The latest Spirit of Gravity BandCamp label release is Andrew Greaves’ new album Headspace
A collection of nine electronic pieces created out of a process improvisation.
The album is aptly named. Its sparse, yet warm soundscapes offer plenty of room to wander and to think.
Greaves has adopted a simple set-up here, and improvised around equally simple melodic fragments. Less is always more in this particular sonic world – but while the sound canvas sits within certain guard rails, there are no such restrictions on either the dynamic or the emotional range.
Almost folk-like half-tunes interlace with spare and careful interpolations of found sound. Occasionally, over the album’s forty minute journey, playful references occur in one track to another. Forty minutes is, of course, the classic album length – like a Georgian house, a size and shape to which we return. And this lyrical and considered collection is a bit of a classic too.
Stream or download for £9 at spiritofgravity.bandcamp.com/album/headspace
Also available as a boxed dual format USB stick expanded album: £10+postage
This version includes the album in lossless WAV and MP3 formats, 6 specially commissioned films and VJ performances, photos, cover art and more.
We are extremely saddened to hear of the death this month of one of the founding members of the Spirit of Gravity Collective, Steve minimal impact Gillitt. In some ways he was the beating experimental heart of the Spirit of Gravity, with his single-minded search for the perfect noise, and keen willingness to collaborate, although if you played with him, he nearly always drowned you out with his volume. His 30 or so live performances in the first 15 years or so of our history were all memorably uncompromising, as were his appearances at related nights such as Wrong Music. He gave us the audience participation concept the electrocreche, although unfortunately we cannot fit this in at our current venue at the Rossi Bar, and his sardonic humour and rebellious attitude kept us honest through the years. His last release on our BandCamp label in 2018 was due to be part of a larger project, which we are very sad not to be able to experience, but he has left an archive of unreleased material from over the years, some of which we hope to be able to share with you in due course. We have lost a friend as well as a remarkable artist, so we will be marking Steve’s passing a number of times through our 25th Anniversary year, but this starts with Geoff Cheesemaster’s more comprehensive tribute on our website here: