Runningonair
Selected Works '94 - '00 / unSelected Works '94 - '97
RM004
Sometimes a bit of Spring cleaning is very worthwhile - even in Autumn!
Certainly, this was the case for Runningonair (AKA Winchester-based Joseph
K Evans) when he relistened to some old tracks whilst undertaking an audio
file audit.
The tracks relate to the period 1994 to 2000, when Joe first started
experimenting with electronica. Nowadays, Joe's work resounds with hip
references and echoes of dubstep, Warp artists and the Ghost Box movement,
but back then Joe was a working draughtsman, fresh out of the Royal Scottish
Academy of Music.
With a family background in Folk and an academic grounding in the New
Classics, electonica was a departure for the young Evans but one he took to
like solder to a circuit board. Arranging his complex rhythms with an
architectural precision, these vintage pieces build to impressive sonic
soundscapes that just don't sound like anything else out there.
If that all sounds a bit cold and formal, be assured, tracks like “Turn To
Gold” and “Peaceful” have a clear signpost to the dance floor - and jazzy
chord structures and grooves abound throughout.
Joe has divided the back catalogue compilation into selected (darker, more
serious) and unselected (b-sides, lighter works) discs, but both more than
hold their own and mark a significant stepping stone in the story of an
artist whose work is becoming more widely appreciated with every release.
“Selected Works '94 – '00” is available as a Limited Edition (100)
CD-R and Download.
“Unselected Works '94 – '97” is only available as a Limited
Edition (100) Bonus CD-R in conjunction with “Selected Works '94 – '00”
and will not be released as a Download.
The CD-R release is made using recycled card covers and quality “Aquaguard”
matt finish CD-Rs.
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