transform009 | Various Artists | CRANIA DRAFT MASSIF



Fourier Transform was established in order to produce small, limited quantities of beautifully and unusually packaged music. In direct contradiction of these founding principles, we are now delighted to announce CRANIA DRAFT MASSIF, an unlimited edition web-only charity compilation album.

Some of the worst music of modern times has arisen from The Charity Single - facile, lowest-common-denominator pop for the masses. Or worse, novelty records by 'comedians' that are marginally less funny than gangrene. We thought it was about time someone produced some challenging, uncompromising and uncommercial music for a good cause. The conceptual twist is that all the tracks on Crania Draft Massif are remixes, reworkings or covers of existing charity songs. We've taken songs intended to appeal to the greatest possible number of people and totally ruined them made them good.


Please note that all money donated goes directly to Cardiff Samaritans (it's their PayPal button) and contributes directly to their running costs. No money comes to us or via us, we're donating our time and bandwidth because we're nice people. And all the artists have donated their time and skills because they're nice people, too.

Cardiff & District Samaritans
is staffed and run entirely by volunteers, and is funded entirely by donations. It offers 24 hours-a-day confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that might lead to suicide. It operates within one of the poorest areas of the UK, the South Wales Valleys, where per-capita anti-depressant use is higher than anywhere else in the country.

It costs over £45,000 per year to maintain the service - this is around £125 per day. The branch receive, on average, 100 calls per day.

More info at samaritans.org/cardiff

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