Lost Causes by Ollie Turbitt

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ollie turbitt is a composer, writer, and multi-instrumentalist based in edinburgh, uk. as well as providing guitar and bass duties for a handful of local bands, he has pursued a fluctuating solo career in avant-garde exploration. under the pseudonyms oxhead, sforza gramsci, oj turbitt, hermetic gaze and others, his self-released cassettes, usbs and digital albums have aimed to express ideas of cultural memory, false consciousness and mysticism/esotericism through improvisation, sound collage, ambient textures, laptop experimentation and field recordings. ollie also runs dead hound records, which serves as a platform for both his own material and an increasing list of international experimental acts.

Tracklist

1.	I - Schüttbild Overture	4:08

2.	II - Moth Orchid	6:04

3.	III - An Interesting Place	3:16

4.	IV - Ave Apigenin	7:30

5.	V - His Own Dome Of Heaven	4:47

6.	VI - Illyrian Cist	12:16

Credits

released February 5, 2021

"'Lost Causes' took a few extremely busy months to complete. The only time I had to work on music was either extremely early in the morning, or extremely late at night (both become the same thing at some point, of course). After releasing a couple of electronica-centric releases earlier in the year, I decided to change tack and focus on much denser, drone-oriented ambient textures instead. Each track was individually inspired by a different person or phenomenon. On the whole, the writing process was heavily inspired by the myriad obsessions I had during the time of writing: the traditional music of Turkey & Lebanon, the aktion-oriented art of Joseph Beuys & Hermann Nitsch, the sprawling canvasses of Rothko, Kiefer & Tobey, Spinoza’s monism, Hildegard von Bingen’s mysticism, Gregorian chant, the Spanish Civil War, European mystery plays and the autumnal Scottish landscape. I also had the real pleasure of collaborating with Austin Barnes, a good friend of mine, whose work I deeply admire. As such, “Lost Causes” is dedicated to everybody I interacted with over this busy period of my life (you know who you are) - thanks very much for everything!"

- Ollie Turbitt

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ollie turbitt - laptop, tape players, soft synths, samples, field recordings, etc.

austin barnes - spoken word on track 3

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composed, recorded & mastered by ollie turbitt in october/november/december 2020.

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artwork by ellen beskow

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