Wilson Tanner

𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙡-𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙝, 𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱.

“Spring might not yet have sprung, but the Growing Bin is always in bloom. After brightening our days with the opiate beauty of Barthel, Bohm and Bauer and the dusky grafts of Moon B last year, Basso’s well tended imprint begins 2016 with an antipodean gem. The green fingered, or thumbed, among you might recognise A.R.T. Wilson from his time in the Growing Bin a while back, when he soothed our cares with the drifting dreamscape of ‘Overworld’. Now the sometime club menace returns to Hamburg’s finest label in the company of numerical pioneer Eleventeen Eston AKA John Tanner for another journey into the heart of the horizontal.

Setting up camp where the Swan River meets the Indian Ocean, Wilson and Tanner tuned into nature, translating the warm sun, sea air and blue sky into a postcard from paradise. Lithe clarinet dances around tranquil piano, relaxed guitar decorates velvet synth textures and unhurried percussion makes an occasional appearance, as if to remind us that time’s still passing. Employing an innovative alfresco recording technique, Andy and John invited members of the local animal community to join their jam sessions, saving a Blue Swimmer Crab from the flames of the barbecue and encouraging him to claw the ivories.

Drop the needle and drift away on the distant ocean of “Pilot”, freefall into the soothing ambience of ‘Further Than Your Headlights’, and let “Sun Room” guide you gently back to terra firma. The dream team of Australian musicians (not to mention a very talented crustacean), come together on one vinyl – and it’s better than you could possibly imagine.”