Gibson worked with Machines very carefully to get a clear yet still distorted and intense bass sound

their spiral idols and funeral decorations a meticulous method for transmuting to something else

I remember listening to Paul Brady’s ‘Arthur McBride’… and other Irish folk

Neil Halstead: "We were always ambitious

While Rother is listed as producer on the original Brain release

V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 LP Stoner Gibson worked with Machines veryEmerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the rykka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music. This collection of 1920s & 30s rykka recordings follows on from the Kouta Katsutaro tape we put out a couple of years back, and further captures the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread