Gritonometry EP, by Soloman Tump

Gritonometry EP

by Soloman Tump

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howard7000 This EP is amazing, some really strong, doomy, droney ambient on here. Highly recommended! Favorite track: Intrusive Signals.

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1.	Gritonometry 04:23		buy track
2.	Black Ash Slug 05:36	info	buy track
3.	Broad Bodied Chaser 05:52		buy track
4.	Intrusive Signals 06:40		buy track

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A digital only EP inspired by interesting insects and pollen allergies.

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It is this time of year that I want to get out and about, exploring the countryside and taking inspiration from all the bugs, plants and landscape that rural Devon has to offer. BUT...

I suffer from pretty bad hay fever. Some days it is completely crippling and I just want to hide inside under the duvet while I cry, sneeze and generally dehydrate into a withered husk. It is so dependant on the weather. I liken it to turning a tap on and off. Occasionally it gets left running at the worst time.

Gritonometry is a concept I came up with whilst languishing in allergy induced hibernation recently. The sun was shining! But my eyes and nose were streaming with snotulus and I weeped in the shower.. A complete bastardization of the fleeting visit of high summer we experience in the UK. The track is fairly simple, dense, and noisy. It does not do much. I was feeling pretty down when I wrote it.

The Black Ash Slug can be found on Dartmoor, it is the largest land slug in the world. The Broad Bodied Chaser is a type of dragonfly that occasionally visits our pond. The one I saw looked like a huge hornet until it landed and I figured out what it was. These two tracks have a strong percussive element and are swamped in bass and static. They are the most dynamic of the tracks I present here but I believe still retain the Tump sound.

The track Intrusive Signals is named after my zine project of the same name. The original piano was supplied by Arachnopus who I have worked with a few times now. I took her improvised recording and added a large amount of filth. I loved making this and she supplied some great material to work with. Thank you!

The act of creating these sounds is a great source of comfort to me, even though they are generally dark in tone. An important process in this strange world we live in.

I find that the hayfever also effects my hearing - I am generally blocked. Bass sounds hurt and whistle through my ears, everything is muffled and dense. These recordings are probably heavily saturated with that sort of sound. A document to this moment in time through my senses.

Cover image: woodworm "writing" from felled Oak tree.

All tracks recorded April - June 2022.

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released July 1, 2022

Piano on Intrusive Signals by Arachnopus.
All field recordings from Dartmoor by Soloman Tump
All other sounds by Soloman Tump and my machines.

"mastered" by me. Best listened to loud through speakers. Apologies in advance, but it sounds fine to me.

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Soloman Tump England, UK

Dismal Electronics, drone and noise.

Chaos // entropy // lore // rhythm // industry // nature

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