purge.xxx #6 - Ice Burns by Bruce Gilbert

purge.xxx releases music. It has been celebrated by The Wire magazine for its ‘disregard for the music industry, self-promotion and prevailing cultural norms,’ and an ‘ability to elevate distinct works and the obscure artists behind them.’ purge.xxx only releases music physically, unless a digital alternative has specifically been requested by a collaborating artist. It considers even the recording a compromise, but advocates things.

This series for Resonance Extra is the first time much of the label's catalogue has been available to hear outside of its material form. It accepts the invitation by Resonance on the basis that none of these sounds are stored. If you want to hear it you need to be able to access the radio at midnight BST every Thursday.

Running weekly, the series will broadcast the entire catalogue so far in chronological order, continuing here with Bruce Gilbert's Ice Burns.

"Holy, sacred and festive is the day that Bruce Gilbert grants your label the permission to publish his work. And holy, sacred and festive are the minutes that you, listener, will spend in it. Recorded live at Cafe Oto in London, 2017, in tribute to Mika Vainio."