UK guitarist Dean McPhee has announced the release of his fifth LP ‘Astral Gold‘, which combines influences from Dub, Underground Electronic Music, Kosmische, Post Rock & British Folk. It is his first release on his new ‘Bass Ritual’ label (and distributed by Cargo Records).
His last full album, Witch’s Ladder, was released in 2021 (Hood Faire), which was recorded live with no overdubs and was inspired by folklore, mysticism and the landscapes of the North of England.
Dean recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for Astral Gold that you can support here. Excerpt:
‘Astral Gold’ sees Dean utilising deeper basslines, textured reverbs and delays and more intensive use of looping to create spaced-out and evocative soundscapes which are intricately layered, beautifully crafted and deeply atmospheric.
As well as two brand new tracks ‘Lunar Fire’ and the epic closing track ‘The Sediment of Creation’, ‘Astral Gold’ brings together the ltd lathe cut 7″ single ‘Cosmos/Ether’ (released last year on the Reverb Worship label), alongside a pair of tracks from two space-themed Folklore Tapes compilations ‘Ethereal Transects: The Lore of Celestial Objects’ (2019) and ‘When the Frog from the Well Sees the Ocean (Reports from English UFOlklore)’ (2023)
‘Astral Gold’ is mastered by Anne Taegert at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin and will be distributed worldwide by Cargo Records. It will be manufactured at “Press On Vinyl” in the UK and released on 180g vinyl.
Find out more here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bassritual/dean-mcphee-cosmos-lp