Woo

Woo - Into The Heart Of Love (2014) {Emotional Rescue ERC019CD rec 1975-1983}
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© 1975-83, 2015 Mark Ives & Clive Ives / Emotional Rescue Recordings | ERC019CD
Experimental / Avant-Garde / Electronic / Folk / Folktronica / Ethereal / Ambient Jazz

Emotional Rescue and Woo once again come together, this time to reissue their masterpiece, the previously cassette-only album Into The Heart Of Love. A joyous, uplifting ode to love in all it’s forms, the trials and tribulations and ultimately the triumphs are all encapsulted in Woo’s unique soundscapes.

Woo - A La Luna (1991) {Grunki Records S SRT 90 CD}
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© 1991 Grunki Records | S SRT 90 CD
Experimental / Avant-Garde / Electronic / Folk / Folktronica / Ethereal / Ambient Jazz

"A La Luna" presents the delicate, naive yet deep sound of Woo across a long form album that invites you on a curious journey of discovery. With a melodic instinct bordering on exotica, and unique range of instruments in the sound palette and a dreamlike approach to processing, there's nothing out there that sounds quite like Woo, and as ever it's a joy to delve into their sound world and leave more earthly familiarities behind.

Woo - It's Cosy Inside (1989) {Independent Project Records IP CD 28}
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© 1989 Independent Project Records | IP CD 28
Rock / Experimental / Avant-Garde / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Ambient Jazz / Indie Rock

A weird, wonderful album from two English brothers, Mark and Clive Ives, who dabble in electronically treated acoustic instruments to make their pleasant Eno-esque soundscapes. On "Upside Down" a bubbling rhythm supports echoing slide guitar; on "Marion" watery acoustic guitars play over a relaxed, submerged drum machine; on "No More Telly" a propulsive beat drives quickly amidst a mysterious bassline and a guitar so treated that it distorts and tops out. The Ives brothers' talent lies in making their clarinets, violins, and guitars sound electronic, while conversely making the programmed elements sound earthy and homegrown. Despite being released in 1990, the sound of the record is lo-fi, more akin to the warmth of Eno's Music for Films, but unlike it enough to be without much comparison in the world of music in general. Highly recommended.

Woo - When the Past Arrives (2014) {Drag City DC584CD rec 1970s-1980s}
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© 1970s-80s, 2014 Drag City / Yoga Records | DC584CD / YCD012
Experimental / Folktronica / Leftfield / Ambient Jazz / Ambient Electronic / Balearic

Emboldened by the success of the recent reissue of It's Cosy Inside, Mark and Clive had a listen to hundreds of previously unreleased tracks recorded in the 70s and 80s to assemble their first new record in two decades, When The Past Arrives, out in March from Drag City / Yoga Records. With comparisons to Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Animal Collective, Cluster, and Brian Eno, WOO's profile in the world of atemporal music has been growing for years. For the lucky few who know, like Fela, or Neu!, WOO has their own instantly recognizable vibrantly pulsing sound, a quiet sound of comfort and contentment.