Artist : Tape Loop Orchestra
Title : 1953 Culture Festival
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2009
Date : 08/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 14
Label : Cotton Goods
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 37:18 min
Size : 42,10 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Reel One 00:15
02.Yasujiro Ozu 04:31
03.Late Spring 04:31
04.Early Summer 02:36
05.Tokyo Twilight 03:09
06.Reel One End 03:13
07.Reel Change 00:32
08.Reel Two 00:26
09.Setsu Ko Hara 02:55
10.The End Of Summer 02:38
11.Late Autumn 04:34
12.Tokyo Stars 03:47
13.Reel Two End 03:38
14.Tails Out 00:33
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37:18 min
Each CD packaged in handmade case made of hardback book covers inside a card wallet stamped witth
the Cotton Goods logo.
Each case unique and individually numbered. Limited to 100 copies.
From Boomkat:
LIMITED TO 100 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED AND HAND-PACKAGED COPIES FOR THE WORLD...! On
my desk there sits a pile of records waiting to be written about for these pages. Today, amongst the vinyl,
CD jewel cases and digipaks is a rather fetching old book whose innards have been scooped out only to
be replaced by a compact disc and a Cotton Goods hand-numbered, embossed identification card. You
can't help but wonder where all these reclaimed books are coming from, though we should probably give
Craig Tattersall and co. the benefit of the doubt that the public libraries of Lancashire have not been
ransacked in the production of this lovely object. As is the case with all the Cotton Goods editions there's a
real resonance between the homely mysteriousness of the music itself and its presentation. That's
especially true here: the warming hiss sculptures and faded melodies are as inviting and elusive as the
pageless books that house them. This is also just about the only release in living memory that might be
said to smell the way it sounds - explicitly redolent of an amiable fustiness. This album comes from
Andrew Hargreaves of The Boats, here recording as the Tape Loop Orchestra, fashioning music from
muffled analog tones, scratchy, semi-pulverised recordings and above all the rich, static crackle of tape
noise. You can hear traces of both electronic and 'real' instruments running through these compositions,
yet it's the residue left by the magnetic reels that capture those sounds that provides the main focus of the
music, presenting harmonious passages in a jerky, crumbling state that becomes the most seductive and
tactile element of the album. The saturated, scratchy hues of 'Early Summer' sound like the sort of musical
antiquities Boards Of Canada, and more recently Bibio have channelled, while the haunting likes of
'Yasujiro Ozu' and 'Late Autumn' could pass as lost, analogue Vladislav Delay recordings, taking on a
shadowy dub-style quality that fits so beautifully with the loop-based structure of the album. 1953 Culture
Festival is a must-have for followers of Cotton Goods, The Boats and analog electronic ambience more
generally, but as ever, there are only 100 copies in existence, so you best be quick.