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01. Paul Cousins - Day is Night is Day
02. Paul Cousins - Retriangulation
03. Paul Cousins - Artefact 3
04. Paul Cousins - Relative Memory
05. Paul Cousins - Depth Illusion
06. Paul Cousins - Floats Over Surface
07. Paul Cousins - Broken Patches of Sky
08. Paul Cousins - Artefact 14
09. Paul Cousins - Assemblage
10. Paul Cousins - Beams of Light
11. Paul Cousins - Morphometry
12. Paul Cousins - Artefact 20
ARTIST
TITLE
Vanishing Artefacts
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
CIS 103LP CIS 103LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/19/2025

Originally released April 14, 2023. This debut album is the work of London based producer, sound artist and composer, Paul Cousins. Paul works with meticulously maintained reel to reel tape machines to transform and alter his electronic compositions. His prepared tape loops form the basis of Vanishing Artefacts' 12 intricate compositions. The original ideas processed through 1/4" tape become a hazy facsimile of their former state as tape is manipulated and effected to mold something new. "A question I returned to whilst creating this album was: what if audio imperfections were lost forever? As recording technology continually improves, the limitations of audio formats are less of a concern. But there is character and great freedom in limitations, especially when using tape. Being able to physically touch and manipulate the sound is a very important and visceral part of this process. Opposed to other ambient music I have written, I want this music to be tactile, and very tangible. Yes it can float away, but I also want to show the string tied to the balloon. For this reason many of the tracks contain the sound of the room, and the wonderful noises these machines make."