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"Torschlusspanik"
a Album by The Woodleigh Research Facility on 1 May 2020 8 track digital only collection by Nina Walsh from the Woodleigh Research Facility archives
Available on bandcamp for one week only in May 2020
Two tracks subsequently released on 7" in 2023 for Electronic Sound magazine
Press release by Kris Needs:
The Woodleigh Research Facility is the name adopted by Andrew Weatherall and Nina Walsh to channel the creative partnership that began 30 years ago and, in recent years, flowed as a torrent of cosmic techno-funk and space invader electro at their Facility 4 studio.
After 2015's The Phoenix Suburb (& Other Stories) and 2018's 127 To Facility 4, in Andrew's memory and for Bandcamp's special survival day, Nina is releasing eight tracks from their relentless epic sessions that again reveal how WRF had become his prime outlet for exploring new sounds and extra-terrestrial sonic possibilities at the same time as nodding at the primal computer game beatbox uproar that birthed the electro genre in the early 80s.
'Yadik' cranks the beat-box into the thwacking undertow to a cosmic joyride, lashed with space yelps and celestial melodies, complete with mid-section weightless drift section. 'Milky Pond' unfurls ominous bomber drone electro before 'Eternal Ballroom' injects the duo's vital melodic suss into lovely warm keyboards over an '86-style collision between primal acid house jitter and techno-funk (updating the period's video game fixation). 'Wotabowtawatabol' drapes acid riffage over gentle electro patter uncorking dynamic swell with the wonky noises. 'Your Beard Has A Name' rewinds into a snare tattoo with deep bass hump and mangled circuit pulses.
Named after the Demiurge or 'False God', created when Sophia, one of the lesser aeons, tried to emanate without her counterpart (Christ), 'Yaldabaoth' recalls a dystopian John Carpenter soundtrack with rising melodic theme and glacial majesty. The awesome 'Calm Before The Storm' counters its eerie drone with more gorgeous melodies before the set goes out on the churning electro-belch cosmic disco mayhem of 'Outro'; pure mid-80s proto-house circuit funk, unmistakably the work of The Woodleigh Research Facility.
Translated from German, Torschlusspanik is described as the fear that time's running out and the panic that rises when you realise you haven't done much with your life; if you don't act soon you may miss out on more opportunities as time passes on and the gate closes.
Even if Andrew eschewed the greasy pole to fame and fortune, the astonishing amount of music he created at any suitably given opportunity would certainly have allayed any panic, instead leaving a legacy to be proud of. Where he was going next with his long-time partner-in-music is glimpsed right here on this remarkable album.
Available on bandcamp for one week only in May 2020
Two tracks subsequently released on 7" in 2023 for Electronic Sound magazine
Press release by Kris Needs:
The Woodleigh Research Facility is the name adopted by Andrew Weatherall and Nina Walsh to channel the creative partnership that began 30 years ago and, in recent years, flowed as a torrent of cosmic techno-funk and space invader electro at their Facility 4 studio.
After 2015's The Phoenix Suburb (& Other Stories) and 2018's 127 To Facility 4, in Andrew's memory and for Bandcamp's special survival day, Nina is releasing eight tracks from their relentless epic sessions that again reveal how WRF had become his prime outlet for exploring new sounds and extra-terrestrial sonic possibilities at the same time as nodding at the primal computer game beatbox uproar that birthed the electro genre in the early 80s.
'Yadik' cranks the beat-box into the thwacking undertow to a cosmic joyride, lashed with space yelps and celestial melodies, complete with mid-section weightless drift section. 'Milky Pond' unfurls ominous bomber drone electro before 'Eternal Ballroom' injects the duo's vital melodic suss into lovely warm keyboards over an '86-style collision between primal acid house jitter and techno-funk (updating the period's video game fixation). 'Wotabowtawatabol' drapes acid riffage over gentle electro patter uncorking dynamic swell with the wonky noises. 'Your Beard Has A Name' rewinds into a snare tattoo with deep bass hump and mangled circuit pulses.
Named after the Demiurge or 'False God', created when Sophia, one of the lesser aeons, tried to emanate without her counterpart (Christ), 'Yaldabaoth' recalls a dystopian John Carpenter soundtrack with rising melodic theme and glacial majesty. The awesome 'Calm Before The Storm' counters its eerie drone with more gorgeous melodies before the set goes out on the churning electro-belch cosmic disco mayhem of 'Outro'; pure mid-80s proto-house circuit funk, unmistakably the work of The Woodleigh Research Facility.
Translated from German, Torschlusspanik is described as the fear that time's running out and the panic that rises when you realise you haven't done much with your life; if you don't act soon you may miss out on more opportunities as time passes on and the gate closes.
Even if Andrew eschewed the greasy pole to fame and fortune, the astonishing amount of music he created at any suitably given opportunity would certainly have allayed any panic, instead leaving a legacy to be proud of. Where he was going next with his long-time partner-in-music is glimpsed right here on this remarkable album.
- Calm Before The Storm7:09digital only
- Eternal Ballroom6:40digital only
- Milky Pond3:53originally released in the lockdown bandcamp Torschlusspanik compilation later pressed onto 7" for Electronic Sound
- Outro8:09digital only
- Wotabowtawatabo7:25digital only
- Yadik7:24digital only
- Yaldabaoth3:51originally released in the lockdown bandcamp Torschlusspanik compilation later pressed onto 7" for Electronic Sound
- Your Beard Has A Name7:44digital only