The Chi Factory

Amongst Ambient Aficionados Obscure 1980's Outfit The Chi Factory — A Collaboration Between Jacobus Derwort And Hanyo Van Oosterom — Has A Cult Following. While The Duo Went Their Separate Ways In 1987 Derwort Continued To Work On Tracks Which Fused Field Recordings Taken In Far-Flung Locations Around The World With Indigenous Instrumentation And His Innate Ability To Craft Mood-Altering Soundscapes. The Bamboo Recordings On Astral Industries Offers The First Chance To Savour Those Previously Unheard Mid-To-Late-80's Tracks While They've Been Remixed For Release They Remain As Trippy Inspired And Intoxicating As You'd Expect. Akin To A Humid Saunter Through Thick Mangrove Swamps The Album Feels Like A Long Lost Tropical Partner To The KLF's Chill Out. read less