Fluid Audio

My father died on 16 March 2011.  His body had battled emphysema for years.  After complications caused by a bout of pneumonia he finally succumbed.  In the aftermath of these events I turned to my piano for solace and escape.  The resulting record attempts to address the emotions experienced during the 7 days between his death and funeral.  In collaboration with Ed Hamilton, who brilliantly tapped in to my experience and emotion, and with contributions from Christoph Berg, this record is about, and in memory of, my father. - Euan

............

Glacis is Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken with Ed Hamilton

All pieces written and performed by Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken and Ed Hamilton

Violins on tracks 1, 5 & 7 performed and arranged by Christoph Berg

Violins on track 6 performed by Christoph Berg, arranged by Ed Hamilton

Piano recordings by Ana Roman and Alex Galler at the University of Edinburgh

Produced and mixed by Ed Hamilton

Mastered by James Plotkin

Art by Todd Umhoefer

www.oldearthcontact.bandcamp.com

Writing by Ali Millar 

www.readthesupplement.com

Released through Fluid Audio (May 2016)

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com

............

Thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks

 

In memory of Euan's father, Sandy McMeeken 6 November 1937- 16 March 2011

............

Release date 29.04.16

www.fac-ture.co.uk

“Work with the intention of slowly fading from sight.”

Returning to the light from the darkness of 2012’s ‘In a Lonely Place’, The Tape Loop Orchestra and Facture present ‘Go Straight To The Light Of All That You Love’, a landmark intersection of music and visual media. Interrogating the contradictory dualism in the life that inspires art, this unique project displays the panoramic influence of Ozu, Neuer Deutscher Film, Weldon Kees and Yves Klein, as well as forming of a larger arch with TLO’s ongoing body of work.

“Distortions are inherent to representation.”

Examining the multiple philosophical strands found 'In Search Of The Miraculous' - Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader’s intended trio of art actions, P D Ouspensky's book of the same name, Gurdjieff's early teachings - TLO pay homage to the artist’s continual search, even when the camera isn’t looking; searching for miracles, or simply an answer to the metaphysical why...

If life is art, can the artist decide where art ends and art life begins? Can they co-exist in one form? Do we celebrate the art or the artist?

“Death isn’t about judgement, it collects us all.”

As with all TLO releases, the material was recorded after development in live performance, with the new approach of using multi-track control over trademark tape disintegration for the first time. Edited, sequenced and mastered by James Plotkin for both CD and vinyl, with both formats offering different versions of the same work, ‘Go Straight To The Light Of All That You Love’ is an ambitious and densely rewarding entry in a sequence that fiercely questions the collective human failure to unravel complexity.

Performed by Tape Loop Orchestra with Beth Roberts, aus and Cuushe... Mastering: James Plotkin

Photography: Azra Haracic

Design: Craig Tattersall

Inspiration: Bas Jan Ader

With love to:

Craig, Beth, Yasuhiko, Cuushe, Dan & Jess, Alice, Danny, Dean, Miles, Thomas, Michael, Russell, Richard, Joe, Masami and team Bookman

Packaging:

Deluxe 4 panel gatefold covers printed on reverse board Printed inner sleeves

Clear vinyl

Letter-pressed CD cover

Glass mastered (not CD-R) CD

16 page photographic booklet

2 x limited edition prints

CD/Booklet/Prints all rest inside hand stiched/sealed oversized glassine bags Hand Tagged/Typed/Individually numbered

All of the above rests inside sealed oversized black metallic photographic bags Download code

Scent

CD and vinyl hold different recordings of the material

Taken from the upcoming album 'Glade'...

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com/mailing-list

Taken from the upcoming album 'Remnants'...

A collection of memories, field recordings, and sound inspired by the remote corners of Iceland.

Available soon as a limited edition package exclusively through Fluid Audio.

http://fluidaudio.bigcartel.com/mailing-list

Recorded, mixed, and produced by Hotel Neon

www.hotelneon.bandcamp.com

Mastered by Taylor Deupree

www.12kmastering.com

Additional textures on 'Cascading' recorded by Andy Othling www.lowercasenoises.com

Taken from the album 'Diminished Composition', released through Scissor Tail Editions...

Review:

www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2016/01/willamette-diminished-composition/

Buy:

www.store.fluid-radio.co.uk/2016/01/willamette-diminished-composition-vinyl/

www.scissortail.bandcamp.com/album/diminished-composition

For as long as I can remember I've had a fascination with music written for the festive season. I love the beauty and melancholy of traditional Christmas hymns.

In 2010 I was approached by Paul Morley to produce a set of backdrops for a show at London's Southbank Centre, "This Time Of Year," with appearances from Andrew Poppy, Rachael & Becky Unthank, Terry Edwards and Summer Camp. The seed for this EP was sown on this evening, and a couple of the themes were drawn from this performance. - Antonymes

...

'At This Time Of Year' is available now via the Antonymes Bandcamp web site:

http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/at-this-time-of-year

Also well worth mentioning is the upcoming full length release dropping 22.03.16. We have been lucky enough to hear the album in it's entirety and have been totally blown away by its beauty.

Taken from the upcoming album 'Transient Accidents' on Fluid Audio...

- All tracks produced, mixed and arranged by Sara Galán and Edu Comelles. 

- Album recorded during the first weeks of August 2015 at Espai Rambleta in Valencia, Eastern Spain.

- Mastered by Jaume Muntsant.

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com

Taken from David Colohan & Richard Moult's upcoming collaborative album 'Branded By Constellations' on Fluid Audio...

...........

One breath spanning a thousand years

Took the eremite's boat

To raise his cell upon the rock

To where star-spread crossings mirror tracks

Woven to a moorland shrine

And where the stars change places with the falling snow:

A net of light to sail his Earth by.

...........

*Release date: November 2015

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com/mailing-list

All Sounds recorded in May 2015 in Olafsfjörður, Iceland.

They include: the seagull feeding station near the fish factory, nesting Arctic Terns, underwater recordings of ice dumped in the harbour by a road clearing tractor, the door of the abandoned concrete factory, ski lift wires, fences in the rain, trawler crane wires, underwater trawler recordings and the aqua aerobics class as heard from the mountain top.

Thanks to: Listhus + Alice Liu. 

.....

Read a detailed report along with photographs taken by Kate here:

http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2015/10/Iceland

Track taken from the upcoming album 'Into The Well' released through Fluid Audio, October 2015...

.....

- Music and arrangements by Dag Rosenqvist and Aaron Martin

- Vocals arranged and performed by Dawn Smithson and Jerker Lund

- Horns performed by Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (trombone) and Jenny Olsson (French horn)

- Recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden and Topeka, Kansas

- Mixed by Dag Rosenqvist at The 63rd Link in Gothenburg

- Mastered by Taylor Deupree at 12K Mastering

.....

Aaron Martin:

Cello, bass, roll up piano, voice, vinyl, singing bowls, banjo, lap steel

Dag Rosenqvist:

Piano, pump organ, Fender Rhodes, various organs and synthesizers, acoustic and electric guitars, glockenspiel, voice and field recordings

.....

Mailing List:

http://fluidaudio.bigcartel.com/mailing-list