MP Hopkins and Mark Harwood - Disfigured with Abbreviations (excerpt) by Penultimate Press published on 2018-07-25T15:26:39Z Taken from the Penultimate Press LP Disfigured with Abbreviations (PP36) Debut recording from two troubadours of oppositional creep. Inspired by Philip K. Dick and the useless machines that haunt us all, Disfigured with Abbreviations is a roundtable exquisite corpse which crawls through a miraculous environment, at once sensual and sinister. How is it that the perpetual promise of a future lands us in a deeper quagmire? How do two gentlemen with scruffy vocabularies fall into a sonic landscape of such haunted beauty? Following their debut live performance on the rooftop of a bakery in Northcote, Victoria in January 2018 Harwood and Hopkins soon set about making a recording. Initially structured with individual recordings placed on each other regardless of content and positioning. These works soon evolved into a rich labyrinth of found sound, field recordings, electronics and voice with all elements mapping out a landscape heroic in it’s embracing of utter failure. Artwork by MP Hopkins and Mark Harwood. Comes with a printed inner disco sleeve housed in a charming reverse board sleeve. Limited edition of 250 copies. Genre Electronic Comment by Tarantellelectecnmentalcidungeoniriphosphenicore PHOSPHENISM: The phenic system consists of: • The phosphene, which corresponds to the sense of sight. • Tinnitus, which is the internal equivalent of the sense of hearing. • The gustatofen, a source of the sense of taste. • Olfactofene, a sense of smell. • Pneumophen, respiratory phenomena. • Osteophene, linked to the vibration of the bone and tendinous structure. • The statophene or gyrophenes, phenyl of the sense of balance. • Myofen, phenome of muscle activity. • Tactofen, which corresponds to the sense of touch. • The subjective perception of time 2018-10-09T08:42:24Z