The LedaTape Organisation

Simon and Sönke have been doing music together for over 25 years now, first in Pink Stainless Tail and then in Ekranoplans.

In 2025 they decided to go acoustic and take their music in a bold new folk-inspired direction. Following on from an explosive show in Berlin they recorded their debut acoustic album featuring one side of old PST tunes and another of tunes inspired by Simon’s recent widely-acclaimed experimental novel.

Then their old pal Dave Graney wrote them some sleeve notes. This is that thing. Cheers.

Track listing

1. Overture 00:32
2. Blood Sugar Dropping 03:14
3. Godtsar 3:52
4. St Ann’s Well Gardens 04:05
5. The Function of the Gorgon 04:37
6. The Experimental Novelist 03:25
7. The Workman’s Friend 02:20
8. Insignificance 3:42
9. The Longest Train 02:23
10. The Bones in the Ground 3:13
11. The Second Coming 01:57

Simon Strong – Voice, Aztec death whistle.

Sönke Rickertsen – Spanish guitar, backing vocals, whistling, electric bass guitar, twelve string guitar, cello, piano, glockenspiel, saxophone, washboard, triangle, djembé, Juno-6.

Recorded, produced and mixed at home in October-December 2025 by Simon and Sönke.

Mastered by Paul Fox at Indie Masters, Melbourne.

Cover designed by Simon Strong.
Photography by Aaron Goldberg.

Thanks to Nick Boddington, Aaron Goldberg, Dave Graney, Simon Grounds, Harry Howard, Stefan Schutt.