CELESTIAL MECHANIC — Citizen Void

Utter presents 'Citizen Void' by Celestial Mechanic, a special collaboration between celebrated author Rian Hughes, Kevin Foakes (DJ Food) and Saron Hughes. The deluxe package was designed by Rian and contains the LP and 7" on yellow vinyl plus an art print and press release. Rian Hughes' novel "XX" includes a review of a fictional album based on a mysterious signal of extraterrestrial origin. DJ Food and Saron Hughes were tasked with the job of taking this review and making the album a reality. In what may be a first, the review actually preceded the music. "XX", a Novel, Graphic, was published by Picador (UK) August 20 2020, Overlook Press (US) November 2020. "The best genre novel of the last 25 years" —Grant Morrison ‘This is a book which only Rian Hughes could have created, which should make us all eternally grateful that he did.’ —Kieron Gillen ‘A novel that is novel in so many ways. A brilliant co-mix of text and graphic design in which sign, symbol and word are linguistically intertwined and reinvented.’ —Steven Heller ‘Rian Hughes is a luminescent pop culture demon.’ —David Quantick