{"product_id":"paul-cousins-oxide-manifesto-clear-vinyl","title":"Paul Cousins - Oxide Manifesto - clear vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eOxide Manifesto, the new album by Paul Cousins, on clear vinyl LP, is intended as an audio sketchbook, which explores a particular method of creating music. It aims to link obsolete machines and experimental composition. In recording it, I embraced as many techniques of working with magnetic tape as possible. I gave myself the freedom to lean into the perceived flaws of tape as a recording format. Often we hear ‘it’s not about the equipment’. But on this album the equipment is in equal focus to the music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWow, flutter, wonky pitch, abrupt edits, hiss, rough tape loops, rewinds, half-speed, mains hum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI started building an archive of sound-art experiments using the following method. Compose an idea and record it quickly. Deconstruct its elements onto tape loops or spools. Set up an equipment patch, then perform using reel-to-reel machines and effects. Record the result and discard the original idea. After collecting enough pieces, I began to edit and organise them into a structure. By this point I had fragments of music, linear studio experiments, structured and partially destroyed songs. The finished album serves as a sonic diary as I explored this specific way of working.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Cousins","offers":[{"title":"Clear","offer_id":49521850581331,"sku":"CiS162","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0897\/4516\/2579\/files\/fa03c975-24fc-dad5-f315-7026ebd6b240.jpg?v=1727783909","url":"https:\/\/mintandsealed.com\/products\/paul-cousins-oxide-manifesto-clear-vinyl","provider":"Mint and Sealed","version":"1.0","type":"link"}