Ferric Afterglow by Craig Johnson + Matt Atkins
A septet of meditative tape loops, refined reverie and asynchronous daydreams.
"In these seven pieces, they play around with these obscured sounds, bringing them to live with tape loops, but nothing becomes very static, as they keep things moving forward and backwards....it’s all obscured by layers of hazy manipulations of worn-out magnetic tape."
Frans De Waard, Vital Weekly
www.vitalweekly.net/number-1487/
"It is wonderfully hazy, so much that it’s quite impossible to describe or identify any of the sounds here. Although, you will have those occasional moment in which the faintest memory of a sound is heard before disappearing back into the ether. Divided up into seven parts of roughly equivalent length, Johnson & Atkins take us into a strange and vaguely beautiful journey that feels otherworldly. "
On The Fringes of Sound, June 2025
www.onthefringesofsound.com/2025/06/craig-johnson-matt-atkins-ferric.html
All sounds and visuals a collaboration at a distance.
Originally released on Steep Gloss tapes.
https://steepgloss.bandcamp.com/album/ferric-afterglow
With thanks to Craig and Ross.
Tracklist
| 1. | Part One | 5:36 |
| 2. | Part Two | 4:32 |
| 3. | Part Three | 5:28 |
| 4. | Part Four | 5:26 |
| 5. | Part Five | 5:54 |
| 6. | Part Six | 4:36 |
| 7. | Part Seven | 4:50 |
Credits
License
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Matt Atkins is a London based sound and visual artist whose principle interests are reductionism, chance, repetition and texture. He uses objects, percussion instruments, occasionally a laptop and cassette recorders to create sound collages in both the recorded medium and live, often in collaborative performances. He runs the label Minimal Resource Manipulation.