Sam Slater I Do Not Wish To Be Known As A Vandal Vinyl 2022 Ltd Dinked Edition #185
Dinked Edition: DINKED 184
- “Galaxy’ Splatter Colour Vinyl *
- Hot Foil Printed Outer Sleeve *
- Spot Varnish Text Detail *
- Full Colour Inner
- Hand-Signed Postcard *
- Limited To 500 Copies *
* Dinked Edition EXCLUSIVE
Tracklist:
1. Darn!
2. Kintsugi
Sam Slater is a GRAMMY and Oscar winning producer of Chernobyl and Joker film scores (in which he works with his wife Hildur Gudnadotirr - who also features on this album). Slater has recently finished and released the score for globally massive game; Battlefield 2042. The record was made just before the pandemic started, working closely with the distinct feed-backing Dorophone sounds of Hildur Guðnadóttir, Yair Glotman’s thunderous double-bass, James Ginzburg’s devotion to precise form and muting my reverb stems, the microtonal brass and woodwinds of Hilary Jeffrey and Sam Dunscombe and the infinite intimacy of Icelandic singer-songwriter JFDR. From Berlin, I would flag sounds I loved; some twitching strings, the stolen alto voice from an abandoned English chorale, some words from a climate scientist fleshed into a poem. These email attachments struck up a sort of sonic pen-pal program, with each person sending a sound, some words, some creative parameters and responding in turn. It became an exercise in receptivity, in which openness itself became a creative voice, hushing my tendency to micromanage every detail. These interactions were pulled together in late 2019 into a single piece written for two sides of a single 12” vinyl; one side describing collapse (Darn!) and the other, recovery (Kintsugi). Influenced by the 70s concept prog records of my childhood, the album loops without ending, so you were never really allowed to rest in safety, or wallow in the mess for too long.
Sam Slater - Composer, Producer, Lyrics
JFDR - Vocals
Hildur Gudnadottir - Cello, Dorophone
Sam Dunscombe - Clarinet
Yair Glotman - Double Bass
Hilary Jeffrey - Trombone
Mix Engineer - James Ginzburg
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