What do you get when an acclaimed electronica trio collaborate with a “pianist extraordinaire”? That was the question posed by the Flatpack Film Festival, when they commissioned Haiku Salut to work with celebrated Melbourne-born pianist Meg Morley on a new score for the 1930 German silent drama, ‘People On Sunday’. The result, which premiered at Flatpack on May 22nd 2022, was a spellbinding synthesis of Meg’s virtuoso talents and Haiku Salut’s genre-melting brilliance.
The Barbican subsequently commissioned a performance of ‘People On Sunday’ for their Cinema 1 space, which takes place on Sunday November 6. To celebrate the London debut of the score, Haiku Salut have reworked a key section of the collaboration to create ‘Carousel’, a hypnotic dance track which melts intricate piano with pulsing electronica.
Adore the swirling mixture of electronica and brass on 'Cold to Crack the Stone', and love wallowing in the whole album - 'There Is No Elsewhere' indeed. Looking forward very much to receiving the vinyl thank you. Tim Bourne
This is very close to what I heard/felt everytime we visited the grandparents in Runcorn.
Ominous dread. Bleak dystopia. Concrete and terraced houses. Plus the air smells! MonkeyMajiks
A crucial piece of mid 90s indie pop history is restored with this compilation of perfect pop from a brief Pam Berry-fronted band. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 2, 2023
Here we have a bit of instrumental folktronica, the brainchild of Gordon Chapman-Fox. Various keyboards mix with crisp acoustic guitar, creating a semblance of wistful nostalgia. The music is delicate and languid, sometimes bordering on supernatural. My only complaint is that it’s an EP, I could stand a lot more of this in one sitting. Nickie Harte Kelly