Dark They Were & Golden Eyed – Design Your Dreams E.P

“A wonderful selection of rich, exploratory work, Uncompromising in its aesthetic, ‘Design Your Dreams’ is lucid and often extremely beautiful” – Clash

“This record is four long tracks of undulating modular synthesiser sound with occasional drums, that could have come from a German commune in 1974 or a lost Italian sci-fi movie in 1983. Completely absorbing from start to end” – The Arts desk

“Design your dreams consists of four tracks that unveil themselves gradually, echoing early kraftwerk, recreating the linear progression of krautrock within delicate electronic pulses and subtly evolving sounds” – Electronic Sound

“Design your dreams collects Jacksons along synth work from 2005-15, Roland & Tape FX combining into a hypnotic whirl (which makes this old head wish he could neck a few Mitsubishis again)” – The Wire
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Trevor Jacksons second release on his unreleased archive recordings label Pre- is a heady collection of subterranean minimalist synth jams, blissful technicolour textures, somber distorted drones and expansive cosmic soundscapes. Recorded during 2010-2014 with a limited analog vintage hardware set up – Elka Sythex, Roland Jupiter 6, Roland 808, Roland Chorus Echo, Bel BD80 delay & Tape.

These solo recordings were created at unearthly hours as lengthy improvised compositions and cathartic personal experiments. Heavily manipulated using classic effects units, harmonic layers slowly evolve, arpeggiated melodies mutate, discordant drum machines and fractured voices merge elegantly into noise. Design your Dreams is Jackson at his best, uncompromising and considered, progressive and unique.
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