Richard Skelton Exclusive

Posted On: March 27, 2010
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I was listening to Richard’s mix again this morning and felt compelled to do a ‘re-post’ for those that may never have known of it’s existance, and also for those that just want to be washed in it’s beauty once again. For full emotional impact this is best played late at night with headphones on…

Track List:

1. Richard Skelton ~ Shore (from “Marking Time”)
2. Carousell ~ Owl Lanterns (from “Black Swallow & Other Songs”)
3. Richard Skelton ~ Noon Hill Wood (from “Landings”)
4. A Broken Consort ~ The River (excerpt) (from “Crow Autumn Part Two”)
5. Richard Skelton ~ Voice of the Book (from “Landings”)
6. Heidika ~ Tide of Bells (excerpt) (from “Tide of Bells & the Sea)
7. Clouwbeck ~ Anlauesargh (from “A Moraine”)
8. Carousell ~ Again Itself (excerpt) (from “A Dead Bridges Into Dust”)

About Richard:

Richard Skelton is an artist from Lancashire, in the UK. He started his Sustain-Release Private Press in 2005 as a commemorative tribute to his late wife Louise, with the intention of publishing her artwork alongside his own musical offerings. Since its inception he has released a series of raw and beautiful recordings presented in lovingly assembled, limited-edition pressings.

Operating under a variety of guises, including A Broken Consort, Carousell and Clouwbeck, Skelton creates powerful, elemental music out of densely layered acoustic guitar, bowed strings, piano, mandolin and accordion, often laced with delicate, shimmering percussion. The result is something unique – a music that is both life-affirming and yet etched with memory and loss, evoking equal parts Arvo Part and Ry Cooder, Nick Drake and Henryk Gorecki.

www.myspace.com/landingsdiary

www.sustain-release.co.uk

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