Jumble Hole Clough: Trainspotting in Angola

It is OK to be jealous of Colin Robinson's unrelenting ability to come up with new compositions for his one-man avant-garde project Jumble Hole Clough. On his new album Trainspotting in Angola - "the idea of taking a futile and furtive hobby and turning it into an extreme sport" - his love for the forgotten heroes and inventors is in full swing.

Technology has always fascinated Robinson. As a former electrical engineer he is adamant to find out what is in the box, take it apart and reassemble it in a new way. His music is like a twisted computer motherboard that keeps acting up, spewing out unexpected results that make the listener reassess his thoughts about what can be done with sounds and rhythms. He puts the spotlight on a bloke who invented a robot that still works today with In 1950, an RAF officer and former spy built a robot that steered itself towards a beer bottle. The future of public transport on the Green Isle gets traction with The Irish are no strangers to monorails. Being tipsy can be a lot of fun (A tantalising gin, pronto!), and so can taking the piss on a genre - Prog Rock in 43 Seconds actually runs for 51 seconds. A Tribute to Laurie Johnson is lovely tribute to a composer who scored tons of tv series and films (including The Avengers and Dr. Strangelove).

Robinson makes it appear that he only has to wave his wand to conjure up a fresh stack of ideas that he can fine tune in his workshop,, but make no mistake. Making it sound easy is actually hard work. Try to dissect all the layers in I'll grind your bones to make my bread - that's a time consuming but fun exercise to while away the hours.

Trainspotting in Angola is a self-released album. Buy it (pay-what-you-want) from his website.

Tracks:

1. Empty Bus
2. Trainspotting in Angola
3. Flyswatter
4. Pascal's Tingle
5. The Irish are no strangers to monorails
6. And the bodies will pile up in their thousands
7. Landfill No.3
8. A tantalising gin, pronto!
9. Hoo Hole whoops-a-daisy
10. Prog Rock in 43 Seconds
11. Suppose art?
12. In 1950, an RAF officer and former spy built a robot that steered itself towards a beer bottle
13. Infants Or Us
14. Real Mr Harpy
15. A Tribute to Laurie Johnson
16. I always found it difficult to tune in to Radio Luxembourg
17. I'll grind your bones to make my bread
18. Procrastinator

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