Phase IV by Artifacts & Uranium feat Mitsuru Tabata
Phase IV was created during the first quarter of 2023. Reuniting Mike Vest and Fred Laird with Nick Raybould who contributed skins to the 2022 highly acclaimed ‘Pancosmology’. With this latest Opus, the trio joined forces with their own Far East Family man Mitsuru Tabata for lead guitar assault and Heavy bass battery.
Influences fly like a bullet train with songs that range from the speed freak biker groove of early 80’s Hawkwind (Yateveo, Life In The Air Raid), Amon Duul 1’s mushroom commune jams (The Mind Alchemists), On U sounds Dark Dub of Creation Rebel (My Dark Places) and Stereolab’s hypnotic floor stomps (Phase IV). Artifacts and Uranium have made their most assured and sonically driven album to date.
### 02.02.2024 - Vinyl will be available from this page in the coming week ###
Tracklist
| 1. | Yatevo | 4:44 |
| 2. | Life in the Air Raid | 3:56 |
| 3. | The Mind Alchemists | 8:00 |
| 4. | Kinetic Flux | 6:33 |
| 5. | My Dark Places | 7:44 |
| 6. | Phase IV | 5:43 |
Credits
Fred Laird (Empty House, Earthling Society, Taras Bulba, Sonic Shamen) – piano, organ, synthesizer, melodica, djembe, Turkish saz, bouzouki, radio frequencies, samples and glitches.
Mike Vest (Bong, Blown Out, Mienakunaru, Modoki, Tomoyuki Trio) – Guitars, synth drones, bass, Turkish saz
Nick Raybould ( Monkey Trial, Glow People) – drums
Mitsuru Tabata ( Acid Mothers Temple, Boredoms, Zeni Geva, Leningrad Blues Machine) – lead guitars and bass
Music Supervision – Fred Laird and Mike Vest
Mixed and Produced by Fred Laird
Mastered by Chris Cordwell
Artwork by Nick Raybould
License
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empty house is the solo work of Fleetwood based musician Fred Laird. Formed in March 2021, empty house is a musical project that fuses electronics, dub, drone and ambient. Buddhism, Clouds, literature, Martial Arts, sleeping all play a part in the themes of Laird's compositions.