Flaer - Preludes [Cassette]

Odda Recordings

£12.58

Format: Cassette
Catalogue No.: ODA01C
Barcode: 843190090167
Release Date: 17 Nov 2023
Genre: Ambient/Acoustic

Limited edition cassette in signed and numbered print (140 copies). Non-Returnable.

“A miniature masterpiece of the instrumental uncanny” the Quietus

“The sonic analogue of a blissful summer’s afternoon” 4/5 Mojo

“Pastoral tranquility cedes to darker forces” 4/5 Songlines

“Thoughts of The Wicker Man and A Field In England can easily be conjured by the black beauty there is here” 4/5 Record Collector

“Hedgerow greens and sky blue translucence register as vividly as a stroll through the tranquil countryside” Electronic Sound

Limited black vinyl LP w/ signed + numbered print (500 copies). Non-Returnable.
Artist and multi-instrumentalist Flaer looks to the landscape to explore pastoral melancholy on debut release, Preludes.

Ensconced in his family home in rural Leicestershire in the early months of 2020, painter and musician Realf Heygate (b. 1994) picked up his childhood cello for the first time in several years and began to play. Setting himself parameters to only record onto 4-track tape with acoustic instruments – cello, piano and acoustic guitar – he assembled a suite of instrumental compositions that form the basis of Preludes, his debut album as Flaer and the inaugural release on Odda Recordings.

Channelling the tension and unease between the pastoral idyll of the English countryside and the darkness which lurks beneath the surface, the mini-album draws inspiration from the analogue aesthetic of 1970s folk horror films, weaving field recordings of birdsong, church bells and the natural environment into chimerical melodies that reflect on Heygate’s childhood experiences of rural England.

- Flaer’s Preludes is the first release on Odda Recordings
- Odda’s inaugural release will see Leicestershire-based artist, pianist and cellist Flaer explore themes of memory and the pastoral uncanny on 7-track mini-album Preludes

LP | Digital:
A1. 1. Hew (2.47)
A2. 2. The Hill (2.17)
A3. 3. Pasture (2.18)
A4. 4. Forever Never (3.53)
B1. 5. Landlock (2.18)
B2. 6. Magnolia (3.08)
B3. 7. Follow (3.56)