‘love the dirt in your audio cables. it makes me hungry for earth. not the planet, the substance’
Biography
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
EMP058 | The Cardboard Lung | Black Patch
Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art
Tracklisting: 1. This Is The Cardboard Lung | 2. Big Finish | 3. The Cuckoo | 4. Stakhanovite Boogi/Dennis Potter/Chin Garden | 5. Spam Night | 6. Tushingham | 7. Black Patch | 8. Watershed | 9. Fox Dream
Black Patch @ The Internet Archive :: Black Patch @ Last.fm
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EMP050 | Various Artists | 50:50 An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation
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Tracklisting: 1. 4th Alternative - Fossil | 2. Clutter - Watersmouth | 3. Dansette Curtsey - The Forests Of Europe Cloak So Much | 4. Cousin Silas - Room 50 Hotel Ereso | 5. Pandacetamol - A Particular Wind | 6. Adrian Carter - Deka (Edit) | 7. Des Slow And The Stop Pills - 50 Mill | 8. Radio Scotvoid - I Love Special K (Crunchtime Mix) | 9. Fonik - Fallout Beach | 10. ry-om - 110706 | 11. Good Noise Bad Noise - In Search Of The 3 Minute Single | 12. Susan Matthews - Moon Tremors| 13. Andrew Deakin - Grasmere Edit | 14. The Cardboard Lung - Backtrouble | 15. Halal Kebab Hut - Algorithmic Poetry
50:50 @ The Internet Archive :: 50:50 @ Last.fm
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EMP029 | The Cardboard Lung | Patient Lifted
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Tracklisting: 1. Fleece Sale | 2. Bruce Reads The Book | 3. Silver Lino | 4. Cultural Stakeholder | 5. Move Away | 6. Patient, Lifted | 7. Black Patch
Patient Lifted @ The Internet Archive :: Patient Lifted @ Last.fm
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EMP025 | Various Artists | :: FALLING :: An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation
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Tracklisting: 1. David Whitaker - 1st Move | 2. Adrian Carter - Low Orbit Descent | 3. 4th Alternative - Mote | 4. The Cardboard Lung - Fall Down Yonder | 5. 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night - Even Ms. Butterfly Knows The Sun Shall Set On Every Empire | 6. Susan Matthews - On A Theme Of Falling | 7. The Weedhaven Laughing Academy - Una | 8. Dawn Salvia - I Like To Be Down | 9. Clutter - Tree Falling Slowly With Reverb | 10. Des Slow And The Stop Pills - The Falling Don’t Love Again | 11. Species 8472 - Green Sky | 12. Andy Kirk - Cushions Make For A Softer Landing | 13. Cousin Silas - Crashed Bomber With Weeds | 14. Adrian Carter - Final Descent
:: FALLING :: @ The Internet Archive :: ::FALLING:: @ Last.fm
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EMP004 | The Cardboard Lung | Prepare For Government
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Tracklisting: 1. Prepare For Government | 2. Oxo House | 3. Derek Might | 4. I’m Afraid | 5. Clung
Prepare For Government @ The Internet Archive :: Prepare For Government @ Last.fm
Audio Specials
The Cardboard Lung vs Clutter - The Devil Knows How To Row
‘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