Oneironautics Hawksmoor

Hawksmoor’s new album Oneironautic on Soul Jazz Records follows last year’s critically acclaimed Telepathic Heights, along with the re-release of his album Saturnalia on the Library of the Occult label earlier this year.

James McKeown, aka Hawksmoor, continues his exploration of the sounds and sensibilities of 1970s/80s German electronic groups—think early Cluster, Harmonia, CAN, NEU!, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Michael Rother.

On Oneironautic, McKeown masterfully blends the pulsating rhythms of Germanic electronica with distinctly English influences: the soaring, hypnotic, and pastoral tones of Brian Eno’s Another Green World, the sustained lines of Robert Fripp’s Frippertronics, and the poetic sensibility of early Durutti Column.

McKeown merges these diverse elements while staying true to the British melodic hauntological modular synth aesthetic, drawing inspiration from Ghost Box, Mount Vernon Arts Lab, Focus Group, and others.

Once again utilizing modular synths, electronic drum rhythms, and guitars, Hawksmoor creates an electronic soundscape that feels both timeless and cutting-edge, instantly recognizable yet completely unique.

Available to pre-order now.

Released on Friday 11th October 2024