Willie Gibson - Saint Ex [10 Indie Exclusive]

GARE DU NORD (CODE7)

£16.81

Cat. no: GDN45026
Format: 10 Indie Exclusive
Barcode: 684910295901
Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Genre: Experimental/Electronic

Wind Sand And Stars is a wonderful and poetic book by the enigmatic author and aviator, Antoine de Saint Exupery and was the inspiration of this EP - an aerial voyage through the elements realised by Willie Gibson in his modular synth-based studio out in the wilds of Cambridgeshire

Gibson's 18-minute original piece takes the same meticulous sound design and sequencing approach - this time the addition of occasional vocal lines and real drums steers it more in the direction of electronic artists like Tangerine Dream or Harald Grosskopf, while some of the slower passages have the same dark European exotica of David Bowie's mid 70s Berlin electronica explorations.

Saint- Ex was conceived as a single recorded work but in fve defned sections, inspired by passages and scenes in the book. Saint-Exupery went missing over the Mediterranean on a routine reconnaissance fight in July 1944 - neither the aircraft nor his body were ever recovered.

Pressing of 250.

Tracks: Wind Sand & Stars / Dawn Flight / Cap Juby / Black Pebbles on a White
Plateau / July '44