Despite starting as a 3″ CDr label, Inner Demons decided to do different formats at some point. Like in this case, a ‘normal’ 5″. When you release 3″s, a double 3″ is sometimes a ‘must’ when it concerns the thoughts behind the conceptual approach. All good, and a triple three is also a magnificent thing to work with … But hand-copying 126 CDRs for a single release of 42 copies can be tedious. But having said that, it’s completely true towards the medium and the concept behind the label. So yeah, I fully sympathize with the fact that you want to stick to an idea, but it’s also okay to deviate at some point. Postage worldwide isn’t getting any cheaper, and after you’ve released a box set with a 12x CDR for which you copied 42*12=504 3″ CDr’s (ed: yes, Mr. Wilson, I’m looking at you! You made Dan do that 😉 ) well, it’s an easy choice to at some point focus on getting things out a bit easier.
Jon Watkins has had a few reviews already in VW, and a few weeks ago (1432), I reviewed the collaboration between Jon and label owner Dan. Where Dan made the noise, and Jon had layers of guitar manipulations. “Lone Wolf Tavern” is a complete CD(r) with experimental guitar music. Soundsource: Just Guitar and effects. The vibe can only be described by swampy experimental blues with moments of ambient and jazz. With Jon being Canadian, I wouldn’t blink my eyes at all if someone told me he was Australian. He’d fit in there perfectly. It’s a warm weather CD, it’s a ‘sit on the porch and drink lemonade’ CD, it’s a ‘damn I need to revisit my old stash of swamp stuff’ CD … Is it the best CD I’ve heard on this label? I can’t say it’s the best with my musical taste, but I am happy to see Inner Demons do more than ‘just’ noise, HNW, drone and rhythms. And within a broader aspect of what experimental music is, Jon Watkins’ music deserves to be heard.
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