Gutta Percha – Tube Overtures

Gutta Percha joins The Land Of label roster presenting us with a delightful project entitled Tube Overtures. The overall presentation for this release is a bit special to say the least as the first 100 copies are delivered in bespoke wooden case packaging…

Tube Overtures began with a series of voicemail messages containing pocket trumpet improvisations on eighties-era television themes. Around these resolutely slow, melancholy performances a rich atmosphere of domestic drone and melodic fragments was constructed.

A few trumpet-less tunes that ?t the project’s general concept and mood were also added to the mix. The desired effect is not just a nostalgic listening experience, but a kind of meta- listening, in which familiar themes are positioned within the audible context of the home— itself a symphony of rhythmic appliances, tinkling pipes and vents, backyard insect choirs, side-street traf?c, and, of course, the trebly murmur of the television.

In the end we found that many opposite sound-worlds came together on the recording: acoustic and electronic, natural and mechanical, amateur and professional, minimal and orchestral, gritty and smooth, lyrical and ambient. These binaries, we hope, hold together well enough to deliver something both unique and pleasurable. – The Land Of

Track List:

1. Little House on the Restored Prairie
2. In the Kangaroo’s Pouch
3. It’s depressing seeing pipes, but they are there (which makes it more depressing)
4. Parking Lot Island
5. Garage Door Eclipses Another Day
6. An Unauthorized Survey of Gargamel’s Hovel
7. The Homesick Caddie
8. Detoured Highway to Heaven

CDR Edition of 200

1st 100 in handmade wooden case by Bernard Hall
2nd 100 in soft cover case
Available for pre-order in The Shop
Design by Kimberly Hall
Mastered by Bill Demkov

As well as purchasing from The Land Of store above, those living in North America will be able to purchase from the Experimedia Store here

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