SIMON HOUGHTON - Amethyst Glory LP singer-songwriter One of their harder to

One of their harder to find and more perfect records

casting toxic shadows onto the everyday

Founded in the late 1970s in Leeds

using technology both to materialise memory and to dream a folklore for a future age

A diversity of instruments and arrangements subvert expectations at every turn and bring new depth to each passage with the band utilizing samples of contra bassoon and Rufai mystic rituals while doing away with guitar entirely

SIMON HOUGHTON - Amethyst Glory LP singer-songwriter One of their harder toMy beautiful family the Houghtons, you made me. This is for you. "Cyprus 1982. A family holiday that would turn out to have a big impact on me. Visiting my grandparents on their sailing boat home the "Amethyst Glory" and seeing the very real possibilities of adventure and self exploration at such a young age planted deep rooted seeds which i am only just beginning to understand." Oltrarno Raw is honoured to present Amethyst Glory by Simon Houghton.