Mellotron Phase: Volume 1, by Papernut Cambridge

Mellotron Phase: Volume 1

by Papernut Cambridge

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The gaye device Floating around Device Manor in a psychedelic haze. Perfect mellotron musical movements for sunny days spent in a dreamy 60s vibe. Grab a copy of the double cd containing volume 2 too!

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Both volumes of the Mellotron Phase 10" vinyl, sleeved and inside a wide spine slip case with blue/orange artwork, plus an A3 strip poster featuring the Lego Mellotron in Singapore Botanic Gardens. Hyper limited: this is a numbered edition of 40.

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Mellotron Phase: Volumes 1 & 2 on one CD. The disc comes in a card wallet with orange/blue artwork plus an insert card featuring the cover art from the two LPs.

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	1.	Five Wheels 02:43
	2.	Halogen Mist 02:28
	3.	Mint Roadster 02:23
	4.	Dandelion Dawn 02:33
	5.	Three O'Clock 02:12
	6.	Gitane 02:05
	7.	Carnaby Cathedral 03:01
	8.	Puppet Shop 02:33
	9.	Riviera 02:41
	10.	Advantage Soho 02:08
	11.	Dreams of Persephone 02:52

about

This is an instrumental production music library album made for Ravenwood Music Ltd.
With the exception of drums, bass guitar, percussion and the echo guitar on Riviera, all the instrument sounds on this record were made originally by a Mellotron or one of its contemporary tape/disc based playback instruments.
The sounds were picked from GForce’s M-Tron Pro tape libraries including those for the Chamberlin, Optigan, Orchestron, and the complete Streetly Tapes collection. Almost exclusively the basic, mono, unedited patches were used to preserve the tone and functionality of the original instruments. Parts have sometimes been layered or doubled to produce composite sounds. Tuning issues have sometimes been addressed, sometimes not.
Drums were recorded with two microphones - kick and overhead. Bass was overdubbed direct through Logic’s Amp Designer.
Mix effects and processing used: GSI Type 4 spring reverb, GSI Watkat, Waves Kramer Pie compressor and Waves Real ADT. Tape phasing effects were achieved by manually manipulating the varispeed on a duplicated mix running alongside the original.

Press & Quotes:

"An impeccably crafted work of contemporary jazzy, occasionally proggy psychedelia...."
- Shindig! Magazine (joint #1 Best New Album 2017)

"This is quite something else, its sly fusion of 60’s mercurial, the flashing of baroque phrasings, the teasing of soft psych floral posies and the vintage tweaking of a sun peeled hymnal grandness all converge to endow this with a deeply adoring village green rustic elegance possessed of touch traces of Douglas Gamley."
- The Sunday Experience

"A creative triumph."
- Louder Than War

credits

released September 20, 2017

All tracks written and produced by Ian Button.
Originally published by Ravenwood Music Ltd.
Drum session recorded by Jon Clayton at One Cat Studio.
Lego Mellotron photos by Daniel Kerson (www.musicalbrick.com).
Thanks to Martin Smith at Streetly Electronics (www.mellotronics.com) for all the help and encouragement.

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Papernut Cambridge Folkestone, UK

Kent based project formed by Ian Button - formerly guitarist with Death In Vegas, Thrashing Doves and many others, now prolific underground producer/writer (Go-Kart Mozart etc...) and co-founder of Gare du Nord Records in 2013.

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