Divided Time '79, by Jonathan Sharp

Divided Time '79

by Jonathan Sharp

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A super limited, gorgeous "Staten Island" vinyl pressing pressed up on 180g vinyl with insert and stickered poly bag. NIck Taylor has utilised the Sharp family transparencies to wonderful effect here. This is one of the most beautiful records we've ever released.

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1.	Expressway 04:12	buy track
2.	Mamaronek 03:31	buy track
3.	Hot Dogs and Hamburgers 03:00 video	buy track
4.	Manhattan 04:14	buy track
5.	Broadway by Night 01:27	buy track
6.	Staten Island 04:27	buy track
7.	Twin Towers 04:04	buy track
8.	Brooklyn 02:59	buy track
9.	White Plains in the Rain 04:54	buy track
10.	Goodbye NYC 01:24	buy track

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This new volume of Divided Time moves us forward from the depiction of London in the early 70's to 1979.

Jonathan explains, "Following on from the first Divided Time album, which documented the early 70's, we’ve stepped forward from London to 1979. By this point another big trip was on the cards. My Dad was living and working in New York, and in the Summer of that year, the family travelled to visit for several weeks in the summer. These kind of travel experiences are taken for granted now, but as a 12 year old who’s only experience of the US was from film and tv, this was a life changing trip. I’d never even been on a plane before.

"Having found a batch of slides from that summer, it all came flooding back. The vast differences in culture. The scenery from New York’s iconic buildings, the grim state of parts of it, the twin towers of the World Trade Centre. The beautiful countryside of upstate New Work and Connecticut. Hot dogs, hamburgers, huge cars.

All of this a million miles from the dismal world of Thatcher’s Britain..."

Jonathan again displays his range and authenticity here. He may be more widely recognised as The Heartwood Institute, but this is a much more personal project, utilising his soundtracking and library music expertise. You can almost see the steam rising from the manhole covers, smell the burgers and gasoline. It's a tour de force from one our most original and lauded artists.

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released April 12, 2023

Written and recorded by Jonathan Sharp between 2021-2022.
Mastered by Antony Ryan for RedRedPaw.
Art and design by Nick Taylor for spectral-studio.co.uk using original works from the Sharp family.

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