JAMES RUSHFORD - Block Gifts LP Blues while traces of electro-acoustic strings

while traces of electro-acoustic strings infiltrate the prowling stepper ‘Accretion’

and a little later the hip talent factory Touch&Go became aware of the band

by French director Fabrice Gobert

author Rob Young describes Zounds as “a distinctively paranoid and claustrophobic sonic crush that avoid[s] formulaic protest song

such as “Rhododendrons Coral Aspides” in 1988 (which is considered lost)

JAMES RUSHFORD - Block Gifts LP Blues while traces of electro-acoustic strings300 copies, black vinyl, fold out A2 poster Block Gifts is a collection of three works for organs composed by James Rushford between 2015 and 2018. Using harmonium, portative organ and electric organ, each piece is linked by Rushfords idiosyncratic combination of strict intervallic systems in different tunings (Werckmeister, quarter tone, equal temperament), and haptically informed rhythmic and expressive freedom. Creaks, stutters and sweeping fingers