CHANTLER, JOHN - Automatic Music, Volume II

Originally from Australia but now a long-time London resident after a stint in Japan, John Chantler works with electronic musical instruments, organ, and percussion and has collaborated with Lawrence English, Tujiko Noriko, Tenniscoats, Maher Shalal Hash Baz and others. He also convenes the Organ Octet -- a large ensemble where everyone plays a similar type of reed/chord organ. This cassette is the second volume in his Automatic Music series and presents two pieces of electronic music recorded in 2013. The first volume in the series -- for synthesizer/organ -- was self-released as a limited edition LP in 2012. Chantlers last full-length LP The Luminous Ground was released in 2011 and was included in The Wire magazines top 50 releases of that year. Cassette-only limited edition of 150 copies. - The Tapeworm.