On the original version of "Tender Is The Nitis", a Mexican Maricachi band crosses the path of a Sufi mystic singing a lament. The resultant sounds stir the sleep of long gone sonic pioneers, whose blessings and vibrations reverberate back to earth, mutated and fragmented from the journey. Somehow this comes out sounding like epic space funk with something for every continent.
Pendle Coven twist the tenderness away, leaving the rambling, distorted voices of mad spirits, colliding as they speak in unknown tongues. A rhythmical tyrant forces order with heavyweight bass ((boots and slashing, razor sharp snares. Finally, The Coven relent, and allow the tenderness back in.
On the Lost N Found Version, echoes of a nursery rhyme melody float over disco breaks weighted with the ghostly sounds of abandoned industry. Snatches of flute appear like the distant sunshine viewed from beneath the clouds hanging over Manchester. This version was inspired by the Lost and Found social centre in Manchester. Temporary Autonomous Arts - Taking disused space and bringing it to life…
Paradigm X's version of "Shape Yer Self" alludes to being a half speed, spacious, dub rework of the original. Lulled into relaxation, you suddenly find yourself in a car crash, but you love it like a deviant in a David Cronenberg film. Paradigm X does a hit and run on banal break-beat styles and brings us acid thunder! The original "Shape Yer Self" will be on sc002.
