JECK, PHILIP - Spool

Cassette-only, limited edition of 250 copies. Spool is by UK-based turntable/multimedia experimenter Philip Jeck, and it is the premier release by new, cassette-only UK label, The Tapeworm. Recorded in June, at home in Liverpool, on Spool, Jeck eschews his usual prepared vinyl technique, instead playing bass guitar through various effects boxes. Jeck is best known for his work with old records and record players salvaged from junk shops, playing them like musical instruments, and creating an intensely personal language that evolves with each added part of a record. Most of Jecks audio work is released on Touch, but this Tapeworm label debut is a fresh example of an artist at his most organic and free-flowing. -The Tapeworm