The Swifter, by The Swifter

The Swifter

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1.	End Of Capstan Bars 12:59	buy track
2.	Neap Tide 06:50	buy track
3.	Swallow 09:56	buy track
4.	Wave Guidance Allows Three 12:57	buy track

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Track listing:
A1: End of Capstan Bars
A2: Neap Tide
B1: Swallow
B2: Wave Guidance Allows Three

Presenting The Swifter – a trio featuring Andrea Belfi (drums and percussion), BJNilsen (electronics) and Simon James Phillips (piano).

Their debut album documents the first encounter of the three musicians. Recorded live in the Grunewald Church, Berlin, careful attention was given to capturing the unique resonant acoustic offered by the airy, stone building, exhibiting the broad palate of aesthetic qualities the group are able to create. Subtly evolving sound worlds that evoke, at times, the loneliness within a ship’s hold; a relentlessly driven wall of harmonically rich sound or a sonic fog that lifts to reveal a delicate instrumental discourse.

Nilsen sources material from the soundboard of the giant Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand played by Phillips. This setup facilitates a oneness of sound that Nilsen subtly manipulates to either augment or contrast against the unique sonic world of Phillips’ playing – which is carefully punctuated or driven by Belfi’s distinctive style.

The album's cover features double-exposure photography shot by Chris Bigg (David Sylvian/4AD).

WHO#02 is available as a limited edition vinyl LP and as FLAC download on The Wormhole, a byproduct of The Tapeworm.

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released October 22, 2012

Drums and percussion: Andrea Belfi. Electronics: BJNilsen. Piano: Simon James Phillips. Recorded by Mattef Kuhlmey at the Grunewaldkirche, Berlin, September 2011. Mixed by The Swifter. Cut by Jason Goz at Transition Mastering Studios, London, August 2012. Photography by Chris Bigg.

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