[2006] Nurse With Wound - Shipwreck Radio: Final Broadcasts

And here we have it, the final release of the Shipwreck Radio sessions.Only one CD, three tracks, with the last batch of transmissions from their radio show at Lofoten, consisting of recordings in the island of Utvær. Perfect way to end this series.

Download it here: [320][V0]

[2004] Nurse With Wound - Lofoten Deadhead

Following the concept of the Shipwreck Radio sessions, this album contains again on the recorded sounds and experiences spent on the island of Utvær. This album contains 3 songs which according to the names, belong to the transmission dates, and opposed to the incessantly gull squeak present in Gulls Just Wanna Have Fun, this album focuses on fishing, water and sea life being the main protagonists. Lots of spoken word parts sections, some of them untreated (and recorded by Stapleton and Potter as they walked by).

Download it here: [320][V0]

[2005] Nurse With Wound - Gulls Just Wanna Have Fun

Included on the same special box where the two first Shipwreck Radio sessions were, this album follows the same structure, dividing every section with the same jingle used in the sessions. This album, however, expands over a smaller, more focused concept: island sounds. The only information regarding the reason behind this album is in the linear notes, The first 250 copies included the "Gulls Just Wanna Have Fun" CD ("Various Broadcasts and Audio Debris"), leading to believe these are mostly leftovers of Shipwreck Radio. Still quite interesting for being part of the same series.

Download it here: [320][V0]

[2005] Nurse With Wound - Shipwreck Radio Volume Two: Eight Enigmatic Episodes From Utvær

This is the second session of radio transmissions from the Lofoten Islands (as referenced in here), 8 out of 24, the third one of those is Lofoten Deadhead, finishing the whole set of transmissions. This one is more dark ambient than Seven Sonic Structures, focused more on the textures than anything else; if anything it's less offputting for a casual listener, although it retains the 2xCD format and the lenghty tracks that often characterize this group.

Download it here: [256: Part 01 Part 02][V0]

[2004] Nurse With Wound - Shipwreck Radio Volume One: Seven Sonic Structures From Utvær

This is the first post of the whole Nurse With Wound discography (or at least selected works) that I'm going to share in this blog. I'll group them on a single post in the future, most likely.

Here we have it, the album from which the blog takes its name, Shipwreck Radio Volume One: Seven Sonic Structures From Utvær. This album according to the linear notes, was part of a series of broadcasts made from the Artic Lofoten Islands (7 out of 24) which are located on the northern side of Norway. It sort of makes sense why it references Utvær seeing as the latter is located to the northwestern side of the country, so it was basically a pole-to-pole transmission. Now regarding the music, we have here one of the most interesting NWW works to date. Most of the songs, in the same way Spiral Insana closed every segment with a certain sound in crescendo, every segment of this 2xCD album begins with a short, distorted radio advertising which welcomes the listener to the lands of Utvær, in the most bizarre way Stapleton could craft. You can hear most of the sound collage that made the project popular, arranged in a very interesting way (some transitions are just incredible), and it all makes for a great, compelling listen. It's not what I'd recommend to a first listener, but it's certainly something that needs more attention.

Download it here: [320: Part 01 Part 02][V0]