Good Night, by Ian Elms

Good Night

by Ian Elms

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Soundclips: soundcloud.com/darkentriesrecords/ian-elms-good-night-snips
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1.	The Street Enters The House 02:37	buy track
2.	Overthere Comes Overhere 02:35	buy track
3.	A Tunnel With Curves 02:29	buy track
4.	Surrounded By Trees 02:16	buy track
5.	A Light Moves Across Curtains 03:24	buy track
6.	Weightless 02:33	buy track
7.	No Longer 02:22	buy track
8.	Running In The Dark 01:50	buy track
9.	Moving In The Rain 02:21	buy track
10.	On A Beach Lost At Sea 02:22	buy track
11.	The End Of The Road 01:59	buy track
12.	And Fall Asleep 02:51	buy track
13.	An Empty Corridor 02:23	buy track
14.	Outwards And Across 03:13	buy track
15.	Goodnight 02:41	buy track

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Soundclips soundcloud.com/darkentriesrecords/ian-elms-good-night-snips
Ian Elms’s cult isolationist synth masterpiece Good Night returns via Dark Entries. Originally released in 1982, Good Night blends Berlin school minimalism and BBC Radiophonic weirdness with the aesthetics of then-nascent DIY punk electronics throughout its fifteen short tracks. According to Elms, these pieces were composed in two broad but interrelated modes: pieces with voice and synthesizer, which are obliquely narrative, and instrumental synthesizer pieces that aspire to capture fleeting emotions. Ian met with producer David Hoser at Octopus Studios and they began constructing pieces using a Polymoog Keyboard 280a, sampled drum tracks, and Elms’s synthesizer. On “The Street Enters the House”, live drums lurch along with skeletal motifs while Elms’s elliptical lyrics evoke domestic discontent. “A Light Moves Across Curtains” features metronomic pummeling and icy strings buttressing the scant cryptic lines from Elms. Instrumental gems like “Goodnight” and “Surrounded by Trees” are built around detuned riffs in round-like structure, both drifting and static like the motion of waves. With original pressings fetching three digits – if you can even find a copy – this reissue is essential listening for fans of John Bender, Transparent Illusion, and the early 80’s DIY cassette scene. Each copy of Good Night comes with a postcard featuring a photograph and notes by Elms. “This record is intended for anyone who by accident or design spends most of their time alone (whether in the body or in the mind).” – Ian Elms.

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released August 4, 2023

© 2023 dark entries records
ian elms - synthesizer, voice.
geoff sears - drums.
all pieces written by ian elms.
produced by ian elms and dave hoser,
except track 1 side two, ian elms and tony phillips.
engineered by dave hoser and tony phillips at octopus.
remastered by anne-marie suenram, 2021
photography: k.osz, richard southgate.
artwork & design: k.osz & d.struxion.
layout reproduction: eloise leigh

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