David Toop & Lawrence English - The Shell That Speaks The Sea LP xx1998 Glad to finally hear it

Glad to finally hear it after some Obi Strip related delays

' The dirgey clatter of the drums brings to mind images of old steam machines advancing through vast fields where things grow slow and women sing folk songs which are eternal because they are sung from the heart and nothing else

raw grooves

the constant interruption creates an uncannily frozen effect

Stoltz clearly gifted with the curse of writing too many indelible songs

David Toop & Lawrence English - The Shell That Speaks The Sea LP xx1998 Glad to finally hear itA note from Lawrence EnglishI first met David Toop some 20 years ago. I think we were in touch shortly before that, but our first meeting took place when I invited him to Australia to perform and to speak as part of REV, a festival held at Brisbane Powerhouse. It was a memorable meeting, I vividly remember his solo performance and the edition A Picturesque View, Ignored, documents an improvised meeting during that time. Over the years, David and I