This was a documentary on
the now defunct Glasgow record label "Via Satellite
Recordings" ran by Drew Mulholland and Sushil Dade. They
released forgotten Dr Who soundtracks, singles pressed from
glitter and Sputnik-style bleeps and blips of their own
incarnations. Watch a long clip from the film at the bottom
of the page!
Sushil was formerly the bassist for a host of Scottish
indie-pop bands (including Soup Dragons, Telstar Ponies and
BMX Bandits), he debuted his own project, Future Pilot
A.K.A., with several collaborational EPs with guests
ranging from Two Lone Swordsmen to rock producer legend Kim
Fowley to the Fall's Brix Smith to Scottish jazzman Bill
Wells to the Pastels.
Drew's work sounds like: "The BBC Radiophonics Workshop
filtered by noise-mechanics Suicide or Throbbing Gristle. A
toy merry go round stuck in a vaccuum cleaner. A string
quartet in the engine room of a victorian submarine. It's
difficult to pin down the sound created by Glasgow-based
Drew Mulholland, aka Mount Vernon Arts Lab, but it's
certainly fun trying. Created using a range of analogue
electronic and traditional instruments, his music and
soundscapes are evocative, inventive, absorbing and
engaging." (Fortean Times)
This short film was commissioned as a one-off for Scottish
Television's "Don't Look Down" arts slot and featured a lot
of animation, silliness and an afternoon filming a friend
of mine from Edinburgh parading around Glasgow dressed in a
cyberman outfit. YouTube clip coming soon.
