Leaf Skeleton Free Download

Early Phantomhead release, Leaf Skeleton 3" by Myself and Mark Jolliffe (other half of Lowe Opta) has been posted in it's entireity here
Check it out!

USHER Live improv

Gig - Saturday 20th June, 8pm, The Loft, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

Ian Watson - Electronics
Matt Lovett - Percussion
Richard Bowers - Laptop

We will be playing to a 40min Cut of Epstien's 'Fall of The House of Usher' - Also Playing sets will be Gwilly Edmondez, Ilton Joan, Rhodri Davies and Val Persona.

For more details check here.

Dictaphonia

Just got the first 2 "Dictaphonia" compilations from Hal McGee's excellent post project.
Check out the project in full, eventually including mp3's of the featured tracks here

Upcoming Gig

Procession

Procession - a response to text by Michael Watson is now being hosted at Indieoma The piece is read by Richard Bowers with additional sounds from yours truly.

LOWE OPTA - 1 OUT NOW (and free to download)

Lowe Opta-1 is out now on Dielectric. Download it here.

Lowe Opta - 1

Lowe Opta - 1, a new disc from myself (Ian Watson) and Mark Jolliffe will be released May 1st on Dielectric Records. It will be available as a download from their site and I think that for those who wish to own a hard copy, there is the option to put in a request for a CDR.
Thanks to Drew at Dielectric. If anyone hasn't already I would recommend checking out their releases, a favourite of mine at the moment is Re: Record by the Dielectric Field Recording Allstars also check out the excellent Karen Stackpole tracks they have released.

Lowe Opta

It's my first post of the-oh-nine which makes me realize I've been pretty busy.
That is one of the reasons that Phantomhead Recordings have slowed down to a standstill, Sadly there will be no more orders or new pressings for the foreseeable future.


Most recently I've been recording elements for the Second Lowe Opta EP with Mark Jolliffe, a project which has been brewing since the "Leaf Skeleton" EP which we recorded some years back.
Both the first and the second discs we have recorded so far are due for release some point a little later in the year, on Dielectric Records - more on that soon.
Right now, tracks from the first EP can be heard here

I've also crammed a session with Matthew Lovett playing percussion, battling my homemade electronics set-up and will be playing ROVE this Wednesday (18th March).