Slip are proud to announce Sleep Spindles, the debut full-length of Dublin-born, London-based composer Paul McGuire. McGuire’s fastidious pieces wrench the fizzes, crackles, and hums of acoustic instruments into towering swarms of sound. Sleep Spindles collects three of his most focussed, guttural works to date. On ‘Tampered’, the minute squeaks of Céline Papion’s cello are gathered in solid hunks; the microtonal guitar drones of ‘Marshes’ are part seduction, part dread; and ‘Sleep Spindles’ gleans an earthy poise from the skins of a simple percussion set-up. Sleep Spindles makes the nanoscopic speak with exquisite force, and carves out a defiant zone between the luxurious washes of ambient maestros like Tim Hecker, and the more rarified noise compositions of Helmut Lachenmann.

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Tracklisting:

1. Tampered (2014) for solo cello Performed by Céline Papion in her Stuttgart apartment, October 2014. Produced and mixed by Paul McGuire.

2. Marshes (2013) for twelve guitars Performed by Open Source Guitars/Helmut Oesterreich (cond.), in Musikhochschule Trossingen, April 2013. Produced and mixed by Robin Bös.

3. Sleep Spindles (2014) for two percussionists Performed, produced and mixed by Paul McGuire, in his London apartment, January 2015.