Sidings – the new album from modular synth mastermind Craven Faults

Sidings, the new album from modular synth mastermind Craven Faults is the latest in an ongoing series of LPs exploring the post-industrial landscapes of the north of England. It is available, now, on the internet, and in real life.

Here, we begin with the momentous engineering feat of the Settle-Carlisle Railway – colossal Victorian architecture imposed upon the land at great human cost. From this point, we wind through moors and dales, meeting fellow travellers at inns and cattle markets, all the while nodding, in true Craven Faults style, to innovations in twentieth-century electronic music.

“The devil’s in the details. It always was and it always will be. It’s there for those who seek it out.

The journey on Sidings isn’t made with people in mind. It begins in an isolated community which has built up around one of the great engineering projects of its age. The work is slow and perilous – thousands of men at the mercy of the elements. The ground is frozen or flooded for months on end, while red kites circle overhead. 14 tunnels and 22 viaducts to open up the north.”

It is available to purchase on the Internet.