purge.xxx #42 - A Question of Silence / Broken Mirrors by Lodewijk de Boer & Martijn Hasebos

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.

Running weekly, the series will broadcast the entire catalogue so far in chronological order, continuing here with A Question of Silence / Broken Mirrors) by by Lodewijk de Boer & Martijn Hasebos / Lodewijk de Boer.

Synthesiser soundtrack by Lodewijk de Boer (longterm collaborator of Frans Zwartjes) in partnership with Martijn Hasebos composed and recorded for Marleen Gorris' debut film A Question of Silence (a psychiatrist studies three women with no prior acquaintance who murder a male shop owner in broad daylight), released here for the first time, along withLodewijk de Boer's solo score for Gorris’ later picture Broken Mirrors.

Numbered + handmade in an edition of 250 copies only; 180gr vinyl in silkscreen-printed Kraft sleeve, containing Xerox-printed booklet with an essay by Chloe Aridjis.

Includes unlimited streaming of A Question of Silence / Broken Mirrors via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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 every Thursday.