Name: Common Grounds
Brand: The Hardy Tree

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PIPE034LP

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Colour

Clear

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-07-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

State 51

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5057805759737

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / clear

Artist

The Hardy Tree 

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Clay Pipe

Clay Pipe Music is a London based label run by illustrator Frances Castle. Inspired by small press pioneers like Rena Gardiner, each release comes in carefully conceived packaging in limited quantities. If there is demand, further editions are produced.

Clay Pipe specialises in releasing atmospheric music, with a strong theme or sense of place. Their unique approach to packaging and limited edition releases adds an extra layer of collectability to their releases. With a focus on quality over quantity, Clay Pipe ensures that each release is thoughtfully crafted and presented.

If you're looking for music that transports you to another time or place, look no further than Clay Pipe. From ambient soundscapes to nostalgic melodies, their roster of talented artists create music that evokes emotions and tells stories. Whether it's the hauntingly beautiful compositions of [Artist Name] or the dreamy atmospheres created by [Artist Name], every release from Clay Pipe takes listeners on a sonic journey.

Frances Castle is the illustrator/owner behind the Clay Pipe record label and The Hardy Tree is her on-going musical project. Common Grounds was started during the first 2020 lock down - when time moved very slowly and travel away from home became impossible. The album was recorded at home by Frances, then mixed to tape with Ed Deegan at Gizzard Analogue Studios in East London. Ed plays drums on three of the tracks.

“Like many others with nowhere else to go, I walked the streets of my neighbourhood for exercise and well-being. I rambled like I might in the country side; stopping every now and then to take in the view, or notice something I’d missed before. I took to looking up local streets in historical newspapers, and read reports of mysteries and crimes that had happened here in the past. I researched the names of the people who had lived in my flat before me, viewed old census returns from the surrounding area, and noted the birth places and livelihoods of past residents. I began to see the ghosts of these people on my walks, and notice the things that they had left behind; shapes of ancient tram tracks creeping under the tarmac, an old gas street lamp in an alleyway, a tiny metal sign indicating a culverted river. I spent my evenings writing and recording the music on this LP, and then the following day would listen to the rough mixes as I walked, the music began to soundtrack the walks, and the walks began influencing the type of music I was creating.” - Frances Castle, 2022

Common Grounds

Music GB

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