I feel a little disappointed in myself that I hadn’t stumbled across Seahawks when I was back in England. It turns out the duo, consisting of Jon Tye (Lo Recordings) and Pete Fowler (known for his work with Super Furry Animals and his monsterism toys) have been frequenting some of my old haunts back home for quite some time. The Big Chill festival for example, or even the Big Chill Bar in London - both regular destinations for me a few years back. Funny, that I should come to own my first Seahawks record after picking it up at, of all places, Technique record store in Tokyo last year. But that’s the great thing about this type of music and in particular the approach of Jon and Pete as Seahawks- it’s music that transcends time and place. Eyes Of The Moon by Seahawks As they prepare to release their latest album on Cascine, titled Eyes Of The Moon (released 15th March) Jon and Pete have prepped a journey into their very hard-to-pin-down-cosmic world. Taking advantage of their many years DJ-ing, collecting and throwing boat-parties, this isolatedmix does exactly what the title suggests. A celestial voyage, into the minds of Seahawks, traversing the many imaginable worlds they conjure up through their colorful, vivid and complimentary music and art. Download. Read more about the Seahawks project and the mix in the Q&A with Jon and Pete, below. Tracklist: 1. Iasos – Helios and Vesta 2. Seahawks – Eyes Of The Moon (Ocean Moon ambient mix) 3. Clifford White – Lost At Shore 4. Suzanne Ciani – Eighth Wave 5. Meditation Y.S. – Neocrystal (On The Beach Mix) 6. Swami Kriya Ramananda – Hymn To A New Age 7. Larry Heard – Summertime Breeze 8. Waak Waak Djungi – Rainbow Serpent 9. Jon Anderson – Deseo (Future Sound Of London remix) 10. Emerald Web – Nightsong 11. Seahawks – Run Through My Mind 12. Wally Badarou – Awa 13. Yoshio Ojima – Glass Chattering 14. Body San – Marimba Class 15. Iasos – Helios and Vesta ASIP: You both have some serious history between you. Would you mind giving us the quick rundown of how you got to where you are today? Seahawks: It’s the 10th anniversary of our first release next year so yes indeed some serious history. To some extent we just pointed the ship in the right direction, stocked up with supplies and set sail into the unknown. It’s been a great trip but as to how…I guess we let the cosmic wind carry us along. How did Seahawks come about and what inspired the project? The Seahawks boat party at the Big Chill bar was our R&D (research & development) centre. We would try jamming different styles and adding FX and tracks we were working on and also invite friends to join in. At the time Pete lived just up the road so we could continue our research, sometimes deep into the night… When it comes to the specifics of the project, Jon, you look after music and Pete, art. How important is it to you that these two are presented as one in today's throwaway streaming world? It makes a big difference for us to present a conceptual whole, the Eyes Of The Moon album is actually the first where one of us has not created the artwork but it was fun to work with other people and direct the art rather than make it for a change. I've seen a few terms describe your music. Everything from "Cosmic deckshoegaze", "Balaeric" "New Age", "Kosmische" and "Celestial" - often interchanged between each other - to "whale drone amplified through an enormous pearlescent conch". How would you describe the Seahawks sound? (or rather, what does it look like!?) It’s a many headed good natured beast that likes to venture out for a cavort in the cosmos and loves all kind of esoteric delights from deep space vibrations to deep ocean drones, but we’ll settle for "whale drone amplified through an enormous pearlescent conch”. You don't hear much music like this anymore. Am I just not digging hard enough, or are you just fighting the good fight and bringing it all back? Well it’s all out there but I think our music is just a little more