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News from the Pond
Summer 2008
the Pond is stirring....
Evolution in the Pond continues unabated. Weird sonic forms have been seen careering around Glastonbury High Street, occasionally bouncing off the insides of long haired ambling life-forms of unknown origin. Change is constant. Natural selection has cleared the Pond of many of the heavier and more polluted entities and a new enlightened age seems to be beginning amidst the organisms. Indeed, some small tubular spherules have even been overheard discussing the possibility of there being life 'outside the pond'. A State of Amnesia is in the air, a new Tigga offspring has been spotted skanking around. Tunes have been foaming out past the reeds, sounds of bubbling and chuckling have been heard from the near shore and what is going on in the swans nest! Basically, there's a whole load of new music coming ...
Summer 2007
Pond Life begins to broadcast to an eagerly awaiting world
The rate of growth and change in the Pond has been taking even the most sceptical neodarwinians by surprise, so much so that even our gray-bearded and most ancient director has been heard to make gutteral noises of approval. No sooner had the strange beasties being created in the pond learned to make music than they started to organise themselves into discreet DNA packages now spreading all over the world courtesy of a weird bacteria known as GlastonburyRadio.Net - a vast spiderlike superorganism which now finds its way into homes all over the planet.
Our far flung research team has been working night and day to bring these fresh wonders to you, most benevolent of browsers, and we sincerely hope that such discoveries bring joy in these changeable times. Mayhaps there are more fabulousities to be found deeper in the murky waters of the Pond. Watch this space for the latest reports from our superbly equipped, state-of-the-art rowing boat, that, even as we speak, is now heading into the distant and as yet uncharted regions near to where the ducks nest.
Spring 2007
Amazing new round things discovered - Pond Life Records is born
Quite how it happened no-one knows but all of a sudden a rare Dragonsfly has emerged from the swirling waters with Pond Life's love, care and assistance. Rumours of strange stripy dubby Tiggas hatching on the Pond's very own leafy surround are also likely to be confirmed in the next few months.
Out in the deeps our experienced explorers have found all manner of rare beestes, weaving sounds both wierd and sublime, musics that are fully formed yet unknown to the established order. We have laboured hard with the most modern aural shrimping nets and sonic jam-jars to bring these gems to your waiting pearly ears, our dedicated team eager to share in the excitement that each fresh arrival brings.
1st October 2006
The latest report from our long-lost expedition to the edges of the Pond.
Incredible but true
Our wellied research team have scoured the land for new sightings of PondLife, and, despite the increasing radioactive noise, have found signs of vibrant ecological funkiness in many unexpected places – in embryonic reed beds, under newly formed rocks, nesting at the very water’s edge. We in fact now have reason to believe that PondLife is growing at a rapid rate, colonising melodic zones previously thought to be improbable, or at best impossible.
Recent dives into the deeps using the latest submersible techniques have come back with stunning evidence of natural harmonic wonders beyond even our most fevered imaginings - complex sounds and polyrhythms that have surprised the waders off even our most experienced and jaded researchers. We are convinced that life at large must be informed of these developments, and that moves to suppress, or weaken by commercialising, such vital groovings must be circumvented at all costs.
And now dear friends we must return to the mysterious Avalonian mists on our sacred Quest for the timely and the real ... what aural intricacies remain to be discovered? Wish us luck as we voyage to the depths, for surely there are more things lurking in the Pond than are dreamt of in our philosophy.
1st May 2006
PondLife is born
Earlier than the Creation date:
Little is known of life BP (before Pondlife). We do know that it rained a lot, and that puddles formed, eventually becoming the Pond. Somehow, incredibly, in this primordial soup, perhaps triggered by melodic intervals, life began to stir, very slowly sense its environment, move around a bit, fall in love and hum to itself.
The next stage in the story is unclear. Experts believe that blobs of proto-pond life finally began to aggregate, co-operate and merge into the living, loving, vibrant and sustainable PondLife structures we know today.
Latest reports suggests that more PondLife is evolving each day and indeed many thousands of elusive 'visitors' have been catalogued so far. Initial findings show all these wonderous beings have a highly developed sense of musical taste and are showing positive signs of extreme grooviness. Our welly-wearing research team is confident that with continuing exploration whole new areas of the Pond will reveal new and ever more fab discoveries.