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Fragment Series 2: Circle Bros​/​Karina ESP

by Karina ESP

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released March 13, 2020

CREDITS:

Circle Bros = Wim Lecluyse
Frozen Lakes was recorded in Hilversum, Netherlands in the winter of 2004
Peaks was recorded in Gent, Belgium in the winter of 2016
Karina ESP = Chris Gowers
Time Is Suspended was recorded in Glasgow, Scotland in the summer of 2014

Mastered by Fraser McGowan
Lathe cut by Peter King
Artwork by Chris Gowers

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A previously unreleased Circle Bros classic, 'Frozen Lakes' from 2004, is a gorgeous reverie of revolving delayed guitar and buried vocals, while 'Peaks' from 2016 is a more experimental piece featuring percussion, xylophone, synth and vocals. On the other side is a Karina ESP song written in the winter of 2013 about the terminal illness diagnosis of a loved one. Mournful guitar, hushed voice, singing bowls, cymbal and field recordings, that meditate on the inevitability of death and the displacement of time.

Limited to 40 copies on clear vinyl, each 7" has been cut and pressed by hand in New Zealand by Peter King, and housed in individually-painted kraft card covers with paper sleeves. Comes with an insert and download code.

NOTES FROM THE ARTISTS:

Wim Lecluyse - "Frozen Lakes was written and recorded somewhere late 2004. At the time I was living in Hilversum and working in Amsterdam, and the track is pretty much about commuting between a big city and living in a small town. It's one of those tracks that is - to me - pretty obviously inspired by the great Kant 7" Non Plus Ultra (which, in its turn, is pretty much a 'I wanna be your dog' rip-off, but in an incredible way). Anyway, I played this song live relatively often, even in recent years.
Peaks on the other hand, is a recent track, from somewhere around 2016, when I was preparing for a couple of shows around the time of the release of the album Rust (on three:four records ). It's a very 'flexible' song: I can perform it on pretty much any instrument, for any amount of time. Here I made a one minute version mostly on organ and glockenspiel. In my most recent shows, it turned into a piece of approx 8 minutes, mostly on wind organ and melodica."

Chris Gowers - "The Karina ESP side is one song, Time Is Suspended, recorded around the time that the A Still From The Film LP was released on Wim’s label Morc Records in 2014. It concerns a time when my girlfriend’s illness had been diagnosed as terminal, and the moments we had left together felt ‘suspended’ in time."

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Karina ESP London, UK

Karina ESP as a recording project has been in existence since 1998, sporadically appearing via underground tape labels, self- released CDRs, limited CDs and lathe-cuts, in between long periods of silence.

Output consists of lo-fi improvised minimal drone-works, tonal experiments and ambient recordings using guitar and a variety of effects.
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