CAFE KAPUT WINTER MIX

A  warming, high calorie winter mix from Jon Brooks' Café Kaput label.

CAFE KAPUT'S SCIENCE AND NATURE

There's a new release this week on Jon Brook's Cafe Kaput label. Its an anonymous release (stage whisper: "It's Jon !") with the utilitarian, library-esque title, Vol 1. Science and Nature.

Free of the confines of The Advisory Circle, Jon's gone to town on his ever expanding modular synth and put together this compilation of beautiful cues. The references to Chappell and Studio G classics are spot on and the sound sculpting and melodies are an absolute joy. I suspect JB had a lot of fun putting this one together  and needless to say its as beautifully produced as ever. (Artwork by Moon Wiring Club's Ian Hodgson by the way). Get it here or here...



Another digital release this week is by Belbury parishioner, and occasional Belbury Poly drummer, Jim Musgrave aka Land Equivalents . Its an EP entitled Good Morning. Fantastic drumming as always from Mr. Musgrave and his keyboard chops are pretty nifty too, with soaring fuzz pedal synth melodies that make it a free 'n easy, uplifting experience. That one's available here...


 

Jon Brooks' Winter Mix for 2013

An Advisory Circle Summer's End Mix

 

 

Dieter Rams Reconstructions

Jon Brook's and Pye Corner audio put the trusty old alarm clock through its paces yet again on a new download single, available from Cafe Kaput.

The Advisory Circle Winter Mix

Modular Minitronics

Fresh from mastering the new Belbury Poly album , The Belbury Tales (more on this soon),  Jon Brooks gets to grips with his newly built modular synthesizer. In another self imposed creative exercise,  Jon has limited this work to simple overdubs using only the modular system with no multi-tracking or post-production. A remarkably lovely and fully realised piece of work it is too.

I think 03 is my favourite at the moment (I have to say though you could have tried harder on those titles Jon).

Jon Brooks: Four Days Four Recordings

The ever industrious Jon Brooks (you know, him off of The Advisory Circle and Cafe Kaput) recently set himself the task of recording four tracks in four days using only a guitar, some effects pedals, an old keyboard and an ipad. The result is a beautiful pastoral, kosmische drift of sheer joy.
By the way fans of the work of Mr. Brooks should know that you can pre-order the new Advisory Circle album now, As The Crow Flies from the Ghost Box shop (release date 8th July).