Music For Photographers – Out 12/11/2021

Posted on 29th September 2021 in Releases

Music For Photographers by The Black Dog

On the 12th November 2021, we finally drop the full version of Music For Photographers.

Our Patreon supporters have been following the progress of this project for the last few months, getting to hear and download the demo tracks as they were produced, but now it’s time to release the final version, fully mastered and delivered on multiple formats.

Limited edition 4 x 12″ heavy-weight vinyl in a full-colour gatefold sleeve
An special cassette version, exclusive to DustStore and Bandcamp
Compact disc with free digital downloads
Utra high-resolution 24bit 96khz lossless audio (WAV and FLAC)
CD quality 16bit lossless WAV and efficient 320kbps MP3 files

Pre-Order Now
https://www.duststore.com/pages/music-for-photographers

Support Our Work
You can join and support our work now to get access to the demo versions right now, plus loads more downloads and freebies:
https://www.patreon.com/theblackdogma

About The Project
We’ve always worked apart. For us, it’s nothing new. Large online servers have been in place for years but at some stage, we always meet up while working on an album to pour over the details, tone and running order.

We create storyboards and write text to support and form the ideas. However, this process and the simple ability to sit in the same room just wasn’t possible during the pandemic. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, on this project we believe that it has helped us to capture the isolation a photographer seeks with their subject. It’s an attempt at slowing down and finding something internal. When the chatter stops, the creative intentions seep through.

Music For Photographers was first created as a functional tool. For the last two years, we’ve been photographing our city and the brutal architecture that sits within the landscape. Throughout this process many mistakes had been made, resulting in many return visits to repeat work already undertaken. Rushing, aimlessly collecting and near misses are all common problems. Photography, just like any other artform, needs to be practised and the skills need to be attained. Like music, it’s a constant battle.

Something was needed to aid the art being sought.

We created Music For Photographers with two simple rules; to be void of human voices and that it should be played in full when visiting any location. Our approach to composing the music and visiting the locations evolved. It helped the whole process become a more fluid exchange of ideas and we repeated the process later while editing the photographs. The book “Brutal Sheffield” provided a full stop for the creative process, finding that perfect balance between function and form.

Music For Photographers has now become a fully functioning sigil in our creative process. Rather than just invoking, it also evokes and goes beyond being a simple function. Listen carefully and you can hear the bréton brut!

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