Selected Aphelion Works Vol. I & II

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of L.A. Crab, Insomniac's Dream, The Truth About Carbs, Keats (the lost tapes), In A Room, Real Angels Singing Caught On Tape, Blackberries, Selected Aphelion Works Vol. I & II, and 17 more. , and , .

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1.	Microdeform - Passing through the eye of the storm, unscathed 04:30		buy track
2.	Ar_Lem - Les mouvements de l'air 05:00	info	buy track
3.	Marlo Eggplant - Combs 04:18		buy track
4.	Viridian Ensemble - Laffing 05:04	info	buy track
5.	Félon - Après le râle des hippocampes 05:52	info	buy track
6.	Nodolby - Third ear cicadas and stolen chant 05:05		buy track
7.	Tetkov/Lord - COP (feat. Kommisarin T-Rock) 08:05	info	buy track
8.	Brown Ward - Ken Burns Vietnam 05:12		buy track
9.	Emei - Blue texel 04:18		buy track
10.	Cheval Scintillantes - Pale immystique 08:20		buy track
11.	Claus Poulsen - Picking the moments 04:00	info	buy track
12.	Ellen Southern: Site Singing - Sanctuary 10:03	info	buy track
13.	Silver Stairs Of Ketchikan - Golden 03:08		buy track
14.	Félon - Sous les grottes 08:00	info	buy track
15.	Zoom Around Rainbow - Rambo 02:51		buy track
16.	Domo Doge & Microdeform - Monday 11.37 05:52		buy track
17.	Brown Ward - Birmingham Water Hex 03:28		buy track
18.	Microdeform - Pleasure resort initiation 03:54		buy track
19.	Adi - Bars 06:08		buy track
20.	Autotistika - The light, he lies 08:01		buy track
21.	Microdeform - Dreamt of an exit strategy 07:52		buy track
22.	SAW Vol. I (Full Mix) 58:48
23.	SAW Vol. II (Full Mix) 57:36

about

Aphelion Editions is ecstatic to at long last present the opening two volumes in what will hopefully be an ongoing series of 'Selected Aphelion Works' compilations.

This 21-track sprawling 2 hour epic has been a long time coming and is the culmination of numerous friendships forged over the years through touring, promoting shows, running the label and attending events, both local and international. It brings together myriad strands from Aphelion's beginnings as an organiser of niche underground concerts in Bristol through to its present focus as a label producing limited runs of cassettes and cd-rs in bespoke hand-crafted packaging.

For me, personally, it's something of a love letter to the network of talented, generous and compassionate people that exists and thrives within the vital musical underground that runs throughout europe, the uk and well beyond, and that has helped and continues to help this label to find and develop its own sense of purpose and identity.

The artwork for this release was created by my talented father, Ian, who made collages out of various old Aphelion gig posters and cassette J-cards from previous releases, to which he added additional textural elements with acrylic paint. These then formed the basis of the images that you see adorning the cassette and CD sleeves/packaging - some used as-is, others further layered up within the computer, toying with ideas of moving back and forth along timelines, converging elements of past, present and perceived future, recycling and recombining to create new forms from old.

My eternal thanks are due to everyone involved for such powerful contributions and for making this what it is.

Here's to another exciting chapter for Aphelion Editions. DIVE IN.

You can also check out the radio show I did on 29/07/2020 for Noods Radio here which features a few cuts from the compilation:
noodsradio.com/shows/aphelion-editions-w-microdeform-29th-july-20

REVIEWS:
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"Aphelion Editions presents the first two instalments in its 'Selected Aphelion Works' compilation series. ‘Selected Aphelion Works Vol. I & II’ - a sly nod to Richard D. James there - sees the Bristol-based label bring together nearly two-dozen cuts of electronic music which ranges from ambient to abrasive noise to sticky, broken beats. Marlo Eggplant and Viridian Ensemble are among the contributing artists." NORMAN RECORDS
www.normanrecords.com/records/184805-various-selected-aphelion-works-vol-i

"...as such this is a loving tribute to that very same underground. Fuck those reviewers... It is an interesting bunch, of which highlights were the post-punk improvisation of Tetkov/Lord, the drum machine improvisation by Brown Ward, the hissy classical music loops by Cheval Scintillantes, Ellen Southern's singing, Silver Stairs Of Ketchikan's guitar strumming, ambient house (well...) by Zoom Around Rainbow, and Adi's found sound in 'Bars'. The overall range is from noise to ambient, with the first seemingly having the upper hand, I would think." FRANS DE WAARD, VITAL WEEKLY 1263
www.vitalweekly.net/1263.html

RADIO:
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ADI & WOE IS ME – OFF GRID – 1020 RADIO – 11/08/2020
soundcloud.com/off-grid-bristol/1020-radio-11th-august-2020

ANTICIPATING NOWHERE #37 RADIO SHOW
www.mixcloud.com/SimmoMaz/anticipating-nowhere-37/

ANTICIPATING NOWHERE AUGUST 2020 RADIO SHOW
www.mixcloud.com/SimmoMaz/anticipating-nowhere-august-2020/

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released August 3, 2020

APHELION016

music compiled and sequenced by liam mcconaghy
mastered by stephen kerrison at tall trees mastering

artwork (collage and acrylic paint) by ian mcconaghy
digital collaging and layout by liam mcconaghy

cassettes duplicated and packaging assembled at aphelion laboratories

contact: aphelioneditions@gmail.com

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NORMAN RECORDS (UK)
www.normanrecords.com/records/184805-various-selected-aphelion-works-vol-i

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Aphelion Editions Bristol, UK

A small and lovingly curated cassette & CD-R label based in Bristol, UK. Founded and run by Liam McConaghy since 2016 and encompassing an ever-expanding array of sounds from the worlds of ambient, drone, noise, free-improv, mutant techno, musique concrète and beyond...

*The background and header images on this page are from pieces of artwork by Louise Brady ... more

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