Recording music and releasing records involves a great deal of alone time, confronting\u00a0your creativity in a space where there’s no one around to care. But at the cessation of such activities, we finally roam free, tentatively checking to see whether anyone has secretly fallen in love with us.<\/p>\n
That opportunity is offered to us tomorrow (Friday 12 August<\/strong>) when\u00a0Medicine Voice<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0launches her album\u00a0I And Thou<\/em>, The First Record on\u00a0Provenance<\/strong>, the one that will forever bear the mark\u00a0PR001<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Medicine Voice will be joined on stage at\u00a0The Factory Theatre<\/strong>\u00a0in Marrickville, Sydney by friends and special guests\u00a0Kell Derrig-Hall<\/strong>\u00a0(The Singing Skies),\u00a0Ben Morgan<\/strong>\u00a0(Service Bells) and\u00a0Ben James\u00a0<\/strong>(Terza Madre) with supports from\u00a0\u00a0Melodie Nelson<\/strong>, Provenance label-mate\u00a0Lovely Head<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Melbourne artist\u00a0Magic Steven<\/strong>. Could it be magic? Yes it could. Tickets from\u00a0factorytheatre.com.au<\/a>\u00a0and on the door<\/p>\n I And Thou<\/em>\u00a0can be yours on\u00a0vinyl,\u00a0shipped with download card, via\u00a0Bandcamp<\/a>or\u00a0our UK Greedbag store<\/a>, or on digital via\u00a0Bandcamp<\/a>,\u00a0iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0Google Play<\/a>,\u00a0Juno<\/a>\u00a0et cetera.<\/p>\n As the saying goes, one man\u2019s shoebox of mixtapes from yesteryear is another man\u2019s goldmine. We are sure \u201cthey\u201d have said that at some point in the circle of life. As\u00a0Lortica<\/a><\/strong>, we find Alister Hill discreetly constructing soundscapes from the tired remains of such old cassette tapes, augmented with the happenstance of found sounds.<\/p>\n Lortica writes tracks using an omnichord, piano, synthesizer, samples and fabricated trombones, before wrestling the source material into a punishing ordeal of pitching, stretching and heavy effects treatments. We adored his debut album\u00a0Mialle Tapes<\/em>\u00a0released on\u00a0Phinery<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Feral Media<\/strong>\u00a0in 2014, and are likewise smitten with the follow-up\u00a0Phellemens<\/em>, which we will be releasing on\u00a0Provenance<\/strong>\u00a0as The Fifth Record,\u00a0PR005<\/strong>, on 26 August 2016.<\/p>\n Watch the video for \u2018FL II\u2019 from \u2018Phellemens\u2019 on The Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n