At Sea, by Phil Tomsett & Aaron Martin

At Sea

by Phil Tomsett & Aaron Martin

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'At Sea’ returns home with the ever popular ‘Book Editions’ series. Vintage books dissected, re-assembled and re-structured into book-bound CD covers…

1 x Vintage (circa:1888-1954) hardback clothbound book (re-assembled into CD covers
2 x CD
15 Pages of writing / images
10 x A6 polaroid prints on luxury uncoated paper (250grm)
2 x Stamped library cards
1 x Vintage photograph (circa; 1902-1951)
1 x Vintage book-mark
1 x Vintage sea map (circa; 1930s)
1 x Vintage numbered celluloid negative
1 x Vintage 35mm glass slide (hand written note)
1 x 35mm reel to reel film strip (arctic expedition)
1 x page insert (Nories Nautical Tables Circa;1938)
1 x page insert (Uncharted Europe Circa; 1942)
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1.	I Imagine 06:29	buy track
2.	The Distant Noise 02:26	buy track
3.	The Distant Destination 06:05	buy track
4.	Sea Transmission 1 03:13	buy track
5.	The Surface Of Our Dreams 03:44	buy track
6.	Sea Transmission 02 00:53	buy track
7.	Island, Lighthouse and Windmill 01:58	buy track
8.	Sea Transmission 03 01:24	buy track
9.	A Year of Living Painlessly 03:58	buy track
10.	Far Then Near 01:54	buy track
11.	Then Distant 05:41	buy track
12.	You are the sea 01:41	buy track

about

Considering it’s theme, At Sea actually began life in the city, when I was staying with a friend in London. In the house was an accordion and over a period of a couple of weeks I recorded several sessions, just improvising parts, creating loops, layers and adding effects. I was well aware that accordions can get cliched very quickly, so tried to find interesting ways to play and record the instrument. At the time I had no idea what I would do with these recordings.

About a year later I did actually move to the sea - on the South Eastern coast of England, a place bright and breezy and where giant seagulls roam the shoreline like packs of wild dogs. The rest of the album was made here with the sea becoming a direct influence on the themes and music.

At Sea grew out of my walks along a particular part of the coastline. I took this walk at least once a day and over time built up a relationship with the sea, as if it were a sentient being observing me as much as I was observing it. Here I was trapped on dry land and the sea was another realm entirely, free from and uninterested in whatever dramas were going on in my world. It was this indifference, (which i’ve often found in nature but particularly with the sea) that became the main theme for the album- the unknown and the... more

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released January 31, 2023

Phil Tomsett: accordion, guitar. production, synths, field recordings.
Aaron Martin: cello.
Spoken word read by Lizzie Mcphee and written by Phil Tomsett.
Spoken word recorded by Annie Needham.
Mastering and mix consultation: Ian Hawgood.
Written and produced by Phil Tomsett.
Design by Daniel Crossley

Thank you to Aaron, Lizzie, Annie, Ian and Dan.

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Phil Tomsett England, UK

Atmospheric, impressionistic music, mostly filed under ambient, electronic and neo- classical categories.
I also record as The Inventors of Aircraft

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