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Tape
Cassette + Digital Album
A cassette tape of Betwixt and Between 3 in a clear plastic case, with hand-printed art insert on brown card.
Limited (and individually numbered) edition of 50, 10 of which are available directly from Sproatly Smith.
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CDr
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
A CDr of Betwixt and Between 3 in a brown card sleeve, with hand-printed art. CDs are produced in a limited edition of 20, and each is individually numbered.
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Salamander 2 - linoprint w/ B&B3 download
Poster/Print + Digital Album
An original, handmade (hand-carved linocut and hand-pulled print) image of a Salamander, produced as a companion to Betwixt & Between 3, in black printers ink on high quality recycled brown card (170gsm). Each is individually numbered.
The image is adapted from the Atalanta Fugiens, a 17th Century book of allegorical illustrations by Michael Maier and Matthias Merian.
The print (including border) is A5.
Includes unlimited streaming of Betwixt & Between 3
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
An original, handmade (hand-carved linocut and hand-pulled print) image of a Salamander, as used for the cover of Betwixt & Between 3, in black printers ink on high quality recycled brown card (170gsm). Each is individually numbered.
The image is adapted from the Hereford Mappa Mundi.
The print (including border) is A5.
Includes unlimited streaming of Betwixt & Between 3
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
For the third Betwixt & Between tape, Jacken Elswyth is joined by Sproatly Smith, psych-folk linchpins of the Welsh Borders weirdshire scene.
Continuing the previous tape's mix of traditional tunes alongside more exploratory pieces, for Betwixt & Between 3 Jacken presents two traditional dance tunes alongside two improvisations.
The 'Last Chance' set and 'Glory in the meeting house' are both Appalachian fiddle tunes arranged for solo banjo, with a little drone embellishment on the former. Sweet Lemeny takes the tune of a beautiful English folk song as the basis for a wandering improvisation, set against shruti box drones; and the closing track is a free-tumbling improvisation for solo banjo.
Overside, Sproatly Smith have contributed a sound-collage meditation on life, death, and divinity. The side-long track develops through several movements, taking in owl-calls and ringing bells, sampled gospel songs, Hawaiian slide guitar and wooden flutes.
The Betwixt & Between 3 mascot is a salamander- a solar animal, replenished by fire but constituted by water. The cover image is adapted from the Hereford Mappa Mundi.
"Elswyth plays the banjo in a manner that pushes the boundaries of the instrument itself and the style of playing it is commonly associated with [...] a wholly credible, hypnotic and fascinating piece of work. Time to dig out your old tape player perhaps?" - Folk Radio
Betwixt & Between Tapes is an occasional series of split cassette tape EPs exploring sympathetic resonances and
complimentary contrasts across traditional, improvised, and drone / ambient musics.
It is organised by Jacken Elswyth, a London-based traditional and improvising banjo player....more
This album speaks to the continuum of African diasporic culture that is central to the vibrant canon of Americana folk music. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 29, 2020
Sweet harmonies & strummed melodies; the duo delve into decades-old folk, jazz, and country to find a timeless kind of love and connection. Bandcamp New & Notable May 23, 2018
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One of my favourite albums of 2022. The rich mixture of traditional musics with field recordings and experimentation fit hand in glove. With its long form passages, there is a beautiful surprise around every corner as the music wends its way along its watery course. Teedubyabee