Feast your ears! This eagerly-awaited EP is a musical summit in all respects: a meeting of minds returned from remote audio peaks with a knapsack of treasure. The Cream Canteens are Marco Sebastian Christ (ne:o, Shortcuts) and Mike Parker-Bray (Keyboard Rebel), who ping-pong their ideas to and fro between their dwellings in Dresden and Dartmoor.
The Canteens fuse their digital experiments with the wiles of ancient folklore, creating a palette that is all their own. Each track is a bittersweet quest, moving from melodic flute ditties to sonic fuzz barrage, from lo-fi tinkering to laser-synth pyrotechnics. These warm-hearted tunes are guided by a firm hand on the tiller, with a daydream nod to the darker shores…
The Cream Canteens are Marco Sebastian Christ (ne:o) and Mike Parker-Bray (Keyboard Rebel), who ping-pong their ideas to and fro between their dwellings in Dresden and Dartmoor.
The duo met on a tour with aaahh records in 2009, and bonded over a shared love of Sebastian’s key-tar.