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Ian Watson

About Me

Handmade & re-kindled electronics, Field recordings, Strings. Lowe Opta - 1 is out now on Dielectric. Download it for free here .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/06/2007
Band Website: www.phantomhead.blogspot.com
Band Members: Currently working alongside (On separate projects):
Richard Bowers (thaw), Mark Jolliffe (Lowe Opta), Matthew Lovett.
Previously with:
Dsic (Phantom Dsic/Phantom Scum), The Sound of Aircraft Attacking Britain, Jon Ruddick, Neil Packer et al (Spirit Posession).
Sounds Like: 'thaw' with Richard Bowers and Nic Finch (Video Processing)
At Open Ear Cardiff:Sounds from Leaf Skeleton 3"CDR with Mark Jolliffe:
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Disconcerted Sounds

Early Phantomhead release, Leaf Skeleton 3" by Myself and Mark Jolliffe (other half of Lowe Opta) has been posted in it's entireity hereCheck it out!
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:32:00 GMT

Hal McGee's Dictaphonia

Got a track on the second Dictaphonia microcassette compilation by Hal McGee.To follow all of Hal's hard work on this project go to: http://dictaphonia.blogspot.com/
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:05:00 GMT

Procession

Procession - a response to text by Michael Watson is now being hosted at Indieoma The piece is read by Richard Bowers with additional sounds from yours truly.
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 07:42:00 GMT

Phantomhead Recordings

After 12 releases I have decided to rest on Phantomhead Recordings for the foreseeable future and I have removed related CDr listings from this blog, Thanks to those who have offered encouragement ove...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:57:00 GMT

The Sound of Aircraft Attacking Britain - Seasonally Affected 3"CDR

Out now on Electronic Musicwww.myspace.com/electronicmusiklabelThis 3" Is taken from a mixing desk recording of a live show we did last summer. The line up for this piece was as follows:Richard Bowers...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 07:33:00 GMT

Comfort of Strangers - Spirit Possession

A collaborative postal piece I took part in recently will be included in the SoundNetwork curated exhibition 'The Comfort of Strangers' at Futuresonic festival in Manchester on the 3rd and 4th of May ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:54:00 GMT

Phantom Dsic/Phantom Scum

Dsic / Ian Watson "Phantom Dsic / Phantom Scum (Phantomhead Recordings/LF Records 2xcdr)Western thunder blast! This is a very special wintertime mail collaboration between Cardiff’s Ian Watson (...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:07:00 GMT