PSALM004: BMV I & II, by Pram of Dogs

PSALM004: BMV I & II

by Pram of Dogs

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	1.	BMV I 02:24		buy track
	2.	BMV II 02:14		buy track

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UK film & TV composer Pram of Dogs returns to Phantom Limb’s Spirituals imprint with the choral bliss of AA single “BMV I & II”, following his 2020 debut Matter - Anti.

Pram of Dogs is a project born from an obsession with forgotten film scores and cult cinema. Anonymous and enigmatic, a rare biographical insight we have been allowed is that Pram of Dogs also works as a composer of filmscore. The influence of this discipline is evident throughout “BMV I & II”, two pieces whose yearning beauty mirrors cinematic greats such as Ennio Morricone or Angelo Badalamenti. And even without knowing their identity, the skill and dexterity of the music reveals an immensely talented creator. Pram of Dogs invited a second musician to collaborate on these new works - another respected name in the film composition world - but, true to form, their name also remains undisclosed.

A new AA single, “BMV I & II“ achieves utter bliss from angelic choral textures, billowing slow-motion pads and a deeply imbued emotional resonance. Working with vintage synths and reel to reel tape, the London-based musician compiles sounds, patches and field recordings into strange, haunted elegies. Scorched sonics and distant chimes are married with a lushly beautiful melancholia to recall giants of ambient music such as William Basinski, Harold Budd and Akira Rabelais.

“After the release of Matter - Anti in September 2020 I finally got round to digitising a collection of rare old recordings I had on DAT,” Pram of Dogs writes. “They were like nothing I have ever heard before and became my escapism from lockdown. We over-dubbed and processed these recordings hundreds and hundreds of times, slowly piecing together and creating beds of sound that we improvised and composed over.”

Pram of Dogs joins UK ambient musician Dau and acclaimed cellist / Jewish music historian Francsesca Ter-Berg on Phantom Limb’s burgeoning Spirituals imprint, a new sub-label created to offer works of high grade, emotive ambient and experimental music from emerging artists from across the world. “BMV I and II” follows Pram of Dogs’ debut album Matter - Anti, released on Spirituals in September 2020 to fantastic acclaim.

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released June 7, 2021

Photography by Mark Vella

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