My Secret Alphabet, by Charles Hayward

My Secret Alphabet

by Charles Hayward

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1.	Hilly fields 03:32	buy track
2.	Unearthing Fossil Fuels 04:55	buy track
3.	November Building 04:05	buy track
4.	Slow Air 03:42	buy track
5.	Seventy Two, Trade White 06:10	buy track
6.	Rumour is Mobile 04:14	buy track
7.	Slim Pickens 01:32	buy track
8.	My Secret Alphabet 03:08	buy track
9.	Thick Skin, Paper Thin 12:10	buy track
10.	Outcomelt 09:13	buy track

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This is the fourth album by Charles Hayward,
published in 1993.

This record is born from a collaboration between Charles Hayward (founder of This Heat & The Camberwell Now) and multi-instrumentalist Nick Doyne-Ditmas. After Survive the Gesture (songs), Skew-Whiff (tribute to Mark Rothko) and Switch on War (music from the armchair theatre of war), this release reunites the song writing, improvised music and sonic researches in a more positive way to look at the world. Songs and soundfields, a résumé of Charles' universe.

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released January 30, 2016

"What interested me is the way certain shapes, figures and textures would reappear in completely different context as if made of different material. It was like a long line, a series of very strong moments that all seemed to relate to each other. It's like breaking a dream but also keeping the dream going. The shapes are there but you can't understand why they are there. That was a big influence for me in terms of constructing the record as a long and winding shape. The lyrics make a lot of sense in a linear way first and as the record develops it becomes more and more like snapshots and you can't really work out what you are focusing on." This album offers a wide variety of musical landscapes that ranges from clear pop songs (Hilly Fields, Unearthing Fossil Fuels, My Secret Alphabet....) to ambient instrumental pieces."
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