Positioned towards the end of Obscure Independent Classics Volume 3, “Horizontal” functions as a brief glimpse into the creative practice of J. Ashurst. The one-minute track is washed in tape delay, reminiscent of the eerie soundtracks and leitmotifs created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. An eccentric keyboard melody plods along as human-like vocal drones groan intermittently over a swirling bed of charismatic synthesized bubbling.
The only mention of Fritz Gosh and the Goshbrokers online is found on Discogs and R. Stevie Moore’s charmingly outdated website in liner notes written by Cordelia Records founder Alan Jenkins in 1986. He describes the track as a sample of a longer demo tape sent in by Ashurst, who never released music commercially. Elsewhere, Jenkins overviews the compilation:
“If magnetic tape had been invented two hundred years ago, Vincent van Gogh would have spent all his time recording experimental music instead of painting pictures. He would have been rejected by all the major record companies and he would have ended upon on Obscure Independent Classics. Then he would have gone mad, cut his ear off and killed himself.”
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