Marconi & The Lizard ep - 10 Years On
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Marconi & The Lizard EP, I am making the digital booklet which was bundled with the download available for free to all.
This EP is one my favourite things I've made, a fully site-specific release incorporating all the sounds of the landscape, from waves/wind/rain/streams (geophony) through birds/insects/animals (biophony) to morse code/radio tuning/CB radios/stone lathes (androphony) - with the resulting sound of an organic lofi electronic record.
The EP was recorded during a sound residency in Cornwall in August 2015 which was commissioned by the National Trust and the British Library. In 1901, radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi built a hut at Cornwall’s Lizard Point - the southernmost tip of the UK mainland - to experiment with sending radio signals over long distances; it was in that hut that the first ever ship-to-shore SOS signal was received.
Entirely created from natural sounds and man-made noises recorded in the hut and the surrounding landscape, the music on this evocative EP has an unexpected electronic feel; the tracks are alive with pulse, natural glitch, deep sub and a richly-textured atmosphere.
DIYSRL RMXS EP
2-track remix swap EP, with Hidden Orchestra & Arms and Sleepers remixing each other ahead of shared tour Nov/Dec 2024
broken ep
Digital and vinyl pre-orders available now from
Hidden Orchestra Bandcamp
- vinyl exclusive to Bandcamp and live shows.
Crystal clear 140g 45rpm 12” vinyl, limited to 250 copies.
