instamatic series editions

the first editions in the 'instamatic' series. Releases feature mainly one take recordings capturing simple moments in each location. The recordings were made on days when recording was initiated for my own pleasure & without any advance preparation or pre-concieved aim. It's often the case that one ventures out with ones equipment & spends several hours recording only to return without any recordings that hold the attention. The instamatic series was concieved to present recordings that were pleasant, simple suprises.

Each release comes in a folded card outer sleeve containing the cd & an original, limited digital photographic print.

3 new releases by Jez riley French:

instamatic # 1 - Bridlington harbour & Thornwick Bay
hydrophone recordings made in June 2008 egcd024
3inch cdr - folded photo print sleeve + photographic digital print
click here to listen to extract

prices UK inc p&p £5.00 overseas inc p&p £6.00

instamatic # 2 - Vienna
binaural recording made sitting by the Danube waiting for a train, September 2008 egcd025
3inch cdr - folded photo print sleeve + photographic digital print
click here to listen to an extract

prices

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instamatic # 3 & 4 - Ghent
# 3 - Ghent bird market
# 4 - Ghent beguinage
recorded with binaural, contact & stereo microphones in Ghent, October 2008 egcd026
3inch cdr - folded photo print sleeve + photographic digital print
click here to listen to an extract

prices

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pocklington canal head (extract)

mp3 extract (please note: this track has been reduced in quality for mp3 format)

pocklington canal head (hphone) 2 mp3.mp3

Jez riley French - 'pocklington canal head / wansford canal and watton beck'

. pocklington canal head (early afternoon)



.. wansford canal and watton beck (early afternoon)



these waterways, close to my home in east yorkshire, have been a source of many days pleasure over the years. I have always had a fondness for small rivers and canals - thier banks to walk, thier unique hold on local wildlife and of course the varied and constantly fascinating, evolving sounds that exist due to thier pressence.



here are two pieces created from recordings made with hand-made and other hydrophones.



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review from 'The Wire' (December 2008 issue):

'two pieces comprising untreated field recordings of Yorkshire waterways, recorded with the composer's self built hydrophones. He insists that it's not the technical perfection of a location recording that he's after, but a sense of emotional interaction with the landscape. That's not to say that he's slapdash with his methods - both tracks have a fabulously evocative tactile quality that clearly demonstrates the composer's attention to, and delight in the most minute details of sound. The result of such open-hearted diligence is a brief, captivating mini-cd, beautifully packaged (Richard Skelton's work comes to mind), and which reminds us that listening is the most important part of composition' - Keith Moline



. limited edition release (46 copies)

. photo print and paper folded cover

. vintage postcard mounted cd

cd edition sold out

Jones / Palacy / French - 'tierce'

eg.pcd001: tierce - Daniel Jones / Ivan Palacky / Jez riley French

*8cm cdr on printed postcard / in plastic sleeve*

Tierce (mp3 extract)

recorded @ seeds & bridges (afternoon)

Daniel Jones - e-guitar, turntable, electronics, objects.

Ivan Palacky - dopleta 160 knitting machine

Jez riley French - guzheng, zither, field recordings, objects

prices (inc p&p)

UK inc. p&p £5.00overseas inc p&p £6.00

review from 'just outside' (Brian Olewnick):

'I'm increasingly at a loss for things to say about work like this, especially when I enjoy it, which I very much do in this case. Descriptions are inevitably feeble but simply observing that it somehow conjures up a situation, a place, a real or imagined environment and does so convincingly doesn't do justice either. I will say the trio (Jones, guitar, turntable, contact mic, objects, mixer; Palacky, Dopleta 180 amplified knitting machine (!); French, field recordings, guzheng, zither, objects) strike a delicate balance, managing to capture something of a field recording feel in their improvisations (certain taps, for instance, evoking the naturally irregular rhythms of water drops), that the performance tumbles along like a quiet stream over a complex bed. It's really, really good (a 3", by the way) and you should hear it'

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