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Somewhere Between Tapes

Lisa Fabian, Matt Robin and Eddie Brooks are NEY, and together they’ve made one of the most compelling debut albums of the year, formed around workshops at Glasgow's infamous Green Door Studio whose educational programmes have massively impacted the city’s cultural landscape. In the tradition of music born out of extended and improvised recording sessions - specifically Talk Talk’s ’Spirit of Eden’ - NEY shimmer and sway through thickets of atmosphere, drawing on elements of jazz, ambient, spoken word and desert blues for an hour of gorgeous dreamweaving we can’t recommend highly enough if you’re into anything by Mark Hollis/Talk Talk, Bark Psychosis, Grouper, Voice Actor, Svitlana Nianio or ssabæ. Glasgow’s Somewhere Between Tapes series has already introduced us to a trio of riveting new artists at the intersection of electronic experimentation and songwriting; with debuts by Alliyah Enyo, Chantal Michelle and Man Rei all requiring your full and immediate attention. NEY, however, leap into another realm entirely with a debut album so deep and fully realised that when we first played it in the office the usual din quickly descended into a deathly silence - followed by a clamour of interest in what the hell had just been playing. Glasgow School of Art graduate Lisa Fabian began work on the album by capturing her thoughts, dreams and memories in a series of sketches, field recordings and voice notes. Joined by percussionist Matt Robin and guitarist Eddie Brooks, the trio set about working Fabian's loose fragments into a more coherent...