WERRA FOXMA - (fanzine | issue #2)

 

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.

 

WFR

Frazer Brown – Founder // socials

@frabroon78

Hazel Brown – Founder // design // logistics

@hazymazy81

Alasdair O’May – A&R

@alasdairOMay

Steven Anderson – Press & PR

@lfm_idm

 

WFR Graphics Wing

Kate Bosworth

@KAAAATE22

Stephen Osborne

@stephenjosborne

 

WFR Atlantic Distribution

Ben Vance

@bendu_70

Salvatore Mercatante

@smercatante_

 

General enquiries:

werrafoxma@hotmail.com

 

Submissions/demos:

wfrsubmissions@outlook.com

 

PR/mailing list enquiries

steven@lettersfrommouse.com

 

werrafoxmarecords.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/werrafoxmarecords

twitter.com/werrafoxma

instagram.com/werrafoxma

 

Werra Foxma Records

11 Anderson Avenue

Armadale

West Lothian

Scotland

EH48 3JY

 

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