An album to celebrate the lives of three people who have died recently, and another two who have dropped off the radar.

“Bela Lugosi’s Shed” features samples of Mick West on piano, viola, saxonet, shehnai and vocals, plus Colin playing Mick’s left-hand-drive banjolele, Jove’s Cave guitar and Sound Machine. The piece invokes the spirit of Pinky & Perky.

“Oh go on, try this just once” is an intercontinental collaborative recording with Janice Johnston Howie, the vocalist from Night Visitors, who now lives in Pennsylvania. This is the first time Janice and Colin have recorded together since 1986.

There are a lot of anagrams and other word games in this album.
Have fun; I won’t be confirming or denying anything.

"'Memo to machete' is superb. I have it on repeat in the kitchen..." - Zulu Dalek

"Splendid, warped and wonderful as ever. I salute you." - Russell Mills

"This disturbed my wife. I will send you a photograph of my wife looking disturbed." - Mark Joell

"English avant-gardist Colin Robinson has pulled out all the stops on Bats Tidied Up Heliport, the latest album from Jumble Hole Clough. He is a musician that makes eccentricity look bland and mainstream as he cooks up a wild, post-pastoral songs that will baffle - and quite possibly - slightly worry casual listeners. Being a versatile multi-instrumentalist enables him to pick any colour or texture he likes, going wild like Jackson Pollock or pinpointing the notes like the dots of Georges Seurat. Robinson isn't the world's greatest singer, but his laconic delivery fits in nicely with his off-hand word play (John Wayne Is Big Wobbulator), penchant for anagrams, and knack for turning casual observations into something universal." - Hans Werksman, Here Comes The Flood weblog

"Beautifully recorded, and I liked the way you used guitar .... kind of naked at times..." - Anthony Donovan

"I am a Fan of The Residents/Renaldo & the Loaf -Ostrich Von Nipple, This is right up my Alley, On track #4... The Voice I am not sure if I hear a similarity to ENO, the First incarnation of- A CERTAIN RATIO, or the Joy Division Guy... #5 Bella= FAR OUT MAN! I LOVE IT!" - Kelrod Kilwalski, The Braincheese Preservatory.

"I just put this on...it went straight to my knees." - Roger Trenwith

"It's very good indeed." - Alex Stone

"Bats Tidied Up Heliport also serves as a tribute to Michael Linden West, Colin’s like-minded, genre-bending fellow musician. Mick appears on the haunting, dada-esque Bela Lugosi's Shed, but his influence hovers above the album as a whole." - Hans Werksman, Here Comes The Flood weblog

“Your music needs to be heard more than once to find and enjoy all those little surprises everywhere - it was a pleasure, great work as always! “ – Mato Huba, Atom Hub

"The quality of the 'natural' instruments is lovely. The contrast of the highly processed sounds with the natural instruments is a joy too. And it's a treat to hear Janice again, after all this time." - Steve Merrick

"TERRIFY YOUR NEIGHBOURS" - Ian Whitehead

"a perfect balance of experimental and accessible... Colin's guitar style resembles that of the great master Fripp in many ways but is not limited to it. Add the plethora of unique instruments and the original ideas and you have a recipe for pure entertainment." - Jon du Bose

"Once more intrigued by your extraordinary imagination" - Nick Lane

"I had this on in the car yesterday - some fantastic stuff on it. As unhinged as ever & full of musical magic. Interestingly reminded me at moments of some of Bill Nelson's work" - Mark John Williamson

"You've produced a really unique audio landscape that enhances the music perfectly ... clean, spacious, and nearly impossible to articulate. The music itself takes me to unexpected places - there's always a surprise around the next corner, excellent!" - Paul Harryn

"I had to check if you'd gotten Cathal Coughlin [Microdisney] to sing on this one. Sounds great." - Wm Perry

"Luvvit luvvit luvvit..." - Mike Honour

"Funky, fresh, weird, original and very cool." - Jeff Eacho

"Colin Robinson is great. Echoes of Mothers of Invention, Beefheart, early Ween, and many others but none of it is derivative. Bats Tidied Up Heliport is a sound collage that fuses interesting instrumentation, catchy hooks, vivid imagination and strong production. I'm a fan!" - Jeff Eacho

" I can't completely put my finger on it but this takes me back to my childhood in the early seventies. Maybe I had weird parents . But there were strange Eastern European animations appearing randomly on tv . Taking you from whimsy to psychedelia and back on a spinning top of abstract shapes and colours . Yes, it has a dark side, but such a light touch and humour balances out chaos and order perfectly . Excellent musicianship and construction.
Great to hear the spirit of the late Mick West coming through too; a worthy tribute." - Rosie Blunn

"Not sure how you make some of those sounds but it is brilliant how you get it all together and coherent for a listener to enjoy. Brilliant is all I can say." - Paul Higgins, Aquarian Moons radio show

"Featured as Album of the Week on the Wonky Planet Radio Show" - Craig Manga

"I have upgraded my affection for this amazing album. Love this hugely....exceptionally well done." - Ivars Eglitis

"u sock, i'll break your legs" - Gerardo Marcelino Pérez Rendón

"If you partial to The Residents, Beefheart, early Mothers, Elephant 6, Gong or Radiophonic sounds and love some west yorkshire whimsy, then Jumble Hole Clough is for you......." - Ivars Eglitis

"Really neat sounds – and some kind of off-the-wall jazz moments thrown in there too! Frank Zappa would be proud. Where on earth are you getting your lyrics from???!" - The Professor, Rhythmic Robot Audio

"Very nice indeed. You had me at Bela Lugosi's Shed" - Pendle Poucher, Sound Dust

"Oliver Postgate gets lost in a bramble patch in the hills above Hebden Bridge while on magic mushrooms" - Kenneth Brown

"This is nuts. I like nuts." - Ian Wylie

"Colin still knocking out LP after LP of wild electro-psych from his magicke shed" - Richard Foster

"This is cool. It seems like it could double as a film score. Nice work." - Diane Marie Kloba

"Truly an artist whose sounds need to not just be listened to but also absorbed. I do this often." - OddsFiche

"There's really no describing the musical styles of JHC other than to say it's fun, unique and expansively experimental." - Jon du Bose

"Wovulatingly great" - Tim's Perspective Art

"Veteran art rebel and all-round professor of rock trivia Colin Robinson / he has distilled his expansive minimalist white boy krautfunk coupled with surreal lyrics into something rarefied and nicely dislocated / these songs are vignettes, snapshots of the peculiar workings of Colin’s sparky synapses / there is a sense of arriving somewhere / how many times has Newport Pagnell been rhymed with Lansing Bagnall in a song?" - Roger Trenwith, The Progressive Aspect

"Sounds fucking great" - Daniel Lamb

"It made my day" - Ginny Ratcliffe

"If you liked what you heard, for fuck’s sake man go to Bandcamp and download this shit." - Jon du Bose after playing Jumble Hole Clough on his Chiampa Radio show.

"Seriously good album..listen..and then if you like just download in any format, then pay what you choose...simples..." - Mike Honour

"This is life affirming stuff!" - Paul Jackson

"A truly great album. And awesome musicianship!" - Wilfried Hanrath

"Your tunes are fantastic. Can't seem to get "Pink Prestwich" to leave my brain though... " - JP Freely

"It's my favourite album of the year. I've told everyone I know to have a listen!" - Chris Bryan

"If you like music in every shape and form then you would do well to listen to this" - Dean Thom

"Too many ideas for one head. Highly recommended" - Wonky Planet

The album reached No.12 in Here Come The Flood's "Best of 2018" list.