Ghost Gums are a Melbourne-based trio, with guitars by Ian Wadley and Samaan Fieck, and drums by Kishore Ryan.
'Vertical Slum' is their debut release, documenting two full set recordings from mid-2011, shows played in Melbourne and Dunedin. The Melbourne side was recorded at Art Beat, an artist-run space, where Ghost Gums shared the bill with notable Melbourne improvisors Ren Walters and Rod Cooper; the other side was recorded at the groups 2nd show, supporting The Aesthetics and Mad Nanna at the Crown Hotel in Dunedin.
At the time, Samaan was on bass in Mad Nanna and Ian was on drums (he still is); Samaan and Kishore are also active in Where Were You At Lunch; Samaan also plays guitar, and manipulates tape reels, in Smash Tennis. Ian Wadley has also been an active solo guitarist (since the break-up of Bird Blobs) usually playing minimal spontaneous improvisations.
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| Cover photo: Esta de Jong |
Off-kilter, wonky, grating, meandering, disorientating, blown-out.
Edition of 50 copies.
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