Hadal Zone by Temporary Bodies & Jonathan Dickin

'Hadal Zone' marks the last in a trio of improvised recordings and releases on Utopian Mechanics. Bringing together the melancholic ambience of Temporary Bodies with the primal anguish of bleak, this 69 minute piece was recorded in a single take one afternoon in January this year.

Featuring Jonathan Dickin (bleak, Mums, Human Hand, The Big Them) on guitar and Mike Warburton (Barium Network, Temporary Bodies) on keys, 'Hadal Zone' sees the two plunge into the darkest depths of the most isolated parts of the ocean.

The spray of salt water and torrential rain soaks every movement of the piece, with few moments to come up for air. Sat amongst waves as tall as the Burj Khalifa and circling a vortex direct to the gates of Hades, 'Hadal Zone' is an enormous spectacle where a choir of ancient mariners drowns in the thick, ferocious tones of Jonathan's unhinged guitar, before washed up, broken and battered, you find your way to the shore of an inhospitable island in the core of the Pacific.

'Hadal Zone' is released Friday 2nd May 2025 on limited CD and download.

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