Uncanny Landscapes #17 - Frances Castle of Clay Pipe Music

An interview by Justin Hopper with Frances Castle of Clay Pipe Music.

Frances Castle is a London-based artist, illustrator and musician who operates Clay Pipe Music, a record label producing beautiful landscape-inspired LPs and CDs of music combining folk, electronica and hauntological themes.

Clay Pipe's website is http://www.claypipemusic.co.uk/

Frances's own site is https://www.francescastle.com/

This episode includes partial and full tracks from a number of Clay Pipe artists including Frances's own The Hardy Tree. They are all available here from Clay Pipe's Greedbag page. In order of appearance:

A Confluence by Andrew Wasylyk

Walter R Stokes by The Hardy Tree

Saxon Chapel by Tyneham House

Broken Circle by Zyggurat

Adlestrop by Gilroy Mere

Sun Caught Cloud like the Belly of a Cat by Andrew Wasylyk

The Spire of St Mary's by The Hardy tree

Face in the Window, Seaforth Crescent by The Hardy Tree

Stagdale in the Snow by The Hardy Tree

Holloways by Vic Mars

 

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack - it's free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.