Then you hear a lyre, which is made out of a pelvis before the sound moves into electronics, sound manipulation and sampling. “It starts with bone flutes that I had made out of the skeleton and the next sound you hear is the skin of a horse stretched over wood to make a horse skin drum. So there is a reincarnation aspect that follows the musical story.īy following my nose and the history of music, I inevitably ended up with this virtual or digital reincarnation of the horse “Even 200 years ago, if we wanted to make a piece of music out of a horse we’d have had to imitate the sound of what a horse might make while running or the emotion it might arouse in us, whereas now we can take field recordings or sounds from the internet and use the real sound of a horse. The way the album unfolds sounds like a process of reanimation, from the sourcing of the bones to recreating the motion of a racehorse… That’s the image on the cover of the album.” “Ironically, when I was making the record a metal detectorist was interested in finding out what was on our land and dug up a little bronze age offering to the horse gods that’s somewhere between 2,000 and 10,000 years old. Horse racing is also the second biggest sport after football and subsidised by the government to the tune of £100m per year, so from sport and leisure to industry, the horse is woven through our culture. After some research I realised that we wouldn’t have had the industrial revolution without them because we relied on horses to dig coal from the ground, haul it to the surface, carry people around and transform our economy. “The more I noticed or thought about horses, they seemed to appear absolutely everywhere. I knew I wanted to make a record out of a skeleton, but hadn’t begun to think about everything else that the album would become. The horse ended up being the largest, but I still bought it without really knowing why. “It could have been any animal because when it started I was looking for a diplodocus or a bison on eBay – whatever was the biggest skeleton I could find. Sign in to PlayStation Network is not required to use this on your primary PS4, but is required for use on other PS4 systems.Did you see this as the celebration of the horse in particular, or could it have been any animal? Online and local play - Unique game flow, from strategic block placement to twitch control platforming - Huge library of blocks to create an infinite variety of levels - Discover locations such as the Farm, Iceberg, Dance Party, Pyramids and more - Create, save, and share custom levels - Challenge your friends to beat your levels in Challenge Mode, with global leaderboards! - Fun, cartoony art style - Sweet funky soundtrack One-time licence fee to download to multiple PS4 systems. If you can make it but your friends can't, you score points! Play online or locally with your animal buddies and experiment with a wide variety of platforms to find new ways to mess with your friends. Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together? Wish Granted! Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer where you and your friends build the level as you play, placing deadly traps before trying to reach the end of the level.
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