I only have a handful of Paul Kelday cassettes, but each one is top shelf in a unique, yet tied together way. Thanks to ICR for its shortlived cassette reissue series in the 90s. A properly done box set would be massive, but we can dream, can't we? If not that, then a comprehensive bandcamp page of all his cassettes. I'd like to think the masters still exist. No thank you on a slice & dice reissue mindset.
This somewhat covers what he does:
One Dimensional was my portal into Paul's work and stands as one of the finest examples of 80's cold/minimal electronic music. Seemingly only armed with a synth, guitar and echo machine, Kelday is able to execute precise and darkly deliberate cosmic music. Unlike many cosmic electronic arists, Kelday seems less focused on free-form freak out vibes and more turned on to what can be accurately described ( by way of one of his tape titles) as a "Negative Hallucination". Evoking images of 2001: A Space Odyssey's monolith/void one moment and bringing to mind contemporary noise act Wolf Eyes a moment later.
