Thought Universe

Thought Universe

Record label and recording studio based in Manchester UK.

Releases

MTC LP1 Cover

MTC LP1

by Martian Tin Can
Music by Colin Laird, Mark Pilkington and Matt Smith
Flute - 6, 9: Carmen Craven
Baritone Saxophone - 9, 13, Tenor Saxophone - 13: Simeon Evans
Electric Guitar - 13: Kevin Jones
Mastering - David Beatty at YouMeAll
Artwork 'Is There Anybody Out There?' by Mark Pilkington
Recorded at Thought Universe Studio and The Ark, Bristol.
Copyright © 2023
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TUM11

by Thought Universe
Recorded at Thought Universe Studio 2018
Artwork: Mark Pilkington
Mastered by Mark Pilkington at Thought Universe Studio, MCR
Copyright © 2021
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Winging It!

by Hotpot
Limited edition 100 Compact Cassette.

Non-sequenced retro analogue music tech-fuelled psychedelic jams. Hotpot was an impromptu band formed in South Manchester (UK) between 1998 - 2004.

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Label: TUM/Sonic World Service
Recorded at Thought Universe Studio and the Cutting Rooms, MCR 1999-2001
Artwork: Mark Pilkington
Mastered by David Beatty at YouMeAllStudio, MCR
Copyright © 2020
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Otis Jordan and Mark Pilkington TUMEP09

by Mark Pilkington and Otis Jordan
Fusing vintage electronic and acoustic instruments into folk inspired musical sketches. Recorded at Thought Universe Electronic Music Studio, Manchester, 2019. With additional overdubs by Otis in Glasgow. Released April 3, 2020.

Credits: All music by Mark and Otis
Violin on Track 4 by Marley Moat
Cover Art: Otis
Mastered: Mark at Thought Universe, MCR
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Howzat! - An Appeal for Nature TUM10

by Mark Pilkington
A series of recordings of a live algorithmic performance celebrating the ecological diversity of Atherton Wildlife and Nature Meadow, Lancashire, UK. Commissioned by 'Arts for Nature' in 2014.
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Mixed Messages

by Thought Universe
Originally released in 2004. The album is influenced by the underground electronic music scene of Manchester in the late 1990's. Taking in elements of instrumental hip-hop, synthesisers, signal processing and Musique concrète.

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Inner Sleeve Art Mixed Messages Inner Case Animated Graphic

Thought Universe Studio

Since 1994, Thought Universe EMS is a studio in Manchester (UK) producing electroacoustic music and sound-art. Thought Universe EMS is run as an independent organisation. The studio is available to produce electroacoustic music and sound-art. Thought Universe EMS aim is to support artistic development of electroacoustic music and its integration within other artistic areas.

Thought Universe Studio Setup

Archive Releases

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TUMEP06

by Thought Universe
Label: TUM | TUMCDR6 / September 2008
Format: CDR | Price £ 5.00
  1. All Systems
  2. Touchdown (feat. James Goodwin on Drums)
  3. CDR5-2
  4. Dash
  5. Glide (feat. James Goodwin on Drums)
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Love EP

by The Baggy Kidz
Label: TUM | TUMCDR5 / 2007
Format: CDR | Price £ 5.00
Review: Boomkat
  1. NYC Acid
  2. Coolio (mp3 excerpt)
  3. S1-Part
  4. hardElectro
  5. Why?
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Mixed Messages (CD)

by Thought Universe
Label: TUM | TUCD1 / 2004
Format: CD Album | Price £ 10.00 (Limited edition 500 copies)
  1. Beatwork
  2. DX35NHI (mp3 excerpt)
  3. Vengassa
  4. Testingtime
  5. Device1
  6. Far
  7. Desimer
  8. Goof
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Neverland Sleepovers

by Thought Universe
Label: Dalriada | BROCH04 / 2004
Format: 12" Vinyl | Limited to 500 copies
Available from bleep and Blackhole Distribution.
  1. A1 - Artificial Life Experiment (Second Conclusion)
  2. A2 - Cliou (mp3 excerpt)
  3. B1 - Hofty
  4. B2 - Penfield Mood Organ (Baggy Kidz Remix)
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Red Zero Seven

by Various Artists
Label: Struktur | cs7.11 / 2002
Format: CD | Price £ 10.00 (Limited edition 100 copies)
Reviewed at boomkat.com
  1. Startup - Bovaflux
  2. Sciamatchy - Kutchi
  3. Minraud - The Marcia Blaine School for Girls
  4. DX35NHI - Thought Universe
  5. Liquid Past - Bovaflux
  6. Twenty Two - Buoy (mp3 excerpt)
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Orange Zero Six

by Various Artists
Label: Struktur | S6.25CDtoS6.31 / 2003
Format: CD | Price £ 8.00 (Limited edition 500 copies)
  1. Latin Apex - Production Unit
  2. Anchorage - Kutchi
  3. Colliculus - Eakui
  4. Cybium - Bovaflux
  5. Ziggaratus- Peachfish
  6. Ardwick Shaft - Commission for a New Town (mp3 excerpt)
  7. One Dimensional Random Walk - Chris De Giere
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Straight Outta Gorton!

by The Baggy Kidz
Label: Struktur | s7.11 / 2003
Format: CDR | Price £ 5.00 (Limited Edition 500 copies)
Includes Fiesta Slagz video by Ian Edmundson and Ken Frankland.
  1. Fiesta Slags (Video Clip)
  2. Market Street Mincer
  3. Shellsuits and Stanley Knives
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CODEC/X - New British Video and Sound Art

by Various Artists
Format: DVD | Price £ 12.00 (Limited Edition 5 copies left)

Codec/x features new work by visual artists and musicians based in the North West of England. The work is diverse, with challenging and often humourous themes embedded to materials and processes including animation, performance, text, noise, found objects, tape, and abstraction.
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14.01.02

by Thought Universe
Label: TUM | TUMcdr4 / 2002
Format: CDR | Price £ 5.00 (Limited Edition to 100 copies)
Reviewed at boomkat.com
  1. Brain
  2. Device 1
  3. Mankind
  4. DX35NHI
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Agricola

by Mark Pilkington
Label: TUM | TUCDR6 / 2004
Format: CDR | Price £ 5.00

The Agricola suite consists of four electroacoustic pieces concerned with the abstraction of 'found' sounds recorded from the Castlefield, Manchester UK.
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  1. Nail Bell
  2. Dull Metal (mp3 excerpt)
  3. Splash
  4. Voices
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