With the release of the Paranoid Winter 'Thaw' album imminent (21st December!), here is another track to whet your appetite. Not featured on the album, instead this is taken from the original Paranoid Winter EP, which was featured on our Paranoid Podcast Autumn 2014.
It includes the vocals of Claire Norman and Cris Lee, set against dissonant guitars, clarinets and electronic manipulation.
Listen HERE
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Friday, 4 December 2015
Thursday, 26 November 2015
New album...
Our new album, Paranoid Winter - Thaw, will be released on December 21st 2015 on our own Paranoid Foundation label. Sample track on our Soundcloud. Some info...
Paranoid Winter’s debut album, ‘Thaw’, is the follow-up to the group’s self-titled, six-track EP, which was released as a free podcast in late 2014 via the Paranoid Foundation website. As with the EP, ‘Thaw’ includes the vocals of Claire Norman and Cris Lee, but is a rather different proposition than their earlier work. Where the EP had a running time of just under thirteen minutes, the five tracks that make up ‘Thaw’ run to the princely total of thirty-seven minutes.
‘Thaw’ was recorded in various locations over the second half of 2014 as Cris attempted to settle back into London life on a full-time basis. As this album attests, all did not go smoothly. ‘Thaw’ is the (lucky?) thirteenth commercially-released album that Cris has produced or co-produced. Prior to recording the album, Cris had spent much of the previous three years travelling between Canterbury, Paris and the New Forest. The ‘Thaw’ sessions marked the conclusion of Cris’ doctoral studies and there is a definite ‘end of an era’ feeling to these tracks. Deciding that something was missing from ‘Thaw’s initial mixes, the newly-dubbed Dr Lee enlisted Claire’s vocal and instrumental talents. The results are impressive.
The lynchpins of ‘Thaw’ are the tracks ‘Narratives’ and ‘Binary’. These two tracks are infused with a slow-burn arc of boy/girl vocalising, doom-laden reverberation, echo and analogue synthesis. As with the dub bassline and shrieking feedback of opening track ‘Presentations’, fans of Paranoid Foundation’s early, drone-based output will not be disappointed. “Thaw”’s biggest surprise is the microtonal ‘Hope’, which is also Claire’s first solo track: layer after echoed layer of dissonant clarinet create one of the starkest – and most beautiful – tracks to be released by this record label in recent years. Album closer ‘Words (Fail Us)’ provides another bruising take on Claire’s solo track; this time, her wordless vocals underpin a disintegrating mass of synths, dissonant guitar and echoing bass.
The package is completed by another outstanding piece of cover art from Tetsu Okada, who has designed many of Paranoid Foundation’s album covers over the years.
Paranoid Winter’s debut album, ‘Thaw’, is the follow-up to the group’s self-titled, six-track EP, which was released as a free podcast in late 2014 via the Paranoid Foundation website. As with the EP, ‘Thaw’ includes the vocals of Claire Norman and Cris Lee, but is a rather different proposition than their earlier work. Where the EP had a running time of just under thirteen minutes, the five tracks that make up ‘Thaw’ run to the princely total of thirty-seven minutes.
‘Thaw’ was recorded in various locations over the second half of 2014 as Cris attempted to settle back into London life on a full-time basis. As this album attests, all did not go smoothly. ‘Thaw’ is the (lucky?) thirteenth commercially-released album that Cris has produced or co-produced. Prior to recording the album, Cris had spent much of the previous three years travelling between Canterbury, Paris and the New Forest. The ‘Thaw’ sessions marked the conclusion of Cris’ doctoral studies and there is a definite ‘end of an era’ feeling to these tracks. Deciding that something was missing from ‘Thaw’s initial mixes, the newly-dubbed Dr Lee enlisted Claire’s vocal and instrumental talents. The results are impressive.
The lynchpins of ‘Thaw’ are the tracks ‘Narratives’ and ‘Binary’. These two tracks are infused with a slow-burn arc of boy/girl vocalising, doom-laden reverberation, echo and analogue synthesis. As with the dub bassline and shrieking feedback of opening track ‘Presentations’, fans of Paranoid Foundation’s early, drone-based output will not be disappointed. “Thaw”’s biggest surprise is the microtonal ‘Hope’, which is also Claire’s first solo track: layer after echoed layer of dissonant clarinet create one of the starkest – and most beautiful – tracks to be released by this record label in recent years. Album closer ‘Words (Fail Us)’ provides another bruising take on Claire’s solo track; this time, her wordless vocals underpin a disintegrating mass of synths, dissonant guitar and echoing bass.
The package is completed by another outstanding piece of cover art from Tetsu Okada, who has designed many of Paranoid Foundation’s album covers over the years.
Sunday, 21 December 2014
Familiar Places/The Beach (original mix)
Here's one from the vaults. Composed in January 2005 for a live show, 'Familiar Places/The Beach' remains the only track Cris and I have written together in the same room! Never released, but this 15-minute epic is arguably amongst our best work. Find it on our SoundCloud here... Familiar Places
-Andy
-Andy
Friday, 12 December 2014
Hot off the Paranoid press...
We have another new track uploaded to the soundcloud... Geometry and Chaos
Beat-heavy instrumental paranoid electronica...
Beat-heavy instrumental paranoid electronica...
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Paranoid Podcast 22 - Paranoid Winter
After a fairly lenghty break, the Paranoid Podcast is back! The 22nd episode is now available for your listening pleasure. This project and release are entitled 'Paranoid Winter'. Six pieces clocking-in at just over 13 minutes.
These free tracks are the latest creations of Paranoid sonic pioneer, Cris Lee. They feature the new addition of voicing by Claire, under Cris's experienced and attentive eye. Not to be missed are Cris's driving riffs, layered soundscaping, and raw, electrical grit. Download now to journey through these open runs and introspective, sometimes dark, corners.
Paranoid Winter -
1 Safe Harbour
2 The Drink In My Hand
3 Just Because
4 Beyond All Reason
5 We'll Be Tomorrow's Savages
6 Endure
As usual, the podcast can be downloaded from iTunes (search for Paranoid Podcast in the iTunes store) or you can stream it from HERE
These free tracks are the latest creations of Paranoid sonic pioneer, Cris Lee. They feature the new addition of voicing by Claire, under Cris's experienced and attentive eye. Not to be missed are Cris's driving riffs, layered soundscaping, and raw, electrical grit. Download now to journey through these open runs and introspective, sometimes dark, corners.
Paranoid Winter -
1 Safe Harbour
2 The Drink In My Hand
3 Just Because
4 Beyond All Reason
5 We'll Be Tomorrow's Savages
6 Endure
As usual, the podcast can be downloaded from iTunes (search for Paranoid Podcast in the iTunes store) or you can stream it from HERE
Soundcloud Uploads...
Things have been a little quiet around here lately! Not to worry - our lengthy hiatus is now broken by a quartet of new tracks now uploaded to the Soundcloud. The four short pieces are murky, lo-fi demos put together by Andy while developing ideas for the next album proper. Expect glitchy, dubbed-up, beat-heavy downtempo electronica. Find them HERE
Stay tuned for a new Paranoid Podcast (episode 22). Very soon come!
Stay tuned for a new Paranoid Podcast (episode 22). Very soon come!
Saturday, 14 December 2013
The review that got away...
Here's a review for Paranoid Motives 2 that we missed when it appeared a while back. It comes courtesy of the Swedish Brutal Resonance ezine and can be found HERE
In other news, we are busy at work on new material. Expect an announcement early in the new year!
In other news, we are busy at work on new material. Expect an announcement early in the new year!
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