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Ian Elms

Ian Elms has been played on NTS shows including Annabel Fraser, with Surrounded By Trees first played on 14 November 2016.

Ian Elms’s cult isolationist synth masterpiece Good Night returns via Dark Entries. Originally released in 1982, Good Night blends Berlin school minimalism and BBC Radiophonic weirdness with the aesthetics of then-nascent DIY punk electronics throughout its fifteen short tracks. According to Elms, these pieces were composed in two broad but interrelated modes: pieces with voice and synthesizer, which are obliquely narrative, and instrumental synthesizer pieces that aspire to capture fleeting emotions. Ian met with producer David Hoser at Octopus Studios and they began constructing…

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On A Beach Lost At Sea
Ian Elms
Squid Marks Time1982
On A Beach Lost At Sea
Ian ElmsSquid Marks Time1982
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No Longer
Ian Elms
Squid Marks Time1982
No Longer
Ian ElmsSquid Marks Time1982
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A Tunnel With Curves
Ian Elms
Squid Marks Time1982
A Tunnel With Curves
Ian ElmsSquid Marks Time1982
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The End Of The Road
Ian Elms
Squid Marks Time1982
The End Of The Road
Ian ElmsSquid Marks Time1982
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Moving In The Rain
Ian Elms
Squid Marks Time1982
Moving In The Rain
Ian ElmsSquid Marks Time1982
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Surrounded By Trees
Ian Elms
Squid Marks Time1982
Surrounded By Trees
Ian ElmsSquid Marks Time1982
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The Street Enters The House
Ian Elms
Squid Marks Time1982
The Street Enters The House
Ian ElmsSquid Marks Time1982
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