From Elevated Gangways Rivers of Molten Metal Flow explained

From Elevated Gangways Rivers of Molten Metal Flow
Type:studio
Artist:Hwyl Nofio
Border:yes
Released:31 March 2017
Recorded:1983–2008
Genre:Experimental, avant-garde
Length:41.28
Label:HWYL
Producer:Steve Parry
Prev Title:Dark
Prev Year:2012

From Elevated Gangways Rivers of Molten Metal Flow is an album by Welsh experimental music group Hwyl Nofio, released in 2017. From Elevated Gangways Rivers of Molten Metal Flow is an avant-garde, drone, noise composition, at once a deeply personal tribute to a long lost family member and an elegy for the death of the steel industry in the place of Parry's birth - Panteg. Steve Parry originally had composed the music as a kind of soundtrack about the life of his Grandfather Herbert Parry – who worked as a Steel roller at Panteg Steel Works[1] in Pontypool, South Wales The recording process took place over the period 1983 – 2008. In an interview with the journalist Dave McGonigle in 2004 Parry refers to having discovered lost recordings and working on the project. The project remained a work in progress until its official release in 2017.[2]

Track listing

  1. "From Elevated Gangways Rivers of Molten Metal Flow (Part One)"
  2. "From Elevated Gangways Rivers of Molten Metal Flow (Part Two)"

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kevin . Mccaighy. The Quietus Reviews From Elevated Gangways Rivers of Molten Metal Flow. March 30, 2017. April 25, 2017.
  2. Web site: Interview with Steve Parry/Hwyl Nofio. MaelstromZine . 2017-04-20.