TRAINWRECK / RAINCHECK
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Release date: September 2007 (Use Your Teeth Records)
Artwork: Leafcutter John | Photography: Vicki Churchill
The Idea...
Floating, digital ambient music and sinister passages of spoken word, the second Simon Bookish album betrays its origins in transcriptions of dreams.
Initially intended as an "electronic radio play", the album's non-linear narrative is fixated on vivid images of transportation: a sinking cruise liner, a spectral train, a 'disappointing' spaceship and ultimately a breathlessly calm Boeing 747.
By turns hilarious, haunting and disorientating, Trainwreck/Raincheck is dominated by the sounds of Casio CZ and Yamaha DX synthesizers, digitally processed bells, tuned percussion and all the kitchen utensils.
The album was presented as a "surreal cabaret" in solo performances across Europe, in both art galleries and concert venues.
Connect:
The Leo Chadburn / Simon Bookish back catalogue is available on Bandcamp. An extensive archive of live recordings, album tracks and remixes is on SoundCloud. Leo is on Twitter here.
Listen:
- Recent notated music
- The Subject / The Object (2020 album)
- Red and Blue (2015 EP)
- Everything / Everything (2008 album)
- Trainwreck / Raincheck (2007 album)
- Unfair / Funfair (2006 album)
- Singles (and compilation tracks)
- Remixes