Speaker EP by Expedient Self

SubCastCo is super buzzed to welcome Expedient Self to our aquatic vessel.

I first heard this work on a weekend where for some universally signposted reason I encountered three albums by solo artists working the fertile field of guitar loops. Pleasingly, they were all very different.

'Speaker' is a wonderful, idiosyncratic and original take on the loop strategy.

Expedient Self is Brighton, UK based artist Simon Chandler. Active since 2019 releasing 2 previous EP's and a single.

The EP 'Chairs' was reviewed in The Wire.

"Chairs

Expedient Self MC

Expedient Self is a solo electric guitar project created by Brighton's Simon Chandler. He uses looped figures to create an array of different sounds, which he piles up in ways that resemble Frippertronics NOT ONE WHIT. Even the quieter pieces tend toward dissonance in a way that most such music does not, and the more active passages can be almost (fr)antic (sic).
Chandler has a great sense of how to assemble discordant elements into a weirdly coherent whole, creating a very heavy ambience that is not ambient at all."

Tracklist

1.	Dependents	4:37

2.	I Believe: You Believe	6:52

3.	Santy Klaus È Död	4:12

4.	Face	5:20

5.	Christian Civilisation	2:22

Credits

released February 14, 2025

Composed, performed and produced by Simon Chandler.

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