Dead Air [LP]

Mordant Music - Dead Air [LP]

Originally released December 3, 2021. Castles in Space presents the first ever vinyl release for Mordant Music's landmark 2006 release Dead Air. Remastered for vinyl with all new artwork from Admiral Greyscale. "Dead air" is what broadcasters are supposed to avoid at all costs, what continuity personnel are employed to plug up with pleasantries. Mordant's fascination with that lost figure, the TV announcer, led them to track down Philip Elsmore, whose warm, soothing tones will be recognizable to anyone who grew up in the UK in the 1970s from his work for ITV regional franchises like Tyne Tees and Thames. The duo persuaded Elsmore to come out of retirement and provided continuity for Dead Air, his reassuring voice applied to an increasingly bizarre series of utterances, from "apologies for the sundry glitches -- in the meantime, keep your nerve" to "the following contains graphic scenes of a strobing magpie's wing" to "keep sporing in the nessst." Near the end, Elsmore declares that "Mordant Music will be back once the dust has settled with more vague unpleasantness." "A mild sense of apprehension is actually far more acute than out-and-out drama," says Greyscale. "It's everyday, what the Mordant virus feeds on." 01. Transmission Start Up_x000D_ 02. Post-Apocalypse Listings_x000D_ 03. Plant Room_x000D_ 04. Interdependent Authority_x000D_ 05. Thames Over Nijmegen_x000D_ 06. Malcolm's Driven Me Wild_x000D_ 07. We Are The Mean_x000D_ 08. Man on a Spool_x000D_ 09. Expendable Productions_x000D_ 10. The Black Crush_x000D_ 11. No Harvest_x000D_ 12. Read Between the Raster_x000D_ 13. Obituaries_x000D_ 14. Cirrhosis of the Booth_x000D_ 15. Survival Ltd._x000D_ 16. Winding Ourselves Into the Ground_x000D_ 17. Proof-Read By Spores_x000D_ 18. Germoir_x000D_ 19. Fallen Faces_x000D_ 20. Tosaki Closedown_x000D_ 21. Dead Air: Side One (Remastered)_x000D_ 22. Dead Air: Side Two (Remastered)_x000D_ 23. Dead Air: Side Three (Remastered)_x000D_ 24. Dead Air: Side Four (Remastered