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Elkwort

by Ben McElroy

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    • Glass mastered CD + pantone
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    • Outside : x 1 adhesive glossy paper
    • Inside : thick paper card + x 1 sticker
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    • 12’’ green vinyl
    • Selective UV varnish (front+back)
    • Matt laminated outer sleeve on 300 gm paper
    • Hand numbered / Limited edition to 200 copies
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  • Full Digital Discography

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1.
The Howling 05:29
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2.
DEOR 09:55
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3.
Kindling 07:08
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4.
I Must Have Walked Past There A Thousand Times 02:22
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5.
A Dream Of Deosil 09:56
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6.
Elkwort 02:16
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7.
Deosil 04:12
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8.
EXTRA TRACK: The Howling, The Howling (with Elinor Rowlands) 05:23
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9.
EXTRA TRACK: Widdershins & Deosil Soundtrack 06:56 video
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about

"I've been loving this release." Zakia Sewell, Dreamtime, BBC 6 Music

"Excellent new album – dissonant and beautiful sonic meditations." Paddy Clarke, The Quietus

"A raw, emotionally charged blend of folk and experimental sounds from UK artist Ben McElroy, built around improvisation and elemental catharsis." Norman Records

"Elkwort is composed of vibrant, colourful soundscapes that push the boundaries of music. Highly recommended for long walks in lush nature or when revisiting meaningful places." Igloo Mag

"McElroy creates something beautifully fractured, with drones dripping into the fissure." Sun 13


Released via laaps and also available at laaps.bandcamp.com/album/elkwort.

Thanks to Mathias for your support and vision getting this one out there!

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"This album evolved from long improvisations on pump organ and cello.
I really wanted to play the instruments as a form of therapeutic release, a kind of stimming, paying more attention to this than the Appollonian aspects of the music. So scrape and repetition… anger and using the bow/keys to really try to gnaw into deep, old brain feelings.
I often start things with improvisations, but then tidy, smooth things out… I wanted to keep that aspect to the minimum here.. there is some, but where possible I’ve kept the squeaks, the noises, the mistakes.
The project took on another dimension when I received some funding from PRS Foundation, allowing me to bring more artists (Debbie Armour on vocals, Elinor Rowlands on spoken word and Nick Jonah Davis on guitar). Where possibly, these collaborations were also improvised, in the moment and left a little raw.

The funding also allowed me to create an accompanying film 'Widdershins & Deosil.' Shot with filmmaker Benjamin Wigley on 16mm film in Derbyshire, it is an abstract story of magic and puppetry using elements of the album as soundtrack."

credits

released April 28, 2025

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Ben McElroy - composition, arrangement, mixing, instrumentation

Elinor Rowlands - spoken word on "The Howling and I Must Have Walked past There a Thousand Times" -
Debbie Armour - vocals on "Kindling and "Deosil"
Nick Jonah Davis - guitar and bowed weissenborn on "A Dream Of Deosil"

Recorded at home, Jt Soar (with Phil Booth and Rich Snug) and Nick’s studio-shed.
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Mastered by Nick Jonah Davis
Artwork by Nieves Mingueza
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
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