In a musical landscape often chasing the ephemeral, Smote’s sound is unapologetically terrestrial. For principal architect Daniel Foggin, music serves as a direct channel for his daily life as a landscape gardener — a world of soil, stone, and seasons. His latest offering, Songs from the Free House is the most profound expression of this connection yet, an album that feels as if it were excavated from the Northumberland ground itself.
Building on the megalithic drone of previous work, this fifth release for Rocket Recordings sees Smote’s sonic palette significantly expanded. While the mantric, hypnotic heaviness reminiscent of Earth or Om remains the foundation, new textures are woven throughout. Foggin cites the influence of heavy electronic artists like…

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