Astercote, by The Heartwood Institute

Astercote

by The Heartwood Institute

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Infinite Tapes This made me read the book by Penelope Lively, so thanks for that! (Album is pretty good too!)

Jeremy Bennett So much more than just an exercise in 'hauntology', this is a mini masterpiece and is clearly done with a lot of love and attention to nuance . Not read the book for many years, but i will be going back to it . Favorite track: Into The Woods.

James Griffin Atmospheric and beautifully crafted. Favorite track: The Chase.

shaun rogan Amicus soundtracks ahoy! The Heartwood Institute present their film/book soundtrack and wait for Lesley Anne Down to ask for a copy of the script....spooky and compelling. Favorite track: Into The Woods.

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	1.	Astercote 02:12
	2.	Peter And Mair 01:45
	3.	Into The Woods 01:21
	4.	Goacher 02:33
	5.	Fang And The Bitch 00:40
	6.	The Chalice 01:17
	7.	Stolen 01:52
	8.	The Old Ways 02:00
	9.	Watching And Waiting 01:31
	10.	The Chase 01:36
	11.	Call Down The Hawk 01:12
	12.	The Chalice Returned 01:20
	13.	The Bells Of Astercote 00:24

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An imagined soundtrack to the young adult novel Astercote, by Penelope Lively, originally published in 1970.

The aim being, to create a soundtrack as it might have sounded at the time of the original publication……..

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released May 25, 2015

All tracks composed and realised by Jonathan Sharp, 2015.

Additonal location recording and sound fx sourced from : www.freesound.org

Astercote is also available as a limited edition CD, with two bonus tracks, via : www.reverbworship.com

"eyed a little note on the reverb worship site giving advance warning of an imminent release by the heartwood institute and well, being the nosy blighters or rather more the curious souls we are, we decided to go on a ramble and unearthed this quaint treasure trove. The heartwood institute for the uninitiated – like me – is the aural alter ego of one Jonathan Sharp who from his secret sonic bunker crafts out lush sometimes haunting often beautiful sonic sketching oozed in vintage floral fantasia. ‘Astercote’ his most recent release is an imagined score to accompany a Penelope Lively penned novel of the same name published in 1970. A deeply engaging soundtrack delicately oozed in alluring floral folk flurries and the undulating romp of rustic revelries which under closer inspection reveal a sinister shadow land, for amid the innocence and carefree un-tethered tranquillity a sinister sub text plays out riddled it ritual, mystery and macabre for which while the pastoral posies such as ‘the old ways’ and ‘goacher’ allude to a sonically crafted kinship with fortdax it side steps at various turns into twilight worlds more commonly associated with the likes of the Advisory Circle, the unseen and the holy see as found on the brooding minimalist chiller ‘stolen’ and the detached futurism of ‘the chase’ where reference markers such as Zombi and John Carpenter are called to mind while somewhere else classic brit horror folk admirers (see ‘the blood on satan’s claw’) may warm to the teasingly brief ‘call down the hawk’." - The Sunday Experience.

"A rather superb slice of Hauntronica." - Reverb Worship.

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