Colours To Keep

Our debut compilation release has now been updated to include a downloadable booklet containing all 16 of the visual interpretation pastel artworks of the music.



You can head over to our bandcamp page and grab yourself a copy of the updated version with a free download.

Volume 1 VA: A Colourful Storm (Part 2)

This is the second batch of visual interpretations of our compilation. The pastel drawings come courtesy of Emma Kempsell.

To see the first 8 sketches and read about how the sketches came about then check the first part of the "Colourful Storm" post here.

9. HIRAMATSU TOSHIYUKI - MOUNTAIN CALL




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10. INTERNATIONAL DEBRIS - HYPOGEUM




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11. MUTE BRANCHES - RIVER + CARPARK




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12. CHAIRMAN COW - MOKUSATSU




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13, MERRIMANS GHOST - OWL




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14. JAZZ DEFECTOR - WE MOVE TOWARDS A FADING LIGHT (HORIZONS EDGE MIX)




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15, MICROVOLT - A TOUCH OF THE VAPOURS




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16, LIAPEI - WHEN WE WERE ALL SO VERY DIFFERENT




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I'm looking into making a digital PDF booklet containing all the sketches and updating the compilation on Bandcamp to include the drawings as part of the download.

Stay posted.

Volume 1 VA: A Colourful Storm (Part 1)

 So, as mentioned in the previous post, my friend Emma came up with the idea of drawing her own visual interpretations of all the tracks that made up our first release.

Armed with a notepad and pastels her task was to quickly sketch down the vibe she got from each track in the allocated time slot, which was each individual track length, sometimes played twice in the case of the shorter tracks. It's worth noting that Emma knew absolutely nothing about any of the tracks or artists, had never heard even one second of any given track and just subsequently went with the flow. The results vary from colourfully abstract to sometimes almost childlike efforts to near blank pages with splashes of colours sporadically placed. Below I'll post the first 8 songs along with their corresponding drawings. Click the images for a bigger viewing.

1. KURE - MOON ACID




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2. SLOWDEEPBREATH - THE CROW PHEASANT




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3. GET-EFFECT - NO ONE LEAVES HERE EMPTY HANDED




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4. FRAGILE X - AMYGDALA




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5. KOREAN WEST HILL - DESPERATE BRIDE RIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT




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6. SUBSEQUENT - SMALLBATCH


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7. Ħ ICĦ - LADYLAND PART II (MENTAL MIX)


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8. GEWATTE - X 08


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The second lot of 8 will go online over the weekend!

Just Add Colour

Last week, a friend of mine, Emma Kempsell, offered to do pastel sketch drawings for all the tracks on the Bricolage Volume 1 compilation. The idea was to jot down her own visual interpretations of each track. 

The premise was simple. We sat down, got comfy and then I played the tracks back to Emma, one by one, and she had the duration of each said track to quickly jot down what she was feeling and seeing. For some of the shorter tracks we played them two or three times over. The results were 16 unique pieces of colourful and abstract lo-fi artworks. In doing these sketches, Emma has became the first visual artist to join The Bricolage Collective.


Tomorrow I'll post the first 8 tracks and Friday will see the second lot of 8 go up. Until then you can have a look inside Emmas sketchbook and at some of her previous doodles.