{"product_id":"philip-perkins-king-of-the-world","title":"Philip Perkins - King Of The World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: CHN001\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: Aug 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Experimental\/Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePACAL\u003cbr\u003e (THE SHIELD)\u003cbr\u003e A1. Opening\u003cbr\u003e A2. Childhood\u003cbr\u003e A3. Hunting\u003cbr\u003e A4. Coronation and Wedding\u003cbr\u003e A5. War\u003cbr\u003e A6. Funeral\u003cbr\u003e A7. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SIDE TWO:\u003cbr\u003eKING OF THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003e (ASSURNASPIRAL II)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e B1. Morning (The Plains)\u003cbr\u003e B2. Afternoon (The Village)\u003cbr\u003e B3. Evening (The Courtyard)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MARCUS AURELIUS\u003cbr\u003e (THE STOIC)\u003cbr\u003eB4. Coronation March\u003cbr\u003e B5. Duty\u003cbr\u003e B6. Trying\u003cbr\u003e B7. Horizon\u003cbr\u003e B8. A Walk Outside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Formerly a musician, cinematographer and lighting designer with The Residents and a student of “Blue” Gene Tyranny, Philip Perkins issued this astounding release on his own Fun Music label in 1983.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Perkins often worked in topographical realms, crafting environment-enriching soundscapes, albeit on a micro level.\u003cbr\u003e Taking cues from minimalism, environmental field recordings and home-baked ceremonial mantras, King Of The World is a meditation on the lives of three ancient kings who believed themselves to be the ruler of all mankind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The post-Hassell currents of Fourth World music unavoidably come to mind. King Of The World sits comfortably amongst the backwards-referencing style of more recent producers - but Perkins was a contemporary of the famed trumpeter and he alchemises a DIY spirit and sound art aesthetic into his own unique province of Magic Realism. Off-centre loops of African hand percussion are overlaid with a palette of water trickles, bird calls and mutant Casio synthesizer forming deceptively simple rhythmic and textural collages, always at a level just above subliminal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Remastered in Brooklyn by Josh Bonati and with new sleeve artwork by the internationally acclaimed book designer Luke Bird.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"chOOn!!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41820932669596,"sku":"CHN001","price":22.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/unnamed_1_731b260c-b152-43bb-a6f6-2a842de27aa4.jpg?v=1659600373","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/philip-perkins-king-of-the-world","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}