Early Experiments in Recording, Vol.1 (1976-2021). 12" Vinyl
‘Early Experiments in Recording, Vol.1 (1976-2021)’ is a celebratory collection of early recordings by experimental artists from across the UK and Europe, including: Paddy Steer, Bridget Hayden, Sam McLoughlin, David Chatton Barker and Mary Stark, Dean McPhee and Graham Massey (808 State).
Limited to 200 copies on vinyl, these 21 tracks were recorded from Glasgow to Greece between 1976 and 2021, using DIY home recording equipment from dictaphones to early laptop microphones. Almost all of these now-celebrated musicians were teenagers at the time.
For most, these were the very first recordings they made. For others, these were their earliest tracks to survive the ravages of tech — disintegrating tapes, lost floppy disks, stolen gear and damaged hard drives.
Some of these sonic diary entries remain warped and worn with the crackles and hiss of age, but all of them are new to our ears. It's essential listening for those interested in the work of these artists, the origins of art, and shifts in DIY possibilities and aesthetics over the past five decades.
Side A
1. Jimmywilson– Night Terror, 2013
2. Paddy Steer – Lumpy Pro, 1989/2008
3. Sam Mcloughlin – Hell Gnome, Mid-90s
4. Buachaill Dána – Adbreak, 2010
5. Otis Jordan – Fungus, 2016
6. Hayley Suviste – Degung, 2016
7. Lene de Montaigu – Humming Trumpet Song, 2021
8. Cult Party – Softer Edges, 2012
9. Finn Rosenbaum – Puddle, 2019
10. Dean McPhee- Improvisation in an Open Tuning, 1997
11. Mary & David – Waltzdub, 2013
Side B
12. DBH – Tape Worm, 2000
13. Maia Leung & Spencer Rule - The Hideous Silence of Seymour Cigman, 2018
14. David A. Jaycock – Hood Faire, 2003
15. Bridget Hayden – 6 Avril, 2000
16. Ike Goldman - A Few Pieces of Tape Including Learner Plate Amongst Others, 2016
17. Thorn Wych – Space Age Kids, 2008
18. Molly Linen – Untitled, 2018
19. Freddie Bubble – Tibet in Old Trafford, 2018
20. Graham Massey – Extract from Henry Fonda's Wooly Pullover, 1976
21. Ekka (Birchall, Mortimore, Townsend) - Friday 13th, 1997
Compiled by Otis Jordan for Hood Faire
Artwork by Adele Jordan
Thanks to everyone involved in this project, and Sam, David and Dean for making this release possible.
