A Nice Review of
The Hatcliffe House Tapes
Volume 07
from the Octobird Blog
When you first land on the Bandcamp site of Indifferent Space Recordings,
you feel a bit lost but yet tied up by unknown forces at the same time.
What kind of planet is this? A tape label … an acid planet? But then
track after track you become aware that you’ve stranded in a peaceful
dictatorship, because this planet counts only one inhabitant:
Captain John Lee Richardson.
Captain John Lee Richardson.
Richardson recently released the collected works of his two senior alter egos from his self-managed discography: Acrelid – Illegal Rave Tapes and The Hatcliffe House Tapes.
While he indulges in a good old sample-loaded Braindance style on his
Illegal Rave Tapes, his “House Tapes” are more dedicated to the laid
back psychedelic spheres of retrofuturistic electronic music.
On
the warm, limited frequency spectrum of a cassette recording, one get
carried away into the infinite vastness of space and yet always has the
feeling of being in a very personal, comfortably furnished parallel
universe. Sometimes stoically impulsive as on old recordings of the Silver Apples, sometimes leaning back and playful as on many Ghost Box releases.
As I said, Vol. 7 – Incidental Moments and Accelerated Fusion
is actually just an entry-level terminal if you decide to travel with
Richardson. Because once you’ve started, you’re out there for a while.
Far out!
Highly recommended are also his early Oscillopeisia releases as well as his YouTube channel, which gives a wonderfully blurry look from his spaceship.
