I found some old Calypso and Mento records and used some sounds from those as textures and loops. Also, I knew I wanted the album to sound kind of "piratey," as it is perhaps the most romantic of all childhood fantasies, and I definitely spent a lot of time thinking about my childhood when my grandfather passed away.

I just wanted the whole thing to sound fun! There's even a sample from a Jamaican Jerk Sauce specialist giving a taste demonstration. Spicy food is the best designer drug!

Regarding the artwork, there are nautical compasses and an old John Speed map of Jamaica blended into the background, and a nice trippy close up of a Black Witch moth blended into the tracklist page of the inlay. There's also a silhouette of a Black Witch moth on the front cover, covering the St. Thomas Parish of the Jamaica map (where the Morant Bay Slave Rebellion occured back in 1865).

In Jamaican folklore, the Black Witch moth is known as a "Duppy Bat". It is said to be an embodiment of a lost soul, or a soul not at rest. The Jamaican National Heroes George William Gordon and Paul Bogle were hanged at Morant Bay by the British authorities for their part in the rallying of the slave workers, who set fire to the Court House and the nearby buildings in anger. They were buried in a shallow grave behind the Court House.

1. Boogu Yagga
2. Pork Chops
3. Burnt and Buried
4. Inna Self Made Net
5. Sing it to the Moon
6. John Canoe
7. Guillemot Rock

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 3/3/2012
Voltergeist lives in Maybole Scotland

Tagged as: Electronica, Ambient, Darkwave

1. Music of Fernando Sor by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
2. Ambiencellist Part II by Claire Fitch: ambient cellist
3. Star Of The Sea by Stellamara: original Balkan-Near Eastern-Medieval-Ambient-World.
4. Long Ride Home by John Williams: bluesy and jazzy guitar
5. What We Whisper by Jeffrey Luck Lucas: darkly gorgeous, cinematic folk
6. Celocity by Claire Fitch: ambient cellist
7. A Celebration of Robert Burns by Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.
8. The Castle of the Holly King by Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.
9. Sophomore Jinx by Rob Costlow: melodic piano pieces
10. Eastern Expressions 3 - Asahi by Ruben van Rompaey: passionate Eastern percussion
11. Horizon by Eyot: the Nirvana of European Jazz
12. Mellowdrama by Joey Fehrenbach: gorgeously sculpted, uber-melodic downtempo
13. Touch by Falling You: haunting, ethereal pop ambient
14. Nothing Seems Right by Firehead Jerry: a catchy blend of pop/folk/electro
15. The Story of What Happened by Jasmine Brunch: a secret garden of lucid musical dreams
16. Animal Powers by Michelle Bellerose: art-rock songstress delivers fresh sounds
17. Singles by Thirty Day Notice: Somewhere Between Pleasantly Hypnotic and Slightly Disturbing
18. When the Fall by Thursday Next: interesting techno made by skinny boys
19. Magnificent Obsession vol 3 - Beethoven Sonatas by Sebastian Forster: exquisitely performed Beethoven piano sonatas
20. Elizabeth's Lutes by Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute

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