Fourth Density by Daniel O'Sullivan
Second in a series of 3 LPs of Library Music miniatures from composer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel O’Sullivan (Æthenor, Ulver, This is Not This Heat, etc) following 2020’s Electric Māyā. For heads, the term “Library Music” in 2021 might evoke dodgy Italian gray market LPs and crate diggers hunting for “funky breaks” - but London’s venerable KPM Music is working with groundbreakers like Daniel to open up new avenues for composers to experiment. Fourth Density’s 15 tracks include several beguiling instrumental beauties, including the Ashra-like “Astral Survivor” and the drifty “Faster Than Light.” Mixed in with the instrumental are almost-pop gems like the hypnotic “Orgone Attenuation” and “Head In The Belfry,” both with guest vocals from Astrud Steeholder. Like the other volumes, this is in a beautiful jacket designed by Dan and Turner Prize-nominee Mark Titchner and pressed on aesthetically complimentary blue vinyl.
Tracklist
| 1. | Perpetual Ascension | 3:36 |
| 2. | Fruiting Bodies | 2:47 |
| 3. | Astral Survivor | 3:10 |
| 4. | Orgone Attenuation | 3:01 |
| 5. | It's All You | 2:38 |
| 6. | Head In The Belfry | 2:43 |
| 7. | The Fothering | 3:26 |
| 8. | Arming The Seraphim | 2:59 |
| 9. | Faster Than Light | 3:09 |
| 10. | Pearl Divers | 2:30 |
| 11. | Moondrops | 2:36 |
| 12. | Palo Sagrado | 3:55 |
| 13. | Saraswati | 3:04 |
| 14. | Swampland Flowers | 3:37 |
| 15. | Slips Of Yew | 2:27 |
Credits
All music composed and assembled by Daniel O’Sullivan at Dream Lion Studios, London for the KPM Music Library in the year 2019 using voice, piano, viola, guitars, autoharp, drums, percussion, synthesizers, tapes, field recordings, clarinet, flute, recorder, harmonium, and electronic tanpura.
Astrud Steeholder sings on Perpetual Ascension, Orgone Attenuation and Head In The Belfry
Ivy O’Sullivan sings on Saraswati
Francois Testory sings on Faster Than Light
Martin MacDougal plays synthesizer on Faster Than Light
Vinyl edition by VHF Recordings
Mastering by Noel Summerville
Front Collage by Daniel O’Sullivan
Design and Layout by Mark Titchner
Thanks and praise to Paul Sandell, Bill Kellum, Kerry O’Sullivan, Yukimaro Takematsu and Mark Titchner
Devoted to Alan Perry and The Dhyana Centre
