VITAL THINGS RECORDINGS - STILL ILL

 

Still Ill is a compilation from Vital Things, raising funds and awareness for the Gidimt’en Checkpoint legal defence fund, part of the Wet'suwet'en resistance against the Coastal Gas Link.  The indigenous Wet'suwet'en people of British Colombia, Canada, have faced constant pressure and invasion of their land from private security forces and gas / fracking industry employees.  

There is a whole raft of information on the ongoing struggle here - www.yinthaaccess.com - which is currently a rapidly developing situation.  

Vital Things is the home of the artist A Beautiful Idea, who used to run an excellent podcast which kind of helped to inspire me towards starting The Tump Clump.  

You can buy the digital compilation from Bandcamp HERE or the physical release can be purchased direct from vital things HERE.

Track listing as follows, and as you can see includes a track by myself on CD2, alongside many excellent and more competent artists so it is very much worth your time and money!

CD1
SINNEN - Longshadow    4:24
COLDSORE - SHUT DOWN COLONIALISM    7:01
SANKT - Totalitär2    4:56
1Ö - Struggle    8:15
there are no birds here - Loess    5:20
The Creeping Man - A Veneer Of Patience 4:27
QUARTERSIZED - The Promise of Oil The Cost our Land    5:24
YOL - Frozen    3:12
Bloodkry - Haunting    3:15
Allister Thompson and Matt Borghi - River Of Tears    5:22
 
CD2
Caroline Mckenzie - ...but you cannot own the skies    5:29
WXR_JR - Deep Dirty Water    6:48
St James Infirmary - blood of the red chamber    2:26
Soloman Tump - The Time Is Now    7:28
Henrik Meierkord - Asche    6:18
DEATH/VOW - moth vs the flame    5:10
Boughs - Pray The Sun Rise Again    5:48
Alien Sin - CSF    5:41
truthscan - Music for Influencers    3:19
The New Emphatic - Despotism    5:30
A Beautiful Idea - We Don't Fear You    4:36

I enjoyed creating my track for this compilation.  I channelled some anger at the situation the Wet'suwet'en people find themselves in.  So it ended up as quite a noisy / chaotic offering.  I layered up some digital synth noise, distorted percussion, vocal feedback loops and even my kids shouting - all through my old Tascam 4 track.  So it's got quite a primitive sound to it.  But overall, I personally think it works.  The words "The Time Is Now" comes from the quotes on the Yintha website where they are urging for direct action against the oppressors now.  I hope that in some way my track helps.