Like the Landforms 3" CDR (Vital 1324), this one was also released last month at the Action Research #218 show in Gainesville, FL. So it turns out that both Heirloom and Landforms performed that evening, and they both released a 3". I can only imagine it is great to meet in real life again, listening to nice drones and sounds and stuff.
I've now found out that Andrew Chadwick runs Hymns, and Heirloom is one of his many projects. This is its second release under this name, the first being the cassette 'Portal' on Hideous Seed in 2018. And during the release event from that tape, they recorded the show Andrew gave and guess what, it was October 3rd! So that's the story of the title and a bit on the background of this project.
Heirloom focuses on the sounds of bells, chimes, minimal tones and field recordings. These are recorded and played back on cassette and micro-cassette. It's not something we've never heard before, so don't expect the invention of wheels here, but it's done very nice. The 21 minutes have a steady flow, a bit surrealistic because of the manipulation of sounds and lo-fi drones that are generated through the choice of the setup. Contact mics have a super narrow bandwidth, and because of that filtering, you always know. It's not a bad thing, though: Together with the obvious sound of the metalwork (often resonating / singing), it forms that surrealistic atmosphere.
"October, 3rd 2018" is not going to make it in my top list of 2022, but that's not its intention. This is a registration of a concert, and I wish I had been there. That's what a live registration is about, right?
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