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Intrusive Familiars EP

by Alex Monk

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The Double 08:05
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Goblin Grotto 04:40
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Ghost Dub 03:45
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Foggy Oak 1987 04:00
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Outside the Dream Inside the Image 04:31
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Recorded between the lockdowns period of 2020-2021 and completed in 2022.

I wanted to explore my interest in rhythms and electronic music, so therefore ventured away from the more familiar terrain of ambience, psyche-folk and guitars. Yet it occurs to me that this music also has familiar roots in that I have a sense that within its DNA it carries some of the essence of the early-mid 1990s acid, techno and house music that I grew up with and enjoyed listening and dancing to so much. I was also reading a lot about folklore and supernatural creatures at the time of this recording, and I can't help feeling that somehow these entities found their way into the music - hence the title.

'That the creatures should so soon have found the door was—­to me—­a proof of their reasoning capabilities. It assured me that they must not be regarded, by any means, as mere animals. I had felt something of this before, when that first Thing peered in through my window. Then I had applied the term superhuman to it, with an almost instinctive knowledge that the creature was something different from the brute-beast. Something beyond human; yet in no good sense; but rather as something foul and hostile to the great and good in humanity. In a word, as something intelligent, and yet inhuman.'

The House on the Borderland

William Hope Hodgson

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released December 15, 2022

All tracks written and produced by Alex Monk using Digitakt, Microfreak, Behringer pedals, Copicat tape delay, Akai Headrush.

Mastered by Mark Beazley.

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Alex Monk is a musician and producer based in London. He uses the structure of song to convey a range of emotions and moods,combined with a spirit that allows sounds and melodies to evolve through the essence of the moment. Live performances lend themselves to a range of sound sources and instruments though the voice often lies at the centre; sometimes employed only as an instrument itself. ... more

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