Polypores is a one man outfit from Preston, the work of Stephen James Buckley and a modular synth. In June this year Polypores released an album, Cosmically A Shambles, which I've been catching up with recently. The modular synth is an unpredictable instrument and that unpredictability seems to be built into the music, a whirl of bleeps and clicks, rhythms and spinning patterns, drum machines and melodies that never sit still, a constantly changing and seemingly organic sound The album opens with Lungs And Limbs and closes with Hazy Dazy, In between those two there are seven further slices of psychedelic electronic instrumentals. Whorl is skittish and expansive, the modular synth melody lines oscillating as the drum machine patters away beneath.
The rest of the album is just as good, the same but different- and endlessly inventive. You can find it at Bandcamp. Polypores performed live in one take for The state51 factory a year ago, nineteen minutes of modular synth joy.
Polypores has been asked to play at the Harmonicon festival in Todmorden in October- my discovery of Cosmically A Shambles and a soon to come appearance in Todmorden is surely a cosmic coincidence that can't be ignored. Polypores is playing at the Unitarian Chapel on the Staurday night. Across the rest of the weekend, a celebration of 'stones, drones, folklore, walks and talks' Polypores is joined by The Transcendence Orchestra, writer David Keenan, Bridget Hayden and Jacqueline Anderson at various venues including (obvs) The Golden Lion.
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