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Chris Watson, BJ Nilsen

Storm

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1. Chris Watson - No Man's Land. Late October on the strands of Budle Bay where dense layers of transient alien voices are swamped by a full moon tide creeping across the island's silver causeway. Now lapping out of the gathering gloom an immersive sea wash is filling then draining away carrying slow currents from here to another place. There are no reference points in this darkness. Glimmer dawn in the gaping mouth of a sea cave below Tarbet Gulley where the siren songs of Cromarty, Forth & Tyne ebb and flow with the swell. Draw in close but hear now a fresh voice from beyond the horizon. Recorded during the months of October & November from 2000 to 2005 on the North East coast of England and Scotland. Edited and Mixed in Boston July 2006.2. BJNilsen & Chris Watson Ð SIGWX. Viking, Forties, Cyclonic North East gale 8 backing North later 3 to 4. Thundery rain, moderate to good. Mixed in Boston and Stockholm June & July 2006 3. BJNilsen Austrvegr. A black ruthless sea. Heavy winds making it impossible to stand up straight, icy rain hitting your face like needles. Recorded on the southeast coast of islands Gotland and Öland, Sweden during December 2003 and July 2004. Locations used included cottages, sheds, barns, fields and the coast. Edited and Mixed in Stockholm 2006.
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Cat. number: TONE 27
Year: 2006

Release notes

"During December 2000 several significant storm fronts developed across the North Sea and Scandinavia. Benny remarked to me that he had recorded some of these on the Baltic coast and proposed a collaborative CD project based around our mutual interests in the rhythms and music created when the elements combine over land and out to sea. We spent the next few years gathering recordings on our respective coastlines and islands during the very active weather windows during the autumnal equinox and…

Tracklist
1No Man's Land15:51
2SIGWX18:50
3Austrvegr15:28
Credits
Jon Wozencroft
Cover [2001/06]
Chris Watson
Liner Notes
Denis Blackham
Mastered By [Uncredited]