Saturnian

A limited edition 12″ vinyl pressing featuring cover drawings by Simon Kirby. Includes a 12-page booklet featuring essays by writer Julian Cowley and astrologer Catherine Heymans. The moons of Saturn are the inspiration for this brooding, often soaring and searching odyssey of dark electronica. The second largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter, and the sixth planet from the sun, Saturn is orbited by 53 confirmed moons, with another 29 that are unnamed and still being studied
‘Saturnian’ is a suite of thirteen choral tracks taking their names from some of Saturn’s known moons; Dione, Daphnis, Phoebe, Prometheus, Rhea, Janus, Titan, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Mimas, Hyperion and Iapetus, all named after figures from Greek and Roman mythology, each loaded with their own turbulent back stories. It is the debut release by Holmes + atten Ash, written, recorded and produced remotely in Edinburgh and Bristol by the duo Simon Holmes and Paul Nash
“Sharing its name with a moon and a mythic figure, each track on Saturnian makes connections through space and time. Individual listeners may choose to pursue those trajectories, within and beyond the music, or they may prefer simply to savour the persistent air of mystery and sense of cosmic drama that Holmes + atten Ash have caught so effectively in these compositions.” Julian Cowley