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Slomo at Harmonicon, Oct 12.
Photos: Matthew Shaw

The Creep by Slomo, lp cover

Our album of the month is The Creep by Slomo
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Huge hails to @stephenomalley74.bsky.social , Rashad Becker and Shelter Press for going above and beyond to make this record feasible, viable and undeniable. 🖤💚

*We’ll have a handful for sale at Harmonicon next weekend.

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@stoneclub.bsky.social

Today “The Creep” re-emerged from the fogou via Ideologic Organ. Sold out at source*, there are still copies available from some retailers. Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered!

A cult doombient classic reissued on Stephen O'Malley's Ideologic Organ and providing a leyline-powered and Coil-inspired British counterpart to Sunn O))) and Sleep's choked-out sludge - recorded a week after Jhonn Balance's death in 2004

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Sun 12th Oct we play the Harmonicon festival, Todmorden. A righteous gathering of minds and souls, we’ll be providing the penultimate set of the festival at the Unitarian Church, before The Transcendence Orchestra. It’s all extremely fucking YES. Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/reson...

A spilling of the beans

Thanks to all who came down. 🙏

Pics: Kali Malone / Matthew Shaw / Stevyn Colgan
Video: Thomas Hooper

To accompany 'The Creep' LP playback, we'd made some films from footage taken “really up close” at Boleigh Fogou. We'd tried to sync it with the bass so that the image would vibrate in time, but the computer kept crashing. In the end, physics intervened and the desired effect was delivered anyway 😃

Earlier in the evening there was a live acoustic/modular set from Alexander Tucker and conversation with Fiona Robertson (author of 'Stone Lands')

Slomo at Stone Club!
We held a deep listening event for 'The Creep' with Stephen O'Malley, Matthew Shaw and Joe Stannard from The Wire.

Thanks to everyone who came to @thesociallondon.bsky.social last night.
We will be back Sept 20th. Save the date

The Sky's Run Into the Sea, by GROWING 5 track album

Had a fogoutastic time at @stoneclub.bsky.social last night with @soundsofslomo.com @stephenomalley74.bsky.social @alexandertucker.bsky.social @stonelands.bsky.social not least because it seems my coinage “environmetal” might finally be gaining traction! Here’s a classic example of the subgenre.

Multi-Genre Music, Sound & Film Webzine <p>Celebrating twenty years of creeping ambient, Slomo's 2005 release, <em>The Creep</em>, is not only getting a much-needed reissue, but is hitting vinyl for the very first time. The brainchild of Ch...

Splann review of The Creep over at Musique Machine www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/revi...

Forever ago, we brought this back from the other side of the Fogou. Now captured on vinyl thanks to Ideologic Organ.
Deep listening event at Stone Club, The Social, London, Sep 1st.

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Cracking review of "The Creep", over at Aural Aggravation. Thanks, Chris!

Come to Stone Club, Sep 1st at The Social, London.
🗿Fiona Robertson in conversation with Matthew Shaw
🗿Alexander Tucker: amplified acoustic guitar
🗿”The Creep” at 20: discussion w/ Slomo, Stephen O’Malley & Joseph Stannard, plus full playback of the album w/ new film

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Intimate-gig-in-historic-venue klaxon!

Sat Sep 27 we play Bishops’ House, Sheffield with support from Inise Beta. wegottickets.com/event/668725

FEATURE: This Week’s Best Preorders

Ant’s electronic, ambient, and experimental selections include Drexciya, Aphex Twin, Pye Corner Audio, Sir Richard Bishop, Susumu Yokota, Locrian, Propaganda, Slomo, and more.

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The Creep (20th anniversary edition), by Slomo 4 track album

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Masterfully cut to a long-form classical-style pressing by the esteemed Rashad Becker.
Released Sep 5, available for pre-order now.

A monumental day!
Now 20 years old, our debut album "The Creep" is being issued on vinyl for the first time via @stephenomalley74.bsky.social 's Ideologic Organ label. 🙌
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Poster for a gig hosted by The Black Circle at The Globe in Glossop on 22 February 2025, featuring Slomo, Pefkin and Black Brunswicker.

Counting the likes of Sunn O))) and Gnod among their champions, Yorkshire drone legends Slomo returned to the live scene in 2024 with sets at Todmordon’s mythical Golden Lion and a sold out show for Stone Club at London’s Heavenly Social. They begin 2025 at “the gateway to the Dark Peak”, playing in support of their recent album "Zen and Zennor", inspired by the ancient sites and spectral otherness of Land's End. “Melodic patterns as simple as cup and ring stone carvings… a liminal zone of luminous guitar and softly undulating arpeggios… ‘Zen and Zennor’ proves itself a rewarding portal.” (Abi Bliss / The Wire) “Fizzles with throbbing electrical energy” (Bob Fischer / Electronic Sound) “The Dons of Drone” (Paddy Shine / Gnod)

Gayle Brogan performs solo under the name Pefkin, creating slowly-unfolding, ritualistic hymnals that draw heavily on the landscape and natural world, using processed violin / viola, electronics, voice and field recordings, her music receiving comparisons to Coil, Popul Vuh, This Mortal Coil and Nico. She has released albums internationally on labels such as Morc, Wild Silence, Nite Hive, Folklore Tapes and Sonido Polifonico. Gayle is also one half of innovative folk duo Burd Ellen, a third of psychedelic electric folk trio Meadowsilver, and has collaborated with cult Irish singer-songwriter Alison O'Donnell and modular synth composer Jonathan Sharp. “Spooked-out twilight listening that is both unsettling and compelling, drawing you into a private world.” (Ed Pinsent / Sound Projector) “Something akin to what it must have been like hearing Nico's 'Marble Index' when it was released; alien yet curiously familiar, beautiful yet stark, hypnotic yet troubling.” (Grey Malkin / Active Listener)

Growing up in the American midwest but now living in the English northwest, Black Brunswicker blends delicately picked acoustic guitar with tape loops and textures to create expansive ambient folk soundscapes. With music influenced by travel and nature, her 2022 release ‘High Peaks’ was partly inspired by trips to the Peak District. Her latest album ‘Been Around Here Before’ (Nettwerk Music) is a collection of DIY folk-brushed ambient that balances noise with beauty. “Black Brunswicker continues to shine as a true innovator on the scene right now.” (Chris Bound / Mystic Sons)

We're helping out with this gig at The Globe in Glossop on Saturday night featuring Yorkshire drone legends @soundsofslomo.com and the otherworldly @pefkin.bsky.social. Hope to see some of you down there! Tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tbc9-slomo...

Zen and Zennor by Slomo on Apple Music Album · 2024 · 3 Songs

Zen and Zennor is now on all major streaming platforms

Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/album/zen...
Spotify:
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YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbT5...

One week today

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Sat Feb 22 we play The Black Circle at The Globe, Glossop with @pefkin.bsky.social and Black Brunswicker. Come! Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tbc9-slomo...

Thanks to Michael Rodham-Heaps and Freq magazine for this splendid review of Zen and Zennor freq.org.uk/reviews/slom...