The Letdown

Avoidance by Geoff Kevin is here!!!

 

Soft Records wish to announce the release of the fab new album ‘Avoidance’, by Geoff Towner and Kevin Purdy, under the guise of Geoff Kevin. 

This was a fantastic coupling, born out of a combined respect, not only for each other as artists but also our shared magic wonder of music.
I would like to thank Geoff, for this great opportunity to work with such a great composer and lyricist.

I want to deeply thank the musicians who went out of their way to help make this such a beautiful album: Jim Denley, Peter Hollo, Penny Mcbride and Yasmin Percy, I bow to you with love and respect.
Love also to those who helped wrangle this baby together: Sidat de Silva (video), Chris Familton (publicity), William Bowden (mastering), MGM (distribution), Dale Harrison (design & layout), Amanda Stewart (unending support), James Tsai (photography), Keith Dunstone (the amazing cover photos) and lastly but not leastly, my sorely missed friend Christian Houllemare (bass on The Letdown).

                                                                Hooray!

You can get hold of the LP and CD through MGM Distribution, Red Eye Records, Utopia, Radio Free Alice, Egg Records, Bandcamp and all groovy record stores. You can download the album from many quality download sites including Bandcamp

Avoidance Arrives!!!

 

"The tracks often skirt the baroque, usually to lean back into a casual register. There’s a lot of space in the songs, making the record a low-key listening luxury." 

Philip Brophy - The Wire Oct 2021 

 

 

 

THE ROAD TO AVOIDANCE

 

Soft Records · The Letdown

Soft Records · Thank You For Your Help - by Geoff Kevin

In Transit arrives!

The beautiful, new, album by Purdy, In Transit, has made it back from the presses.
This is Purdy's sixth album, which continues his outbound trajectory of sonic discovery.
With this album Purdy has utilized a live organic, intuitive approach, as he did with 2012's Illumination, but here there is stronger form and brighter colours. Six wonderful journeys with Purdy's classic cinematic and progxotic style.
Purdy has used comparatively few record samples for this release, with his field recordings being a prominent part of the samplogical extravaganza. 
All the instruments are played by him, except for those played by his extra special guests, Jim Denley - sax and flute, Simon Ferenci - trumpet, Amanda Stewart - voice and Peter Hollo - cello. Additional vocals Matt Leigh and John Kent, as well as a great many critters.
Mastering by William Bowden and Layout by Dale Harrison.

Order the CD and Download  through MGM Dist. or at your favorite funky retailer and downloader.


We are launching In Transit on the 5th of October at Radio Free Alice 
With it's official release on the 6th of October through MGM Distribution 

The Story So Far

Body Variations is off to a lovely start. 
The album has received some beautiful reviews, as well many radio features, including: Tim Ritchie's 'Sound Quality', on ABC RN and Andre Calman's 
'The Space Inbetween' on 2SER, Presenting the album in full. 
There were also special features on 'The Art of Bleep' on 3PBS and Jonathon Alley's 'Under the Sun' on 3RRR.

3RRR's current Top 10  

Body Variations arrives!

At last! the new Purdy LP 'Body Variations' has arrived.

Body Variations is a suite, a single work, a song cycle with a reoccurring theme.

A luscious soundtrack to your own private cerebral cinema.

Purdy takes his own progxotic sound techniques to even greater heights with this beauty.

The listener is taken, over the 40 and a bit minute journey to lands of calm, exhilaration, 

beauty, darkness, rocking shapes and signatures bathed in many colors.

This good lookin', chunky, loud, limited edition LP is all yours to have and hold.
It sounds amazing too!

You can buy it through Bandcamp, as well as Title (around the country), Pigeon Ground, Egg Records, Revolve and Red Eye in Sydney. In Melbourne you'll find it at Title and Round and Round Records.

Body Variations is also available as a download through Bandcamp, iTunes and so on.

Australian artist Purdy has just made his 5th solo album entitled 'Body Variations', and it is a song cycle without lyrics. Beguiling and straight forward, it is in the actual time it takes to listen to the whole piece that you find the complexity and treats that make it really worthwhile.

Tim Ritchie ABC RN

Soft Records · Gravity - by Purdy