Paranoid Podcast 21: Crispin Lee - Presence in Absentia

After a long wait, the Paranoid Foundation are back and are proud to announce the availability of Paranoid Podcast 21 - Crispin Lee's brand-new 24-minute mini album 'Presence in Absentia'.

Needless to say it is very good indeed. Crispin delivers up a heady mix of post-punk, avant-rock and well, eclectism! Featuring lyrical content in French and English for the first time, these 24 minutes are some of the best PF material to be committed to the podcast series yet.

Tracklisting:
Another Grammar
Wrongs
Words and Ruin
Running
Hopes
Possession
Bad Translations
First She Looks
No Mistake
Seeing and Knowing

The podcast is as always free to listen to and download and can be found in itunes (search for Paranoid Podcast in the store if you are not already subscribed) or alternatively HERE

Happy listening, we'll try not to leave it so long next time...

Paranoid Podcast 19 - Winter 2011/2012

Hi all...

After a brief hiatus, the Paranoid Podcast returns with episode 19. This time we feature more of Crispin Lee's solo excursions under the guise of Paranoid 404. A short 5-track set of brand new material, clocking in at around 16 minutes. In Crispin's own words:

"The following five tracks are a one-off set of recordings to keep the chill at bay, as another Winter of discontent closes in. No titles, no vocals: just a series of unplanned, one-take recordings that fitted together. Enjoy."
Crispin Lee, November 2011

Paranoid 404 - Untitled
Tracks A, B, C, D, E

Click the link at the top of the page, subscribe in iTunes or listen HERE

The new Paranoid Foundation (mini) album Threads out today!

It's finally here! The new PF mini album, Threads, is out now. 6 tracks, 30 minutes of all-new material. Beat-driven dark electronica. Available now from iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby and other sites as an mp3 download. Our finest release yet? You decide...

Neu! Paranoid Podcast and Paranoid Radio...

Hi, greetings of the season and may we present two good reasons to read on... Paranoid Podcast 18 has just been posted and we also unveil the first of which we hope will be many Spotify playlists.

Paranoid Podcast 18 Spring 2011 - Paranoid 404 - Standalone
This month we dig deep into the archives to present one of Cris's 'Paranoid 404' solo works from around 10 years ago! 'Standalone' is a 27-minute, 5 track journey into dark, instrumental ambient drone and can be found by clicking on the link at the top of the page or CLICK HERE!
This is essential late, late-night listening...



Paranoid Radio Volume 1
For those of you who use Spotify, Andy has compiled a playlist, featuring a selection of tracks by some of our greatest inspirations. Expect a good dose of post punk, ambient, kosmiche rock, dub and lots more besides. This will be the first in a series, tune in by CLICKING HERE!

'Closedown' album review and airplay

Here's a roundup of the latest activity from the Paranoid Foundation:

The first review of the new City Paranoid album 'Closedown' is in courtesy of Dutch zine, Vital Weekly:

Closedown is the latest CD from Crispin Lee under the name City Paranoid and is a follow-up of of Dream's Edge (2004) and A Means to No End ( 2008). Closedown will be the final chapter of his set of solo recordings under the name City Paranoid. The album is very intense and built up of 11 tracks in a period of 26 minutes. The tracks are created by highly manipulated field-recordings, and acoustic and electronic sound sources. His voice tells a story, but I cannot follow it, because of my lack the English language, but also because of the way the voice is mixed in drony, noisy sound layers. But maybe this is also the meaning of these short stories with titles like Hitched, Now Understood, Terminal Nation, At Peace with Nothing and Silent Running. That we will never know what the thoughts are of this man who is living in a city which fears him a lot by all the dangerous moments, vehicles and people. Cause if we really know what in his mind than we can track and expose him. City Paranoid is a short well-composed piece of dark music with a unique personal touch. (JKH)

The link can be found here... http://www.vitalweekly.net/775.html and for a limited time, you can hear us on the Vital Weekly podcast here... http://www.vitalweekly.net/podcast.html

Also, the track 'Broken Up' was played on Canadian radio show 'Le Vestibule' on CFOU 89.1 FM, Quebec. If you missed that, that is also on a podcast here... http://www.archive.org/download/levestibule2avril2011cfou/levestibule2avril2011cfou_vbr.m3u and here... http://www.archive.org/download/levestibule2avril2011cfou/levestibule2avril2011cfou_vbr_mp3.zip

DJ Don Campau has also played tracks from the album on his 'No Pigeonholes' radio shows broadcasting on KOWS-FM from Occidental, California, USA. The podcast edition is here... http://nopigeonholesexp.podomatic.com and also on his show on the www.luver.com, with the podcast for that here... http://doncampau.podomatic.com/

Good to see the release is being well received, more to follow we hope!

Delay and other PF News (edited 13th May)...

Owing to a delay with our distributors, City Paranoid's 'Closedown' release has now been put back until 5th September. Many apologies to those fans eager for this, but it is sure to be worth the wait.

Additional news:
The next Paranoid Foundation album is in advance stages of production and we have pencilled in a release for Autumn 2011. Further details to follow... watch this space!

Finally the next podcast is scheduled to go up late April and will feature a 5-track, full album-length suite of Cris's instrumental drone work.

next up...

CLOSEDOWN is the latest recorded output from Crispin Lee under his City Paranoid moniker following Dream’s Edge (2004) and A Means to No End (2008). Assembled several years ago and originally intended for release in late 2010, Crispin has indicated that this eleven-track, 26-minute collection will be the final chapter in his set of solo recordings under the City Paranoid name. In the immediate future he is preparing once again to concentrate on the collaborative Paranoid Foundation project.

CLOSEDOWN is a lo-fi, fictional chronicle of breakdown and redemption divided into eleven short tracks, set to a grittily ethereal palette of manipulated field recordings, acoustic and electronic sound sources. An uncompromising and challenging listen, CLOSEDOWN is complimented perfectly by the dark, psychological cover imagery provided by resident Paranoid Foundation artist, Tetsu Okada.

Tracklisting:
1 Hitched
2 Now Understood
3 Terminal Nation
4 The Wrong Woman
5 Final Rites
6 Too Much Harm
7 Broken Up
8 At Peace With Nothing
9 Silent Running
10 Perhaps Today
11 When We Wake

The album will be released on 4th April. To whet your appetite in the meantime, you can view the video to "Perhaps Today" here...

new Paranoid video art...

Inspired by Brian Eno's video installations, but with a darker, more Paranoid twist. Audio from forthcoming winter podcast... click here to view

Announcing the May Podcast edition

Another month... another Paranoid Podcast! For May we have a unique edition of somewhat historical significance. A collection of Crispin Lee's early works entitled 'This Was the Future... Then'.

As a teenager in SE London during the 1990's, Cris was immersing himself in an eclectic selection of punk, post punk, indie and outsider music. Bands such as the Sex Pistols, the Fall, Joy Division and Flying Saucer Attack provided the musical foundations that inspired him to begin crafting his own material in his own distinctive style. With raw instrumentation accompanied by tormented lyrics, the origins of the paranoid sound can be found here.

Listen here for free... http://paranoidfoundation.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/5 or search for Paranoid Podcast in the iTunes store.