{"product_id":"colin-potter-it-was","title":"Colin POTTER - It Was","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 140 gram vinyl LP\u003cbr\u003eCat: PLA 042\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1st February 2021\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Coldwave\/Synth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlatform 23 is delighted to present music from Colin Potter with It Was, a collection of tracks chosen from his 1989 cassettes Recent History Volumes 1 \u0026amp; 2.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter a burst of activity, mainly on his ICR label, from 1980 - 82, the tapes were the first released music in seven years and highlighted the intervening period.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile much of his earlier recordings have now been reissued by Dark Entries, Deep Distance and Sacred Summits, It Was covers the period where Potter recordings were limited while working as an engineer at his IC Studio, and pre-date his work with Nurse With Wound.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe ambience and guitar of The French Polisher leads to Diary Of A Nobody, an embodiment of Potter, sequencers and guitar against submerged, metallic percussion rising. Dense, claustrophobia follows in Solidarity At Wujeck Colliery towards the guitar refrains of Persistence.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide two starts with Green Fields, where plucked guitars are surrounded and consumed by arpeggios. Propulsion without percussion, the layers of arps shift and redefine before the scatter of Saw with reversed synths and guitar acting as counterbalance. Nine Months, a possible centerpiece, has an autumnal atmosphere; crashing cymbals and ambulant guitar, leading to the closing Ships That Pass In The Night, a hazy drift of slowly sequenced synths \u0026amp; primitive voice samples.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Platform 23","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36565855174812,"sku":"PLA 042","price":19.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/ColinPOTTER-ItWas.jpg?v=1603278807","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/colin-potter-it-was","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}