The Writing Life, by Kinder Scout

The Writing Life

by Kinder Scout

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1.	First Half 08:44	buy track
2.	Interlude 12:01	buy track
3.	Second Half 12:39	buy track
4.	Epilogue 08:23	buy track

about

Originally released on CD via the Preco label as a Japan only release on August 10th, 2011.

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The Kinder Scout project was another of those that stemmed from my work with the cellist Danny Norbury. The recordings followed on from meeting at the first Home Normal show with The Boats (Danny plays cello for them), and we just started loosely sharing work from then on really.

The collaboration took on a whole new slant when Jason Corder (offthesky) came on board and as we made this, then later The Curio Collection, the project evolved into a wonderfully fragile line between post-classical ambient work, fun electronic movements and melodies, and with Morgan Packard's influence, dashes of experimental jazz.

Jason and I also worked together for a large portion of The Tiny Isles work which moved in a more organic electronic and instrumentation direction as we made these albums one after the other.

The album really means a lot as it was mastered by our friend Miles Whittaker (Demdike Stare) and designed by my 'Observatories' partner Craig Tattersall (Hood, The Humble Bee, The Boats). Not only that but it was released on my favourite Japanese label, Preco. The label owner, Osamu, who also runs the famous Linus Records store in Japan, helped to organise a home show one Christmas for Black Elk and is a longtime supporter of my music and labels.

thank you

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credits

released December 15, 2020

kinder scout is:

jason corder: composition, guitar, voice, vibes
ian hawgood: processing, guitar, voice, kalimba
danny norbury: cello, processing

contributing artists:
morgan packard: saxophone - track 3
shilpi gupta : lyrics and voices - track 4
sarah chung : vocals - track 4
brian archinal, darren king, matt ward : percussion track 1, 3.

made in japan, america, and england - 2010
mastered by miles whittaker, designed by craig tattersall - 2011

thanks and love to craig, miles, morgan, shilpi, sarah, brian, osamu, andrew h, anthony h, ben j, mike p, fabrizio, leonora, yasuhiko, shin, masami, the moteer and home normal families, and you.

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folk reels Brighton, UK

hello. my name is ian hawgood.

i make music on old tapes and reels mostly, curate the home normal label, and master music for a variety of labels and artists.

throughout 2021 i will be uploading weekly music i make using my coastal hydrophone recordings and tapes as folk reels.

music: folkreels.com

label/mastering:
homenormal.com

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