Phosphene is the music project created by John Cavanagh after four years as a member of the duo Electroscope.
November 2007 sees the release of a new cd from Digitalis Industries... more details of this and all Phosphene music available on the Releases page. It follows hot on the heels of the Phosphene and Friends 7" on Pickled Egg Records and what a cast of friends.... the wonderful Bridget St. John, Isobel Campbell & Bill Wells on one side and the meeting of Phosphene & Nalle on the other. Hanna Tuulikki, of Nalle, has created beautiful artwork the sleeve and you can see more about this on, once again, the Releases page and it's available now from the Melodybar!

The 3" cd e.p. Phoenix Trees is now available on Rusted Rail Records of Galway.
This is a 5 track 3" cd e.p, which features guest appearances from Gayle Brogan (aka Pefkin) & guitarist George Burt. It's available from the Melodybar, you can download it from the Rough Trade Digital shop or obtain it direct from the label. Keith Wallace has just updated the Rusted Rail site with some reviews of Phoenix Trees... please drop by and have a look.

There are three Phosphene albums already available. The most recent one is called The Plum, The Orange and the Matchbox and features collaborations with Lol Coxhill, Raymond MacDonald and other friends. The one which came before that, Projection, includes a guest appearance from John McKeown of the 1990s/Yummy Fur on guitar. These - and the first one, Long Meadow Felt Company - are detailed on the Releases page...
In September 2006, a new interview with John was posted online at the Foxy Digitalis site. Thanks to Brad and Jani for this.
There is now an Electroscope myspace page! Lots of photos there now - music too. You can read more about Electroscope at the new page and in "the past" section here.

One of those (very rare) Phosphene live shows happened on 20th June 2007 at the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, a fantastic Victorian building in Glasgow, Scotland. After nearly two years since Colleen last played in Glasgow, this event marked the end of an extensive tour. Nalle also played two fine sets at these shows.
You can see more about the day at the Live page, including the lovely poster Iker Spozio designed for the occasion.

Iker also created the sleeve design for John Cavanagh's re-issue of Electrosonic, an album created by Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson & Don Harper, which  in 1972. Vinyl editions of this album are now sold out at source. You may still find a copy at the Melodybar and a cd issue is planned for later in the year.

The story of how this release happened is detailed at John's myspace page along with photos from the launch night.

The live page has just been updated with some images taken at Glasgow's CCA during 2007's Triptych festival... have a look at the photos from this event and others.

2005's 3 track 7" on Static Caravan Records, which sold out within a few days, will re-appear again soon, only this time it'll be as a download. Static Caravan have reached their 100th release (congratulations to Geoff Dolman on this occasion!) and are planning to re-issue much of their back catalogue in this way. The Releases page holds more news on the original 7" and all other Phosphene records. You'll also find sound samples there from all three full-lenghth Phosphene albums.

Whilst he continues his varied work for BBC radio, John also hosts a weekly music show on Radio Six International. This is an internet station which broadcasts from Glasgow, Scotland, but is now transmitting programmes regularly around the world. John Cavanagh's Soundwave can be heard at 06:00 GMT/UT each Sunday online and on 88.5FM from World FM, Wellington, New Zealand, where it fills a Sunday evening slot. The start of a new series of Soundwaves in September '06 finds the show on more stations than ever... on Mondays at 18:00 GMT/UT (that's 6pm UK time & 7pm in central Europe) it can be heard on 94.2 & 94.8 FM from Poprad & Kosice, Slovakia, also covering Hungary, Poland and parts of the Czech republic; on Sky channel 0195; and at 12.523 ghz horizontal from the Hotbird satellite.  Check the Radio Six website for news, details for other timezones and, of course, to listen to the show online. If you'd like to see what sort of music is featured, programme running orders are updated each week.

John's first book, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is available now in English and Italian as one of a series on classic albums published by Continuum Books. The Piper page will tell you much more.

Pefkin, aka Gayle from Electroscope, had a splendid debut album out on Digitalis Industries records - we think it may be sold out already - and you can read an interview with her at their website. The second Pefkin album release is available on Pseudo Arcana records and there are 2 very fine 3" cds by Pefkin, one on the Cook An Egg label, the other from Students of Decay.

Phosphene... John always found the word attractive and it's definition - the luminous spots you see if you close your eyes and press gently on the eyelids - fitted with his ideas on sound sensations too.

The Phosphene Sound isn't easy to pin down...

There are electronic and acoustic elements, some songs and some washes of sound.... They range from a melodic harpsichord track to a harsher more abstract remix for Japanese artist Aube...luminous spots of many different hues!