GUO – GUO4
The latest release in the self-titled series from GUO, this time released via Mute. GUO is a multidisciplinary duo formed of Daniel Blumberg and Seymour Wright. On GUO4 the pair have collaborated with Crystabel Riley (drums), Fran Edgerley [Assemble] (text) and Peter Strickland (short film). The album was mixed by Marta Salogni.
Crystabel Riley is a drummer (Maria and The Mirrors, @xcrswx) and make-up artist and writer (contributing to Beauty Papers, Dazed Beauty, TEN Magazine). She works on patterns on skin – human and drum. Peter Strickland, a British film director and screenwriter (Berberian Sound Studio / The Duke of Burgundy / In Fabric) has produced a video ekphrasis to GUO4. Fran Edgerley is an architect and co-founder of Turner Prize winning co-operative Assemble and has produced a written ekphrasis to GUO4.
LP is in gatefold sleeve plus 12 page 12” booklet of images from Peter Strickland’s ekphrasis film