Compendium

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Album Info

Release Date: 2020-04-01

Label: Creeping Bent

Compendium contains a triptych of works (Biblioteca, Paranoic Critical, Companion Set) which all feature distinct approaches. Biblioteca features collaborative pieces in alliance with Davy Henderson and James Kirk, both of whom were centrifugal forces in the Fast Product (Edinburgh) and Postcard (Glasgow) independent movements. They also contribute to the Paranoic Critical section of the album, which is largely dictated by random element disassociation, not dissimilar to Eno’s Oblique Strategies of Luke Rhinehart’s Dice Man. The final section, Companion Set, features tracks created to evoke the cultural stimuli of club culture in Edinburgh from the early 1980s, particularly Valentino’s and J.J.’s, which in turn filtered design aesthetics influenced by Dada and the Situationists.

Tracks 1 to 4: Biblioteca
Tracks 5 to 14: Paranoic Critical (Rhinehart Edition)
Tracks 15 to 20: Companion Set

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