Shoegaze Pioneer on new record
During the latest SpaceFest, Mark Gardener, who also recently released an LP with Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), occupied this seat of honour. Past participants include Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), Chris Olley (Six By Seven), Steve Hewitt (ex Placebo), and Jaime Harding (Marion).
“For me, this is interesting – it’s perfect because it reminds me in some ways of how some of the early Ride songs came together… I didn’t come in with a script, nor does Ray. There is no pre-work on this. It was just completely spontaneous,” explains Mark Gardener. “Sometimes music like that is good before things get thought about too much and worked on too much. That can kill the energy sometimes. Of course some things have got to be worked and developed, but in this scenario, with such little time and to get an interesting set together, I think it’s been good to keep it fresh and not over-worked.”
Most recently, Pure Phase Ensemble 4 and Mark Gardener have teamed up with Canadian-Ukrainian dreampop duo Ummagma to create anexclusive radio edit for another of the LP’s lead tracks ‘Happy Dancing Woman’.
2. Morning Rise* 08:03
3. Notatki** 15:47
4. Zostan na noc*** 09:12
5. Peter Song* 05:41
6. Doing My Head In*** 03:32
7. Happy Dancing Woman*** 08:37