Recording, by Jet Jaguar

Recording

by Jet Jaguar

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Dimitar_Dodovski This is one of those albums where field recordings and melodies work perfectly together to create a whole that is larger than its parts. It's crafty, elegant and warm-hearted ambient music in the vein of Pan•American. Favorite track: Something for DG.

Adrien Capozzi The album where Michael went from downtempo experimenter to zen master. Bravo! Favorite track: Doleful hum.

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1.	Not exactly sure yet 02:38	buy track
2.	Due diligence 03:25	buy track
3.	Storm in Lisbon 04:14	buy track
4.	Vanuatu, with a fridge 04:33	buy track
5.	Doleful hum 05:28	buy track
6.	The wash 05:10	buy track
7.	Thunder came over last night 02:36	buy track
8.	Wander 09:15	buy track
9.	Something for DG 05:54	buy track

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Recording' is my seventh album as Jet Jaguar, and I've continued in a direction I've been heading for the last few years: using recordings I've made, often while travelling, as the starting layer of each track. Track names like 'Vanuatu, With A Fridge' and 'The Wash' are referring directly to what I had recorded. Yes, appliances feature in both.

I made this set of music during a period of big changes in my life and I think it reflects a need to have some stillness. The album has ended up further down a strictly ambient path than I've gone with my solo music before. This got me thinking of the other meaning of 'Recording'. Putting out music is like "making a record" in the non-musical sense. ("Let the record show", "this is on the record", "a matter of public record", etc.) It is documenting that something happened. You're probably only going to pick up a sense of shifting musical interests or directions. But for me it's like a diary - listening back over decades of music, I'm reminded of what was happening in my life, sometimes through the sounds I used, sometimes just recalling where I was when I made the music

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released January 29, 2020

Written and recorded by Michael Upton
Mastered by RedRedPaw
Photos by Michael Upton

Thanks to Antony for the shortwave recording on #2, and the Shorts for the use of their piano on #9.

Thanks to all who listened or supported in other ways, especially Amanda, Andy, Stuart, Nick, Laura, Tom, and the Upton family.

Cat. number: SHM 119

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