise) and Marcin "Marski" (sounds, rhythm, noise). Mostly session project, played only a few gigs (Gdansk, Warsaw).

Guest musicians: Ojciec (Wahehe) - guitar, Franz Dreadhunter (Düpą) - bass, Prezes (Id) - bass, Nodzeń - bass. 

McMarian was inspired with music forms created by early Cabaret Voltaire, The Residents, Throbbing Gristle, Criss & Cosey, S.P.K. and D.A.F. Two homemade analogue synthesizers constructed by Piotr himself were the fundamental part of all his musical instruments. One of them was a sort of mixture of a sound generator, a sequencer and a drum machine. The soundscape was filled by loops (short glued together bits of the magnetic tape) as well as electronic and acoustic instruments. 

Official discography: 

V/A "Cienie" (1988, Henryk Palczewski, Poland & USA) 
V/A "Polish Road" (1989, Organic Tapes, France).
Marian Wyjechał (Give Noise A Chance) (2010, Impulsy Stetoskopu (3xCDr)

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