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Torridon Gate

by Howlround

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      £4.95 GBP  or more

     

  • Limited Day Edition in string bound booklet
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited to 52 copies.

    White/black CDr album in 10 page string bound booklet packaging.

    Custom printed and hand-finished by A Year In The Country.


    Day Edition Details:

    1) Booklet custom printed using archival Giclée pigment ink.

    2) Wrapped in wax sealed, hand stamped black tissue paper.

    3) White/black CDr (white on top, black on playable side).

    4) Jute string bound 14.4cm x 13.2cm booklet:
    a) Hand bone creased cover.
    b) 10 pages (5 sides printed);
    c) Front and rear covers are printed on 310gsm textured fine art cotton rag paper.
    d) Two inner sheets are printed on 245gsm paper.
    e) One inner sheet is printed on semi-transparent 110gsm vellum paper.
    h) Hand numbered.

    5) CDr held in protective fleece-lined sleeve.

    Preview the album here:
    soundcloud.com/ayearinthecountry/howlround-torridon-gate-excerpt

    Includes unlimited streaming of Torridon Gate via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited Night Edition hand-finished box-set.
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited to 52 copies.

    Box-set contains: all black CDr, 12 page string bound booklet, 4 x 25mm badge pack, 1 x original Howlround tape cutting pack.

    Custom printed and hand-finished by A Year In The Country.

    "All of the music on this album was created from a single recording of a front garden gate on Torridon Road in Hither Green, London. These sounds were captured using a contact microphone and processed, looped and edited on three reel - to - reel tape machines with all electronic effects or artificial reverb strictly forbidden."

    Preview the album here:
    soundcloud.com/ayearinthecountry/howlround-torridon-gate-excerpt


    Night edition details:

    1) Booklet/cover art custom printed using archival Giclée pigment ink.

    2) Contained in a matchbox style sliding two-part rigid matt card box.

    3) Printed box cover print.

    4) Fully black CDr (black on top, black on playable side).

    5) Black string bound 12.8cm x 12.8cm booklet:
    a) Hand numbered and signed
    b) Hand bone creased cover.
    c) 12 pages (6 sides printed).
    d) Front and rear covers are printed on 310gsm textured fine art cotton rag paper.
    e) Two inner sheets are printed on 245gsm paper.
    f) Two inner sheets are printed on semi-transparent 110gsm vellum paper.

    6) 4 x 25mm/1″ badge set, contained in a see-through polythene bag with a folded card header.

    7) Pack containing original Howlround tape cutting.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Torridon Gate via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited Dusk Edition in matt recycled sleeve
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited to 52 copies.

    All black CDr album in matt recycled wallet with insert.

    Custom printed and hand-finished by A Year In The Country.

    Printed using archival Giclée pigment ink.

    Back of the insert is hand numbered.

    Preview the album here:
    soundcloud.com/ayearinthecountry/howlround-torridon-gate-excerpt

    Includes unlimited streaming of Torridon Gate via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Limited Dawn Edition in fold out textured recycled sleeve
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    White/black CDr album in white textured recycled fold out sleeve with insert and badge.

    Preview the album here:
    soundcloud.com/ayearinthecountry/howlround-torridon-gate-excerpt

    Limited to 52 copies. Includes free UK shipping. Normally ships in 7-14 days.

    Custom printed using archival Giclée pigment ink and hand-finished by A Year In The Country.

    Includes 25mm/1" badge, secured with removable glue on a tag which is string bound to the sleeve.

    Back of the insert is hand numbered.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Torridon Gate via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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A Year In The Country Audiological Research and Pathways; Case #6.
Audiological contents: Torridon Gate (23.43 minutes).

Preview the album here:
soundcloud.com/ayearinthecountry/howlround-torridon-gate-excerpt

"All of the music on this album was created from a single recording of a front garden gate on Torridon Road in Hither Green, London. These sounds were captured using a contact microphone and processed, looped and edited on three reel - to - reel tape machines with all electronic effects or artificial reverb strictly forbidden."

credits

released October 14, 2014

Produced by Robin The Fog & Chris Weaver, April – June 2014.

Mastered by James Edward ‘Butterscotch’ Barker.

Presented with gratitude to Tony Alpe and Kathryn Everett.

Artwork by Robin The Fog.

Packaging design by AYITC Ocular Signals Department.

www.howlround.co.uk


Released by A Year In The Country.

www.ayearinthecountry.co.uk

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A Year In The Country UK

The A Year In The Country project is a set of year-long journeys through spectral fields - explorations of an otherly pastoralism, the outer reaches of folk culture & the spectres of hauntology.

As a project it has included a website featuring writing, artwork & music which stems from that otherly pastoral/spectral hauntological intertwining, alongside a growing number of book & album releases.
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