TRAINWRECK / RAINCHECK
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Release date: September 2007 (Use Your Teeth Records)
Artwork: Leafcutter John | Photography: Vicki Churchill
The Idea...
Floating, digital ambient music and sinister passages of spoken word, the second Simon Bookish album betrays it's origins in transcriptions of dreams.
Initially intended as an "electronic radio play", the album's non-linear narrative is fixated on vivid images of transportation: a sinking cruise liner, a spectral train, a 'disappointing' spaceship and ultimately a breathlessly calm Boeing 747.
Sometimes hilarious, sometimes haunting, always disorientating, Trainwreck/Raincheck is dominated by the sounds of Casio CZ and Yamaha DX synthesizers, processed bells, tuned percussion and all the kitchen utensils.
The album was presented as a "surreal cabaret" in solo performances across Europe, in both art galleries and concert venues.
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Listen...
Choose an album to listen to:
- Everything / Everything (2008 album)
- Trainwreck / Raincheck (2007 album)
- Unfair / Funfair (2006 album)
- Singles (and compilation tracks)
- Remixes
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Live Appearances
21st July 2011
This Friday, 21st October 2011: Simon Bookish + Apartment House at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea...
More information and tickets here!
Old News
7th November 2010
Last month's special performance by Simon Bookish and Leafcutter John is now available on SoundCloud for those who missed it live.
16th August 2010
The Simon Bookish remix of Late of the Pier's "Blueberry" is out next Monday on 12" vinyl, the A-side being Soulwax's version of "Best in Class".
Click here for a preview on SoundCloud courtesy of the excellent Phantasy Sound records.
8th August 2010
The first two Simon Bookish albums (popularly thought of as the 'difficult' ones) are now available to download for free from SoundCloud.
