If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end! – H.P. Lovecraft, The Temple

Unfathomed waters is a new album by Peter Liley and Jack Woodbury, inspired by the short story The Temple by H. P. Lovecraft.

Photo: Celeste Fontein

It’s an ambitious  collaborative work that aims to explore the story’s themes of awe, isolation, fear, longing and lurking horror in a musical context. To achieve this, Jack and Peter employ electroacoustic noise, ambient textures, saxophone, and choral vocals in an ambitious tapestry of sound. Both musicians are Wellington-based: Peter Liley is a Wellington-based composer and performer, and Jack Woodbury is a composer and audio engineer, based in Wellington whose work has been presented in the USA, UK, Australia, as well as at home in New Zealand.

Jack took time out from his very busy schedule to talk to our colleague Neil about Unfathomed Waters and all things musical, in conjunction with Caffeine and Aspirin, the arts and entertainment review show on Radioactive FM.

For more information on Jack, visit his Website. For information on ‘Unfathomed Waters’, visit Rattle Records. ‘Unfathomed Waters’ is due to be played in full by Radio NZ later this year as part of a Halloween special. You can borrow ‘Unfathomed Waters’ from Wellington City Libraries here.