I have been cogitating over this EP for about 6 months.
There were 4 complete iterations that were scrapped before I decided upon the tracks that eventually made the cut. Hampered by my own disbelief and self doubt.... crippled by my own frailties. Possibly 9 hours worth of material were recorded in total - and some of it may see the light of day in the future elsewhere - who knows...
In a previous post I said this should appear at some point this year... well, 2 weeks later, here it is....
Palimpsest EP
1. Clapper Bridge 06m23s
2. Longhouses 03m55s
3. The Maiden Sea 04m19s
4. Bearacleave 04m10s
5. Grimspound 02m49s
A palimpsest is something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.
These sounds are inspired by the landscapes and lore of Dartmoor, UK.
I knew that I wanted to record some sounds that reflected my new home of Devon (specifically Dartmoor), and after some background reading on local folklore and various trips out into the wilderness... I returned to my shed with a clutch of photographs, field recordings and found detritus.
But I found distilling the wonder and magick of Dartmoor down to a maximum 22 minute EP extremely challenging. We are talking about 368 square miles of national park with thousands of years of history and countless legends.... the enormity of the task I had taken on soon hit me like a ton of bricks.
So I feel this EP is the first chapter in my discovery of Dartmoor - an opening into its world. Maybe there will be more precise excursions into it in the future. This collection of sounds is typically chaotic in the "Tump" style - loose rhythms, noisy textures and an overall low fidelity feel. But this time I think perhaps maybe a little bit more refined than previous Tump EP's... I would be interested to know what you think?
I made a small batch of these 3" CDr's (and amazingly only have 3 left - so snap them up quick if you want one) - and I love how the labels came out. "ST" print stamp courtesy of Mrs. Tump.
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