麻豆社

Stuart speaks to Frances Castle, founder of the beautiful bespoke London-based label. In addition to spearheading the immaculately designed Clay Pipe Music, Frances is an award-winning illustrator responsible for the small press that specialises in atmospheric instrumental music grounded in a strong sense of place. Previous releases have been inspired by nocturnal car journeys through the countryside and derelict rural train stations.

The featured album is The Residents鈥� obscure and operatic Not Available album from 1978. Clouded in mystery, the elusive American multimedia art collective is best known for their anonymity, never speaking and appearing only behind masks of giant eyeballs. The band initially shelved the surrealist album on completion in 1974 due to their 鈥淭heory of Obscurity鈥�, believing the record couldn鈥檛 be released until the band had forgotten how it was made.

Plus, novelty pop music, experimental jazz saxophone inspired by Taoist philosophy and lo-fi ambient electronica sampling unmanned CCTV cameras.