Hush Delirium - The Taster LP

Art and music - those most promiscuous of bedfellows - are at it again; only this time the copulating couple are moaning just a little bit louder... And the sound's bloody well reverberating.

For this is free-love of a sonic nature. This is psychedelic, this is experimental, this is Hush Delirium.

The brainchild of abstract artist Simon Welford, Hush Delirium is a project harnessing music for artistic inspiration. Featuring (largely instrumental) submissions from the likes of Mark Gardener (Ride), Dean Garcia (SPC ECO, Curve) and Adam Franklin (Swervedriver), Welford intends to create visual works stimulated by the sounds at his disposal. With plans for international exhibitions and live performances, it's a bold project - and one not immune to setbacks. Only last week it was announced that November's inaugural event in Denmark would have to be postponed, frustrating contributors and enthusiasts alike.

But the first chapter in this yet-untold story was not to be denied a happy ending, for earlier today Hush Delirium unveiled a digital download showcasing some of the musical submissions Welford will be working with.

Boasting the understated brilliance of She (contributed by Chatham Rise), the stuttering drone of Her Vanished Grace's Cloud's 7 and a neo-garage piledriver from The Cult of Dom Keller (Ghost in My Head), this is a taster every bit as abstract as the work it's intended to inspire. It's an eclectic mix, demonstrable by the leap from sometime Stone Rose Aziz Ibrahim's ethnically-charged slide guitar (Heaven's Rain) to the programmed drums of A*Star's resonating Spider Chorus. Elswehere, Jaq Gallier provides a crackling bedrock and some sumptious dream pop on the delightful Wild is The Wind.

These are clearly early days for Hush Delirium, but already the signs are hugely exciting. With a potentially limitless pool of musicians and a visual element yet to be unleashed on the public, anticipation justifiably grows.

To get your free download of the Taster LP, or to purchase some teasing prints of Welford's artwork, head to Hush Delirium's Bandcamp page.

Naked On My Own & Dopedrone - Changeless (SPC ECO Sun Mix)

It's just three months since Nugazer last spoke to Jarek Leskiewicz, creative force behind Naked On My Own, about his innovative partnership with Martin Anderson of Dopedrone.

Key to Leskiewicz's ambitions has been to the desire to collaborate with an extensive range of artists and producers, to evolve both his own songwriting and to exchange ideas with an ever-growing collective of like-minded musicians.

The latest artist to collude is SPC ECO, whose dense reworking of Changeless pits Dean Garcia's rumbling bass over the simmering drone of Leskiewicz and Anderson's production. Mixed at Garcia's ELaB studios in London and featuring the additional, breathless vocals of Rose Berlin, Changeless is a typically dark cut, featuring elements of doom, brooding shoegaze and stabs of squalling FX.

Changeless (SPC ECO Sun  Mix) is available now for free download via Naked On My Own's Bandcamp page.

SPC ECO - Give You Nothing

Nugazer favourites, SPC ECO are back with a brand new EP, available for digital download through their Bandcamp page. Dont' Say features the band's first original material since the launch of second album, You Tell Me back in November 2011.

As well as title track, Dont' Say, the EP includes four other new tracks and features collaborations with Perry Pelonero and Brent Martino of Chicago shoegazers, Skylight.

Boasting cover artwork (pictured above) from an installation by SPC ECO singer Rose Berlin, the download also includes the monstrous Give You Nothing; a song premiered at the band's recent Barfly gig in London. Give You Nothing showcases SPC ECO's more abrasive side as they deliver a dark slice of industrial electronica.

SPC ECO - For All Time

SPC ECO are the brainchild of former Curve bassist, Dean Garcia and fellow collaborator, Joey Levenson; also known for his work with So Young.

I've been fortunate enough to see the band play live on a couple of occasions in north London music venues and they seem a genuinely exciting prospect. The live band (who played without Levenson) consist of former Curve cohorts, Debbie Smith (guitar) and Monti (drums), together with Garcia's son, Harry (a gifted guitarist in his own right) and daughter, Rose Berlin, on vocals.

2009 could well be an important year for SPC ECO following the release of their debut long player, '3D' back in February. The album is a pulsing soundscape of interwoven guitar noise sprinkled with the glitter of Berlin's vocals.

During a recent performance at The Good Ship in Kilburn, SPC ECO showcased the album and had the good sense to take along a video camera. Here, courtesy of YouTube, is the stand-out track from that evening; a triumphant recording of 'For All Time'.

An MP3 of SPC ECO's debut album, 3D can be downloaded here, for a nominal contribution.