There Are Other Worlds

by Polypores

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clairhotgem Really beautiful LP, particularly loving the build up in Gold Form. Stephen's work is always playful, which he retains here, however 'There are other worlds' sounds like he's brought a little more emotion to the table Favorite track: Gold Form.

EMOTION WAVE Like exploring weird lush new planets through the eyes of a wide-eyed explorer. Stephen never fails to amaze me how he constantly evolves as an artist, he's a uniquely gifted, endless wellspring of creativity. Favorite track: Earth 2.

Bernard Grancher It's hard to describe the emotions this album brings out in me. There are so many paths and directions to take when listening to such beauty. Stephen seems to be so at one with his machines that it's like hearing the song of a perfect symbiosis. Thank you Stephen for once again giving us a glimpse of unknown landscapes! Favorite track: The Warp Zone.

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1.	Extasis 03:32	buy track
2.	Earth 2 03:11	buy track
3.	The Warp Zone 05:13	buy track
4.	Virtual Forest Worlds 04:14	buy track
5.	Beautiful Objects Everywhere 02:15	buy track
6.	It Was Here All Along, Between the Dandelions. 03:53	buy track
7.	Follow the Magpie 03:24	buy track
8.	The Egg 06:46	buy track
9.	Reality Hacking 03:52	buy track
10.	Channel Between 00:42	buy track
11.	Gold Form 02:52	buy track
12.	Foreverglade 04:51	buy track

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Stephen James Buckley's work as Polypores has always pecked at the heels of otherworldliness, crafting rich soundcapes that bloom from nowhere: insistent arpeggios and staggered melodies that sprout thorns and seep honey. His craft is honed to the point that it's all flawlessly integrated and deeply hypnotic on his latest opus, ‘There Are Other Worlds’. It’s further evidence (as if any were needed) that Buckley is a wizard of unmeasurable skill.

As a label, we have always loved working with Stephen. Always unpredictable and a majestic live performer. We always try to match the beauty of Stephen's music on CiS releases and as usual, "There are Other Worlds" has been given the deluxe treatment with stunning artwork from Nick Taylor and a beautiful heavyweight pressing from our secret weapon pressing plant.

"The seeds of this album were planted in April 2023 and as is often the case, germinated through a combination of various environments and my own somewhat unmanageable imagination. I’d become hyperfixated on the idea of Alternate Reality Games, and the way that through what are essentially acts of play, a person can experience a degree of brain-change. A form of magic. We can all experience other worlds.

"I was particularly obsessed with Joseph Matheny’s Ong’s Hat project, and the Incunabula Catalog of rare and deeply weird books concerning conspiracy theory, frontier science, and alternate worlds. I was walking around the suburbs and countryside, in something of a daze, just living in that reality where interdimensional portals were being opened by psychedelic scientists and quantum hippies. There were so many possibilities. What if these gateways could exist anywhere? What if I followed a magpie down a wormhole that existed in a patch of dandelions?

"My immediate environment was changed. Everything had potential. There was magic in the mundane. There was beauty everywhere, you just had to look properly. Everything was exciting and charged with power. I went to Other Worlds, which were hiding all along, in the most unlikely places.

"The album title is inspired by a Sun Ra track from my favourite of his albums, Languidity. The music was created in my home studio during April/May 2023, using a Eurorack modular, a Dreadbox Erebus synthesizer, and an EHX Memory Man delay pedal. The field recordings were taken whilst walking. Additional vocalizations by a magpie, and some whistling by Helen Buckley."

Stephen James Buckley, August 2024.

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released September 20, 2024

Written and performed by Stephen James Buckley
Mastered by Antony Ryan @ redredpaw.com
Artwork by Nick Taylor @ spectral-studio.co.uk
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Polypores Preston, UK

Polypores (aka Stephen James Buckley) paints music with a modular synthesizer, drawing influence from ambient, new age, and experimental electronics. It soars, bubbles, crackles, and soothes, in ever-shifting, immersive cosmic landscapes. Dream environments and sonic sculptures. ... more

discography

There Are Other Worlds

Sep 2024
Praedormitium

Feb 2023
Azure

Jun 2020
Flora

Jul 2019

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