GORE by Professional Hairdresser

Not a reference to another barber beats artist, but rather Slovene for 'mountains'.

I experienced mandatory nudity for the first time in my life in January 2025. My wife and I went to a fancy thermal spa resort to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary and we discovered that Friday nights, and weekends, after 10pm are 'FKK'.

I thought this was a vulgar acronym but it basically stands for a German term involving 'culture of free bodies' or something like that. In practice, it means everyone gets their kit off, and you either join in or GTFO. We did not join in, thank you very much.

Anyway, seeing so many bums, boobs, foofs and willies all at once in such a short space of time was certainly an experience - we also tried Finnish saunas, where clothing is not allowed (but towels are, thank goodness).

It was in these that I heard actual 'sauna music', which very definitely falls under the barber beats purview. I also found (in an adjacent hotel's reading corner) a very cool Time Life book about mountains, translated into Slovene in 1973, which is what forms the basis for the album cover.

As such, this an album inspired by the above things. Please note that playing this album in an actual sauna may have adverse effects. I'd also like to apologise to any Slovenes for potentially terrible translations...!

Tracklist

1.	Visoka nadmorska višina	5:12

2.	To je eno najlepših stranišč, kar sem jih kdaj videl	4:32

3.	Topla voda, hladen zrak	4:36

4.	Prijeten mali spanec	4:19

5.	Pomoč! Obkrožen sem z naravo in mislim, da mi ni všeč!	6:21

6.	FKK	4:47

7.	Dedkovo dno	6:19

8.	...in izdihnite	8:32

Credits

released February 14, 2025

Cover art taken from and inspired by a Slovene translation of THE MOUNTAINS, by Lorus J. Milne and Margery Milne // Overall layout and design by PH // Feb 2025
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Everything mutated by PH from the following tracks, shown here in no particular order (check each song to see which ones were used where):

Blue Crisp - African Skies (Sunset Del Mar Lounge Mix)
Aenigmatica - Guardian Of Light
Stive Morgan - Global Transformation
CJ Rcm - Amazing Life (Chillout Mix)
Wychazel - Lemuria
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
Amure - Chilling Cold
Spa Music Paradise Zone - Always Sunny & Blissful
Perpetual Loop - Night Drive
Mars Lasar - The Happiest Day
Medwyn Goodall - The Event, Pt. 2
Massive Attack - Black Milk
Stive Morgan - Oxygen Music
Melange - Viaje A Cenera
Royksopp - Pocket Change (Ragi's Palkaway Korma Mix)
Empire Of Love - Elder (Original Mix)
Btribe - Deseperada
Yanni - Desert Soul
Zero Project - Romance
Shojuen - Distance
Tom Strobe Feat. Nv Prod. - Wonderful (Original Mix)
Sweet Velvet - Shaking The Spirits (Mykonos Sunset Mix)
Hirudo - Spy From Cairo (Classic Instrumental Mix)
Guy Sweens - Balkan Traditions
Jupiter Panic - Time Surfer
Tranquility Spa Universe - Natural Remedies For Anxiety
Jupiter Panic - Nine Four
Delerium - Ritual
Enigma - Age Of Loneliness (Enigmatic Club Mix)
Sebutones - Intro
Glenn Main - Equinoxe, Part 7
Improving Concentration Music Zone - Music For Studying
Deep Forest - Sing With The Birds
Dao Dezi - La Jument De Mishao (Love Palace Mix)
Matt Venuti - The All
Anhidema - Luna Moth
Warmth - Time As A Reward (Album Version)
David A Brown - A Place Of Peace And Love
Banco De Gaia - Is-Is Loves Ankh-An-Atum
Julian Ray - Rising
Blank & Jones - After Love (Ambient Mix)
Oliver Shanti & Friends - Sacral Nirvana

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