Moth

Moth is a project by Heliconia guitarist/vocalist Michael Tickner, exploring different areas of sound outside the band format, experimenting with ambient and sample-based sounds////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////His first release, a self-titled ep released late 2001, was played on the John Peel Radio 1 show. A second Moth ep, Making it Beautiful, was released in September 2003//////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Si nce then Mike has been concentrating on his main band Heliconia and his other side project Roma Kid and getting off his face as frequently and cheaply as possible//////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Things have been quiet of late but ive found my headphones again and predict a return to form iminently.Moth EP.......................................................... ........................................Sparser than the Heliconia sound, the first Moth ep was characterised by delicate, downbeat grooves, looped and honed. All chiming guitars and ambient drones offset by skewed drums. A review of the ep in Record Collector said it would make the ideal soundtrack to a holiday programme — if the show featured breaks in Afghanistan or Bosnia.****************************************The releasereceived more exposure when John Peel played Tibetan Summer from the EP on his Radio 1 show.******************************************************* ***The four-track CD-R was released in a numbered limited edition of 50 which has long since sold outMaking It Beautiful Making it Beautiful was also released on CD-R, though this time in a numbered limited edition of 100 copies.In a shift from the delicacy of the first ep, the new tracks featured a harder, denser sound combining fifth-hand vocal samples with broken, distorting beats.Juxtaposed with this, the artwork by String Design was all layered leaves and buildings and sunshadows