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01. Height/Dismay - Blood Pressure In The Sand
02. Height/Dismay - Dusk
03. Height/Dismay - The Tinning Test
ARTIST
TITLE
Height/Dismay
FORMAT
7"

LABEL
CATALOG #
EFFICIENT 024EP EFFICIENT 024EP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/11/2022

Height/Dismay were the M Squared studio-as-instrument duo of Patrick Gibson and Dru Jones. A member of Systematics and Scattered Order, Gibson was an integral part of the M Squared label and studio, where he met Jones. With an unapologetic misuse of instruments and ample time, the two sonic explorers scraped guitar strings, manipulated clarinets, and contact mic'd woks to layer their echo chamber apparitions. Collating three 1981 recordings, the then-shelved "Blood Pressure In The Sand" joins "Dusk", their contribution to archetypal cassette-zine Fast Forward. Also unreleased, "The Tinning Test" rejects formal lyrics in favor of a deadpan reading from the Australian Standard for tinned copper wire. The outsiders of the outside, these mutual minds' productions have long been overlooked as crucial pieces of the Australian DIY music puzzle. Height/Dismay is pressed in an edition of 281 hand stamped white labels, wrapped in white ink printed colored card.