Pye Corner Audio

Pye Corner Audio at Vespers

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Pye Corner Audio at Vespers, November 27th

Pye Corner Audio is a British electronic music project by Martin Jenkins. He deals in an eerie, fragile strain of electronic music mixing the Radiophonic/Library music sound, sometimes with a post-punk influence that aligns him firmly with such seasoned hauntologists as Mordant Music, Belbury Poly, and The Advisory Circle.

Jenkins refers to himself as the mysterious and nameless Head Technician in most of his online profiles, and extra detail is taken to make the audio and visual elements of his performances look and sound worn and vintage.

PCA first came to attention with four volumes of Black Mill Tapes on his own label, Pye Corner Audio Transcription Services. Like his contemporaries Demdike Stare and Ghost Box, Martin seemed to be tapping into some hidden energy current, channeling spirits via electrical means. The pioneering transmissions of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop could be detected lurking within the music’s staticky swirl; so could the ominous throb of John Carpenter’s film soundtracks.

While the musical landscape has shifted over the years, Pye Corner Audio’s retro-futurist transmissions remain timelessly compelling, resembling a rickety tape transfer of a collective nostalgia, waiting to be rediscovered.

The fifth volume of Black Mill Tapes arrived on Lapsus Records in 2021, followed by Entangled Routes on Ghost Box and Let’s Emerge! on Sonic Cathedral, which featured Andy Bell’s guitars and saw some tracks remixed by Sonic Boom. He has also contributed numerous singles and EPs that come across as mini-albums for labels including Death Waltz, Lapsus, and Ecstatic.

In 2024, Jenkins returned to Ghost Box with The Endless Echo and debuted on Emotional Response with two acid-infused EPs. This year, Where Things Are Hollow: No Tomorrow on Lapsus Records brings together remastered tracks from the first two volumes, along with new material and new reinterpreta