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PHASE ONE: BORDERS UNDERGROUND AND BEYOND
Compilation

Each month from January 2019 into the heart of the lockdowns in 2020 Sparks From The Mothership put out free download releases by bands associated with the Scottish Borders Underground scene, spanning a period from the early 1990s to now. "Phase One" collects together the more left-field tracks.

Sleeve Art by Avant Kinema

(1) JAN 2019
The Stark Palace - "CroMagnon Man"
Line-up: Roger Simian & Cameron Jack + Friends
From CroMagnon Man EP, January 2019.
Track originally released 2009 (Shark Batter Records).

(2) FEB 2019
The Bird And The Monkey - "Moon Moth"
Line-up: Sarahjane Swan & Roger Simian
From Moon Moth LP , February 2019.
Track originally released 2014 (Athene Noctua Records).

(3) MARCH 2019
The Stone Ghost Collective - "Why?"
Line-up: Mike Sorensen Small, Brendan McAndrew & Cameron Jack + Friends
From Moonlight Cantata EP, March 2019.
Track originally released 2011 (Shark Batter Records).

(4) APRIL 2019
The Stark Palace - "Brakelight Cabernet"
Line-up: Cameron Jack & Roger Simian
From Brakelight Cabernet EP, April 2019.
Track originally released 2009 (Shark Batter Records).

(5) MAY 2019
The Stone Ghost Collective - "Density 5520"
Line-up: Mike Sorensen Small, Brendan McAndrew & Cameron Jack + Friends
From A Theory of Everything LP, May 2019.
Track originally released 2006 (Shark Batter Records).

(6) JUNE 2019
Crunchy Joseph - "Paint"
Line-up: Grant Pringle, Mike Sorensen Small & Roger Simian
From The Birthday EP, June 2019.
Unreleased track recorded 1993/98.

(7) JULY 2019
Electron Mass - "Love Dilation"
Line-up: Brendan McAndrew & Mike Sorensen Small + Friends
From Dopamine Girl EP, July 2019.
New release. (Of Human Bonding)

(8) AUG 2019
Avant Kinema / Undertoad - "GW IV"
Line-up: Sarahjane Swan & Roger Simian (Avant Kinema) + Neil Coles (Undertoad)
From Ghost Worlds EP, August 2019.
New release (Athene Noctua Records).

(9) SEPT 2019
Sarahjane Swan - "In The Dark I Sat"
Line-up: Sarahjane Swan
From Low to Medium Fidelity Demonstration Recordings,
September 2019.
Unreleased track recorded 2009.

(10) SEPT 2019
Roger Simian - "Sharks"
Line-ip: Roger Simian
From Low to Medium Fidelity Demonstration Recordings,
September 2019.
Unreleased track recorded 1998.

(11) OCT 2019
Pluto Monkey - "Jet Stream"
Line-up: Paul Vickers & Roger Simian
From Little Brenda: Bluegrass Mission LP, October 2019.
Track originally released 2000 (Shifty Disco).

(12) NOV 2019
Crunchy Joseph - "Rainbonnet"
Line-up: Grant Pringle, Mike Sorensen Small & Roger Simian
From Rainbonnet / Copper Wire double-a side, November 2019.
Unreleased track recorded circa 1993.

(13) DEC 2019
The Bird And The Monkey - "Winter On Belhaven"
Line-up: Sarahjane Swan & Roger Simian
From Winter On Belhaven single, December 2019.
New release (Athene Noctua Records).

(14) JAN 2020
Carton Sonore - "Partir Au Soleil (Unifié)"
Line-up: Pierre Chandeze
Originally recorded in 2015, updated 2019
New release, 2020.

(15) FEB 2020
The Victor Pope Band - "Control Alt Delete"
Line-up: Steven Vickers (acoustic guitar and vocals), Roy Jackson (electric guitar, mandolin, melodica, backing vocals), Jess Aslan (synth), Graeme Mackay (bass), Jon Harley (drums).
New Release, 2020.

(16) MARCH 2020
Avant Kinema - "Flow State"
Line-up: Sarahjane Swan & Roger Simian
Soundtrack from a film of the same name by Avant Kinema.
New Release, 2020.

(17) APRIL 2020
Dawn Of The Replicants - "Science Fiction Freak (demo)"
Line-up: Paul Vickers, Roger Simian, Grant Pringle, Mike Sorensen Small, Donald Kyle
Demo recorded in 1998. Released on the Science Fiction Freak (demos, 1998) EP

(18) MAY 2020
Vacuum Spasm Babies - "Long Arms Stomping"
Line-up: Charlie Bravo & Malcolm Spasm
New Release, 2020.