Missed this, from April:
http://www.corbelstonepress.com/archival-4.htm
― djh, Sunday, 13 July 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
Just noticed (having finished "On Silbury Hill") that Little Toller have commissioned a monograph from Richard Skelton ("Fen Wall").
― djh, Monday, 11 August 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
http://www.corbelstonepress.com/nimrod.htm
― djh, Monday, 15 September 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
Just been delayed by up to a month.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Thursday, 16 October 2014 11:51 (nine years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/16648-richard-skelton-the-inward-circles-interview
― djh, Saturday, 8 November 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link
http://aeolian.bandcamp.com/album/diagrams-for-the-summoning-of-wolves
a new long piece (or short album) by *AR (Skelton/Richardson)
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 15 February 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
Got given this and the inward circles album yesterday - haven't really digested them yet, only a couple of listens each, but they're really great so far, even listening on rubbish laptop speakers which is all I've had a chance to do.
― toby, Sunday, 15 February 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link
Does anyone own any of the particularly nicely packaged releases (as opposed to the jewel case/slip case releases)?
way late on this, but yes - I have a wooden box w/exclusive CD and a load of artifacts - really awesome, one of my favourite things.
― toby, Sunday, 15 February 2015 23:24 (nine years ago) link
I've only ever managed to get any of the bound book editions, but they're all lovely as well.
Once you get to a certain stage with Richard he seems to let you know before general release about things - he sent me a mail at the back end of last year about Summoning of Wolves telling me I could have one of the last book editions.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Sunday, 15 February 2015 23:46 (nine years ago) link
Not Skelton but currently on tour with him and may appeal:
https://surfacetensionriverlea.bandcamp.com/releases
― djh, Sunday, 22 March 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
Toby from the Boomkat thread ... your birthday 2015 Skelton update?
― djh, Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
New Skelton:
http://www.corbelstonepress.com/belatedmovements.htm
― djh, Thursday, 9 April 2015 06:22 (nine years ago) link
I still haven't listened to the previous one but good news regardless
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Thursday, 9 April 2015 09:23 (nine years ago) link
I've enjoyed playing "Belated Moments ..." a lot this week but the timing was particularly good (late night, fading wood burner, cottage in the middle of nowhere, everyone else asleep).
― djh, Saturday, 25 April 2015 22:49 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, this is a really good one.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Saturday, 25 April 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
New version of "Landings":
http://corbelstonepress.com/landings.htm
(Must confess I have lost track of what versions of the album I own now).
― djh, Saturday, 25 April 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link
Must come back to this thread when feeling more eloquent but this is really very good. Liking it a lot.
― djh, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
From Twitter:
Adam Scovell @AdamScovell · 7h7 hours ago Another exciting bit of Holloway news is that it now has an original score by Richard Skelton and it sounds amazing.
― djh, Sunday, 21 June 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
Fancy edition sold out:
http://corbelstonepress.com/memorious-earth.htm
― djh, Thursday, 2 July 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
There's a new fancy edition now.
― djh, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Dear friends,
'Memorious Earth' was the summation of our work in Cumbria, and in early August we'll be moving on, heading north of the border to look for new landscapes in Scotland. We're particularly interested in discovering communities with progressive environmental ideas who are welcoming of the kind of work we do. If you know of any, we'd be delighted to hear from you.
With that in mind, we'll be packing up and putting Corbel Stone Press on temporary hiatus, whilst we travel around Scotland. Whilst we may be able to arrange for some orders to be shipped whilst we are travelling, there may be delays in fulfilling them. All orders made before August 6th will be dispatched as usual.
(A quick note: there are just 3 copies left of the 'Memorious Earth CD-R edition').
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported our work in Cumbria.
With our warmest wishes,
Autumn & Richard.
― djh, Sunday, 2 August 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
http://littletoller.co.uk/bookshop/monographs/beyond-the-fell-wall/
― djh, Thursday, 13 August 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Collection:
http://www.corbelstonepress.com/srl-10th-anniversary.htm
Missed the physical edition of this, completely:
http://theinwardcircles.bandcamp.com/album/i-have-heard-a-music-and-it-is-delirious
― djh, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
I missed that ep as well, somehow.
The collection would be lovely but it's an edition of 10 and even though there's lots there I don't have I think it belongs to the superfans.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
It hasn't sold out yet ...
― djh, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
http://corbelstonepress.com/archival-5.htm
― djh, Saturday, 26 December 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Complete Sustain-Release USB stick. Essential and a bargain.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Thursday, 21 January 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link
Worth having, if you don't have most of the stuff already, certainly.
― djh, Thursday, 21 January 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
I haven't wandered too far away from Skelton's own stuff and Autumn Richards, so since this also includes the Archival Series to date it looks the best way to acquire those.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Friday, 22 January 2016 09:01 (eight years ago) link
Revisting Landings this afternoon. Wonderful record.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 11 February 2016 13:09 (eight years ago) link
http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2016/03/13/the-pale-ladder-selected-poems-texts-by-richard-skelton/
― djh, Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link
I've been on a big mod classical kick (Julia Kent is my other big discovery), and Landings is remarkable. A couple questions about it:
It's out of print? The cheapest copy I can find on Amazon is $26 (and ships from Spain!).Should I jump into The Complete Landings, or would Landings suffice?
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
I'm pretty sure the Type release is out of print now.
You could just go for this ... http://corbelstonepress.com/srl-10th-engraved-usb.htm
― djh, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
https://towardsafrontier.wordpress.com/
― djh, Monday, 6 June 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
Contemplated making myself a "Best of" - or at least, a compilation for enjoying during a week in the Peak District - but suspect I will just end up picking out an album to take.
― djh, Sunday, 19 June 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
http://corbelstonepress.com/andrightlines.htm
― djh, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link
Anyone read Richard's novel?
https://www.corbelstonepress.com/the-look-away
― djh, Sunday, 18 March 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
I dug out an old Clouwbeck CD-r over the weekend - From Which the River Rises - and was captivated enough to think I was might have a revisit of as much of the Skelbo catalogue as I can find/manage.
I sort of feel that - along with Robert Macfarlane - he's got a lot to do with grip the 'lone enraptured male' has on a good deal of nature writing and ambient music. But, having been reminded of the delicacy and immensity he's capable of, I'm inclined from this distance to say baws to all of that and have another go.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
Which as a lone enraptured male myself is jolly decent of me, I think.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
I'm not really sure I would *blame* Skelton for much ... He does what he does very well but this doesn't feel overbearing.
I'm also a fan of Macfarlane and I could see that his "grip" feels more pronounced. I could almost imagine lots of nature-ish books only being repressed if he could be commissioned to write an intro.
I think there's a lot to be gained from immersing yourself in the "Skelbo catalogue".
― djh, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 23:25 (five years ago) link
I don't know why I've come to associate the two - something to do with timing, I suppose, and the proximity to which I discovered both artists. Fwiw, I was mostly being facetious and wasn't calling Skelton's honesty and commitment into question. I met him once (and Autumn), around the time of Landings. He'd just performed a live soundtrack to a contemporary dance piece; he was great, absorbing company. As for Macfarlane, The Wild Places is magnificent.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
Oh, there's definitely a connection - particularly around language (obscure words)/nature.
― djh, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link
Sure, and they've collaborated a few times, right? Skelton is namechecked in The Old Ways and he has a presence in Landmarks, I believe?
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link
Listening to Border Ballads right now and greatly enjoying its Gavin Bryars-esque moods. I'm not acquainted with the rest of his rather extensive catalogue – any particular titles I should check out?
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 July 2019 11:40 (five years ago) link
I'd go straight to Landings, then Box of Birch (under the A Broken Consort name) and maybe the From Which the River Rises EP by Clouwbeck.
The book that accompanies Landings is excellent and you get a real sense of the whole project.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 5 July 2019 11:53 (five years ago) link
Noted. Thanks!
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 July 2019 12:03 (five years ago) link
I'd also suggest going straight for Landings. Strangely, i'd thought this conversation had already happened but I can't see it.
It might be worth searching for one of the compilations of all his tracks.
― djh, Friday, 5 July 2019 23:23 (five years ago) link
Landings thirded. Wolf Notes is another good one.
We've definitely done this before but I don't think there's a different Skelton thread. It's not on the Boomkat Classical thread?
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Saturday, 6 July 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link
While we're at it, how does Border Ballads compare to his previous work?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 6 July 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
I think it's one of the ones I listen to the least (but I might be confusing it with verse of birds).
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Saturday, 6 July 2019 13:52 (five years ago) link
It just came out this year.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 6 July 2019 13:55 (five years ago) link
Then I don't think I've heard it?
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Saturday, 6 July 2019 13:57 (five years ago) link
I am just generally confused these days.
I think that "The Shape Leaves," also under the Broken Consort moniker, is much better than "A Box of Birch," but yes, start with "Landings."
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 6 July 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
You and me both!
― pomenitul, Saturday, 6 July 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
I spent some time listening to various Skelton albums earlier this year and as such the new one didn't make a huge impression on me. It was good but didn't separate itself from the pack for me.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 6 July 2019 16:10 (five years ago) link
New Skelbo sounding great.
https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/these-charms-may-be-sung-over-a-wound
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 26 September 2020 12:35 (three years ago) link
I've yet to comb through his entire discography, but it sounds less pastoral than prior releases? There's more to his work than stylistic stillness, it seems.
― sock solipsist (pomenitul), Saturday, 26 September 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
I've not read anything about the project but it seems less tied to place, which is his usual obsession. And the sound bed seems more, synthetic?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 26 September 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
Good points both. It's what I'm hearing as well – perhaps the 19th century 'scientific' theme called for a more audibly technological soundscape.
― sock solipsist (pomenitul), Saturday, 26 September 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
Anyone keeping up? Just noticed I've missed a version of his new album that included a bonus album.
― djh, Monday, 29 November 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
I think A Great Body might have been the last one I got so I'm probably only 5 or 6 behind.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 29 November 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
I liked These Charms May Be Sung Over a Wound
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 29 November 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
I've liked a lot of the stuff he's released over the course of the past few months, TALUS is probably his most cheery drone yet, and I really like SUTR as well.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 29 November 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link