A1.) Fertiliser/Horticulture/Mower
A2.) Milk Whistle/Pollen Counter
B1.) Fruiting bodies/Liberty Capped
B2.) Lawn Aura/World Away/Decomposition
Olan Mill – Paths Alex Smalley and Svitlana Samoylenko, Facture - May 2012, LTD Vinyl, CD, Book and MP3.
A1.) Bleu Polar
A2.) The Square Is Porcelain
A3.) Amber Balanced
B1.) Intestinal Flora
B2.) Eye’s Closed (For Rube)
B3.) Stalled Boson
“an exquisite and exceptionally nuanced exercise in classical-electronic soundscaping, as the duo constantly focuses on striking the right balance between emotional expression and economic presentation”. Textura - Album of the month
“Paths is a triumph in ambient music. Olan Mill gives the powerful melodies space and room to breathe naturally, so that each listen reveals more, transporting feelings deep into the sub-conscious”. The Silent Ballet – Album of the week
“Olan Mill’s sound is one of sobriety, pause, and deep emotional memory, it expresses a desire to connect, to break down barriers in the listener’s mind”. A Closer Listen “The drones are first class… the strings are first class… and the melodies are eloquent in their expression. This is a release that warrants being savoured… and rewards the listener who takes their time with it… letting it soak into their very being so that every nuance can be appreciated… every element enjoyed fully”. The Future Elements Pausal – Autumnal Simon Bainton and Alex Smalley, Students of Decay October 2011, Tape, MP3 EP.
1.) Autumnal Side A
2.) Autumnal Side B
“These are tracks that grow, evolve, transform, and maybe even feel. The listener can feel the presence of another entity while Autumnal hums between the ears; it may or may not be man-made, but Pausal has tapped into something powerful here”. The Silent Ballet (rip) - Album of the week
“Autumnal is a diptych of floating tableaux of wistful bucolica and gently heart-string tugging micro-symphonics created from a mélange of treated guitar and processed vinyl”. Igloo Magazine
“Each chord is so calm and absorbing, but like sunlight, there is little visible activity, yet when you are under the stream of it you receive the sensation of a crackling, pulsating energy”. Fluid Radio
Olan Mill – Pine
Alex Smalley & Svitlana Samoylenko, Serein – May 2010 CD Album
1.) Spare Smoke Template
2.) Country
3.) Disempowered
4.) Heavy Leg Cycle
5.) Pine
6.) Postponed Mindfulness
7.) An Obedient Ear
8.) The Prescribed Individual
9.) Cotton Access
10.) Flume
“Pine has great power within it. Pick up this album for the chalice of perpetual self-rejuvenation”. The Silent Ballet - Album of the month -7th Album of the year
“Such is the grand nature of the resulting music, that the ten instrumental pieces evoke thoughts of huge expanses be it underwater, open valleys or starry night skies”. Fluid Radio - Album of the Month
“These brilliant alchemists have transmuted the smallest array of source materials into what can only be described as bottled eternity that, if taken, can transport you out of time and into a realm of mesmerising tranquility and statuesque stillness”. Igloo Magazine
“They never let the limitation of their sound pool temper their vision, and as a result, Pine sounds particularly ambitious and rich. That they achieve this using restricted means is a testament of their combined musicianship”. The Milk Factory
“the duo achieves a powerful sense of intimacy within the context of its cinematic swells—a quiet subtlety that seems to draw a straight line to the subconscious”. Tokafi Magazine
“it’s the kind of sound one could equate with the peaceful resignation that is said to characterize a dying person’s last moments”. Textura Magazine
Pausal – Lapses
Simon Bainton & Alex Smalley, Barge Recordings (United States) March 2010, CD Album.
1.) Bottom-up Pause
2.) Velmead in Common
3.) Top-down Cantillation
4.) Lapsing
5.) Fall on Certain Accents
6.) One Watery Lens
7.) Midshipman
8.) With Seashell
9.) Without
10.) Jetty
11.) Malnourished Minds
12.) For Forests
“Lapses is a study in warmth and delicacy and its cumulative effect is quietly stunning”. The line Of Best Fit - Shortlisted for The Uranus Music Prize
“Well-crafted, accessible and above all, exceedingly pretty, Lapses comes recommended to anyone with a penchant for luscious ambience”. Boomkat - Album of the week
“With the release of Lapses, Pausal have proven to be a fine addition to Barge’s small and well-chosen roster”. Mapsadaisical
“Lapses is a tome of a debut that shows the two constructing a colorful, yet ghostly, world of slow-moving, rejuvenating sound”. Foxydigitalis
“The true daring experimentation here is to bring drone blinking into the sunlight, reaching out its introverted hand to nature and knowing love, and teaching drone to feel. Pausal has repeat listening value in bucket loads on Lapses“. The Silent Ballet
Alpine. – Fr:om Harmed Weather To Stark Micro Climates
Music: Alex Smalley - Highpoint Lowlife May 2009, MP3 EP
1.) Fr;om
2.) Harmed
3.) Weather
4.) To Stark
5.) Micro
6.) Climates
“With just six consolidated tracks, the EP presents an uncluttered approach to some of the most diverse and imaginative instrumentation”. Igloo Magazine
“Smalley deploys here a series of nuanced and fragile compositions dotted of a great evocative scope”. The Milk Factory
“Fr:om Harmed Weather to Stark, Micro, Climates suffers the rare affliction of understaying its welcome, but that just makes these bite-sized pieces all the more attractive”. The Cyclic Defrost
Pausal – Pausal Alex Smalley & Simon Bainton, Highpoint Lowlife July 2007/Reissued July2009, MP3 EP.
1.) Heroes=Dogs
2.) Song From A Cloth Pocket
3.) Place (Revisited)
4.) Semi-Submerged
“if you close your eyes — and this is the sort of music that makes you want to close your eyes — you might mistake it for some pastoral moment in Debussy”. Disquiet
“Their approach reveals it self to be highly valuable and invigorating”. Derives
“Pausal’s foray into the zone between Deep Listening immersion and micro-orchestral drone is an unalloyed triumph”. Igloo Magazine