"For Barry Ray is the husband and wife duo of Carina Thorén
(Sweden) and John Chantler (Australia). After a number of
compilation appearances, long gone CDrs and lathe cut records
under various guises, the pair bunked down over the winter of
06/07 to lay the foundations for 'New Days', kicking off things
Christmas morning with the gift of a London turned silent and a
sky free of planes. On 'New Days', the sound moves from the wash
of organs and lofi analog detail that opens the record to
ecstatic blasts of freeform percussion and electronics, some
hypnotic distorted keyboards and looped flute tones. Dom Garwood
(Alexander Tucker / Ladywoodsman et al) dropped by for a meal
and laid down some clarinet parts. The records second half
increases the sense of space. An old Swedish folk melody is
buried beneath waves of fuzz while Loren Connors-esque guitar
notes step gently in the wake. Two short interludes follow, the
thrum and pause of 'The Porcelain Horse's analog tape
manipulations and the heavily processed guit