Hawksmoor is the electronic project of James McKeown, a producer based in Bristol. He works mostly with modular and analogue synthesizers, often adding bass and guitar, in a style that moves between ambient, kosmische and psychedelic electronica, with a recurring interest in folk horror and hauntology. The project began in 2018 with a self-titled album imagined as the soundtrack to a film that does not exist. The first Hawksmoor album drew on the six London churches designed by the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor.
You will be aware of the work of James McKeown and his Hawksmoor project. A catalogue of 13 significant and substantial records made in less than a decade. James can be said to be operating in the realm of ambient music. There are song structures and…
Tip! The hazy sound worlds of Hawksmoor(James McKeown) and Ivan The Tolerable(Oli Heffernan) come together in a swirl of hallucinatory bliss on Atoms In The Void. Both McKeown and Heffernan delve in 70s album side long form jams within their own proj…
Lunar Module are thrilled to announce the release of a new Hawksmoor album from Bristolian musician James McKeown, 'An Aesthetic' – Experiments In Tape. 'An Aesthetic' is a testament to McKeown's dedication to exploring the boundaries of sound. By la…
"Saturnalia sounds like looking into a crystal ball and seeing your past, present, and future all splayed out for you to contemplate and get a little woozy over. McKeown creates a patchwork of dream sequences and woozy psychedelia that range from low…
Edition of 250. CD in 4-panel digipak CD with 12-page booklet. ** Electronic musician Hawksmoor, aka James McKeown, releases ‘Head Coach’; a beautifully immersive instrumental album inspired by the druidic, Solstice referencing layout of Milton Keyne…
Concrete Island, music by The Heartwood Institute & Hawksmoor. 'Our collaboration was initiated in February 2020, on the cusp of what would become a historically fateful year. We began with no rules and by sharing files, which could range from a modu…