New term field report - 'What I did in the holidays'

    North-Easterly orientation, interesting fauna.

First of all, a belated thanks to Synekk for sending me a sneak preview of new sounds back in October. Almost lost under a mountain of ephemeral tasks, I finally spent some time with it just before Christmas. Like a distant factory yard dopplered on the breeze, it cups a wrought-iron seashell to your ear.

@Synekkkkk
https://soundcloud.com/synekkkkk
http://rano.bandcamp.com/

    Startling arrangement, dazzling effect. Ferric.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time with the new tape from Keep Sheila on Acid. Life-support chatter drops in and out whilst tones warble and pitch. Blood-pressure curvature. And then you are outside again in that vast yard, surrounded by unknown machinery.

@K1LLK1LLK1LL
https://soundcloud.com/keep-sheila-on-acid
http://rano.bandcamp.com/

    Elevated climate. Noticed fluctuating pulse.

I was also lucky enough catch a recommendation for the J.Poorgrass tape on Travin Systems. 'Keyser Local' sounds like a swimming pool that has taken horse tranquilisers. I like it a lot.

http://travinsystemsrecords.bandcamp.com

End of term celebrations. Trip into 13.

This has been an incredible first year for the Geography Trip. 

We released a tape and an LP, both of which made me smile wide in difficult times. 

The positivity towards what I'm trying to do has been overwhelming.

 I want to thank everybody who took the time to listen, but more so those who took the time to create.

I started The Geography Trip in order to further those weird sounds that excite me. 

What I got in return was a constant stream of new, exciting and esoteric music every day, recommended by you lot. 

Thanks again.

 In 2012, The Geography Trip was brought to you (in alphabetical order) by the following: 

Arduous Puns 

Barafundle Bay 

Cherry and White 

Dulcimer Bar 

ELO 

Freak Zone 

Gruff Rhys 

HP Lovecraft 

 Inchgower Single Malt 

JG Ballard 

Kreuzberg 

LTC Rolt 

Manchester 

Now Wakes the Sea 

oh/ex/oh 

Pylons 

Quarries 

Ravenscar 

Sam Tomkins 

Trellech 

Unmanned Lighthouses 

Vimto 

Wes Anderson 

X-Com 

Yorkshire Tea 

Zoom Field Recorder

The Geography Trip has some exciting plans for 2013, none of which are finalised.

Expect another tape, a 7" and an LP.

Expect an installation and live performances.

Expect contact microphones in hedgerows and hydrophones twinkling at the bottom of the canal.

Expect the unexpected.

I wish you all the very best for the coming year.

Trip into 13.

x

Astrostation NW

A tumult accelerates up the hillside shaking down scree like crumbs from a lap.
The compass spins like a clock face, so I toss it across the escarpment.

On a high, grassy bank the dome protrudes through green glow.

A strange silence descends across the mountain.
We wait to discover at what this eyeball winks.

But it is not observing. It is projecting, firing matter outwards.
Energy in transit, clear and oblivious of these dark and hunched uplands.
I lean over a wall to see some stellaria holostea.
My jumper is snagged on some barbed wire.

New World (Pre)Order

The Pre-order is here.

The obvious choice for the end of the world disco.

Limited pressing of 500, hand numbered in a custom foldout sleeve.

Utopian Tone / Dystopian Drone.

Have a listen before release here:

soundcloud.com/thegeographytrip/sets/extant-sampler

Pre-order here:

http://thegeographytrip.bandcamp.com/

Transmission ends...

Albums of the year...

2012: a soundtrack of immutable quality. 

I managed to blot out the sound of rooks 

circling high above the substation and the distant 

choral white noise of the ocean for a few minutes 

to fall in love with these gems.

13. Carn by Kemper Norton

Slurtronica majus.

12. The Disintegration Loops Box Set by William Basinski

Cor aspiret.

11. Summer Special by Euros Childs

Aestete amor.

10. Shields by Grizzly Bear

Alienos cordam.

9. Abul Mogard by Abul Mogard

Capreolos industrialis.

8. Pardiba EP by Synek

Sonic potentia.

7. Red Night by TVO

Taenia taenia

6. Ekstasis by Julia Holter

Crystallus delicata.

5. The Belbury Tales by Belbury Poly

Umbra cras.

4. Novaya Zemlya by Thomas Köner

Quietum glacies.

3. Clutch it Like A Gonk by Moon Wiring Club

Chorea Edwardiana.

2. Sleep Games by Pye Corner Audio

Pulverulenta tonis.

1.The Ghosts of Bush by Robin the Fog

Uada domus.

Ghosts of Bush is a stunningly immersive work that, brick by brick, built a sonic cathedral around my ears. Surfaces and textures evolve from disparate pieces into a living, breathing thing. The biological memory of a space, the fleshy interpretation of a sonic event, recorded and experienced. I'm struggling to describe how captivating it is, but Simon Reynolds has described this as the ‘ultimate Hauntological artefact’. Which is pretty much what I have been trying to say, but phrased in a more perceptive and astute manner, obviously.

Updatery

Greetings from the Geography Trip!

I hope you are well, we are having a lovely time! Just thought we would give you a little update as the end (of the year) draws near. We are delighted to announce that The Geography Trip will have the pleasure of releasing EXTANT by OH/EX/OH on some lovely vinyl. This will coincide with a unique listening project and some stunning imagery, so keep your eyes peeled like a hungry owl.

We still have copies of HCT by NWtS on C20 cassette available here: http://thegeographytrip.bandcamp.com/

And also here:

Norman Records

Jumbo Records

Reverberation

My front room.

Well, I always enjoy our little chats and look forward to help revealing the magic of Oh/Ex/Oh in the coming weeks. All the very best,

Geography Rob

EXTANT

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