Rapoon

Rapoon
Origin	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Genres	Ambient Electronic Experimental
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Staalplaat Soleilmoon Ewers Tonkunst Lens Aquarellist Relapse
Spinoff of	Zoviet France
Members	Robin Storey
Website	rapoon.org

Rapoon is a musical project of Robin Storey, a former member of Zoviet France, who has released material on notable independent labels such as Staalplaat, Soleilmoon, Manifold, Beta-Lactam Ring, and Lens Records.

Storey began Rapoon in 1992 after the break up of Zoviet France, a group that he had been with since 1980. He used Rapoon as an opportunity to explore "ethnic musics" and other techniques that he didn't feel he could explore with his former band. ^[1] Storey chose the band name from a mispronunciation of his first name, "Robin", by his (then) 2-year old nephew. ^[2]

Most recordings during the 1990s were released on Staalplaat and Soleilmoon, but during a tour in the United States in 1996, Storey met Matt Jacobson of Relapse Records which resulted in the release of The Fires of the Borderlands on the Relapse imprint, Release Entertainment. ^[2]

Selected discography

• Dream Circle, CD, 1992, DOVentertainment (DOVeCD244)
• Raising Earthly Spirits, CD, 1993, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 063); CD, 1999, Soleilmoon (SOL 65 CD)
• Vernal Crossing, CD, 1993, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 082) ^[3]
• Fallen Gods, CD, 1994, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 086) ^[4]
• The Kirghiz Light, 2CD, 1995, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 097) ^[5]
• Recurring (Dream Circle), CD, 1996, Soleilmoon (SOL 11 CD) ^[6]
• Errant Angels, CD, 1996, Soleilmoon (SOL 34 CD) ^[7]
• Darker by Light, CD, 1996, Soleilmoon (SOL 36 CD) ^[8]
• Easterly 6 or 7, CD, 1997, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 117)
• Messianic Ghosts, CD, 1997, Syntactic (Sophie 17) Klanggalerie (2002, gg24), Aquarellist (2011, aquarel 18-11)
• Tin of Drum, CD, 1998, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 130) ^[9]
• The Fires of the Borderlands, CD, 1998, Relapse Records/Release Entertainment (RR 6978-2) ^[10]
• Just Say the Faith, LP, 1998, Soleilmoon (SOLV 6); CD, 2001, Soleilmoon (SOL 107 CD) ^[11]
• Navigating by Colour, CD, 1999, Soleilmoon (SOL 71 CD) ^[12]
• What Do You Suppose? (The Alien Question), CD, 1999, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 141)
• Rapoon vs. Kinder Atom (with Kinder Atom), CD, 2000, Klanggalerie (gg17) ^[13]
• Cold War: Drum n Bass, 2CD, 2001, Caciocavallo (CAD 7)
• Pell Mell, 2002, CD, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 155)
• Rhiz, 2002, CD, Klanggalerie (gg59)
• I Am a Foreigner CD, 2003, Caciocavallo (CAD 26)
• My Life as a Ghost, 2004, CD, Klanggalerie (gg49)
• Alien Glyph Morphology DVD, 2005, Caciocavallo (CAV 30); 2x10", 2006, (CAL 30)
• Church Road CD, 2006, Tantric Harmonies (TANTRA X37)
• From Shadows Sleep, 2006, CD, Essence Music (ESS006)
• Time Frost CD, 2007, Glacial Movements (GM 003)
• Obscure Objects of Desire, 2008, CD, Vivo (vivo2008039CD)
• The Library of the Dead, 2008, CD, Ewers Tonkunst (HHE 018 CD), Indiestate Distribution (IST 059 CD)
• Dark Rivers, May 2009, CD, Lens Records (LENS0102)
• Melancholic Songs of the Desert, 2009, CD, Soleilmoon (SOL 166 CD)
• Wasteland Raga, 2009, CD, Aquarellist (aquarel 11-09)
• The Bush Prophet, 2010, CD, Ewers Tonkunst (HHE 029 CD), Indiestate Distribution (IST 079 CD)
• Media Studies, 2011, CD, Aquarellist (aquarel 17-11)
• Disappeared Redux, 2012, CD, Zoharum (ZOHAR 029-2)
• Stray, 2012, CD, Soleilmoon (SOL 181 CD)
• Cultural Forgeries, 2014, CD, Alrealon Musique (ALRN058)

Side projects

• Oedipus Brain Foil 3xCD (with Randy Greif and Nigel Ayers), 1998, Soleilmoon (SOL 66 CD) ^[14]
• The World Turned Gingham CD (with Nigel Ayers, released under the name Hank & Slim) (Caciocavallo, 2000)
• About Breathing CD (with Victor Nubla), 2002, Caciocavallo (CAD 24)
• New Cult of the Sun Moon 2CD (with Black Faction), 2002, Soleilmoon (SOL 122 CD)

External links

• Official website
• Google Groups Mailing List
• Rapoon biography and discography on Allmusic.com
• Rapoon discography on Discogs.com

References

1. Herrington, Tony (March 1995). "Rapoon". The Wire. No. 133. London, UK. p. 11. ISSN   0952-0686 . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
2. Mantas, Jorge (September 1998). Paes, Rui Eduardo (ed.). "Robin Storey: Entre os Zoviet France e os Rapoon". Monitor (in Portuguese). Vol. 3, no. 49. Lisbon. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
3. Bell, Clive (November 1994). Herrington, Tony (ed.). "Rapoon Vernal Crossing". The Wire. No. 129. London, UK. pp. 56–57. ISSN   0952-0686 . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
4. Cipher (Spring 1996). Valerio, Paul (ed.). "Rapoon - Fallen Gods". Industrialnation . No. 12. Iowa City, IA: Moon Mystique. p. 74. ISSN   1062-449X.
5. "RAPOON - The Kirghiz Light". Muzik Magazine. No. 6. London, UK: IPC Magazines Ltd. November 1995. p. 81. ISSN   1358-541X . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
6. Hopkins, Simon (August 1996). Herrington, Tony (ed.). "Rapoon Recurring (Dream Circle)". The Wire. No. 150. London, UK. p. 54. ISSN   0952-0686 . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
7. Ned (Summer 1997). Valerio, Paul (ed.). "Rapoon - The Kirghiz Light". Industrialnation . No. 15. Chicago, IL: Moon Mystique. p. 74–75. ISSN   1062-449X.
8. Smith, Bradley (1997). The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music. New York: Billboard Books. p. 180. ISBN   0-8230-7665-2 . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
9. Szellemis (1999). Mihály, Rácz (ed.). "RAPOON Tin Of Drum (Staalplaat Soleilmoon)". Második Látás (in Hungarian). No. 16. Budapest. p. 93. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
10. Maclsaac, Steve (September 1998). McNeely, Jennifer (ed.). "Rapoon -The Fires Of The Borderlands". Off Beat. No. 132. Victoria, BC. p. 13. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
11. Tibor, Vizler, ed. (October 1999). "Rapoon: Just Say The Faith LP (Soleilmoon Recordings, 1998)". Straight Edge (in Hungarian). No. 9. Hungary. p. 57. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
12. Pinsent, Ed (April 2000). "Rapoon - Navigating By Colour". The Sound Projector Music Magazine. No. 7. London, UK. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
13. Beissert, Tim (Summer 2000). Wacker, Thomas (ed.). "Rapoon vs. Kinder Atom s/t (CD)". Black Magazin (in German). No. 20. Darmstadt. p. 67. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
14. Mantas, Jorge (April 1999). Paes, Rui Eduardo (ed.). "Randy Greif, Robin Storey & Nigel Ayers - Oedipus Brain Foil". Monitor (in Portuguese). Vol. 3, no. 55. Lisbon. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 1 May 2025.