The Silent Watcher

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2010-03-01

Label: Audiomoves

Tools manipulated in an old workshop, clocks slowed down, the spinning wheel of a rusty
bike, children playing near a church, the sound of the wind in Norfolk, climbing up the stairs
in a disused windmill, ghost echoes. Those are some sounds that constitute the atmosphere
of The Silent Watcher. Presented in their raw form or heavily processed, they all relate to old
memories, often blurred and incomplete; the aural equivalent of a faded polaroid. From field
recordings, layers are created, manipulated, taken apart and rebuilt and soon begin to tell a
story - a story often buried under droney textures and fragmented melodies and only
partially revealed, but more often distorted and reconstructed.
This album has been made over a period of two years, a time period in which the process
has slowly taken shape and mutated, often leading to beautiful accidents and unexpected
results patiently collated and recycled. It is also the story of a work in progress and a craft
being learned, where many compositional methods have been explored.