The untimely return of Postman Lomu

Around 4 years ago I birthed a project called Postman Lomu, a kind of harder-edged noise-wall-ish adjacent sound that was a bit too cut-throat for my usual Soloman Tump sounds.  The project was a response to the feelings on the sudden Russian invasion of Ukraine - and its sad to note that the whole bloody war still rumbles on and civilisians are still dying in ghastly numbers every day.  

My original blog post can be found here.

I have updated the original стіна EP release with an additional long form track, a 20 minute recording of harsh noise rumblings and synth grumblings. The EP also now includes the track "attempt 3" which was featured on the Monolithic Blocks compilation by Camembert Électrique, also from 2022.

https://solomantump.bandcamp.com/album/- is where you will find the updated EP....

So this is very much a Postman Lomu month.  I submitted a new original track for the incredible Mima Kass fundraising compilation WITH LOVE AND NOISE by Blacksmith Noise Records, 180+ tracks covering all forms of experimental sounds and noises, an incredible listen and an honour to be part of the project. For a minimum donation of $1 (please give generously) you get 16+ hours of sounds to entice, arouse, perplex and stun you with.  Do it!  Oh, Postman Lomu - "Noise for Mima Kass" is track 129 if you were wondering :)

AND...

On top of all that, I just decided to relaunch a couple of my old Soloman Tump releases under the Postman Lomu banner.  These 2 x 20-minute long (ish) tracks were early experimental netlabel releases by me, on The Dark Thursday netlabel.  That label is no longer with us, so I felt it was time to resurrect these archival recordings, update the artwork, and share them for all once again. 

You can give the new/old tracks a listen here.  I would be interested to know what you think! It is interesting for me to listen to these again after a few years and hear the gestation of the original Soloman Tump sound, although be it a bit "harsher".  There is the structure and rhythm (kinda buried under the noise a bit), but also the field recording manipulations and meddling that went on to become a main part of my early EP recording methods. I think I started making these tracks in 2017, and I can't really remember what equipment I had available to me around then.  But its nice to hear the primitive workings with less kit, and its been a fun process to visit them again and makes we want to return to that method of working.  So, expect maybe some more sounds of this ilk coming again soon.

The photograph for On A Dark Thursday comes from Nesscliffe Training Camp in Shropshire, which keeps with the military themes explored with the cover photo of the стіна EP.

As always thanks for reading / listening.

V/A - Plastic Bag - A HNW Tribute to Vomir

This is a V/A compilation released 6th May 2022 by godNOISEgod of Kansas City, Missouri.

The physical release comprises of 14 tracks of Harsh Noise Wall filling a CD (at 5 mins each), paying homage to (and including a track by) the dark lord of HNW himself, Vomir.  

As a digital bonus you can grab an extra 24 tracks if you download from bandcamp - bringing the total playlist to over 3 hours.  If you look closely, you will find nestled within a track by the mysterious Postman Lomu entitled "No Politics" - named by the label - which is quite fitting really since my tolerance of politics has dropped right through the floor over the past decade.  My first ever HNW production - and once I got over the fear of producing such a beast - an ultimately enjoyable process.  Maybe there will be more in the future, who knows.  

Pretty cool to be included, so thanks to godNOISEgod for sticking my effort into the digital stew.  I've just downloaded the full thing and am about to dive in..... will I survive 3+ hours of stasis? Well, find out next time....

From the original mantra by Vomir - "No Dynamics" - well, maybe not quite in the Postman Lomu track.  There may be some slight variation that creeps in? I shall let you decide.  

In other Vomir news, I recommend checking out his recent interview with White Centipede Noise which is a really engaging, entertaining and thoughtful interview.  I have enjoyed all of the WCN videocast's that I have watched, Rusalka, Haare and Scream&Writhe being the ones that spring to mind.  A great project!