Simon Fisher Turner - Under The Arches

A Colourful Storm

£23.49

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: ACOLOUR050
Barcode: 4251804182058
Release Date: 21 Feb 2025
Genre: Electronic/Ambient

Full-colour sleeve, postcard, liner notes by Simon Fisher Turner. Terre Thaemlitz Remix appears on vinyl only

Where to begin with a figure like Simon Fisher Turner? From teenage stage and screen star to illustrious recording artist for Creation and Mute and score composer of Caravaggio, Blue and The Epic of Everest - via a stint with The The and collaborations with Derek Jarman, David Lynch and Tilda Swinton - Turner embodies a distinctly British sensibility and boundless curiosity for sound. For A Colourful Storm, discovering Deux Filles, his mysterious project with Colin Lloyd-Tucker that has since been reissued by Dark Entries, was a significant moment in shaping their identity.

In August 2023, A Colourful Storm presented Simon Fisher Turner and Time is Away at Spanners, London. Performed at the tail end of Blue Now, a series of events celebrating Derek Jarman’s last feature film, Blue, the recording reveals a lifetime of significant events and influences. Terre Thaemlitz’s remix of Turner’s Shishapangma (Comatonse Recordings, 2015) is reworked and appears on vinyl only, Jarman is privately recorded reading White Lies, Bertrand Russell is sampled, and Turner records his brother practising the Great Rissington organ for their father’s funeral.

“My wife and I lived in Brixton, near the venue, on Coldharbour Lane, 20 years ago. We were above a takeaway shop. The air extractor was a nightmare and the flat smelled of grease. The market was a great place to buy fish. We adopted a giant snail, who we called Ayrton. I used to take him all over town and he loved lettuce and tomatoes. There was a wonderful small pizza shop too, which was so delicious. But back to the music. Brixton is music and I’m a lucky man.”

Tracklist: A1. Bluenow1, Out-of-Tune Piano, St Mary’s Hospital Basement, Electriksnippets A2. Bluenow2, Virus, Hurricane Bomber A3. Derek Jarman Reads White Lies B1. Brother James Plays J.S. Bach’s ‘Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott’ on the Great Rissington Organ, Bertrand Russell Gives Sound Advice B2. Brother James Plays J.S. Bach’s ‘Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott’ on the Great Rissington Organ B3. Electriksnippets B4. Terre Thaemlitz’s Remix of Shishapangma, Remixed by Simon Fisher Turner

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