First Photograph of the Nebula in Orion (feat. Spencer Radcliffe)

by Delmer Darion

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The thin edge of December has withered into the same strange certainty of another year. And among the swarms of new beginnings, West Midlands-born and London-based experimental electronic/producer duo Delmer Darion – comprising Tom Lenton and Oliver Jack – announce their return with ‘First Photograph of the Nebula in Orion’, the new single featuring journeyed Chicago-by-Ohio songwriter Spencer Radcliffe and experimental artist Martha Skye Murphy.

“The song is a response to the photograph it’s named after,” explains Lenton, “which was captured by an amateur astronomer named Henry Draper in 1880. I was reading about how dry photographic plates work. That got me thinking about how it feels to remember someone that’s been out of your life for a long time. So it’s partly ekphrasis and partly about piecing memories together.”

Sonically, it's a detour from the band’s breakthrough debut album Morning Pageants from 2020, which was said to feel “for all the world like one of those rare underground paradigm shifts in electronic music” by Electronic Sound Magazine. Their archival instincts remain at the apex of ‘First Photograph of the Nebula in Orion’, but the structure builds steadily - an unnerving climb into a century-old story told as richly as if it had happened this morning.

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It’s like ashfall at night bloating with the rain;
It’s all god mouth of black space mumbling at the plate.

But I am all parting lips ready to drink from the spring;
I am all silver salt, placid and worshipping.

So let there be phantom light, let it divide me into
Bruising, dark and metallic projections of you.

I will be the gate you walk through.

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released January 19, 2023
Written and produced by Delmer Darion (Tom Lenton, Oliver Jack)
Spencer Radcliffe – vocals
Martha Skye Murphy – backing vocals

Mixed by Tom Lenton
Mastered by Huntley Miller
Artwork by Oliver Jack

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Delmer Darion are an experimental electronic producer duo based in London. Their new album, Tall Vision-of-the-Voyage is due 15th September on Practise Music.

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