The Cardboard Lung

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Biography:

‘love the dirt in your audio cables. it makes me hungry for earth. not the planet, the substance’

The latest offering by renaissance underachiever John Hall. Resident artist at Barrow Island School, Barrow In Furness, John has been a painter most of his life but lately has written and directed several short films in collaboration with colleagues Shaun Blezard (aka Clutter) and Steve Wharton.

The Cardboard Lung started when John wrote tracks for the soundtrack to " Fires Were Started", a five minute short featuring three pre-war electric bar fires in Cumbrian Village Halls.

Another of these films "Orangehead", (in which a bloke with a giant orange for a head walks into a pub) was nominated for Best Short at the 2005 Salford Commonwealth Film Festival

Other Lung / John Hall activity can be heard on the Manassas albums ‘Live At The Cavendish’ and ‘Vague Recollections On Lost Highway’ and on "Sounds Of The City. Hull and Thereabouts" from Freetownway productions of Hessle.

Car Boot aficionados might like to look out for "Binbag" / "You Bring Out The Spock In Me" by Grandads Don’t Indicate on Mook Records on 7" industrial strength Czech vinyl

This lung is your lung. Jacec Wolcovinski

Releases:

Prepare For Government (emp004)

Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art

Tracklisting:

Prepare For Government @ The Internet Archive

Prepare For Government @ Last.fm

5 fantastic avant-garde lo-fi, ambient glitch from Cumbria’s The Cardboard Lung

Patient Lifted (emp029)

Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art

Tracklisting:

Patient Lifted @ The Internet Archive

Patient Lifted @ Last.fm

A new release by The Cardboard Lung, a follow up to listener favourite Prepare For Government, this time 7 tracks of his trademark ambient glitch mostly recorded live at Fear Of Mountains festival in 2006.

::FALLING:: An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation (emp025)

Our 25th Earth Monkey release comes in the shape of a compilation album on the theme of falling. Going from gentle ambience to some great experimental noises, we here at Earth Monkey are very proud to bring you this marvellous product and all for free!!

The Cardboard Lung contributed the track Fall Down Yonder : Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi

:: FALLING :: @ The Internet Archive

::FALLING:: @ Last.fm

::FALLING:: also features tracks from David Whitaker, Adrian Carter, 4th Alternative, 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night, Susan Matthews, The Weedhaven Laughing Academy, Dawn Salvia, Clutter, Des Slow And The Stop Pills, Species 8472, Andy Kirk and Cousin Silas

50:50 An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation (emp050)

Earth Monkey’s 50th release (with a few specials along the way) comes in the form of 50:50 a compilation featuring some of your favourite EMP artists and a couple of new faces that will have releases coming up. Classic Monkey fair - If you liked ::FALLING:: our last comp you’ll love 50:50

The Cardboard Lung contributed the track Backtrouble Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi

50:50 @ The Internet Archive

50:50 @ Last.fm

50:50 also features tracks from 4th Alternative, Clutter, Dansette Curtsey, Cousin Silas, Pandacetamol, Adrian Carter, Des Slow And The Stop Pills, Radio Scotvoid, Fonik, ry-om, Good Noise Bad Noise, Susan Matthews, Andrew Deakin & Halal Kebab Hut

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Black Patch (emp058)

Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art

Tracklisting:

Black Patch @ The Internet Archive

Black Patch @ Last.fm

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Audio Specials:

The Cardboard Lung vs Clutter - The Devil Knows How To Row

The Earth Monkey Productions Rural Outreach Programme

Open Circuit - March 2007

Reviews:

‘The Cardboard Lung is John Hall from Barrow UK, and has spent most of his life painting, but more recently has started directing various short films. The Cardboard Lung began when John provided the soundtrack to one of these films called ‘Fires were Started.’ The songs on this short EP are rather diverse and sound as if they could have indeed been used in some short film. The first song ‘Prepare for Government’ is a weird piano waltz with a very joyful feeling to it while it sounds like children are singing in the background. ‘Oxo House’ is more of an ambient glitch experimental type of thing, while ‘Derek Might’ again features the piano but also incorporates odd experimental electronics into the mix. The final two songs ‘I’m Afraid’ & ‘Clung’ are more ambient experimental glitch stuff with a slightly noisy feeling to I’m Afraid. Pretty weird stuff, but if this sounds like something that you would enjoy you can check it out here’ - Review of Prepare For Government in Lunar Hypnosis Webzine

‘love the dirt in your audio cables. it makes me hungry for earth. not the planet, the substance’ - mister

‘I so much love this work. The 4 tracks are excellent. It's very nice to discover you.’ - Leonis

Contact:

The Cardboard Lung @ Myspace