‘Bed’ by Stuart Gardham.
Presented in one version.
2025.
A transition between two poles. The first thought of whilst swimming. The second originally more submerged, but inspired into abrasion after early hours dancing to Sandwell District at Strange Brew last spring.
Coaxing motion out of melancholy. Hardness minus machismo. An escape from a retreat.
Stuart Gardham is a Bristol-based musician, who uses electronics, field recordings, sub bass, and strings to construct a sound that is eerie, melancholic and dislocating.
Whilst releasing records under the Wandering Rocks moniker, he also produces explicitly beat-forward tracks and horizontal ambient dronescapes under his own name.