Outline of Nature [LP]

Twilight Sequence - Outline of Nature [LP]

"First released on August 18, 2023, Outline of Nature started as an experiment in building a modular synthesizer system and ended up as a voltage-controlled outpouring of love for the natural world. Sylvan-born and pastoral-powered, sap-blooded and lightning-charged, this album grew out of the damp florescent corners of the woods, each note and sound, a fractal extension of their seedling sounds. It was nurtured into being at The Twilight Research Centre, a studio facility situated on the border of Somerset and Dorset. During Covid lockdown 1.0, I spent the outdoor hours we were permitted, wandering through the center's surroundings, in the green lanes, woodlands and corridors of the wilds with their wary and flickering inhabitants, beneath the distant eyes of the soaring buzzards and the hulking red kites. I didn't expect it, but it was in the quiet, ferociously vibrant dens of nature, that I found a deeply profound connection with the natural world. It once again made sense to feel as much a part of the woods as the trees were; I felt like a natural entity in its habitat again, not something I'd properly felt since running wild through the gullies, dells and fells of the Midlands as a child. And I became afflicted with a powerful urge to build strange electronic sound systems that were organic, chaotic, fractal and in some way reflective of the awesome natural systems that surround us and surround the center. I plugged in the modular, and went searching for signs of life. Adding to this, just before the lockdowns, I stumbled across a three-volume nature encyclopedia in a local charity shop, called Outline of Nature in the British Isles by Sir John Hammerton. The sub-heading reads 'A Comprehensive Photo-Survey of the Varied Life of Field and Hedgerow, Moor and Mountain, River, Pond and Sea,' and it's a stunning collection of grainy photographs, beautiful illustrations and wondrously poetic writing, some of which inspired track titles and of course, the album title. I also rekindled my love of Ladybird nature books such as the What to Look for in Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter series, Birds and How They Live and Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects, rebuilding a small collection I had as a child and discovering numerous volumes new to me. Between the two literary sources, I had a rich well of imagery, writing and pastoral nostalgia to draw from." --Twilight Sequence 01. In The Rural Pattern_x000D_ 02. What To Look For Outside_x000D_ 03. Birds in General: And the Rook_x000D_ 04. Outline of Nature_x000D_ 05. Moths That Rally to a Soundless Call_x000D_ 06. Rotating Seasons_x000D_ 07. All the Animals Under a Fractal Sky