Tracklist
1. The Peregrine Side A (17:01)
2. The Peregrine Side B (17:24)

Artist : Lawrence English
Title : The Peregrine
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2011
Date : 10/2011
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 02
Label : Experimedia
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.98.4
Length : 34:25 min
Size : 58,5 MB
Tracklist:
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01.The Peregrine Side A 17:01
02.The Peregrine Side B 17:24
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34:25 min
It is truly an honor and privilege to
present the latest work by long time
comrade, inspiration, and one of the
modern masters of the craft Lawrence
English. Over the past decade Englishs
work has been published widely on
respected imprints including Touch, 12k,
Winds Measure, his own Room40 label and
has collaborated with fellow
contemporaries such as Tujiko Noriko,
Stephen Vitiello, Ben Frost, Francisco
Lopez, Minamo, DJ Olive and Tenniscoats.
Lawrences latest work the Peregrine was
realized in sound during the first half
of 2011. Based upon J.A. Bakers book of
the same name, the album finds its
structures through the descriptions of
land, environment, and movement
contained within the books chapters and
further develops Lawrences
experimentation with harmonic distortion
and saturation.
I first discovered The Peregrine some
years ago whilst visiting with David
Toop in London. The book had popped up
on Davids radar and whilst chatting in
his loft, I happened to pick it up. The
page I opened to described the sound of
a Barn Owl on the hunt. Before I
finished that paragraph I knew I needed
to own this book and find out more about
the somewhat mysterious English author
J.A. Baker.
I feel The Peregrine epitomizes a kind
of obsessive rendering of landscape and
environment. Throughout the book, Baker
places central focus on the micro and
macro worlds which surrounding him. He
expends as much attention on the shape
of clouds or the murmur of a river as on
the bird, which inspires him to write.
At no point does the idea of humanness
come to dominate in fact human kind
merely appears as haunting images that,
as Baker summarizes, stink of death.
Elegantly misanthropic. Even the author
remains oddly mute we never discover
anything about him, not what he does,
how he lives or even where he sleep or
eats. He is merely a conduit through
which land is rendered.
This record is a homage to The
Peregrine. Having not spent any great
amount of time in East Anglia where the
book is set, I have used Bakers
descriptions and suggested mappings as a
guide to the character and composition
of the LP. The Peregrine has profoundly
affected my work and its for this
reason I felt compelled to create this
piece.
I hope it conjures up for listener just
a few of the lasting impressions the
book has left on me and in the process I
dearly hope others can discover J.A
Bakers evocative writings - thankfully
now back in print!
- Lawrence English June 2011
Lawrence will be debuting two new works
this October in Europe. Monolith, a
piece based on his expendition in
Antarctica at Musik Protokioll in Graz.
And Lonely Womens Club, a new project
for Organ on an evening with Tony Conrad
at Cafe Oto in London.
This release is strictly vinyl only and
all promotional audio was ripped
directly from a vinyl copy of the album.
Cover Image by Eugene Carchesio
Cut and Mastered by Andreas [Lupo]
Lubich At Dubplates Mastering, Berlin
Recorded and Produced by Lawrence
English at 158, 2011
This project has been assisted by the
Australian Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and
advisory body.
Worldwide Release date: September 20
2011
Preorders direct from Experimedia.net:
August 20 2011
Cat#: explp020
Format: 12inch vinyl LP only
Edition: 500
Side A
October 1 The Hunting Life
November 16 Dead Oak
December 24 Frosts Bitter Grip
Side B
January 30 Grey Lunar Sea
February 10 The Roar Ceasing
March 16 Heavy Breath Of Silence
April 4 And He Sleeps
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