1. Look Small
2. C.52
3. C.41
4. Wind Versus Bottle Tops
5. C.57
6. C.60

Recorded May 2016 - February 2018 at home in Auckland.
Edition of 300 in folded cardstock envelope.
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Release on Senufo Editions 2018

REVIEWS

Here's something that I probably said before, say when I reviewed the second instalment of 'Combinations', back in Vital Weekly 1011: Richard Francis is not as busy as he once was and I think that's a great pity. I am since a long time quite the fan of his work. First when he worked as Eso Steel, then as someone who used the laptop nd these days with his modular set-up. He's been using that since 2012, right before everybody seemed to be using them. I believe his domestic situation keeps him going out and about to play concerts and from his perspective the world is far away, being out of New Zealand. Like before this new album isn't very long, thirty-five minutes and has six pieces. It is a continuation of his previous release in that sense that Francis uses a few sounds per musical piece and within the time frame of five to seven minutes explores these in a very organic way. Things move around and at the same time other events don't seem to be moving at all. Many of the sounds Francis uses don't seem to relate to the world of modular synthesizers, I would think. The buzzing, the crackling and the hissing sound more like static from an old transistor radio mixed with the humming of a ventilator or central heating. It seems, but I might be wrong here, that Francis is in a way in an even more contemplative mood. I had to turn up the volume to quite a bit louder and then even more sounds were brought around. It is all very delicate and simply great music; just like last time I would have liked this to go on for some more time. Fifty minutes would seem to be a fine length as more would be too much. Now it's simply not enough. So it's either that or do more releases, mister Francis!
Vital Weekly, The Netherlands, 2019