Space No Space, by Simon James

Space No Space

by Simon James

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1.	Invisible Center 13:01	buy track
2.	Somewhere in the Deep End 06:10	buy track
3.	An Invisible Painting 05:31	buy track
4.	Void 04:08	buy track
5.	On Clouds 00:58	buy track
6.	Clear Quartz 01:06	buy track
7.	Door and Sun 11:05	buy track
8.	Softer 05:51	buy track
9.	That Dark Expanse 06:32	buy track
10.	Sunken Cities 04:36	buy track

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Music improvised, peformed and recorded in single takes by Simon James, using Buchla Music 200e Music Box and Ciat Lonbarde Cocoquantus in Brighton, UK, during 2017.

Originally released on cassette by Golden Ratio Frequencies in 2019.

Photography - Curtis James
Front Image - Grafton Architects
Design - AP Macarte

“The struggle to find space has led to a desire for more space in my music. A shift from my usual approach of building layer upon layer of sounds and spending forever tweaking and mixing, in a never ending process attempting to make the music sound better, that usually results in all the life being sucked out. With so many buttons to press, dials to turn and switches to flick, there is a compulsion to constantly change sound instead of letting it breathe and exist as it is. Resisting this is an ongoing process for me.

Like many musicians and artists, the creative process is a way for me to escape, but that secondary or subconscious mental health benefit is now more overt and I find myself embracing the creative process as a form of therapy.

The spacious music that has come from this new approach use only 2 sources of sound. The Buchla 200e Electric Music Box and Ciat Lombarde Cocoquantus. These instruments have minds of their own and there are many moments on this album where they are doing the thinking, and I’m happy to relinquish control and let them lead me wherever they want to go.
All tracks were recorded in one take with only minimal editing.

I would encourage listening whilst travelling, daydreaming on a train, gazing out of an aeroplane window, lying in a tent in a forest and whilst drifting off to sleep. Who knows where your dreams and travels might take you?”

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released July 1, 2019

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