For their 10th release Chasing Unicorns are excited to announce a two track EP from rising stars 2ndSun. These two roughed up house jams come after successful 12” releases for the UK based pair on labels such as Well Rounded and Ben Pearce’s Purp & Soul...

Most recently, 2ndSun had their track ‘You Don’t Make Proper Sounds’ featured on the chart topping Black Butter Records compilation ‘Spread Love Vol 4’. It received plenty of love from BBC Radio 1 and much airplay from Monki, amongst others - expect to be hearing much more from these lot over the coming months. For now, we're happy to welcome them to the label and looking forward to what is shaping up to be an exciting summer...

DJ Feedback:

Shadow Child - 'Freeq the P is dope!'
Ben Pearce - '2nd Sun on fire, quality after quality'
Rudimental - 'Freeq the P this is boss!'
Groove Armada - 'Love Holdin, wicked wicked tune'
Black Loops - 'Great EP, will spin both sometimes... Thanks!'
Jonny Cruz - 'Loving this'
Tensnake - 'Will try, thanks!'
Halo Varga - 'AMAZING, full support, will play!'

Holdin' EP [Chasing Unicorns]

Huge thanks to https://soundcloud.com/theshadowchild for supporting!

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Steve Burnett and Olly Stork, between the two of them, have amassed quite the expansive track record, toying with every conceivable form of house, techno, garage, bass music, and mélanges thereof. With last quarter’s lush 12” wax exclusive “Bespoked”, on P&S Records, the two have joined forces and debuted as powerhouse duo 2ndSun.

And in their case, the term “powerhouse” acquires a second meaning. For Tessier-Ashpool’s first catalogue entry, and first statement of its ‘machine music doctrine’, the Liverpool/Cheshire boys deliver a jackin’ house exemplar – effortlessly and elegantly futuristic, seemingly forged from disused power tools in industrial environs, yet wholly dissimilar to some of their UK peers’ facile, by-the-numbers distorted warehouse trappings. This is two masters of their craft, at the top of their game, prescribing the distant future of 4/4 UK club.

Titular track “Shimmer” is the EP’s definitive anthem. Atop an undulating reese bassline to make Saunderson proud, playful chords and an almost trancey gated pattern operate along instantly memorable dubbed-out vocal cuts. “Neglect”, “Pussycat” and “Small Talk” are crisp, crunchy, militant numbers, driven by varispeed vox atop sound design masterclass in motion - heaving, thrashing, pulsing, falling apart and being rebuilt again in real time. Closer “Metro” is the most somber of the five, with nocturnal, melancholy dub chords setting the stage for an unbridled percussive assault.

Hard to put in words even by the most articulate of music didacts - yours truly included -, “Shimmer” is easier done that said. Do it in copious amounts. Results will not vary.

Tracklist:
1. Neglect
2. Shimmer
3. Pussycat
4. Small Talk
5. Metro

Written and produced by 2ndSun.
Mastered by @LIARinth.
Artwork by Liar & Borealis.

Shimmer [Shadow Child RinseFM Rip]

Massive thank you to https://soundcloud.com/skreamizm for the dropping this on his show!

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Steve Burnett and Olly Stork, between the two of them, have amassed quite the expansive track record, toying with every conceivable form of house, techno, garage, bass music, and mélanges thereof. With last quarter’s lush 12” wax exclusive “Bespoked”, on P&S Records, the two have joined forces and debuted as powerhouse duo 2ndSun.

And in their case, the term “powerhouse” acquires a second meaning. For Tessier-Ashpool’s first catalogue entry, and first statement of its ‘machine music doctrine’, the Liverpool/Cheshire boys deliver a jackin’ house exemplar – effortlessly and elegantly futuristic, seemingly forged from disused power tools in industrial environs, yet wholly dissimilar to some of their UK peers’ facile, by-the-numbers distorted warehouse trappings. This is two masters of their craft, at the top of their game, prescribing the distant future of 4/4 UK club.

Titular track “Shimmer” is the EP’s definitive anthem. Atop an undulating reese bassline to make Saunderson proud, playful chords and an almost trancey gated pattern operate along instantly memorable dubbed-out vocal cuts. “Neglect”, “Pussycat” and “Small Talk” are crisp, crunchy, militant numbers, driven by varispeed vox atop sound design masterclass in motion - heaving, thrashing, pulsing, falling apart and being rebuilt again in real time. Closer “Metro” is the most somber of the five, with nocturnal, melancholy dub chords setting the stage for an unbridled percussive assault.

Hard to put in words even by the most articulate of music didacts - yours truly included -, “Shimmer” is easier done that said. Do it in copious amounts. Results will not vary.

Tracklist:
1. Neglect
2. Shimmer
3. Pussycat
4. Small Talk
5. Metro

Written and produced by 2ndSun.
Mastered by @LIARinth.
Artwork by Liar & Borealis.

Neglect [Skream BBC Radio1 Rip]

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Buy on Kudos: http://bit.ly/1uDLPzt

Steve Burnett and Olly Stork, between the two of them, have amassed quite the expansive track record, toying with every conceivable form of house, techno, garage, bass music, and mélanges thereof. With last quarter’s lush 12” wax exclusive “Bespoked”, on P&S Records, the two have joined forces and debuted as powerhouse duo 2ndSun.

And in their case, the term “powerhouse” acquires a second meaning. For Tessier-Ashpool’s first catalogue entry, and first statement of its ‘machine music doctrine’, the Liverpool/Cheshire boys deliver a jackin’ house exemplar – effortlessly and elegantly futuristic, seemingly forged from disused power tools in industrial environs, yet wholly dissimilar to some of their UK peers’ facile, by-the-numbers distorted warehouse trappings. This is two masters of their craft, at the top of their game, prescribing the distant future of 4/4 UK club.

Titular track “Shimmer” is the EP’s definitive anthem. Atop an undulating reese bassline to make Saunderson proud, playful chords and an almost trancey gated pattern operate along instantly memorable dubbed-out vocal cuts. “Neglect”, “Pussycat” and “Small Talk” are crisp, crunchy, militant numbers, driven by varispeed vox atop sound design masterclass in motion - heaving, thrashing, pulsing, falling apart and being rebuilt again in real time. Closer “Metro” is the most somber of the five, with nocturnal, melancholy dub chords setting the stage for an unbridled percussive assault.

Hard to put in words even by the most articulate of music didacts - yours truly included -, “Shimmer” is easier done that said. Do it in copious amounts. Results will not vary.

Tracklist:
1. Neglect
2. Shimmer
3. Pussycat
4. Small Talk
5. Metro

Written and produced by 2ndSun.
Mastered by @LIARinth.
Artwork by Liar & Borealis.

Pussycat

Metro

Small Talk

Check the original over at https://soundcloud.com/onlygirlmusic/feel-it-2

KickKIckSnare Premiere - http://kickkicksnare.com/2014/09/24/girl-feel-2ndsun-remix/

Only Girl - Feel It (2ndSun Remix)

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Available as part of the Quanta EP on Tessier-Ashpool Recordings which will be out on April 27th.

Huge thanks to George FitzGerald for supporting! Listen back to the full show here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pr1m0

2ndSun - Divisive Circuit [George FitzGerald BBC Radio1 Rip]

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2ndSun’s 2014 “Shimmer” EP was a landmark moment on many counts – our first Tessier-Ashpool Recordings release, their most accomplished work at the time, and easily our most prominent outing. A “jackin’ house exemplar”, as we called it then, it set itself apart as one of very few sustainable, enduring and timeless models for UK house/techno splicing, accruing standout radio support (from the likes of Shadow Child and Skream) , chart success, and crossover validity (gracing the tracklist of one of Armin van Buuren’s Armada Music compilations). 

So how do you top that? As it turns out, if you’re Olly Stork and Steve Burnett tinkering away in the studio, you just do.

This year’s “Quanta” EP, titled as such as shorthand for “quantum miscellanea”, sees the boys perfecting the science of their approach as they tackle more abstract subject matter, familiarize themselves further with core Tessier-Ashpool tenets, and absorb our team’s most recent developments. Consequently, “Quanta” is their most musically ambitious, thematically expansive and stylistically versatile oeuvre to date, spanning four tracks of expertly-mitigated twists and turns.

“Drift” is a modernized electro affair, drenched in leaking neon sludge and adorned with 80’s funk retrofits. Junglist acid bass squelches interpolate with drum machine antics atop a syncopated jam, as lush and… well… drifting pads fade in and cut out, creating a TAR-specific, Golden-Age-sci-fi narrative.
“Control” is a tenebrous techno workout, affixing cone-ripping acidic reso-sweeps and instructional automaton chants to an ever-mutating rhythmic environment – sometimes driven by dotted kick grooves, sometimes derailed by frenetic percussive rattles, and always tethered to the upbeat of a stoic, ligneous snare.

The first pure 4/4 jaunt of the record, “Divisive Circuit” is true to its name, conflicted and schizophrenic, shifting from live analogue acid jamming at one moment, to gutter house histrionics the next.

Closer and title track “Quanta”, a nod to the acid and/or ambient house of pioneers like Orbital, The KLF, Kevin Saunderson or The Orb, is a breezy, almost-balearic stroll through the combined chaise-longue dreams of many a poolside aficionado. Sensuous. Ethereal. Seemingly eternal.

Tracklist:
01. Drift
02. Control
03. Divisive Circuit
04. Quanta

All tracks written & produced by 2ndSun.

Mastering by soundcloud.com/liarinth

Artwork by Liar and Borealis.

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2ndSun - Quanta

2ndSun - Control

2ndSun - Drift

Hostage - NT1 (2ndSun Remix 1) (Tessier-Ashpool Recordings)

Hostage - NT1 (2ndSun Remix 2) (Tessier-Ashpool Recordings)

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Lazzie (Out Now)

Robot Romance (Out Now)

Galaxia (Out Now)

Totem Spire (Out Now)

Shard (Out Now)

Velour (Out Now)

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Galaxia

Lazzie

Totem Spire

Shard

Velour

Robot Romance

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Simmering in the North of England, a collaboration between two artists has been steadily taking hold. With Radio 1, RinseFM, XLR8R, Thump, and more getting behind their sound, 2ndSun have flourished in a relatively short period of time.

After announcing themselves with 2013's "Falling" on a vinyl only Well Rounded Edits release, they set about gathering speed with some well received remixes. Following this up with "Bespoked", another 12" exclusive offering on Ben Pearce's P&S imprint, and with "You Don't Make Proper Sounds" included on the latest Black Butter compilation in July 2014, the boys went on to top the JunoDownload charts with their "Shimmer" release on Tessier-Ashpool Recordings, gaining support from pivotal figures such as Skream, Shadow Child, and Monki along the way. 

The past couple of years have seen 2ndSun play shows around the world, from Ibiza to Tokyo. With a string of releases penciled in for the coming 12 months, more remixes forthcoming, and accomplished back to back sets varying in style from house, techno, disco and soul; these are ones to keep an eye on.

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