109 by Gregory Harrison

“I just wanted to set up, play, and record. There was no editing down to get the 3min30 radio friendly cut, it’s a deep and personal record. Real life isn’t perfect so we left in the imperfections, and learned to love the blemishes”
Gregory Harrison

Locked away from the elements on the west coast of Guernsey, a small bar was the perfect setting to capture this moment. The up close and personal sound makes you feel like you’re not just listening to a record, but are in The Belvederre Inn itself. Consumed by the the deep sounds and stories of love, lust, and liquor, the album brings you closer to the artist and tales within.
Each track brings in different sounds creating an intimate arc, with the final track recorded on tape, bringing this album back to its roots as a classic folk album.
For fans of John Martyn, Jackson C. Frank and Martin Simpson, this is a must.

“I've found myself more and more drawn to making organic recordings. Greg's album was already intended to be a bare bones honest recording, but I wanted to push the concept further. Over the weekend I experimented with mono, single-mic recording. Recording straight through a valve mic pre-amp, directly onto used 50-year-old tape stock. There is no EQ, effects or compression at all – just the sound of voice and guitar live in the room. Dartmoor was the song we felt this approach suited best. It could have been recorded 50 years ago in a home studio and sounded identical.” -Flexagon.

The bastard lovechild of a bloodhound and a butterfly.

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