Download from Bandcamp

Signals and Codes paints a picture of academic research into paranormal abilities. As early as the 1930s, investigations into ESP using two participants - ‘senders’ and ‘receivers’ who developed experiments with so called Zener cards.

Imagine you are conducting research into telekinesis or extrasensory perception and how it could be encoded and transmitted or enhanced by radio technology.

It is 1965 and you’re attending a seminar on psychokinesis in a unknown foreign city. The architecture is clean and modern - there are walkways, forums and plazas - all with carefully crafted vistas. It’s high summer and you meet with other delegates to explore your ideas and observations. It is this scenario and narrative that Signals and Codes seeks to convey through a slowly evolving series of pieces.

From the serene warm tones of ‘Documenting Observations’ to the more found sound driven ‘Signals (transmitters and receivers)’ with it’s use of radio static perhaps hinting of the forthcoming developments in communication technology.

I continue to explore this dreamlike impressionistic world through my sound palette of piano, guitar, electronics, treatments and field recordings. Signals and Codes as with The Cloud Machine, further explores a lighter tone. One which drifts and then coalesces occasionally when fragments of melody surface.

Signals and Codes Remixes.

Having been lucky enough to have remixed several artists work in the past, I wanted to extend a similar offer and invite a number of artists whose work I greatly admire to do the same for Signals and Codes. It seemed a great way to launch this album and the new label, Driftworks by creating an album that so many had contributed to.

I am not going to try and describe each piece as they are all unique but in turn, they all contain the essence of the original work and the whole exercise has been completely rewarding.

Signals and Codes Remix is a fascinating reinterpretation of the original album by a broad range of hugely admired and amazing artists. Carefully chosen by Andrew and matched to particular tracks. With instructions to be as creative in their particular style as they wish to be. The result brings an incredible layer of sound experimentation to this album further enhancing the sonic reach of this work.

Huge thanks must go the artists involved who have given their time and creativity to this project.

Driftworks is a small, boutique label based in the UK. We specialise in lower case, ambient and minimal music often containing fragmentary melodies and field recordings. We create hand-made, limited special edition CDs for our artists containing ephemera and other delightful objects.