Beaumont Hannant - Sculptured


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Label: General Production Recordings (GPR), General Production Recordings (GPR)
Catalog#: gpr(cd)9, gpr (lp) 9
Format: CD, Album
Country:UK
Released:1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Downtempo, Experimental
Credits: Artwork By [Art & Design] - Beaumont Hannant , Kelvin Govey
Composed By, Programmed By, Arranged By, Mixed By - Beaumont Hannant , Geoff Beveridge (tracks: 13) , Joseph Johnson (tracks: 5, 12) , Lida Husik (tracks: 1, 2, 10) , Paul Edmeade (tracks: 11)
Engineer - Richard Brown
Producer - Beaumont Hannant , Richard Brown (tracks: 1, 2, 10, 11, 13)
Notes:Engineered at T.T.B. Studios for General Production Recordings 1994. All compositions recorded during May & June 1994.

"Autun" was originally conceived for Autecure (Bassiadki release) composition used with kind permission of Autecure & Warp Records. [Note the booklet misspellings, Autecure instead of Autechre and Bassiadki instead of Basscadet].

Manufactured & marketed by General Production Recordings Ltd. Distributed in the (UK) by Pinnacle. All tracks published by Hardcore Music (publishers) Ltd.
℗ 1994 General Production Recordings Ltd. © 1994 General Production Recordings Ltd.
Barcode: 5 022281 217224
Catalogue number (on spine): gpr (lp) 9

This CD release retained the artwork from the double LP, hence the four alphabetically indexed 'sides' shown in the tracklisting and the LP cat#.
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Tracklisting:

 Side A
1   Ormeau (7:01)
    Vocals [Uncredited] - Lida Husik
2   Woven Textures (6:34)
    Vocals [Uncredited] - Lida Husik
3   Touch Your Skin (5:16)
 Side B
4   Heavenly (6:11)
5   Departure (5:40)
    Guitar [Uncredited] - Joseph Johnson
6   Indecision (5:14)
 Side C
7   Autun (5:06)
8   No Secret (4:19)
9   Elusive (3:31)
10   Nightride (5:28)
    Vocals [Uncredited] - Lida Husik
 Side D
11   Toxicity (4:25)
    Vocals [Uncredited] - Paul Edmeade
12   In Our Lifetime (6:16)
    Guitar [Uncredited] - Joseph Johnson
13   Killing Fields (6:19)
    Vocals [Uncredited] - Geoff Beveridge
User Reviews:
scoundrel, Apr 06, 2009

On _Sculptured_, Beaumont Hannant’s third full-length, he introduces a new texture to his repertoire: vocals. Lida Husik, with whom Hannant would collaborate more frequently, offers her husky voice to the water droplets that tinkle over “Ormeau.” Hannant layers vocals as effortlessly as he does electronic lines, as “Woven Textures” demonstrates. The more instrumental tracks offer no less pleasure: “Heavenly,” with its angelic singing, lives up to its title; the funky and pleasure-inducing “Departure,” with its steel guitar, could itself be a trip to heaven. Even the minor missteps are interesting, like the hard rock guitars of “Autun” (which works better in the more sedate “In Our Lifetime”) or the awkward rap on “Toxicity.” But moments of pure beauty, like the dark reverie of “Nightride” stick in the mind the most. Essential listening for fans of IDM.

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