Dilly Dreamers by Philip Sanderson

A new release today on Astres D'or namely Dilly Dreamers by Philip Sanderson. It is my first lathe cut - each record and sleeve made by hand. There are 25 of them, 12 are available now from  Astres D'or and 12 will be available directly from the Snatch Tapes Bandcamp in due course. The 25th copy goes into the archive.

Thematically Dilly Dreamers is four long form sound pieces loosely inspired by the movement of bodies and trains through, in and around the circulatory spaces of Piccadilly Circus underground station. The sleeves were made using a kind of frottage from a braille map of the underground which was produced for a short period by TFL in tech 1990s. 

The snippets of text are 'riffs' on written guides/instruction intended to help the blind negotiate tube stations by highlighting the number of steps between features such as stairs, seats, vending machines and other tactile features of the underground landscape. The texts have a clipped dry poetic quality a tad reminiscent of the shipping forecast.    

At 80 euros this is my most expensive release to date but you are getting a one-off in all senses of the word.