Ness: Vinyl LP

Label: Domino Recording Co.
Release Date: 27th September

Boy's got some silky sweet pipes, ain't he? The music is bubbling, bleeping and a cosy deep woodwind sound that soundtracks this record inspired Robert Macfarlane's book of the same name.

Using a process of redaction, Thorpe brings songs to life from the pages of best-selling author Robert Macfarlane’s book of the same name. Ness is inspired by Suffolk’s Orford Ness, the former Ministry of Defence weapons development site during both World Wars and the Cold War. Acquired by the National Trust in 1993 and left to re-wild, it to this day remains a place of paradox, mystery and constant evolution. Thorpe’s Ness is an ode to Orford Ness, the physical place and the book it inspired, both featuring the words of Robert Macfarlane and the artwork of Stanley Donwood.

Where possible, this album has been made using recycled materials.