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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/capstone-theatre-warrington-runc
 orn-new-town-development-plan-sulk-rooms/
SUMMARY:Cornerstone: Capstone Theatre: Warrington-Runcorn New Town Developm
 ent Plan/Sulk Rooms
DESCRIPTION:Gordon Chapman-Fox works under the name Warrington-Runcorn New 
 Town Development Plan (WRNTDP) and produces wonderful propulsive\, cinemat
 ic electronica which has a musical\, conceptual and aesthetic setting in t
 he mid 1970s to early 1980s and has made a great impact since his debut in
  2020.\n\nGordon has released four albums to date on independent label Cas
 tles in Space. His latest record\, The Nation’s Most Central Location 
 has proved his most successful\, charting at number 6 in the independent a
 lbum chart and achieving much radio play and many requests for sync placem
 ents.\n\nFollowing a solid upwards trajectory\, all four WRNTDP albums hav
 e had increasing levels of critical and commercial success\, with the thir
 d record Districts\, Roads\, Open Space charting at #20 in the UK vinyl 
 album charts\, and #60 in the main album chart. The album made several alb
 ums of the year lists\, including Bleep\, Norman Records\, Piccadilly Reco
 rds\, Drift Records and made #5 in the Electronic Sound magazine 2022 best
  of list.\n\nThe Nation’s Most Central Location was pressed in the large
 st edition ever issued by Castles in Space\, and yet still sold out in a m
 atter of days. Genuine public demand necessitated a repress of a further 2
 \,000 copies\, which had to be ordered immediately following the album’s
  release.\n\nSince performing at End Of The Road in 2022\, Gordon has begu
 n a definite move towards the mainstream consciousness\, with his appearan
 ce there being noted in the Financial Times’ review of the festival. His
  work is regularly played on the BBC and he was asked to contribute to Stu
 art Maconie’s Freak Zone special of hauntology last year. He was include
 d in Shindig Magazine’s “ones to watch in 2023” feature\, where they
  said “The richness of his visionary music is becoming progressively mo
 re enticing. A must for 2023”. The campaign for this new album has seen 
 major features in Electronic Sound magazine and The Quietus. The album was
  also given 8/10 in a review/interview piece in Uncut.\n\nWhat's difficult
  to convey is how much these records have resonated with so many cross sec
 tions of the public. From electronica fans\, to town planners\, architects
  and academics\, current and ex-new town dwellers\, futurists and nostalgi
 a freaks\, the reach and affection for this music has been quite a revelat
 ion. In an adept development\, the work has become more overtly politicise
 d as Gordon reflects and refracts the broken promises made over generation
 s to those in the North of England. Brought into sharp relief with the lat
 est levelling up debacle\, although of the past\, the music couldn't be mo
 re current. It's emotional and moving and it connects deeply with many peo
 ple.\n\n--\n\nA pseudonym of Yorkshire based composer Thomas Ragsdale\, th
 e music of Sulk Rooms draws the link between euphoric electronica and smok
 e engulfed drones.\n\nSlow-morphing textures sequence and cascade\, encaps
 ulating intimate moments of colliding sound amongst fluttering arpeggios a
 nd transcending synth builds.\n\nAtmospheric music for the head alongside 
 the heart\, Sulk Rooms' music captures spontaneous audio mirages and satur
 ated imperfections within a crushing backdrop of low end and harmonic fero
 city.\n\nElectric soundscapes and rising techno map Sulk Rooms' universe w
 here panoramic pulses fuel adrenaline charged synths to feelings of both w
 onder and unease.\n\n“Sulk Rooms summons slow moving and portentous dron
 es that feel both elemental and diffuse” - Wire Magazine\n\n“It’s a
 ll rather brilliantly evocative” - Electronic Sound Magazine\n\n“Ephe
 meral\, elusive and gloriously unsettling” - Electronic Sound Magazine\
 n\nTicket Details\n\n£15\n\nBook Now
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LOCATION:Cornerstone\, Hope Creative Campus\, Shaw Street\, Liverpool\, L6 
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