from minimalism to melody and back again, isan have been on a musical journey since a chance meeting brought together robin saville and antony ryan in leicester in 1996. once they'd discovered their shared love for electronic music and decided to work together, not much has been discussed. isan prefer to allow their sound to develop on its own, allowing their intuitive grasp of melody and the manipulation of sound to dictate their direction.
now based in southend and copenhagen respectively, robin and antony work separately from each other most of the time, communicating via email, telephone and postcard. notes are compared and directions noted, followed or abandoned. the end result is a hopefully coherent body of work for which the pair consider themselves jointly responsible.
their new album, plans drawn in pencil is now available on morr music. for full details of live dates, remixes and other news check this site and sign up for the newsletter at morr music.
in addition to maintaining his half of the isan bargain, robin also makes tunes on his own which you can hear at myspace.com/willowwarbler and releases tunes by some of his favourite artists on his own label arable records.
we'll be rotating the songs on this space to feature both new and older material every few weeks or so. here's the video for cinnabar from plans drawn in pencil.... made by luis briceno and patrick volve of metronomic:
Library Tapes + Simon Scott @ Club AC30/Queen Of Hoxton: london- 3rd June. *OSLO: 19th June with the sight below + simon scott/ 20th = Bergen Norway. *30th June- Paris with the sight below and simon scott
*Simon Scott, Svarte Greiner + The Sight Below: 1st July @ Hare and Hounds-Birmingham, 2 July @ Scared Trinity Church- Manchester, 3rd July@ The Luminaire- London and 4th July '09 Leeds The Royal Park Cellars.
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