Lung Dart is the moniker of experimental duo and NTS Radio residents Tim Clay and James Rapson. Known for their ambient excursions on labels like Scent and Happy Valley, as well as their close affiliation with Moshi Moshi sub-label PRAH, the duo beautifully pair live instrumentation with recorded samples and rich vocals. 

As a way to continue improvising together remotely during the lock down restrictions, they recently created Pulls, a six-track EP of audio collages made by pulling pre-existing unrelated instrument or sound recordings into empty Logic projects and arranging them on the fly. 

To complement the release they've put together a mix of improvised music to ease us into Bank Holiday Monday...

Lung Dart: The 'Monday Is OK' Mix

Bass player/producer working as/under/with BassKase,  Guerilla Welfare and Peabody & Sherman

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.