The Nook Collective's first true collaborative album, Antilegomena features works from core members Swampy G, Bradford Wallsbury/Celebrimbor, The Crustacean, and YB, as well as outside collaborators alfy, Hexa and Saulė.
'Grant's Ditty' and 'Nunc Dimittis' offer an insight into the upcoming debut of the Apocalyptic-Folk project 'St. Stephen's Green'.
"The Nook Collective are some of the most revolutionary artists in music, all they have to do is walk, and they follow." - Swampy G (Artist & Label Founder)
"An astounding, varied output from The Nook Collective & Friends. The Collective pulls together artists from every corner of the earth, from Ireland to Germany, the US, the Balts, Egypt, New Zealand, and beyond.
If you wish to see the aftermath of a bristling new era of plunderphonics in the early 2010s, smashed together with the sounds of neofolk, dungeon synth revival, contemporary noise acts, and the 80's English post-industrial scene: this compilation - and its respective label - is a truly stunning portrait and experience." - M.G. Wallsworth (Poet, Mystic, and friend of TNC)
Revelation 7:1 - "After these things I saw four Angels standing upon the four corners of the Earth...."
credits
released July 16, 2020
(Performers)
Swampy G - Noise, Programming, Curation, Arranging (Tracks 1, 9, 16, 17)
[+ Further Filth and Manglings on 'Heptonstall Cemetery'.]
The Crustacean - Spoken Word, Lyrics (Tracks 1, 11, 17)
alfy - Performance, Production (Tracks 2, 13)
B. R. M. - Production, Arranging (Tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14)[+Bass performance on 'Grant's Ditty'.]
;as Bradford Wallsbury - Noise, Sampling, Drum Programming, Synthesisers (Tracks 3, 6, 11, 14)
;as Celebrimbor - Synthesisers, Drum Programming (Tracks 8, 10)
Saulė - Noise & Ambience (Track 3)
Hexa - Noise & Production (Tracks 4, 12)
YB - Noise & Production (Tracks 5, 15)
Skellen - Guitar (Track 7)
(Words)
English & Arabic by The Crustacean in his respective tracks.
Title 'Heptonstall Cemetery' is a poem by Ted Hughes, his performance of it has been sampled.
Title 'The Last March of the Ents' is from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and its adaption by Peter Jackson.
Title 'The Fisher King' is taken from the Arthurian motif, first seen in the works of Chrétien de Troyes.
'Nunc Dimittis' or The Song of Simeon is a canticle taken from the Gospel of Luke, this rendition is a tribute to Montague Rhodes James.
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