Solar Dream Reel, by Phono Ghosts

Solar Dream Reel

by Phono Ghosts

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DJR Extremely well crafted, thoughtful, and mysterious. Favorite track: Diagrams or Brain Thoughts.

CHRISTOPHER DELANGE this is just what i needed right when i needed it. so good. Favorite track: Summer Numbers.

FM beautiful album crossing over many genres of soundtrack, synth and even french house. very lucky i discovered this. the artwork suits the music perfectly Favorite track: Belief.

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Two Phono Ghosts vinyl releases for a special price. Includes download codes for both releases (will be emailed to you after purchase).

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Double 12" vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

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Dual colour yellow/black cassette. Limited to 100 copies.

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2 x 12" vinyl test pressing of Solar Dream Reel in plain black outer sleeve with handwritten titling. Stickered, hand-numbered and signed.

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1.	Forgiveness Runs as Care Leaves 03:04	buy track
2.	Charm School 03:43	buy track
3.	Tsunami at White Hotel 04:36 video	buy track
4.	Command of Mind Equates to Love 01:53	buy track
5.	Walking on the Sun 04:17	buy track
6.	Pink Teens 04:28	buy track
7.	Summer Numbers 06:12	buy track
8.	Belief 02:32	buy track
9.	Megacycles 04:14	buy track
10.	Arts (E) 04:41	buy track
11.	Diagrams or Brain Thoughts 04:38	buy track
12.	Ancient Metal Surveys a Dark Sea 02:38 video	buy track
13.	Iron Tones 04:18	buy track
14.	Mystery Lingers as a Branch of Heaven 02:06	buy track
15.	Saturation Valley 05:55	buy track

about

Phono Ghosts (alias of producer Neil Scrivin - also behind Meatbingo) returns with his long-awaited second album released via brand new imprint Fonolith.

Building upon the cassette-raiding, micro-sampling methodology and varied sound landscape of 2013's Chrome Position on Skam Records, Solar Dream Reel is a journey through summery funk, mangled radio jingles, evocative atmospheres and anthemic edit-stomp, all filtered via the shimmery analogue lens of the compact cassette.

A sonic exploration of that borderland between the waking world and sleep - a place everyone has been to but few remember - Phono Ghosts comes back to reality with a selection of vivid Polaroids and cassette memories from his visits to the hypnagogic hinterland of the collective unconscious and presents these pure distilled documents for you on four beautiful sides of vinyl and limited dual-colour (yellow/black) cassette.

Something may have come back with him...

Official video for 'Tsunami at White Hotel' by AVD78:
youtu.be/3M_fHn7Fp3k
Official video for 'Ancient Metal Surveys a Dark Sea' by AVD78:
youtu.be/hV-8YXXFXtM

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"The shadowy Phono Ghosts drifts back to the forefront of abstract electronica with a richly detailed album on the newly minted and self-operated Fonolith imprint.

Having dropped some of the best Skam releases as Phono Ghosts and under the rather tasty name Meat Bingo (a tribute perhaps to the infamous meat raffles that are a traditional Northern pub feature) Phono commits his own brand of chop 'n' drop synth sounds to wax and the fan fave format cassette. Clocking in at fifteen tracks, Solar Dream Reel perfectly mixes the disco fun(k) of Kerrier District with a strong sensibility that should see him aligned with the new wave sounds of Bok Bok's last EP but matched with the cloak and dagger approach of the best out-on-the-edge 0161 tracks.

Having been rinsing this over recent weeks, our fave's have to be the rotational swerve of Megacycles, or the VSnares going mad in the classic house racks of Iron Tones. Adding depth and variance, pieces like Mystery Lingers As A Branch Of Heaven blend atmospheric synth work with unknown sample sources of gurgling vox and film dialogue. Hands down though, the absolute highlight has to be the album closer Saturation Valley. A low-fi piece that verges on synth-pop, but executed with a rain-sodden sensibility that could easily find its way into the sets of Blackest Ever Black or Optimo.

Sterling work and great to finally have some of this guys stuff on vinyl, the highest recommendation from this corner." Bleep.com (Album of the Week)

"... a nervous twitch through the dial of a late 1980s radio receiver. Or a glitchy hyper-charged mash-up of Prince and Scritti Politti, full of unexpected changes and feverish vocal samples, each more queerly affective than the last. Like James Ferraro played for fun, or a DJ set by TV avatar Max Headroom on all the right drugs." The Wire

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released September 9, 2016

Written and produced by Neil Scrivin.
Artwork by Neil Scrivin.

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