The Quietened Dream Palace, A Year in The Country Pre-Order

Preorder 3rd November 2020. Released 17th November 2020.
Will be available at our Artifacts Shop and Bandcamp page.

The Quietened Dream Palace is an exploration of closed down cinemas, including those which have been abandoned, become derelict, reopened as something new or demolished and there is little or no trace of any more.

Features music and accompanying text on the tracks by: Grey Frequency, Field Lines Cartographer, Keith Seatman, Pulselovers, Sproatly Smith, The Howling (Robin The Fog of Howlround and Ken Hollings), Folclore Impressionista, Listening Center, The Séance, Widow’s Weeds, Handspan, The Heartwood Institute, A Year In The Country and Vic Mars.

The Odeon/Salon Cinema Southsea
My track on The Quietened Dream Palace "Saturday Matinee" was inspired by the
very noisy and chaotic Saturday mornings I spent there. 

Photos from Cinema Treasures

The Restless Field (A Year in the Country)

Pre-order available now 10th April 2017. Release date 2nd May 2017. Audio clips available here at Soundcloud.
Available via our Artifacts Shop, our Bandcamp Ether Victrola and at Norman Records. Audiological contents created by Field Lines Cartographer, Vic Mars, Bare Bones, Assembled Minds, Grey Frequency, Endurance, Listening Center, Pulselovers, Sproatly Smith, Polypores, Depatterning, Time Attendant, A Year In The Country and David Colohan.

The Restless Field is a study of the land as a place of conflict and protest as well as beauty and escape; an exploration and acknowledgment of the history and possibility of protest, resistance and struggle in the landscape/rural areas, in contrast with sometimes more often referred to urban events.
It takes inspiration from flashpoints in history while also interweaving personal and societal myth, memory, the lost and hidden tales of the land.
References and starting points include: The British Miners Strike of 1984 and the Battle Of Orgreave. Gerrard Winstanley & the Diggers/True Levellers in the 17th century. The first battle of the English Civil War in 1642. The burying of The Rotherwas Ribbon. The Mass Tresspass of Kinder Scout in 1932. Graveney Marsh/the last battle fought on English soil. The Congested Districts Board/the 19th century land war in Ireland. The Battle Of The Beanfield in 1985.

Test Transmission Archive Reel 24 on Mixcloud

Test Transmission Archive Reel 24 by Keith Seatman on Mixcloud

Its taken me a while but here at last is TT 24. Been a tad busy since the last one; released another album (A Rest Before the Walk) started work on some new tunes for up and coming projects in 2016 and a few changes to life away from music. So on 24 we have The Tornados, Fifty Foot Hose, Ewen MacColl & Peggy Seegar, Slaves, Vic Mars, Crass, The Tara Experiment, Rotary Connection, Douglas E Powell & the Rising Spirit, Henry Breuer, William D Drake, Vic Mars, Richard Harris and loads more. So put your feet up make a cuppa and have a listen. Until we meet again TaTa.