CRAVEN FAULTS Enclosures [Grey Vinyl]

The Leaf Label

£14.38

Genre: Analogue Electronic
Format: Mini LP + DL
Catalogue No.: DOCK73G
B/C: 843190057351
Release Date: 27th November 2020

DUE TO EXCESS DEMAND FOR THE LIMITED X 300 WORLDWIDE BLACK VINYL PRESSING ANOTHER LIMITED PRESSING ON GREY VINYL IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE. X 400 WORLDWIDE ONLY.

This mini-album is Craven Faults’s second vinyl release on The Leaf Label.
Thirty-seven minutes of music over three epic tracks - longform analogue electronic journeys across the north of England.
Presented in full bleed monochrome sleeve with obi strip and limited to 300 copies on grey vinyl + download code.

Enclosures follows Craven Faults’ debut album Erratics & Unconformities. These 37 minutes of music are the start of the next journey. New terrain and more refined methods of travel. Dark clouds gathering.

We’re out of the blocks quickly. German engineering carries us swiftly across the moors on a Saturday night rendezvous. Two almost identical mushroom shaped rocks are the destination. There’s evidence of previous rituals carried out. Two hours due north we go in search of the power source. Cascading. An experiment in performance over a fixed point. Tape loops recorded in 1967 at The Philadelphia College of Art. Woodwind purchased from a charity shop in Yeadon. The concept of work was forgotten. We’re back on the millstone grit of the Mid Craven Fault for an exercise in simplification. Familiar territory. Sometimes the theory isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and there’s still power in hammering a single note over two chords – a lesson learnt from the American South in the late 40s and early 50s and boiled down in the late 60s. Olympic Sound Studios, April 1967. The Hit Factory, April 1969.

On Erratics & Unconformities, Craven Faults often found a calm inner space in the vistas. Here the tensions of the early EPs return, with a focus on how human ‘progress’ has impacted and shaped the landscape. How the land was divided now shapes our present and future, and retracing that journey is particularly pertinent.

Watch James Islip’s hypnotic generative video for ‘Doubler Stones’ on YouTube
Debut album Erratics & Unconformities, released in January, hit the heights of number 16 in the Official UK Independent Chart, and number two in the Indie Breakers Chart
We’re expecting a strong showing for the album in the best of 2020 lists
Support from Kieran Hebden, Mary Anne Hobbs, Demdike Stare, Dan Snaith, Graham Massey, James Holden, Gold Panda, Bill Kouligas, Luke Abbott, Not Waving, Alessandro Cortini, Steve Davis, Stuart Maconie, Resident Advisor, NTS, NPR and Beats In Space

Mini-album:
X1. Doubler Stones (10.20) X2. Hard Level Force (8.42) O. Weets Gate (17.16)

On Craven Faults:

“Compelling modular synth transmissions from post-industrial Yorkshire, tracing the lineage from field to factory to warehouse rave” Uncut

“Glacial landscapes a go-go on mesmerising debut by Yorkshire producer” 4/5 Mojo

“Born and nurtured somewhere within the pioneering world of synth visionaries Stockhausen, Radiophonic Workshop, John Carpenter and The San Francisco Music Centre, this is music of pure quality” 10/10 DJ

“Immersive works that have been assembled by a painstaking master of his craft” 9/10 Long Live Vinyl

“Sprawling English kosmische” Boiler Room

“Craven Faults build a spacious world in which to lose yourself” The Vinyl Factory

“Regardless of who’s behind it all, if they carry on making music like this we’re happy to never find out who they really are” Electronic Sound

“Hypnotic and engrossing” NPR