Creaks: Bonus, Live & Remixes

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1.	Welcome to Towers - Hidden Orchestra Remix 02:46	info	buy track
2.	Bridges - Live 04:40	info	buy track
3.	Fish Painting 02:26	info	buy track
4.	Palace End - Floex Remix (extended album version) 05:43	info	buy track
5.	Guitarist Painting 01:04	info	buy track
6.	Tangle - Poppy Ackroyd Rework 04:50	info	buy track
7.	Three Islands - Live 05:00	info	buy track
8.	Towers End Below 03:04	info	buy track
9.	Trunk - Tommy Perman Remix 04:58	info	buy track
10.	Stealth Painting 02:06	info	buy track
11.	Extending - Ben Lukas Boysen Rework 04:22	info	buy track
12.	Beginning 02:52	info	buy track
13.	Armoured - ZKA4T Remix 04:02	info	buy track
14.	Cello and Clarinet Theme (AI-generated arrangement) 04:53	info	buy track
15.	Guitarist Painting - chiefko Remix 03:43	info	buy track
16.	Towers End Above 05:43	info	buy track

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This unusual collection of music brings a further seven previously-unreleased tracks from the original Creaks soundtrack, plus two extensively re-imagined live band versions, and seven remixes from a very diverse set of artists, all interspersed to create an adventurous yet cohesive new album. Here, the Hidden Orchestra sound-world – a headily rhythmic, escapist and expansive sonic space where electronic/bass, folk and post-rock influences combine – is stretched and complemented by forays into colourful, dancefloor-ready experimental techno, delicately plucked ambient/modern-classical pieces, blasts of bass clarinet free jazz, and even a dalliance with cutting-edge AI technology.

The bonus tracks include some which appear by popular demand; some of the music from the interactive mini-game paintings; and an exclusive, AI-generated cello-and-clarinets-only version of the soundtrack’s main theme. The latter is an arrangement generated by the same AI that controls the music in the game – which chooses multiple layers of the clarinets of Jack McNeill and the cello of Rebecca Knight at the start of each loop, and would carry on infinitely with no detectable repetition.

The live versions of Bridges and Three Islands were recorded at neimënster in Luxembourg in May 2022 with the latest version of the Hidden Orchestra live lineup, featuring Jack and Rebecca alongside Joe Acheson on bass and electronics and Jamie Graham on drums - the live sound and the studio mix were done by engineer Tim Southorn. The latest incarnation of the live band sees the emphasis shift from replicating the studio tracks accurately on stage, towards focussing on extracting the energy and emotion from the material, and this is especially well represented in the re-interpretation of Three Islands.

The remixers all have some tangential connection with the game:
- Floex (Tomáš Dvořák), creator of numerous wonderful soundtracks for Amanita Design
- Poppy Ackroyd, live band member who also plays some violin on the OST
- Ben Lukas Boysen, Berlin-based soundtrack composer whose work Joe admires
- zka4t (Matouš Godík), the game's sound designer and masterer of many Hidden records
- chiefko (Lukas Kunce), upon whom the drawing of the main character was loosely based
- Hidden Orchestra, with Joe on self-remixing duties once again
- and Tommy Perman, whose band FOUND were amongst the first Joe remixed, and whose sentient orchestrion project Cybraphon had some influence upon the music-boxy paintings in the game and the Creaksbox app.

credits

released November 11, 2022

Written and produced by Joe Acheson.

Remixes and additional production by Joe Acheson (Hidden Orchestra), Tomáš Dvořák (Floex), Poppy Ackroyd, Tommy Perman, Ben Lukas Boysen, Matouš Godík (ZKA4T) and Lukas Kunce (chiefko).

Live tracks recorded at neimënster in Luxembourg, May 2022.
Live sound engineered by Tim Southorn.
Mixed by Tim Southorn and Joe Acheson at Hackney Road Studios, London.

Mastered by Matouš Godík.

Featuring performances and improvisation by:
Joe Acheson - piano, zither, analog synth, double bass, bass guitar, harmonium, percussion, live electronics, hammered dulcimer, kantele, glockenchimes, bass guitar, organ, drums, percussion, programming
Rebecca Knight - cello
Jack McNeill - clarinet, bass clarinet
Jamie Graham - drums
Yvo Ackroyd Acheson - shakers
Tim Lane - drums, cymbals
Poppy Ackroyd - piano, percussion, programming
Matouš Godík - sound design
Ali Tocher - bells

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