Sean Wolcott - Light Music for Heavy Industry (2025) [Hi-Res]

“Light Music for Heavy Industry,” Wolcott’s 8th library album, is a kaleidoscopic journey into the psychedelic fringes of easy listening. Inspired by library music for industrial films, space-age pop, experimental jazz, exotica, and early synth pioneers, it’s Wolcott’s most sweeping and dreamlike work yet. Combining symphonic jazz-funk, hazy grooves, and avant-garde textures, the album crafts a playful, surreal, and atmospheric soundscape. Echoes of Pete Jolly’s Seasons, Alessandro Alessandroni, Charles Stepney, Esquivel, and Galt MacDermot ripple through this ode to an alternate future bathed in misplaced optimism.

All songs were written, produced, arranged, and recorded by Sean Wolcott at Soundview Analog Recorders.

PLAYERS

Keyboards
Micah Hulscher: Fender Rhodes, Hammond C3, Harpsichord, Piano,
RMI Electra-Piano, Wurlitzer 200A (1-10)
Sean Wolcott: Harpsichord, Minimoog, Piano, Roland SH-2000 (4-5, 7-8, 10)
Mario Luciano: Yamaha CS-60 (4-5, 9-10)
Trevor Church: Conn Electric Band, Minimoog (1, 5)

Reeds
Jay Thomas: Flute (2-6, 8)
Susan Thttps://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1463133700_10.jpgelford Boyd: Flute (5-6, 9-10)
Joel Astley: Harmonica (6-7, 9-10)

Strings
Sean Wolcott: Bass (1-2, 4-10) / Guitar (1-2, 8-10)
Victoria Parker: Violin (2-10)
Paul Osborne: Bass (3)
Jimmy James: Guitar (3)

Vocals
Zan Fiskum (2-8, 10)
Leon McQuay III: Countdown (5)

Percussion
Trevor Church: Drums, Congas, Shaker, Tambourine, Triangle (1-10)

Tracklist:
01-01 Sean Wolcott - Drop Forging in Closed Dies [3:18]
01-02 Sean Wolcott - The Shield That Holds the Sun [3:45]
01-03 Sean Wolcott - Birth of the Microprocessor [3:49]
01-04 Sean Wolcott - What's New in Synthetic Crystals [2:54]
01-05 Sean Wolcott - Man and His Modular Habitats [3:17]
01-06 Sean Wolcott - Lead: Protector of Products & People [2:37]
01-07 Sean Wolcott - Principles of Industrial Harmony [2:31]
01-08 Sean Wolcott - Oil Refining: Catalyst of Progress [3:36]
01-09 Sean Wolcott - Surface Renewal Painting & Coating [3:42]
01-10 Sean Wolcott - Designing Tomorrow's Possibility [3:54]