“I’ve never heard anything sound so much like Boards of Canada that isn’t Boards of Canada! – Igloomag, January 2021
(igloomag.com/reviews/cult48-underground-signals-from-an-unknown-place )

“nothing has sounded quite so BoC since BoC themselves, just adding fuel to the fire of just who is getting this beautiful sound out there. To not only emulate with such accuracy the pads and warm-feelings of Scotland’s well-loved duo, to be able to accentuate and highlight in a truly modern fashion without detracting from the feelings, is a feat in itself.” — Igloomag, July 2021
(igloomag.com/reviews/cult48-underground-signals-from-an-unknown-place)

Cult48 were shrouded in secrecy, and rumours abounded as to their identity. Some assumed it was the work of Boards of Canada.

I could have continued with the charade, but after much soul-searching following the death of my dad, and that of my good friend DJ Steve Brown, and some other things I’ve talked about elsewhere, I revealed in June 2022 that the majority of Cult48’s music was Carbinax “in stealth mode”. The decision was made when I realised how much we toil and obsess over our art, but in the final estimation, it’s an ephemeral pursuit.
My dad was just as obsessed with his work as an artist, but when he got Alzheimers and didn’t know what to do with a brush or a pencil anymore, it put things into very sharp perspective.

This bubbled under the surface, as I wasn’t particularly close to my dad as a person, but the additional,  subsequent deaths of Vangelis, Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode ( both of whom I viewed as mentors / teachers ), followed by the death of Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers from covid, and then also Dave Smith the Father of MIDI and inventor behind such iconic synths as the Prophet 5, all heaped on top of each other in such a short space of time, and following such a surreal global pandemic, left me feeling that the hold we have on these things is so tenuous and fragile.

I was doing the majority of the work within Cult48, and with everything else going on in my mind, I decided things had run their course and revealed in June 2022 that the majority of Cult48 was mostly Carbinax . I’d had enough of others’ moodswings. 

In every band, there’s always that saturation point where enough is enough, and there was a particular moment that was my Rubicon. 

That, however, was yesterday.

This, is today.

In order for you to understand the rebirth, I had to lay the foundation, so you would understand why the album is called “From The Ashes”.

The tracks on this album were considered deleted. Incinerated………but here they are……. resurrected, and irrepressible !!

I dedicate “From The Ashes” to the Cult48 fans. 

Cult48 will continue, and the music will speak for itself.

The tracks not represented on From The Ashes, are omitted because they aren’t  “entirely” my work. I did the majority of the work on those tracks, and mastered them, but post-schism, I have no interest in those tracks, because a small percentage was not my work. Either I made 100%, or they just don’t get used. 

The majority of the tracks are from the following Cult48 releases.
From The Ashes also includes 4 new remixes, some subtle remasters, and 5 completely new tracks.

1. Catalog 1 — www.discogs.com/master/1773986-Cult-48-Catalog-1

2. 1.1 EP — www.discogs.com/master/1912902-Cult-48-11

3. Thunder My Companion Remixes — www.discogs.com/release/19091242-Cult-48-Thunder-My-Companion-Remixes

4. Underground Signals From An Unknown Place — www.discogs.com/master/2234755-Cult-48-Underground-Signals-From-An-Unknown-Place

1 Deep Calls To Deep
2 Agfa Qi
3 Arms Around The Whirl
4 Counter Dream
5 Defang
6 Emoti Sahara
7 Harbinger
8 On Diesel Verge
9 Other Side Of The Coin
10 Palmera Caminante
11 Pelican Ridge
12 Red Letter
13 The Owls Are Not What They Seem
14 The Relief Of Shade And Shadow
15 Thunder My Companion
16 Zenith
17 Counter Dream ( Rous Point Mix )
18 Defang ( Shrouded Mix 3 )
19 Spider’s Web In The Rain
20 Golden Ratio
21 Gullbatross
22Pelican Ridge ( T-Wrecks Mix )
23 Out Of Focus
24 The 48th Of Never
25 Thunder My Companion ( Phade Rhombus Mix )

“From The Ashes” AVAILABLE NOW

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