Release Date 5th September 2025
After The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd were casting around for a new concept for their next release. What they came up with was to make an album using as source material only household objects - though allowing manipulation and Musique Concrete techniques to be applied. They made a start and then moved on to Wish You Were Here. Now William Hayter and Barry Lamb - who brought you Miniatures 2020 - have decided to give it another go, commissioning a wide range of artists to scour their houses for sounds and organise them into compositions. Some of these pieces work because you can recognise the sources, others because you can't. And while many participants assemble small orchestras of objects, a few stick to just one thing (water or an egg-slicer) - and always the objects are meticulously listed. Though many old hands contribute (The Residents, Steve Beresford, Mark Hewins etc.) most are up-and-comers, making this also a useful sampler of new voices. It's informative, left-field and a bone fide curiosity and comes in a beautifully designed and illustrated package with a 32pp booklet elucidating each track, a series of high-end art collages and a foreword by Nick Mason.
1. Lester Square - "Trickle Treat"
2. Nick Haeffner And Alison Craig - "A Woman's Work Is Never Dub"
3. Kodax Strophes Martyn Bates - "CCS &"
4. Geoffrey Richardson - "In The Studio"
5. Yumi Hara - "Florian's Silvervine-lick Breakfast"
6. Joby Burgess - "Gift"
7. Akaten - "Three-nothing Principle" (with Kawabata Makoto)
8. Francesco Paolo Paladino & Karini - "Hhand 2"
9. Jon Owen - "In (And Out Of) Sink"
10. Faradena Afifi - "Washing Up" (with Steve Beresford)
11. The Residents - "No Mouse Is An Island"
12. Planetruth - "Drum n Basin"
13. Two Headed Emperor - "Objects In The House"
14. BBB-and - "Cochina Expresso"
15. Barry Lamb - "Mishandled Water Music"
16. Peter Ashby And Alex Ashby - "End Of It All"
17. Peter Blundell - "Cuppa For Alvin"
18. Hazel Jones - "Pig Crumb Hoover"
19. Geoff Leigh - "Pie Wrecks"
20. William Hayter, Fred Theolonius Baker, Birgit Baker-Schellhorn and Elliot Baker-Schellhorn - "HOME:WORK"
21. Shyamal Maitra - "Carnaval Des Objets Maison"
22. Census Of Hallucinations - "Dali's Flies"
23. Rapoon - "What's The Title?"
24. Alessandro Monti & Daniele Principato - "Gerald's Acousmatica"
25. William Hayter - "H2 Oh!"
26. Guy Harries - "Metallurgy"
27. Grand Hotel - "The Progressive Rise And Rapid Fall Of Artificial Intelligence"