Tal como referimos em post anterior, também Frazer Brown (músico dos Dohnavùr, entre outros projectos), patrão da editora Werra Foxma, seguiu as pisadas de Colin Morrison, dono da editora Castles in Space, e lançou um magazine. Neste momento ambos têm dois números lançados, mas o sucesso foi tão grande que não há o perigo da descontinuação, antes pelo contrário. Enquanto Moon building tem o formato A5 e é feito com papel reciclado (?) grosso/pesado, o Werra Foxma apresenta o formato A4 e papel brilhante. Ambos são totalmente a cores e os artigos excelentes, ambos fazendo parte da mesma vaga de electrónica que nos leva ao início dos anos 80 (synth-pop, post-punk, droning, field recordings, experimentalismos vários), mas com o toque actual bem fácil de notar. Excelente!
Aqui fica a apresentação do número 2.
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Foxma Records
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Anderson Avenue
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Lothian
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WELCOME
TO THE SECOND WERRA FOXMA MAGAZINE.
Hello
everyone.
Welcome
to issue 2! Thank you to everyone who picked up our introductory issue, whether
it was a standalone purchase or as part of the SubClub. We have had some lovely
feedback from some of you amazing people; please keep your comments coming in.
Remember, we want feedback on how we can improve things for you going forward,
so don’t be shy on the comms – all feedback is welcome.
There’s
loads to cover in issue 2. Our cover artist this time round is the amazing
Salvatore Mercatante, and we pick his brains on his rich electronic music
background, and also dive into SM Synthesis, his upcoming album on WFR, due out
in the spring.
We bring
you exciting details about FoxFest our inaugural online festival featuring live
streaming performances from artists on the WFR roster and beyond. Proceeds from
FoxFest will be donated to help the Ukrainian Crisis, and will build on the
funds raised by our action of Scanner’s La Fenêtre Magique test pressing. The
lineup is exceptional, and features live sets from Dohnavùr, Scanner,
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Thomas Ragsdale, Eonlake, Letters
From Mouse and more.
We hope
you have enjoyed the first 3 SubClub albums! WE were served up a trio of
amazing LP’s from Chris Prine, Glinca and Fields of Few. Again, the feedback
from these releases was extremely positive. In This issue, we give you the
lowdown on the next set of albums for the SubClub. As we transition from spring
into summer, we introduce Greece’s Onepointwo, the UK’s Synthetic Villains, and
Missouri’s Oceanographer. We hope you enjoy these offerings as much as you
enjoyed the first set of SubClub releases. We absolutely love them!
This
issue also brings a host of new multi-page artist features, Electronic Music
Open Mic founder Martin Christie shares his thoughts on the thriving EMOM
scene, Manchester’s Apta lifts the lid on an epic last 12 months, including
reflecting on his amazing Echoes LP, and West Lothian supergroup Raven Musen
(consisting of Letters From Mouse and yours truly) walk you through our new
album, Peppermint Soldier, track by track.
We are
also grateful for a peek underneath the hood of the creative processes of two
incredible artists: Elizabeth Crompton and Thomas Ragsdale, who share some
equipment and production techniques that help them shape their unique and
beguiling sounds. By way of lookahead, both Elizabeth and Thomas will have
extensive features in issue 3 as we prepare for their forthcoming albums on
WFR. And we are also grateful to Steve Hadfield for providing analysis on some
of his favourite albums in his collection.
We also
thought that it was worth sharing some of the social media comments, and
pictures of you proudly showing off your Werra Foxma releases. Every time you
do this, it makes our hearts sing, and we appreciate your Willingness to spread
the good word about your additions to your collection.
Enjoy,
and take care,
Fra
ISSUE 2 –
CONTENTS
Intro
4 Twitter @werrafoxma
5 Forthcoming on WFR
6 Reflection
7 The Troika with Steve Hadfield
8 Ukrainian Crisis Appeal
Verse
10 WFR SubClub – April to June
14 Cover Artist – Salvatore Mercatante
Chorus
18 Martin Christie // Electronic Music
Open Mic scene
22 Apta
26 Raven Musen
Outro
28 The Process // Elizabeth Crompton
30 The Process // Thomas Ragsdale
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