Ancient Paths
by Morlock
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Ancient Paths
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Morningside
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Rendezvous at Hobb's End
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Be Golden and Light
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Kirby Oberon
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Martian Church
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Wayfarers All
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Rotwang's Furnace
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Arp Angel
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Fitzwitch
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Caustic Mists
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Godspeed the Plough!
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Blasted Heath Parts 1&2
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about
Prog doom drummer du jour Andrew Prestidge branches out into the field of electronic music with his solo synthesizer project Morlock!
After several years spent holding down the drum stool with legendary doom metallers Warning and prog bands Zoltan, The Osiris Club and Suns Of The Tundra, Andrew sat down with his keyboard collection, a 4-track recorder and a selection of sonic screwdrivers to create a new kind of music.
The space-rock jams contained on 'Ancient Paths' are influenced as much by retro synth artists Kraftwerk, Heldon, Tubeway Army and OMD as they are by the sci-fi soundtracks of John Carpenter and the folk-horror that seeps into every corner of the British Isles. Andrew's previous experience in live-soundtracking silent films (performing at Stewart Lee's ATP Festival with Suns Of The Tundra to a 1919 film detailing Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica) and reworking vintage horror scores with Zoltan guide the expansive, all-instrumental melancholy of the record. Acoustic guitars, analog synthesizers and electronic percussion coalesce into a retro-futurist soundscape for the mind's eye.
Many of the songtitles reference occult literature and cinema: Fritz Lang's Metropolis ('Rotwang's Furnace'), Phantasm ('Morningside'), H.P. Lovecraft's Colour Out Of Space ('Blasted Heath'), the comics of Jack Kirby ('Kirby Oberon'). The band name itself is a nod to H.G. Well's classic 1895 novel 'The Time Machine'.
The Wind in the Willows recast for the 22nd century? Quatermass and the Pit relocated to Summerisle? The music of Morlock bridges the past and the future, re-imagining both into a blend of electronic perfection.
After several years spent holding down the drum stool with legendary doom metallers Warning and prog bands Zoltan, The Osiris Club and Suns Of The Tundra, Andrew sat down with his keyboard collection, a 4-track recorder and a selection of sonic screwdrivers to create a new kind of music.
The space-rock jams contained on 'Ancient Paths' are influenced as much by retro synth artists Kraftwerk, Heldon, Tubeway Army and OMD as they are by the sci-fi soundtracks of John Carpenter and the folk-horror that seeps into every corner of the British Isles. Andrew's previous experience in live-soundtracking silent films (performing at Stewart Lee's ATP Festival with Suns Of The Tundra to a 1919 film detailing Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica) and reworking vintage horror scores with Zoltan guide the expansive, all-instrumental melancholy of the record. Acoustic guitars, analog synthesizers and electronic percussion coalesce into a retro-futurist soundscape for the mind's eye.
Many of the songtitles reference occult literature and cinema: Fritz Lang's Metropolis ('Rotwang's Furnace'), Phantasm ('Morningside'), H.P. Lovecraft's Colour Out Of Space ('Blasted Heath'), the comics of Jack Kirby ('Kirby Oberon'). The band name itself is a nod to H.G. Well's classic 1895 novel 'The Time Machine'.
The Wind in the Willows recast for the 22nd century? Quatermass and the Pit relocated to Summerisle? The music of Morlock bridges the past and the future, re-imagining both into a blend of electronic perfection.
credits
released October 25, 2019
Andrew Prestidge: Korg 700, Moog Grandmother, Korg MS20 mini, Dave Smith Mopho x4, Roland Juno 60, Waldorf Streichfett, Roland Handsonic, Harmonium and Acoustic Guitars.
Matt Thompson: Mellotron on 'Wayfarers All ', ' Be Golden and Light' and live keys.
Andy Thompson: Mellotron, Solina String Ensemble on 'Wayfarers All and Be Golden and Light.
Roland Scriver : Illustration and Design
Recorded and mixed by Andrew Prestidge
Mastered by Matt Thompson
Andrew Prestidge: Korg 700, Moog Grandmother, Korg MS20 mini, Dave Smith Mopho x4, Roland Juno 60, Waldorf Streichfett, Roland Handsonic, Harmonium and Acoustic Guitars.
Matt Thompson: Mellotron on 'Wayfarers All ', ' Be Golden and Light' and live keys.
Andy Thompson: Mellotron, Solina String Ensemble on 'Wayfarers All and Be Golden and Light.
Roland Scriver : Illustration and Design
Recorded and mixed by Andrew Prestidge
Mastered by Matt Thompson
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Morlock London, UK
Morlock is a London based band formed by drummer/composer
Andrew Prestidge.
Inspired by 70s/80s
genre soundtracks, Kosmiche, Post Punk sounds incorporating Analogue Synthesizers.
discography
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Aug 2022 -
Jul 2022 -
Jul 2022 -
Oct 2019
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