Ghost Codes by The Forgetting Room on double 'Firefly' splatter vinyl. Strictly limited to 300 copies.

£24.00

Why Ghost Codes, why Microspores?

Jeff Noon acclaimed writer and avid Twitter communicator, decided to create the Microspores, 140 character stories, complete stories.

Jeff threw out a challenge to have composer contributors write 40 second musical pieces to be played alongside the Microspores; many were created and are on the Microspore site to hear.

However the work of Jonathan Taylor and The Forgetting Room were the chosen pieces that Jeff believed could be taken from their 40 second birthplace to a full album, The Ghost Codes another of Jeff’s projects.

The Ghost Codes are the story of the meltdown of the digital age therefore in the first instance the album will not be available as a digital release. This release, limited to 300 numbered copies, on firefly splatter vinyl will be the first time this important work has been available on vinyl.

A piece of beauty, something to hold in you hands.

A favourite microspore outside of the Ghostcodes? Try this one…

“The actor disappeared. Police could not find a single person who had actually met him in real life, not one, not ever: he existed only on TV, only on camera.”

Why Ghost Codes, why Microspores?

Jeff Noon acclaimed writer and avid Twitter communicator, decided to create the Microspores, 140 character stories, complete stories.

Jeff threw out a challenge to have composer contributors write 40 second musical pieces to be played alongside the Microspores; many were created and are on the Microspore site to hear.

However the work of Jonathan Taylor and The Forgetting Room were the chosen pieces that Jeff believed could be taken from their 40 second birthplace to a full album, The Ghost Codes another of Jeff’s projects.

The Ghost Codes are the story of the meltdown of the digital age therefore in the first instance the album will not be available as a digital release. This release, limited to 300 numbered copies, on firefly splatter vinyl will be the first time this important work has been available on vinyl.

A piece of beauty, something to hold in you hands.

A favourite microspore outside of the Ghostcodes? Try this one…

“The actor disappeared. Police could not find a single person who had actually met him in real life, not one, not ever: he existed only on TV, only on camera.”

The Band…

Mandy Gibson, huge Jeff Noon fan, came out of the leftfield with her offer of being our narrator, thanks Mandy from us all.

Kane Hellewell, lead guitar, long time Forgetting Room collaborator. After starting to play the guitar at 13 Kane's musical tastes developed from Joe Satriani to George Benson and was a founding member in tech-death-metal band The Torture Of Comacine.

Leigh Stothard, drums, what can you say? The performances speak for themselves, long time Forgetting Room performer and immense talent. Thanks Leigh, Jonathan’s anchor at times and a huge help behind the scenes in the latter part of this albums creation.

Hugh Bradley, guest bass player doesn’t really convey how much we appreciate his huge input and beautiful playing, thank you from us all.

Jonathan Taylor, the core of the project, writer, multi instrumentalist and engineer-producer of the original pre mix performances…. You are missed.

Tom Third, who came to the project as a guest, bringing edgy synth work and keyboard input. A huge talent in his own right see his discography and film score lists on his site from the website links page.

Becky Taylor, one of a very small number of people in the UK who can even play the instruments she brought to the project. She is one of the most respected Uilleann pipers of her generation, accomplished Northumbrian Smallpiper and Multi-Instrumentalist.