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V.A "The Watchers" [LP]

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瞬殺廃盤作品を奇跡的に入荷!!このレーベル周辺の作家が集結した架空の傑作サントラ!!英国のディープな民俗学を探究、長年に渡り広く収集されてきた歴史のイメージをアブストラクトな音楽と実験的ビジュアルで作品化する、まさにインディペンデントな活動を行っているFolklore Tapes。RCAの学生らが16mmモノクロフィルムで撮影、後に英国フォーク・ホラーの代名詞となるテーマや様式を内包した1969年のカルト映画[The Watchers]。本作はこの隠れた名作の為に新たに制作された劇伴音楽集。ソロ音源も話題となったThorn Wychや、Sam McLoughlin、Bridget Hayden、Radiophoric Labsら、既にこのレーベルから音源リリースしている作家に加え、未知の作家も参加し8パートに渡るサントラを紡いでいます。厚手の両面インサートが付属。





A new re-imagined score to the cult 1969 film The Watchers — a lesser-known gem directed by Richard Foster and shot on the moors above the West Yorkshire town of Todmorden.

Featuring 8x Todmorden based artists:
Dan B-Hill
Julie 7:12
Thorn Wych
Mark S Williamson
Radiophoric Labs
Bridget Hayden
Sam McLoughlin
Edd Sanders

Described by Kelly Loughlin as a “semi-rural folk horror,” The Watchers may feature the earliest depiction of an alien abduction in British cinema. Shot on 16mm black-and-white film by students of the Royal College of Art and running just 26 minutes, the film weaves together themes and stylistic elements that would later become hallmarks of British folk horror — as seen in works like Nigel Kneale’s Beasts (1976), David Rudkin’s Penda’s Fen (1974), Children of the Stones (1977) and Alan Garner’s Red Shift (1979).

Yet, despite its thematic resonance and creative ambition, The Watchers remains a largely overlooked gem — standing shoulder to shoulder with these classics, but still waiting to be fully acknowledged.