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RELEASE DATE: 7/11/2025
An Aesthetic: Experiments in Tape is the second release on Lunar Module, the CD imprint from Castles in Space. Hawksmoor is James McKeown, a solo electronic artist from Bristol with a fascination with the sounds and sensibilities of '70s/'80s German electronic groups -- think early Cluster, Harmonia, Can, Neu!, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Michael Rother -- and the melodic hauntological modular synth aesthetic of hauntology -- Ghost Box, Mount Vernon Arts Lab, Focus Group et al. He first created Hawksmoor as an imaginary hauntological soundtrack, inspired by the six Hawksmoor churches in London. Using strictly modular synths, electronic drum rhythms, and guitars, Hawksmoor has created an electronic landscaped music world that is both new and old, immediately identifiable and yet utterly unique.
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LM 001CD
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RELEASE DATE: 7/4/2025
To launch the new Lunar Module imprint from Castles In Space, Gordon Chapman-Fox presents an album of cinematic ambient music, stepping away from his usual analogue synthesizer tones. "I wanted to stretch my legs and create something more long form, organic and immersive than my Warrington-Runcorn persona" says Gordon. "I hope the title speaks for itself. This is ambient music, but it's not background music. This is very much for the foreground. To be played loudly and to lose yourself in this world of sound." The four tracks on offer present a different side to Gordon's skills -- the tracks are stripped of the usual soaring melodies and arpeggios of Warrington-Runcorn, but maintain the oppressive melancholy through tones and textures. "There's quite substantial use of orchestral sound libraries on this" says Gordon. "I wanted to hear the sound of a bow scraping across a cello or the breath of a choir. Not having either an orchestra or choir to hand, sample libraries had to fill the gap."
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