★Island Of The Gods
Bahasa
In 2014 Young Marco travelled to the islands of Indonesia, visiting several islands within the archipelago including Bali. The voyage was on invitation by Island of the Gods Records; allowing Marco to immerse himself in the Indigenous culture that still exists in Indonesia. For Marco it was also a look back to his Indonesian roots, with his late grandfather born and raised in Indonesia. The brief was to capture the spirit, ambience and atmosphere of the islands as part of the labels Island Explo…
Kosua
Incredible homemade ethnodelic fantasies from London based artist Black Merlin (George Thompson) started a deep love affair with the remote island of Papua New Guinea. After his first album ‘Hipnotik Tradisi’, released on Island Of The Gods; George was intrigued to find a place drenched in culture and untouched by the western world.In 2016 George planned his first solo expedition, venturing out to meet the Kosua Tribe. Over the course of the next two years George would record the sounds of the K…
Fauna Mapping
Jonny Nash (Guissian Curve / Melody is Truth) and Firecracker's Lindsay Todd get barefoot and turn out a stunner of an LP..Over the course of twelve compositions we find the pair utilising their recordings in a whole host of ways, avoiding the well-trodden cliches of the “exotic” and instead attempting to achieve a personal interpretation of the flora, fauna and climate of the island. Spending time amidst the insects, rice fields and scorching sun, the pair gathered a library of found soun…
Hipnotik Tradisi
2017 repress. Lovely faux-gamelan and homemade ethnodelic fantasies from London based artist Black Merlin, an hypnotic journey through Indonesia birthed from raw field recordings captured in Bali and it’s surrounding islands and land's of Indonesia. A soundscape album of field recording's and a modern interpretation of the island's ancient sounds - from the old world musicians of Bali. The front cover features Ketut, Ubudian Gamelan master who plays on the record. The first in a series of ‘Is…