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DUNCAN, JOHN & JOACHIM NORDWALL - Conventional Wisdom

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: iDEAL Recordings iDEAL182 Release Year: 2019 Note: first time full length collab. by JOHN DUNCAN (vocals) with JOACHIM NORDWALL (synths, drum machine, and vocals on one track), ed. of 300 copies "...his original lyrics in stark arrangements ranging from shortwave radio-streaked dark ambient settings and Mika Vainio-esque isolationism, to deathly dubs driven by Nordwall’s rugged rhythms in a style that heavily recalls Jay Glass Dubs’ recent ‘Epitaph’ LP." Price (incl. 19% VAT): €20.00 More Info "Venerable avant-garde composer John Duncan follows his prized cycle of cover versions ‘Bitter Earth’ [2016] with ‘Conventional Wisdom’; a truly beguiling new suite of original, stony avant-blooz songs produced in collaboration with iDEAL boss Joachim Nordwall, and marking another high point in both of their catalogues After coming out as a vocalist to memorably striking effect in 2016, Duncan compounds the effect with ‘Conventional Wisdom’, placing his original lyrics in stark arrangements ranging from shortwave radio-streaked dark ambient settings and Mika Vainio-esque isolationism, to deathly dubs driven by Nordwall’s rugged rhythms in a style that heavily recalls Jay Glass Dubs’ recent ‘Epitaph’ LP."