Blank Grey Canvas Sky

Posted On: October 31, 2009
Posted In: Blank Grey Canvas Sky, Fang Bomb, Machinefabriek, Peter Broderick
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A truly epic release that was an easy choice for this weeks fav album…

This beautiful collaboration features two of the most prolific talents from the current experimental scene, both with reputations of leviathan proportions…

For this release, Machinefabriek, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Peter Broderick, based in Berlin, Germany (although constantly on the road) set out to push each others limits, and to explore new areas within their own creativity.

The resulting album is a delicately crafted one, with Machinefabriek and Broderick virtuosically combining instrumental compositions, drone, and heartfelt soundscapes with song structures and vocals. Or as Peter Broderick himself put it: “We tried a lot of different things on this album, pushing ourselves to explore new areas… And for me the result is the collection of music I feel most proud of so far.”

Released on LP (white vinyl) and CD. Six tracks. 43 minutes.

Machinefabriek

Rutger Zuydervelt lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His Machinefabriek started in 2004 and has continued with an impressive series of home-made cd-r’s as well as with releases for 12k, Type Records, Digitalis and Staalplaat. Zuydervelt, a frequent collaborator, has worked with Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Aaron Martin, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, and now Peter Broderick.

Peter Broderick

Born in a small town in Oregon, USA but currently residing in Berlin, Germany, Peter Broderick is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter with a string of excellent releases in his own right, and also a member of Efterklang’s tour band. As a solo artist, Broderick has released records for Erased Tapes Records, Bella Union, Digitalis, Type Records and Kning Disk.

Music and words by Peter Broderick and Machinefabriek in 2008 and 2009. Vocals on ‘Rain’ by Susanna Lundgren. Piano on Planes recorded by Adam Selzer at Type Foundry Studio, Portland, OR. Piano on Homecoming recorded by Nils Frahm at Durton Studio, Berlin.

Mastered by James Plotkin.
Photographs by Peter Broderick.
Design by Rutger Zuydervelt.

Purchase here

www.myspace.com/peterbroderick

www.myspace.com/machinefabriek

Christoph says:

October 31, 2009 at 6:22 pm

‘Kites’ sounds incredible! Just putting this release at my “must-have-list”…
Name Eleftherios says:

November 5, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Im looking forward to receive it!!! It does sound great…
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