{"product_id":"kif-still-out-vinyl-lp-clear-colour-due-out-07-11-25","title":"KiF Still Out Vinyl LP Clear Colour 2025","description":"\u003cem\u003eClear Colour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003col\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eSwaledale to Blakeney Straits\u003c\/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eLaugharne Estuary to Welcombe Mouth \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRecorded in a remote cabin on the Devon coast, STILL OUT is an album-length collaboration between musician-filmmakers – and childhood friends – Will Cookson and Tom Haverly. A reflection on friendship, landscape and the passing of time, it inspired a road trip from North Yorkshire to North Devon they took together in the summer of 2024, and forms the soundtrack to a film of the same name which had its premiere screening as part of Stroud Film Festival in March 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the film, STILL OUT is also an oblique homage to The KLF’s iconic 1990 album Chill Out, which the Gloucestershire-based pair revisited after it turned up unexpectedly a few years back in Tom’s dad’s record collection. Inspired to create their own recording using a similarly free-spirited process, Will and Tom relocated to the Devon coast in late summer 2023, splicing together a 40-minute mix from their personal archive of recordings and found sounds in a remote cabin with no electricity or mobile reception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It came together using cut-and-paste techniques, with ongoing shifts and tweaks,” says Will. “The final result was an audio collage that felt like something [legendary hip hop producers] The Bomb Squad might make - if ambient music was the only material in their sample library.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing ‘ambient’ as a starting-point rather than an end in itself, they took inspiration from across the musical spectrum – classic-period Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Bill Evans, plus outliers such as 80s singer-songwriter Virginia Astley and the late DJ-producer Andrew Weatherall. The connections, though, are anything but obvious as the audio shifts seamlessly from field recordings and spoken-word interludes to mood pieces and snatches of vintage pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited and assembled using freely available open source programs, the source material was often radically altered using tools such as “PaulStretch”, a digital sound-morphing algorithm that allows users to stretch audio files to extreme lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When we found ourselves in a creative slump or unsure how to navigate a tricky part, we'd say, ‘Let's put some syrup on it and slow it down,’” says Tom. “That always helped us get back on track during late-night recording sessions at the cabin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart-soundtrack, part-meditative experiment, STILL OUT is intended as a reflection on the mental and emotional shift that occurs when stepping away from the routine of daily life – an album that forms a celebration of our ever-changing relationship to the world around us and the mystery of what it means to pass through time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Assai Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56149376369023,"sku":"SNDREC005R2","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1565\/5653\/files\/3e1f2857-3db8-444f-a850-b3a05b71e258.jpg?v=1759334172","url":"https:\/\/assai.co.uk\/products\/kif-still-out-vinyl-lp-clear-colour-due-out-07-11-25","provider":"Assai Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}