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STARCARR
10:49
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STARCARR
I
QUARRIED_FAR_AFIELD
IN_FLIGHT_THROUGH_AIR_TO_RESTING
THE_GRITSTONE’S_JOURNEY
THE_MONOLITH_STANDS
BROUGHT_BY_MESOLITHIC
FORCES_AS_SEEN_ONLY_BY_THE_CHOSEN
STRIATIONS_FROM_THE_FLOOD
CARVED_GLACIAL_LINES
FINGER_HOLES
SET_IN_POSITION
PERFECT_PERPENDICULAR
DEEP_INTO_THE_PIT
THE_ROCK_IS_ROOTED
DESCENDING_AS_FAR_BELOW
UNDERGROUND_LIGHTHOUSE
STRAIGHT_BEAMS_PROJECTED
CURRENTS_UNDERGROUND
PURE_WATER_RESIDES
A_RUDSTON_GATHERING
AROUND_THE_OUTER_STONE
BEFORE_MY_CIST
II
REMOTE_VIEWING_TO
FLIXTON_NOW_AND_IN_THE_PAST
TO_STAR_CARR_LAKE
ALTHOUGH_THAT’S_THE_PLAN
IT_IS_NOT_PLAIN_SAILING
START_PREPARATIONS
WITH_NO_LOOKING_GLASS
OR_OBSIDIAN_MIRROR
NO_PSYCHOTROPICS
ONLY_STILL_THE MIND
BREATHING_AS_A_CRUDE_SEXTANT
TRAVEL_ETHER_LIGHT
OPEN_TO_OPEN
UNVEILING_TO_UNVEILING
THE_FIELD_APPEARS
LUSH_GREEN_MEADOWLAND
BOUNDED_BY_A_TRACK
AND_A_ROW_OF_TREES
STEEL_TAR-PITTED_ROADS
DIPPING_WILLOW_BRANCHES
WILD_FLOWERING_HERBS
THE_ROOTS_OF_THESE_PLANTS
TENDRILS_GRASPING_OUT_AND_DOWN
STRETCHING_INTO_TIME
THROUGH_STRATIGRAPHY
OF_WORLDS_SIMULTANEOUS
ALL_DIMENSIONS_NOW
EAST_YORKSHIRE_DEEPENS
AND_EAST_RIDING_FALLS_AWAY
BEFORE_THE_NATION
TOPOS_OF_DESCENT
INTO_THE_PRESERVING_PEAT
DIVINING_THOUGHT-FORMS
NO_BRUSH_OR_TROWEL
STRIKING_MESOLITHIC_GOLD
OF_NON-METAL_KIND
THE_FINDS_OF_TWO_TYPES
FIRSTLY_TIMBER_SPLIT_AND_PLANKED
ROUNDWOOD_BIRCH_ASH_AND_WILLOW
MYSTERIOUSLY
A_HORDE_OF_FAUNAL_REMAINS
RED_ROE_DEER_AND_ELK
DEFLESH_STRIP_AND_NOTCH
SOME_RITUAL_OVERTURE
SACRED_SLAUGHTERHOUSE
III
OF_SHAMAN_AND_SHAMANKA
WITH_ANTLER_FRONTLETS
OF_STAG_AND_ROE
FROM_THE_LAKE
CRANIAL_AND_ANTLER
LIMBED_ELEMENTS
PART_OF_THE_BEAM
CROWN_OF_A_ROE_DEER
FRAGMENTS_OF_ELK
CERVID_AND_ELK
HUNTED_IN_THESE_GRASSLANDS
OF_DOGGERLAND
THE_HOUND_COMPLETE
ROYAL_BEAST
DEAD_TO_THIS_VERSE
LOWERED_COMPLETE
CARCASS_DESCENDING
INTO_THE_WETLANDS
DELIBERATE_DEPOSITIONS
OF_FAUN_AND_THE_DOG
IN_ARTICULATED_STATE
DEMINERALISED
COMPRESSED
WARPED_AND_SPLIT
AS_CRYPTID_CHANGELING
SHAPE_SHIFTERS_ACROSS_OUR_TIME
INTER_BEING_BE
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2. |
SELBSTMORD
04:45
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SELBSTMORD
I_GAVE_MY_BODY_OVER
TO_THE_SUIT
THE_POINT_IS_THAT_IT_WAS_DONE
I_THOUGHT_TURNCOAT_TALES_WERE_A_NEAT_MANOEUVRE
IN_THREE_PIECES
DONNED
AT_HIGHER_ALTITUDE
THE_AIR_IS_THINNER
THE_LINE_WAS_CROSSED
ABOVE_THE_SCRUB_AND_SCREE
BEFORE_THE_ASCENT_WAS_SELF-ENJOINED
I_THOUGHT_A_NEW_TRAVERSE_COULD_BE
A_BYPASS
OF_SORTS
EVADING_THE_OVERHANG_OF_ACADEME
BUT_A_BYPASS_NONETHELESS
AT_THE_TIME
ARRIèRE_GARDE_IN_MIND
MY_HEART
ENVELOPED_IN_THIS_WAISTCOAT
TIGHTER
CURLEW_CALLS_BEGAN_TO_ECHO
LESS_PEOPLE
LESS
AND_LESS
THEN_EVEN_FEWER
WITH_THE_HUMAN_WILL
THEIR_GOOD_WILL
SUCCESS!
MISJUDGED
DESICCATED
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3. |
WINTEREISSE
03:30
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WINTERREISE
AURAL_HISTORY
INTELLIGENT_LIGHTFORMS_BLINK
HIGH-STRANGENESS_ABOUNDS
HOOVES_UPON_THE_GROUND
IN_MULTITUDE
DRUMMING_WITH_HUMAN_PRESENCE
FOLLOWING_THEIR_PATH
INVISIBLE
CONNECTED
IN_EARTH
AND_IN_BEAST
LINES_IN_CLEAR_DESIRE
TELLURIC_CURRENTS_BELOW
HILLTOP_NOTCH
DEFINED
CERVID_AND_ELK
HUNTED_IN_THESE_GRASSLANDS
OF_DOGGERLAND
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4. |
SUBTERRANEA
07:38
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SUBTERRANEA
I
MEMORY_OF_A_MUSIC_–_POSSIBLY
KNEES_FLAYED_TO_BONE_MAYBE
FUNEREAL_CRAWL
RED_OBSCURED_BY_THE_PALL
ELBOWS_BLACK_THEN_BLED
IN_SEARCH_OF_LIGHT
MUMBLING_BLACK_INTERNAL
THEY_REPLY_TO_THEMSELVES
THEY_WHISPER_‘HEAR_THE_GEOLOGY’
INCH_OUR_WAY_BENT_LOW
LISTEN_TO_THE_CREAKING_BEAMS
VELVET_DARKNESS
II
BROKEN_SONNETS
THE_NEEDLE_STICKS
SOUNDS_REPEAT
INTRAVENOUS_SAMPLES
BENEATH_THE_SKIN
BENEATH_THE_SURFACE
BENEATH_THE_CRUST
GEOLOGY_MOSS_FUNGUS
AND_THE_TYRANNY_OF_THE_TERRAIN
THE_ANNOUNCEMENT_HAS_PASSED
LET_THE_HACKING_BEGIN
LET_THE_FRACKING_COMMENCE
III
OPEN_THE_VEINS
TO_AMBIENT_LIGHT
ILLUMINATING_FORMS_STILL_YET_TO_BE
TO_BE
TO_BECOME
UNDERSTOOD
IN_SUBTERRANEA
SHAPESHIFTING_IN_THE_DIMNESS
THE_AMBIVALENT_DARKNESS
AND_FREQUENCIES_BEYOND
FLOOD_IN_MAYBE
FLOOD_IN_POSSIBLY
IV
VELVET_DARKNESS
LISTEN_TO_THE_CREAKING_BEAMS
INCH_OUR_WAY_BENT_LOW
THEY_WHISPER_‘HEAR_THE_GEOLOGY’
THEY_REPLY_TO_THEMSELVES
MUMBLING_BLACK_INTERNAL
IN_SEARCH_OF_LIGHT
ELBOWS_BLACK_THEN_BLED
RED_OBSCURED_BY_THE_PALL
FUNEREAL_CRAWL
KNEES_FLAYED_TO_BONE_MAYBE
MEMORY_OF_A_MUSIC_POSSIBLY
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5. |
WEARENOTDEAD
08:56
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WEARENOTDEAD
I
WE_ARE_NOT_DEAD
YET_THE_WORLD_IS_DYING
BEFORE_PIGMENT
THE_BODY_IS_LAID_OUT
AS_CONCEPT_AND_GAME
PREPARED_FOR_PASSAGE
FRESH_FROM_ITS_WOODED_CEMETERY_THE_RABBIT’S_SKIN
BEGINS_ITS_BOILING
DOWN_IN_THE_ARTIST’S_KITCHEN
CONNECTIVE_TISSUE
PROLONGED_TO_REDUCTION
TO_BE_DRIED_INTO_PELLETS
THIS_IS_THE_NEW_SHIT
DISSOLVED_IN_WATER
GLUE_TO_GYPSUM
AS_GESSO
CADAVER
STRETCHED_ACROSS_BEAMS_OF_SOFT_OR_HARD_GRAIN
CONIFERS_SLOTTED_WITH_PRECISION
PINE_POPLAR_CEDAR
RED_OR_BASSWOOD
A_DOVETAIL
WITH_BEECH_CHERRY_OR_MAPLE_KEYS
OBLONG_SQUARE_TONDO
THE_LINEN
SIZED_WITH_EMULSION
APPLIED_TO_SHIPLAP
TO_PARTCH_AND_SHRINK_IN_AIR
A_SAIL_TO_LATER_BEAR_YOU_THERE
PAPER_SHROUD_SLIDES_INTO_THE_BATH
WATER_DIPPED
TO_BE_LEFT_SUBMERGED
WATERBOARDING
SOFT_UP_FOR_AIR
UPON_THE_STRETCHER_PLANE
AND_SMOTHERED_OF_ITS_EXCESS
BOTH_LIE_ALONE
UNTOUCHED
TAUT_DERMISES
DRUM_HEADS_FOR_THE_BEATING_BRUSH
II
AFTER_PIGMENT
WE_SHALL_NOT_SPEAK_OF_WHAT_WENT_BETWEEN
SAVE_TO_SAY
THE_BODY_BORNE
IN_SOLITARY_COMMUNION
INTO_THE_WORLD
WAS_DECLARED
COMPLETE
THEN
LAID_TO_REST_IN_TWO_DIMENSIONAL_FORM
NOW_RESPLENDENT_IN_ITS_COLOUR
STILL_POROUS
STILL_REPELLENT
AN_OILY_OR_WATERY_‘THING’_EMBALMED
LET_THE_RITUAL_BEGIN
VARNISHING_DAYS_HAVE_PAST
THEY_WERE_THE_LAST_RELATIONSHIP
GONE_WILD
BUT_FOR_NOW
IN_MICRO
IT_IS_RATHER_STAID
PEOPLE_COMPORT_INTO_GALLERIES
FROM_WET_STREETS
THEIR_GREY_SKIES_OVERHANGING
MOSTLY_DRIFTERS
IN_SEARCH_OF_SCENERY_NEW
RE-INVENTORS_OF_RECENT_WHEELS
HE_WHISPERED_IN_MY_EAR_ONCE
‘THE_OLD_WAYS_ARE_BEST’
HERE_THERE_IS_RARELY_SUDDEN_REVELATION
PEAK_EXPERIENCES_ARE_FEW
AND_FAR
AND_SO_THE_OBJECTS_ARE_PERCEIVED_IN_THE_EVERYDAY
AS_LACKING_AGENCY_AND_WITHOUT
DIRECT_CURRENCY
BUT_HERE_IS_THE_RUB
THE_INSTANT_KARMA
THE_RITUAL_IT_TURNS_OUT
CANNOT_BE_SEEN_BY_ALL
BETWEEN
FOR_WANT_OF_ONLY_SEEING_TREES
AND_MISSING_GLADE_WOOD_FOREST
THE_SHAPE_AND_DELINEATION_OF_THE_JUNGLE
ITS_PERIMETER_TAKEN_FOR_A_WALK
IN_INK_LINE
DRIP_RUN_LICK
STROKE
THE_RITUAL_IS_NOT_HEIGHTENED
BUT_LIVED_THROUGH_REGARDLESS
FOR_BORED_SOULS_AND_MANY_MINDS_TO_WANDER
MOST_LIVES_IN_SPITE_OF_PAINTING
IN_ALIENATION
AND_FOR_THOSE_THROUGH_PAINTING
STILL_ALIENATED
ALL_OF_THIS_SHOULD_BE_EXPECTED
IT_IS_NOT_FOR_EVERYONE
DESPITE_THE_OPEN_INVITATION
THE_WALLS_ARE_WHITE_BETWEEN
AND_AROUND
FOR_THE_FEW_WHO_HAVE_FALLEN
UNDER_A_SPELL
CRITICAL
FOR_THOSE_THAT_WISH_TO_WORK
ENGAGE_THE_CORPSE
TO_INVOKE
THE_SELF-IMMOLATION
OF_MAKER
IN_MAKING_TO_THE_MADE
INTO_MANTRA_WEFT
INTRICATE
OR
IN_AMBIENT_SOLITUDE
OF_THE_’WE’_IN_’ME’
THE_WALLS_ARE_WHITE_BETWEEN
AND_AROUND
ENABLING_PUNCTUATION
BREATH_SPACES
WE_ARE_NOT_DEAD
YET
THE_WORLD_IS_DYING
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6. |
WHITESTARR
03:01
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WHITESTARR
LONG_GRASSES
BREAKING_THE_LINE_OF_THE_HORIZON
BIRD_LIFE_BEGINS_TO_QUIETEN_IN_THE_COPSE
AS_LIGHT_FADES_NIGHT_DESCENDING
DUSK_BETWEEN
FAST_LINE_SEERS_ACROSS_THE_SKY
TEAR-LINE_SPEEDING
THEN
WHITE_STARR_BURST
BLINDING_ABOVE_THE_CARR
BONE_AND_CHALK_BENEATH_THE_LOAM
BLEACHING
SWITCH_FLICKED_TO_OFF
UPON_THE_RETINA_OF_MEMORY
WHITE_STARR
WHITE_STARR
WHITE_STARR
WHITE_STARR
WHITE_STARR
WHITE_STARR
WHITE_STARR
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GRUPPEN London, UK
Gruppen are a dark dada duo who combine field recordings, electronica, scapes, tones and poetry. As much visual as sonic. Think Schwitters meets Cabaret Voltaire via Pound and Poe.
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