Daniel Thomas Bandcamp

Hey there, just a quick note to say that I've created a Bandcamp for Daniel Thomas stuff;

daniel-thomas.bandcamp.com

There's a couple of things there, including 'Delighted in Isolation', which was originally released on the wonderful Striate Cortex and sold out a while back...

New album coming soon on (the equally wonderful) Kirkstall Dark Matter...

RFM : The Zellaby Awards

And so, as one year ends and another begins, Radio Free Midwich takes a look back at the last year, with The Zellaby Awards. I'm pleased and honoured that SLI makes a few appearances in some very prestigious company...

There's awards for Aqua Dentata, Petals, Striate Cortex and even some chap named Daniel Thomas. And, if such honours weren't enough, three SLI discs (and my solo release on Striate Cortex) make the top twenty releases list. Wonderful!

"From watching Mel O’Dubhslaine reinventing music in Kieron Piercy’s basement through to laughing out loud on the bus as I listened to BBBlood’s breaking glass tape, the year in music has been remarkable."

Click on the quote for the full list of honours...

I guess this is as good a spot to say thank you for all the support that I've received since starting SLI. Thanks...

A Closer Listen Review Delighted In Isolation

A really amazing review of from Delighted in Isolation, from A Closer Listen.

"It may, in some instances, be possible to revel in isolation, but with Daniel Thomas at the controls, any easy ride is purely a hopeful hallucination. In drone and dark ambient circles, Delighted In Isolation is an impressive feat."

Click on the quote for the full review...



(Photo by Andy Robinson)

Rottenmeats Review Delighted in Isolation

Lovely review of Delighted in Isolation over at Rottenmeats...

"A beautiful occultist origami of time spans groaning with oscillatory majestics, rifling deep into your psyche with a chemistry of grainy concretes, tectonic shifts, and funnelling hypnotics…"
Click on the quote for the full review...


(Photo by Andy Robinson)

Vital Weekly Review of Delighted in Isolation

Hey hey, the good people of the Vital Weekly podcast have included a track from Delighted in Isolation and written a nice review;

(Photo by Andy Robinson)

"DANIEL THOMAS - DELIGHTED IN ISOLATION (CDR by Striate Cortex)
On the recently reviewed CDR by Midwich, see Vital Weekly 829, we found a track recorded in collaboration with Daniel Thomas, which apparently was liked by Striate Cortex that they invited him to do a CDR on his own. Like Midwich, Thomas is from Leeds and like Midwich his music owes a bit to the world of drone music. But a difference is that Midwich works clearly with a background of organ like sounds and for Thomas its less easy to say what he does or what his sound sources are. His drone music is then a bit different too. Occasionally a bit more pulse like, such as in the second or the seventh tracks (all untitled), but then also, at other times a bit more oriented towards to the more heavy, noisier drone clusters such as in the eighth piece. Its not always the most refined voices in drone music Daniel Thomas uses here, although the fourth piece shows he can. Sometimes however things are quite loud and dirty and its never easy to tell what Thomas want with his music. Set forward to please people, lull them to sleep, or perhaps give them a perfect nightmare. Whatever it is, he does it quite well. In the crowded of even noisy drone makers, Thomas shows quite a promise for the future. (FdW)
Address: http://striatecortex.wordpress.com"

(Review by Frans de Waard for Vital Weekly)

Delighted in Isolation - Review

(Scan by Rob Hayler)

So, having been privy to an advance copy of the album, the delightful Rob (or, is that rob?) at the equally delightful Radio Free Midwich (or, is that radiofreemidwich?) has unleashed his thoughts on Delighted in Isolation in to the world...

"there is a dinosaur eating landfill"
Click on the quote for the full review...

(Scan by Rob Hayler)

Daniel Thomas - Delighted in Isolation

I'm very happy to say that "Daniel Thomas - Delighted in Isolation" (S.C.48.) is now available direct from the wonderful folk of Striate Cortex by clicking "here!".

(Photo by Andy Robinson)

http://striatecortex.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/s-c-48-daniel-thomas/


(Photo by Andy Robinson)