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Review: "The electronic musician's electronic musician" Richard Norris is one of those underrated UK powerhouses who can do myriad different styles with equal authenticity and invention. From psyched-out sounds to sleazy disco and now onto dub he is always worth tuning into. This record is a nine-track work that explores a number of different, brilliant deep soundscapes from liquid rollers peppered with melodic rain to dark, dank and heady subterranean sounds for the dead of night. It's an artful work of cinematic sound design and an impossibly absorbing atmosphere.

Review: Lore Of The Land is a debut release from Order of the 12 and it was recorded under the castle in Lewes in East Sussex. It features the legendary Richard Norris on keyboards, drums and production and drawing on all his considerable know-how next to Rachel Thomas on vocals and Stuart Carter on guitars. The record pulls from Sussex folk music as well as plenty of hints of a love and respect for psych-folk acts such as Trees or Mellow Candle. It's a beautiful 10-track body of work that sounds both steeped in ancient mystery and full of fresh modern invention.