Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, Mercury Prize nominated Portico Quartet have created their own singular, cinematic sound over the course of five lauded studio albums and one EP.

From the band’s 2007 breakthrough Knee-Deep in the North Sea, and the John Leckie produced Isla in 2010, to the self-titled recording Portico Quartet in 2012, the heralded Art In The Age Of Automation in 2017 and the critically acclaimed Memory Streams in 2019, each album has seen the band expand its palate or explore new trajectories. 

"Portico Quartet continue to plough their own furrow on their gorgeous new album Memory Streams" Bleep

The MFR vision is simple. Ignore the norm and

broaden the definition of electronic music in order to

deliver it to as many music lovers as possible.

My Favorite Robot is the duo of Jared Simms, and

Voytek Korab, two Canadian DJ/producers who in a

space of a few short years have become a central part

of the global electronic music scene.

Simms &amp; Korab originally formed the My Favorite

Robot act in Montreal back in 2002 and the label in

2008, shortly after Jared’s move to Toronto from

Montreal. At the same time, the duo hooked up with

the No19 Music crew and a new chapter in Canadian

music history was born. Whilst their good friends at

No.19 went on to form the massively successful Art

Department, the boys at MFR worked alongside them

building their own label into a global beacon for

quality electronic music.

My Favorite Robot Records has received huge

critical acclaim and has released music from the likes

of Tim Paris, Jori Hulkkonen, Chloe, H.O.S.H,

Kenny Glasgow, Fairmont, Timo Mass, Adriatique

and Tim Green to name but a few.

They have released on such leading labels as

Visionquest, Life &amp; Death, Crosstown Rebels, and

Sasha’s Last Night On Earth label and in 2013 they

released their critically acclaimed “Atomic Age”

album on No.19. They have played some of the

world’s best clubs and festivals including Circoloco

at DC-10, Rex in Paris, BPM in Mexico and

Uberhaus in Beirut and continue to be on the cutting

edge of electronic music worldwide.

somewhere between thinking and feeling

you can send us tunes here: god@godmodemusic.com

From the start, Son Lux has operated as something akin to a sonic test kitchen. The Academy Award® and BAFTA-nominated band strives to question deeply held assumptions about how music is made and reconstruct it from a molecular level. What began as a solo project for founder Ryan Lott expanded in 2014, thanks to a kinship with Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia too strong to ignore. The trio strengthened their chemistry and honed their collective intuition while creating, releasing, and touring six recordings, including Brighter Wounds (2018) and triple album Tomorrows (2021). The result is a carefully cultivated musical language rooted in curiosity and balancing opposites that largely eschews genre and structural conventions. And yet, the band remains audibly indebted to iconoclastic artists in soul, hip-hop, and experimental improvisation who themselves carved new paths forward. 

Distilling these varied influences, Son Lux searches for equilibrium of raw emotional intimacy and meticulous electronic constructions. Son Lux scored A24’s Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once for which they were nominated for two Academy Awards and a BAFTA. The full score album features new collaborations with Mitski, David Byrne, Randy Newman, and Moses Sumney, among others.

Bat and Ball present their debut album, Genuine Skin.

A thematic encapsulation of the intimate musings upon which Abi Sinclair, Chris Sinclair and Harri Chambers have made their name so far. The 12-track collection sees the London-based three piece tread the line between tongue-in-check and heart-on-sleeve in their frank assessment of feminism, gender, love and self-worth.

The LP is wrought with emotive subversion. From the exploration of self-esteem and disillusionment within ‘Fortune’ and ‘Worth’, to the narcissism and objectification laced into ‘All The Sugar’ and ‘Be Mine’, Bat & Ball weave both wistful fantasy and stark reality into a refreshingly complex narrative.

All tracks recorded and mastered by Moshik Kop at NXNE Studios, London.

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