Ivan the Tolerable
Autodidact II (2LP)
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*Limited edition of 100 copies* Finally! The crucial 2021 album by Middlesbrough's Oli Heffernan gets the double vinyl treatment it always deserved. Originally released as a cassette on Cruel Nature Records and gone way too fast, Autodidact II is one of the great documents of UK experimental music from this decade - a sprawling, fog-drenched journey through psychogeography, North Yorkshire folklore and sonic territories that shift under your feet.
Recorded during three separate sessions in July and August 2021 - including remote improvisations with Christian Alderson from Unit Ama/Archipelago - this is Heffernan at his most restless and searching. 15 tracks. Over an hour of music. Spatial drones that recall Spaceman 3 at their most narcotic. Acoustic jazz interludes. Psych-damaged explorations that sound like Sunn O))) having a backyard scrap with Grails!bSix Organs devotees, Alice Coltrane worshippers, acid-damaged Faust lovers - this one is for you. Essential listening for anyone following the ever-expanding Ivan The Tolerable universe. Heffernan is one of those lifers who makes music simply because he has to. Restless mind. Impatient spirit. CREATIVE MUSIC the way we need it!
Format
Limited edition of 100 copies
Release notes
Limited edition of 100 copies with folded and signed poster. Recorded at home, Miiddlesbrough (UK) July - Aug 2021. Words from Oli Heffernan on this album: "This album started life as three separate recording sessions in July and August 2021 – work for a soundtrack to a series of films about psychogeography and North Yorkshire folklore, a remote improvised session with Christian Alderson from Unit Ama/Archipelago and a solo EP of arpeggiater repeat drones and freak-folk. When I began mixing…
| A1 | Turkish Golden Scissors (Part I) | 14:33 | |
| A2 | Red Throated Diver | 2:18 | |
| A3 | Into The Well | 2:56 | |
| B1 | On A Rock | 4:20 | |
| B2 | Helianthus | 5:17 | |
| B3 | Autodidact II | 4:16 | |
| B4 | Turkish Golden Scissors (Part II) | 4:36 | |
| C1 | Three Methods | 4:52 | |
| C2 | Wylder's Hand | 3:57 | |
| C3 | Sandmartin | 2:22 | |
| C4 | Red Oilcloth | 3:57 | |
| D1 | The Smell Of Water | 5:42 | |
| D2 | Turkish Golden Scissors (Part III) | 4:36 | |
| D3 | A Letter To November | 6:19 | |
| D4 | Nightjar | 2:51 |
- Christian Alderson
- Drums (A1, B4, D2)
- Oli Heffernan
- Written-By, Guitar, Synth, Bass, Organ, Percussion, Clarinet, 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Zither, Melodica
