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Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto - Quatermass Seven
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Little
Barrie
And
Malcolm
Catto
Team
Up
For
Seven
Tracks
Of
Breaks
And
Sci-Fi
Fuzz
For
Maverick
Producer
Madlib's
Label.
Quatermass
Seven,
the
meeting
of
minds
between
guitarist
Barrie
Cadogan,
bassist
Lewis
Wharton
and
drummer
Malcolm
Catto
represents
a
re-birth
of
sorts
for
Little
Barrie,
with
these
their
first
recordings
since
2017’s
Death
Express
and
the
untimely
passing
of
their
gifted
drummer
and
friend
Virgil
Howe.
As
Lewis
explains,
the
sessions
played
a
part
in
the
healing
process,
a
way
to
re-connect
through
music
without
any
intentions
to
necessarily
come
away
with
a
finished
record.
“It
was
good
to
get
in
the
studio
again
after
such
a
long
break
especially
as
we
didn’t
go
in
with
any
agenda
or
expectations,”
he
explains.
There
was
no
preconceptions
that
we
would
make
a
new
Little
Barrie
record,
it
was
just
an
opportunity
to
work
on
some
things
Barrie
had
written
for
fun
with
zero
pressure.”
With
most
tracks
recorded
live
with
minimal
overdubs,
and
produced
by
Malcolm
at
his
Quatermass
studios,
The
Heliocentrics’
main
man
brings
new
flavour
to
the
band’s
rhythm
section
by
blending
his
power
behind
the
drum
kit
and
his
expansive
skills
behind
the
mixing
desk
to
take
Little
Barrie’s
music
forward
into
new
territories.
Recorded
on
Catto’s
treasure
trove
of
analogue
gear,
and
mastered
onto
¼”
tape,
the
overall
effect
is
guitar,
bass
and
drums
finding
a
sweet
spot
where
genres
collide,
delivering
a
record
that
takes
the
influences
of
the
past
and
pushes
them
towards
somewhere
more
contemporary.
“I
definitely
hear
in
Barrie’s
songs
a
lot
of
common
musical
ground’”
explains
Malcolm.
“It
felt
like
a
great
thing
to
do,
work
with
Malcolm
while
we’re
figuring
out
what
we
wanna
do,”
Barrie
concludes,
“let’s
just
go
in
and
do
some
playing
and
see
what
happens,
and
we
came
out
with
more
than
we
ever
intended.”
Quatermass
Seven
delivers
a
dark,
deep
and
expansive
set
of
grooves,
layered
with
frazzled
and
flawless
guitar
and
flowing
melodies,
as
well
as
pointing
toward
a
future
of
exciting
new
musical
opportunities.
“Still
here,
so
fine,
just
a
little
darker
state
of
mind”
sings
Cadogan
on
‘Steel
Drum’,
words
which
sum
up
hope
in
times
of
uncertainty,
whilst
unintentionally
offering
a
perfect
description
of
Quartermass
Seven.
THIS
SIDE:
A1.
Rest
In
Blue
•
A2.
You’re
Only
You
A3.
Repeater
#2
•
A4.
T.R.A.B.S.
THAT
SIDE:
B1.
Steel
Drum
•
B2.
After
After
B3.
Repeater
#1
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