Written and recorded in Whitby, York and Rotherham (UK) during summer 2010 by Mark Fell.
Mastered at Dubplates and Mastering Berlin in 2010 by Lupo.

Packaged in 4 panel dgipack with day-glow orange and silver foil print

"Middle sized member of the UL range, the UL8, a three unit system, embodies the good looks and high performance associated with Celestion designed products. Utilising the HD1000 pressured dome tweeter and an 8 inch mid/bass driver, which together a similar sized A.B.R. combine to give an overall frequency response of 30 Hz to 28 kHz. The mid/bass drivers large magnet system perfectly controls the excursions of the specially processed Bextrene cone assembly with its 1.5 inch voice coil. Designed to a precise specification, the UL8 achieves highly realistic ‘music’ reproduction."

quoted from
http://mycolectionditton.com/DittonUL8.html

This project takes its name from the Celestion UL8 speaker. My older brother bought a pair of these when i was starting comprehensive school, and between his 10cc and Supertramp records i first encountered electronically synthesized sound at high volumes. I soon noticed a pattern emerging in my musical tastes which excluded guitars or drums. Instead i favoured almost exclusively the electronic textures and rhythms of The Human League, Fad Gadget and other synthesiser based music of that period. I was quite curious about this prejudice and would try to work out why Kraftwerk sounded so much better than a rock band of the time.
So began my interest in the texture of synthetic sound - there was something much more beautiful (and perhaps more emotionally charged) about a sustained square wave than any guitar solo. I began search out and replay sections of music which dropped to a single sound - these, for some reason, were the best. This interest increased when.......
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