The digital music legend known as Andy
Pickford has released the remastered version of his classic
full-length album, “Terraformer.” Originally his second LP to be
released on the Centaur label, this remastered record has been
published on the Lazydragon music label. The mammoth album is
comprised of 13 original tracks for a total playing time of one hour
and 20 minutes, making for a fantastically comprehensive treatment of
Pickford compositions. Old fans will be thrilled to hear
“Terraformer” with sonic details, textures, and clarity like has
never before been possible, and new fans will find Pickford's music
as arresting as it was upon its debut release in 1994.
This remastered LP is the third major
re-release from Pickford this summer, following on the heels of his
masterpiece, “Maelstrom,” in June and the gorgeous “Lughnasad”
in late July (commemorating the actual date of the Gaelic harvest
festival, Lughnasad).
“Terraformer” is often regarded as
the rival of Pickford's “Maelstrom” as being a favorite among his
works, though the albums are stylistically dissimilar in many ways.
“Maelstrom” is more ambient and epic in thematic scope, while
“Terraformer” picks up where his earlier “Replicant” left off
in tones reminiscent of the Blade-Runner setting, from which that
album takes its name. Pickford cites as main artistic influences for
“Terraformer” the likes of Vangelis, Jarre, and Tangerine Dream,
among whose highly regarded company Pickford's music certainly
belongs.
Speaking candidly of the album himself,
Pickford writes, “The compositions, as with all of my material, are
varied and melodic. It’s hard to believe this now, but the use of
upfront percussion and aggressive sequencing, alongside traditional
synthesized backdrops and set into recognizable song-like structures,
was still in relatively early days in that field.”
Considered one of the early pioneers of
electronic music, Pickford's albums represent some of the first LPs
in the digital genre, and all instruments used herein are exceedingly
rudimentary by modern standards. Included among the tracks on
“Terraformer” are the groundbreaking singles, “The Furnace,”
“Darklands,” and “Djangotron,” the latter of which was
inspired by the compositions of Ennio Morricone (“The Good, the
Bad, and the Ugly,” “Once Upon a Time in the West”).
Several Pickford songs intended for
“Terraformer” were not originally included and were later
released on “Dystopia.” For this remastered version, one of
these, “Apocalypse of Love,” has been included as a bonus
feature.
“Terraformer” by Andy Pickford is
available online worldwide.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
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