Hello you. It’s a very special edition of Resonance FM’s Fog Cast this week, focusing on two albums that have been produced in direct response to our current worldly state of affairs: Isolation And Rejection Vol. 1 from Manchester’s Front And Follow that I mentioned last week; and Touch:Isolation, the subscription-based compilation from the long-running London imprint that I mentioned last month (or at least I think it was around then – the dates are getting increasingly hazy as the weeks roll by).
Both albums are united by their championing of new, exclusive content from an astonishing wealth of talent that only serves to underline the rude health of our bedevilled music scene in 2020 (in spite of everything), and also by the sheer quantity of excellence on offer – together they offer over FIVE HOURS of original music and there’s not a single duff track to be found amongst the forty-eight on offer. Plus it would appear that Front And Follow are planning another FOUR volumes in this series, so the age of ‘Isolation Inspiration’ is only just beginning. As a result, this week’s show can only offer a light, tantalising dusting of the treasures on offer, but it’s still a truly sublime experience – even by regular Fog Cast standards!
ELEH – Still, Not Waiting [from Touch:Isolation, Touch, 2020]
Claire M Singer – Rionnag a Tuath [from Touch:Isolation, Touch, 2020]
Zachary Paul – Aeolus [from Touch:Isolation, Touch, 2020]
Hybernation – Fragile Times [from Isolation And Rejection vol. 1, Front And Follow, 2020]
K – Failure Of Presence [from Isolation And Rejection vol. 1, Front And Follow, 2020]
Yellow6 – Work1 [from Isolation And Rejection vol. 1, Front And Follow, 2020]
Yumah – Escape [from Isolation And Rejection vol. 1, Front And Follow, 2020]
Bethan Kellough – Lines of Flight [from Touch:Isolation, Touch, 2020]
Robin The Fog 