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The Helmholtz Resonators unveil sonic eBook ‘The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain’!
Those renegade, psychedelic audio time travellers, The Helmholtz Resonators, are back and disrupting the space-time continuum, bringing a brand new format for experiencing music back with them from the future. It exists solely in their interactive album, The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain, released 13th April 2015 via Proving House Digital.
Watch the trailer for The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain on The Helmholtz Resonators' YouTube channel.
Time travel can play havoc with physical and digital matter, and The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain was created practically by accident. Originally planned as a 70s prog style LP, complete with cardboard gatefold with movable panels, something happened on their last jaunt through time. Their laptop, placed dangerously close to the first pressing of the record (sadly now lost forever in the ether) fused digital audio files, physical album artwork and the band’s travel journal into one single file. Where once was Vinyl, WAV, and ePub there was now only ePub, but it appeared to be exponentially larger than the origin file. They gathered around the inviting glow of the laptop screen, and gingerly opened the file.
The Helmholtz Resonators are a renegade group of psychedelic time travelling audio scientists who have been playing and writing music together since the turn of the century. They studied acoustic science and the work of Hermann Von Helmholtz, being particularly inspired by his book On the Wires of our Nerves, essential reading for anyone interested in the science of sound and sound synthesis. Heavily inspired by the ethos behind concept albums, the band have created a repertoire of songs that are as eccentric as their image, touching on influences as diverse as The Residents and The Kinks to LCD Soundsystem and Hieronymous Bosch.
The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain is released 13th April 2015 via Proving House Digital. Music from the interactive album will also be available via iTunes.