The Hum Ben Chatwin SKU: VGLP058 Barcode: 5051083157681 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green Released Date: 6th November 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info When electronic artist Ben Chatwin plugged his Moog synthesiser into the mains at home one day, he was surprised to find the electrics of his home faintly singing. His house was built in the nineteenth century, and what he was listening to was the building’s natural hum. He boosted the volume, and in doing so, found the inspiration for his next release, The Hum, out on Village Green on November 6th The Hum is Chatwin’s sixth solo album of experimental electronic music under his own name and his eleventh in total. It amplifies the hidden frequencies that swirl invisibly around us in the air all the time but which most of us never hear, including the 50Hz hum of the power grid that producers will know all too well from the studio, but is almost undetectable to the human ear. “There are so many sounds around us that are lower and higher than we can hear,” Ben says. “I wanted to make it all audible.” Taking inspiration from Mika Vainio’s physical sound worlds and Jóhann Jóhannsson’s immersive soundtracks, The Hum’s emotive accumulations and caustic textures form dense stratas, with strings and analogue synths harnessed as melodic anchor points among electric storms of pulsating sound. After discovering the drone of his home, he began extracting and amplifying as many ghost frequencies as he could from other sources to make tracks for the album. Interference includes aeroplane communications pulled from the sky; War of the Ants resurrects long lost echoes from previously erased recordings on blank tape. At one point, he found what sounded like human chorus in the signals – nobody else could hear it, so he also brought in singer Kirsten Norrie (MacGillivray) and buried her voice in the mix among the signals on Creep Strain and Snow Crash. Strings are arranged and performed by Ben’s regular collaborator Pete Harvey (Modern Studies). Ben avoided using the computer as a sound source, and most of The Hum is completely analogue – it was mixed live and mastered to tape. This record marks a technological and textural leap in his music, as an album that is both made with and is about the hidden sounds of tubes, tape, and the air between us all. Artist Ben Chatwin Genre Electronica Label Village Green Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 Transmission 2 Transistor 3 Creep Strain 4 Snow Crash 5 War Of The Ants 6 Interference 7 The Hum 8 Ghost In The Machine Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Ben Chatwin and more from Electronica View Product Quick View Ben Chatwin Altered Signals Electronica | Village Green | 1LP Released 29th March 2019 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Chatwin Altered Signals £13.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green SKU: VGLP056 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ben Chatwin Drone Signals Electronica | Village Green | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 14th September 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Chatwin Drone Signals £16.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green SKU: VGLP039 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 14th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ben Chatwin Staccato Signals Electronica | Village Green | 1LP Released 6th July 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Chatwin Staccato Signals £16.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green SKU: VGLP037 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th July 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chemical Brothers, The Surrender 20th Anniversary Expanded Electronica | UMC/Virgin | 4LP, Box Set Released 22nd November 2019 £100.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chemical Brothers, The Surrender 20th Anniversary Expanded £100.00 Genre: Electronica Label: UMC/Virgin SKU: 7785040 Formats: 4LP, Box Set Released Date: 22nd November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Throwing Snow Dragons Electronica | Houndstooth | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 25th June 2021 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Throwing Snow Dragons £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Houndstooth SKU: HTH134 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 25th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Third Eye Foundation The Dark Electronica | Ici DAilleurs | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 9th November 2010 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Third Eye Foundation The Dark £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ici DAilleurs SKU: IDA071LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 9th November 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Thievery Corporation Treasures From The Temple Electronica | YE ESL | 2LP Released 20th April 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Thievery Corporation Treasures From The Temple £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: YE ESL SKU: ESL224LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 20th April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View CUTS UNREAL Electronica | Village Green | 1LP Released 4th December 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders CUTS UNREAL £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green SKU: VGLP067 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th December 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eric Copeland Trogg Modal, Vol 1 (Remixes) Electronica | DFA | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 3rd May 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eric Copeland Trogg Modal, Vol 1 (Remixes) £16.00 Genre: Electronica Label: DFA SKU: DFA2639LP Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 3rd May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tim Story Threads Electronica | Dais | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th January 2021 £20.00 - £22.00 Select options Tim Story Threads £20.00 - £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Dais Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th January 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Jane Weaver Loops in the Secret Society Electronica | Fire Records | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th November 2019 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jane Weaver Loops in the Secret Society £23.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP538 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Silver Apples Clinging To A Dream – Indie Exclusive Coloured Vinyl Electronica | ChickenCoop | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 16th September 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Silver Apples Clinging To A Dream – Indie Exclusive Coloured Vinyl £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: ChickenCoop SKU: CCRLP006COL Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 16th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jon Hopkins Insides Electronica | Just Music | 1LP Released 3rd September 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jon Hopkins Insides £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Just Music SKU: TAOLPIN064 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd September 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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