It's a strange experience. I mean, there you are driving through the most beautiful countryside you have ever seen, turning into charming valleys, Tyrolean style houses nestling on the narrow plains between the hills, the scent of wood-smoke in the clean country air. Then you turn that corner, and there it is. It takes your breath away, the sheer vastness of the plant. They say it provides power for the whole of the northern seaboard, pylon after pylon, cable after cable, not that we're allowed there any more. In my mind, I wrap them in clear plastic, I don't want to see their inherent ugliness, I don't want my fingers to get burned.
As if in some bizarre act of symbolism, the road splits in to many a fork, just beyond a small roundabout, upon which an angry looking gentleman of colour sits banging maniacally on an old bass drum. You can't see where any of the forks lead, all curve out of sight, some lead into night, many are likely dead ends. It makes you wonder why they put them there in the first place. Testing us. That's my theory. No signposts, nothing to suggest the correct route, so which do I take? Close your eyes, man, don't listen to anybody, don't look at anybody, especially not the one man who is out there to look at. Don’t look at him. Take a deep breath, put your foot on the throttle, give it ten seconds, and if you haven't hit anything, open your eyes. Oh fuck...
Formed psychotronic / experimental rock band Magic Moments At Twilight Time in 1986, went on to produce 13 albums across the
following decade (with varying line ups). Founded the Music & Elsewhere underground tape label in 1992, releasing 600 titles up to 2003. A lost decade, then released some digital collections from 2013-19, now recording again with broad spectrum experimentalists Magic Bullet....more
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