The Vanishing - Songs for Psychotic Children - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Various Artists - The Legendary Marshall Family, Vol. 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/24/2002

Vanishing is the unique creative project of Gareth Smith, a working class time-served engineer turned artistic world builder who has traded in his toolbox for the means to write evocative music and resonant lyrics. His stunning new album Shelter Of The Opaque seizes quotidian reality and either scrapes away at the veneer to reveal the awful machinery of how things are underneath or overlays it with a gossamer filigree to suggest how they could be instead. The musician - who was born in Hull but now lives and works in Manchester and has worked previously with Lonelady and Gnod - dove deep into his family history on previous albums, 55°N, 5°E (2021) and Ends Without Redress (2023), to tell the story of his great grandfather George Henry Smith who died in the Dogger Bank Incident of 1904 when Russian warships mistook a fleet of British trawlers for the enemy and opened fire. But this time he knew that creative change was necessary. Work started on building the skeleton of the album in 2018 with a session at the utopian cultural space, WORM in Rotterdam, featuring his trusty lieutenant, saxophonist Karl D'Silva (Drunk In Hell) and modular synth player Sam Weaver (Cuspeditions); while strings were added later by Abstract Concrete members Otto Willberg and Agathe Max plus Ecka Mordecai in Manchester. Smith guided the sessions via a series of simple imagistic commands, only adding his vocals after the music was done.

This album, which was reconstructed in the studio based on the arrangements that were polished at live performances, is an album that directly conveys the stage of Ogre You Asshole, and fans who are captivated by Ogre's addictive live performances. , is a studio recording that can be widely recommended to listeners who love the album, as well as future listeners who are interested but have never seen or heard it. Ogre You Asshole ProfileManabu Deto (Vo, Gt) / Kei Mabuchi (Gt) / Takashi Katsuura (Dr) / Takashi Shimizu (Ba) Ogre You Asshole is one of the bestlive bands in modern Japan, producing many followers with it's mellow psychedelia. After producing a guitar sound synchronized with the US indies in the 2000s, he produced a conceptual trilogy of 'homely', '100 years later', and 'paper craft' that incorporated elements such as psychedelic rock and krautrock under the production of Hiroshi Ishihara. . The first self-produced song 'Before letting go of the steering wheel' was highly acclaimed for it's successful expansion of the band's unique expression. In 2010, he was invited to an American tour of 18 locations in the United States and Canada. 2014 Fuji Rock Festival White Stage Appearance. 2018 Held a one-man live at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall. In September 2019, the album 'Atarashii Hito' was released. In 2020, 'Asa (alternate version) / (Akuma no Numa remix)' and 'workshop3' were released. 2022 Performed at Fuji Rock Festival Red Marquee. Ogreyouasshole. Track list 01. Before you let go of the steering wheel02. Tanishi03. Brain exercise04. Simple freedom05. Can't sleep (Alternate ver. )06. Black window07. Wiper08. Once again in that mood (CR-5000 ver. )