The next release from Bryan Chapman and the first since his debut album ‘7 Shadows and Iron Lungs’, which he self-released last September on Monotony, is a four-track EP entitled ‘Sila’.

‘7 Shadows and Iron Lungs’ followed a series of EPs from Bryan to launch his Monotony label.  He had previously cut his teeth with releases for labels like 8 Sided Dice, H-Productions, Affin and Enemy.  But it was on his debut album that he seemed to flourish.  Amongst other accolades it gained “Techno Album of the Month” in Mixmag and found a place in their “Top 50 Albums of 2018”.

On his new ‘Sila EP’ Chapman lays down his intentions from the start with the powerful techno of ‘Gallus’.  Some driving minimalism comes next in the form of ‘Aim Your Arrows At The Sun’, before ‘Headless Angels Of Rotterdam’ with its aural interference.  ‘Hunza’ closes the EP with a determined groove.  It can be difficult to follow such a well-received album as ‘7 Shadows and Iron Lungs’, but on ‘Sila EP’ Bryan Chapman has done it with ease. 



Press reviews for ‘7 Shadows and Iron Lungs’

“…he demonstrates his confidence and natural ability to craft the kind of techno that not only moves your body and mind but touches the spirit... Every track is infallible.” 
Mixmag [Techno Album of the Month]

“Often spectacular, always spooky” 
Electronic Sound

“…the album is a varied feast” 
CMU [Approved]

“It isn't often that an album of electronic music offers up equal portions of dance floor bliss and dark ambient virtuosity… Chapman's one shot at a debut is a bullseye.” 
Exclaim

“Out of the ordinary” 
Faze [8/10]

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Sila EP

Bryan Chapman - Hunza [Monotony]

Bryan Chapman - Headless Angels Of Rotterdam [Monotony]

Bryan Chapman - Aim Your Arrows At The Sun [Monotony]

Bryan Chapman - Gallus [Monotony]

Bryan Chapman honed his production skills on labels like 8 Sided Dice, Enemy, Affin, H-Productions and Bouq before launching his own Monotony label in the spring of 2017, which has so far spawned a string of EPs from this Southern England producer as well as his first album 7 Shadows and Iron Lungs in 2018 (Mixmags Techno Album of The Month on release and a place in their Top 50 Albums of 2018). Bryan now makes his EPMmusic debut with a quartet of new compositions on Danu EP.

Not only is Chapman an avid producer and DJ, but also an abstract artist and photographer who brings these artistic tendencies into his music, whether its designing artwork for his Monotony label, developing a theme for his music works, or constructing a storyline for his releases and track titles.

Danu EP is no exception. The EP itself is named after a Hindu female deity of rivers and the tracks are representative of Bryans signature sound dark, stripped-down, deeply hypnotic, flowing techno. Kala is a Sanskrit word for a skilled craft or a performing art and the track is a delicately crafter opener. Nimrala which picks up the pace, is homage to the Sanskrit word Nirmala, meaning clean or pure. Ulu which brings a sense of urgency to its shadowy tones is named after a short-handled knife with a broad crescent-shaped blade traditionally used by Inuit women, while the more listless Mato is named after the Japanese for untouched land or woodland.

As Bryan further explains, "for the EP the aim was to take the meaning of Danu (river) and have all of the tracks flow and intertwine in a way that mimics the beauty, simplicity and raw unpredictability in a way only the power of a river can. All names purposelessly are just one word, to imagine all four racing down a powerful river alone and together at the same time, weaving, glancing and diving under the Danu.

Danu EP

Beatport

Bryan Chapman - Mato [EPM Music]

Bryan Chapman - Ulu [EPM Music]

Bryan Chapman - Nimrala [EPM Music]

@bryanchapman's track "Yūgen" will be released through @mntymntymnty on February 7th. More Info: http://bit.ly/yugenrituals

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Erscheinungsdatum :
7. Februar 2020

Rituals EP

Bryan Chapman - Yūgen

Following his ‘Sila EP’ (MNTY005) featuring the track ‘Hunza’ which is included in Mixmag’s Top 100 Tracks of 2019, as well as his October released ‘Danu EP’ for EPMmusic, Bryan Chapman returns once again to his own Monotony label for this atmospheric techno and IDM four-tracker.

Delivering consistently high quality and thoughtfulness on his releases, Chapman’s ‘Rituals EP’ is no exception.  The EP is bookended by two tracks which Bryan has called “about as personal as I’ve ever got”, the earthly – both in name and feel – ‘Gaia’ which builds and turns like the planet spinning on its axis and ‘Lexa (Touch That Leather)’ with its breakbeat ambiance and sweeping approach.  In-between are the pulsating ‘Yūgen’, a term taken from Japanese aesthetics to express a variety of concepts including profound and mysterious, alongside the striking ‘Banuk’ which is both insistent and tranquil in equal measure.

Released at the beginning of February, ‘Rituals EP’ opens Bryan’s 2020 schedule with a poeticism that commands your attention from start to finish, feeling more like a mini-album than an EP.

4. Bryan Chapman - Lexa (Touch That Leather) [Monotony]

3. Bryan Chapman - Banuk [Monotony]

2. Bryan Chapman - Yūgen [Monotony]

1. Bryan Chapman - Gaia [Monotony]

Threading his way apart from the fancy names making the headlines in popular magazines, UK's Bryan Chapman is a discreet but proactive artisan of the deep. True to the 'Psychedelic monotonous techno' trinity he's pledged to push, Bryan's new mix for RYC meshes all of the elements that've made his reputation to this day: a compelling elixir of raucous bass swirls, blunt 909-marinated kicks and multi-layered synthwork to keep his listener in a state of constant immersion. Prepare to submerge.

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Circulate Radio 021: Bryan Chapman

Psychedelic Monotonous Techno - 3 words that encapsulate Bryan Chapman with his expedition into shadowy techno landscapes. Bryan has become synonymous with consistently creating stripped-down, hypnotic and looped Techno. In 2017 Bryan created a outlet to fully showcase these works. Monotony was launched, and is curated by Bryan with a vision that fully creates a playground for stripped-down, deeply hypnotic, repetitive, psychedelic, linear, dark techno loops. Bryan’s attention to continually create loops that intertwine around each other with subtle yet devastating effects and automation, creating a style of Techno reminiscent of times long since passed merged with modern forward thinking Techno.

Bryan Chapman - Aim Your Arrows At The Sun [Monotony]

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