CAMPBELL / MALLINDER / BENGE
JULIE CAMPBELL (LONELADY), STEPHEN MALLINDER AND BENGE
ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF A NEW COLLABORATION
DEBUT ALBUM, CLINKER - OUT 13 OCT 2021
ON LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE
LISTEN TO THE FIRST TRACK, CAMOUFLAGE
Julie Campbell (aka LoneLady), Stephen Mallinder (Wrangler, Cabaret Voltaire) and Benge (Wrangler, John Foxx) have announced details of a new collaboration and the first release, Clinker, is set for release on Les Disques du Crepuscule on 13 October 2021.
Listen to the first taste of what to expect here: https://youtu.be/hWIPpWDa0GU
“The project began a couple of years ago,” explains Julie. “Benge had these great sketches that were beats and synth patterns, so those were the starting point. I really went to town adding lots of guitar layers and experimenting with different sounds. On some tracks the guitar is deft and rhythmic, as if mimicking sequencer patterns. On others it’s a deconstructed noise-based approach - scratching strings, making fitful, heavy chunks, howls and scrapings of noise and texture.”
Due to competing solo commitments for all three members the tracks disappeared into hard drive exile for a couple of years. Julie continues: “Last year we revisited the mixes and Stephen added his trademark mysterious and menacing vocals. Now we find ourselves with a finished piece of work. I thought of the name Clinker as I love its meaning: 'stony residue from burnt coal'. This seemed liked an apt description of both industrial and creative processes, and a nice nod to the industrial North of England.”
“I’d forgotten how liberating it is to play bass guitar on something,’ enthuses Stephen. ‘It compliments Julie’s beautifully angular guitar, and Benge and me ripping up live percussion onto the sound of machines… As a collection of tracks these benefited from a lengthy gestation, as they follow no particular trend and were allowed to twist and turn to develop a life of their own. After successive cycles we suddenly drew it all together so the tracks have a sense of completion and identity.”
"The real fun for me was during the mixing process when Mal and I looked at each other as the rawness of the tracks hit us on the big studio monitors,’ adds Benge. ‘We knew we had something untameable, and wanted to preserve that feeling of edgy rawness in the mixes."
Clinker is out on 13 October 2021, the first 800 copies of the album have been pressed in turquoise vinyl and the vinyl edition comes with a digital copy.
Clinker tracklisting (Cat # TWI 1256)
A1. Camouflage
A2. Monochrome
A3. Influx
B1. Signification
B2. Condition Collapsing
B3. Dereliction Magical
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