Leafcutter John - The Housebound Spirit

Label:

Planet Mu

Catalog#:

ZIQ061CD

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

07 Jul 2003

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Leftfield, Abstract, IDM

Tracklist

1	42	0:41	X
2	Electric Love	4:03	X
	Vocals [Love Scene] - Nautilis Vocals [Screams] - Bit_Meddler , Lucas G Crane* , Hellfish , Madep* , Mercedes (5) , si-cut.db* , Venetian Snares
3	If You Have An Enemy	3:29	X
	Cello [Cello Source Played And Recorded By] - Matthew Peters
4	Khom?s	5:10	X
	Vocals [Vocal Material By] - Kazumi
5	Walk On My Back	4:28	X
6	Recain	4:27	X
	Recorder - Leo Chadburn
7	Mandolin Work	5:39	X
8	Short Sine	1:18	X
9	House Or A Soul	1:41	X
10	For Two	3:37	X
	Clarinet - Rachel Lipson
11	All I Could Think Of Was Nothing	3:59	X
12	Arches Never Sleep	5:50	X
13	Escape From The Globus Playpen	3:38	X
14	Dead Men Can't Talk, They Can't Do Anything	4:55	X
15	Know Mercy	1:40	X

Credits

Artwork By [Balanced By] - Ben Curzon
Featuring [Arresting Contributions] - Leafcutter Players, The
Written-by, Recorded By, Producer, Artwork By [3d Modelling] - John Burton (2)

Notes

℗ © 2003 Planet Mu Records Ltd.

All material written, recorded and produced in E. Dulwich 2000-1, The Tree House, Archway 2002 & London Fields 2002-3.

Arresting contributions:
- track 2: screamed in various locations
- track 3: recorded in NYC
- track 4: E. Dulwich
- track 6: The Tree House
- track 10: The Tree House.

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Review by pberdecio Nov 18, 2003

One of the best albums of 2003. It's a smooth, well-produced amalgam of post-Autechre beats, musique concrete, ambient, chamber music, and acoustic folk. The most remarkable thing is that all of this flows together into a seamless whole. With moments both bizarre and beautiful, mindbending and heartwrenching, "The Houseband Spirit" is one of the year's most succesful electronic journeys.