a prospect of loughton brook, by spaceship

a prospect of loughton brook

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Because of music like this I can put on a pair of good over ear headphones and just let my mind and body relax as the sound fills my ears.

It provides a sufficient sense of now for me to stand on and get by bearings in a world where nothing seems to last.

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"A delightful listen." Electronic Sound magazine

"A really good record" Gideon Coe, BBC 6 Music

"... recall[s] Eno and Boards Of Canada at their most minimal." Shindig Magazine

"...hypnotic and richly evocative." John Rogers, author of 'This Other London'

A Prospect of Loughton Brook is the fifth album from Mark Williamson’s Spaceship. The album was recorded and produced over two weekends in January of this year. It consists of binaural and hydrophone recordings, augmented with piano, synthesizer and strings. The album traces the journey, from source to mouth, of Loughton Brook, a small stream in Epping Forest. Some of the recordings are left raw and unprocessed, others processed and altered. Some pieces have added instrumentation others are left alone.
The piece reflects the journey. The sounds of the transition from the steep sided valley of the upper reaches, in Great Monk Wood, through the meanders below Baldwins Pond and under the houses and shops of Loughton itself; before the stream emerges from a culvert to flow through Loughton recreation ground and on to its confluence with the River Roding. The cultural and geographical changes along the stream’s relatively short route are pronounced. Whilst the hum of aircraft and the drone of traffic is a constant in Epping Forest, the transition from north to south brings more human sounds. First dog walkers and families, then the sounds of suburban Loughton and finally the muted roar of the M11.

Part 1: Wake Valley Pond to Baldwins Pond
1.1 (5:05)
1.2 (4:54)
1.3 (4:33)
1.4 (4:23)

Part 2: Baldwins Pond to Staples Road
2.1 (5:05)
2.2 (3:16)
2.3 (0:52)
2.4 (3:13)

Part 3: Staples Road to the Roding
3.1 (2:37)
3.2 (4:21)
3.3 (3:12)
3.4 (3:59)

Field Recordings made 28th and 29th January 2017

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released May 12, 2017

Produced by Mark S. Williamson
Violin on 3.4 by Dan Mayfield
Cover illustration by Maxim Peter Griffin
Mastered by Jacob Mayfield

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