Label: Hypercolour 1

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Chris E Pants – Fallout EP 
HYPEDIGI036

1. Can’t Shake Loose
2. Tare
3. Fallout
4. Call Me You
5. Judy Judy Judy

Chrissy Murderbot is already known as one of Chicago’s finest purveyors of juke and footwork, the man behind the Dead Homies and Sleazetone labels, and with releases on Planet Mu, Halocyan & more.  And he crops up here on Hypercolour under his Chris E Pants moniker, unveiling a superbly varied EP.

Lead track ‘Can’t Shake Loose’ takes no prisoners, a belting 909 kick and a disturbed acid line evokes shades of old school pioneers like D.H.S. and Green Velvet, touched by the hand of rave!  On ‘Tare’, Chris E Pants getting all melodic on us and all the better for it, a cool little heads down number…

Title track ‘Fallout’ is a sweeter affair, flecks of female vox over a sturdy house beat are held up with the mother of all b-lines and gnarly synth work, and on ‘Call Me You’, Chris takes it one deeper for a flute laden, tight jacker, slightly reminiscent of that classic Plez track (Can’t Stop).  

Judy Judy Judy follows the 4/4 path on this EP, all bleepy and moody vibes, and a killer one to finish off a well rounded and expertly executed Extended Player for Hypercolour.


Chris E Pants - Call Me You (HYPEDIGI036) (clip)

Jah Cure - What Will it Take (sped up)

Mr - D - In The Air (Original Mix) En Cour !!!

Sehr smooth und synthblubberverliebt, der Titeltrack. Dazu noch dieser fast schon vergessene spanische Sprechgesang. Ach. Herzig. Und dabei übertreibt der Track nie, sondern bleibt immer vor allem smooth und bezaubernd. 

Ein Stück für die Afterhour auf Ibiza. Klar, aber dabei dennoch klingelnd glücklich. Und noch besser “Soledad”, auf dem die Synths erst mal die Hälfte des Tracks solo vor sich hin glucksen können. 

Der Remix von Bearweasel macht House draus, was mir im Zusammenhang mit der Stimme einen Hauch zu klassisch ist aber Pedramovich’s-Glass-Table-Remix hat etwas von einem geschliffen klaren Robert-Hood-Mix auf Abwegen. 

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Garchantes (Bearweasel RMX)

Luke Vibert 's new album under his increasingly-less-rare Kerrier District moniker is, quite simply, a corker – and we're delighted to offer up the first taster. 4  is everything we've come to expect from the Cornwall hero's forays into wonky boogie, a deliriously fun detour through the kind of elastic funk he pulls off with panache. It's no accident that a half-dozen tracks have 'disco' or some variation thereof in the title (we see you, "Discuntek").
It feels as if you could splatter them all together into a deliriously skippy mush; not to say that they're interchangeable, mind. The closing "Come On Kerrier" provides one last burst of energy, a pitched-up combination of 'Kerrier' and Vibert proper, gaudy and giddy and glorious. April 6th is when 4 drops via Hypercolour – dig out your 70s calendars and start marking the days.

Kerrier District "Come On Kerrier" - Boiler Room Debuts

http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive/premiere-dense--pika

Joined together as Dense & Pika, Alex Jones and Chris Spero only deal in ripping techno bangers, really.



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Premiere: Dense & Pika 'Sycophant'

dense & pika - Lynn - Hypercolour April 2015 
http://classic.beatport.com/release/lynn-ep/1490008

Dense & Pika - Lynn - Hypercolour April 2015

Out 18th May on Hypercolour. 
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PREMIERE: Kerrier District - 'Techno Disco'

Pig&Dan - Universal Love (Ron Costa Remix) [ELEVATE]
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Pig&Dan - Universal Love (Ron Costa Remix) [ELEVATE]

Out now on 2LP/CD/Digital
https://hypercolour-records.bandcamp.com/album/you-exist

Hypercolour proudly announce the latest long player from UK stalwart, Ed DMX AKA DMX Krew, the visionary British electronic producer who has been responsible for a slew of excellent releases for labels like Rephlex, Spectral Sound, Permanent Vacation and his own Breakin’ Records and Fresh Up Records since the mid 1990s.

‘You Exist’ is DMX Krew’s debut appearance on Hypercolour, and as expected the record features nine tracks of beautifully crafted, melodic electronic sounds.  From the opener ‘Spiritual Encounter’, DMX sets the tone perfectly with oodles of pitch perfect synth riffs and driving drums, working his way through snappy and bright pop moments like ‘Hard Copy’ to more melancholic, darker cuts like ‘Computational Paradigm Shift’.  DMX breezes in and out of electro techno territory to more contemplative IDM vibes with ease, testimony to the guy’s talent (that’s also seen him wear the hat of over 10 aliases throughout his career to date).

‘You Exist’ captures a very true and genuine musical form, produced and delivered with love from one of the scene’s unsung heroes, and makes it a great companion piece to another Hypercolour released album from similar stock (take your pick from Luke Vibert’s 2014 ‘Ridmik’ album or his latest Kerrier District LP).  A consistent and engaging album then from DMX Krew that will pleasure the ear buds of discerning listeners everywhere. 


DMX Krew - Bombay Mix (HYPELP005) [clip]

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Shots

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Gandolfi B. - Shots (Original Mix)

Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out

French multi-instrumentalist and producer Gary Gritness made a name for himself with his first two EPs on Clone and an earlier appearance on parisian house institution "My Love Is Underground". He changes up with his third output, this time out on major English stable "Hypercolour", purveyor of good techno and underground house from all over the world since 2006. Entitled "The Sugar Cane Chronicles Vol. 1", this EP amazes on all levels with some of the best electro-funk one can hear these days : the production is crystalline and efficient, the melodies are far out, and the funk is ever-present in each and every composition. It's good and creative from start to finish, period. If further proof were needed, lend an ear to the darkest number of the EP "Stayin' Strong Hand" premiered here, you won't be disappointed. Out on April 1st, don't sleep on this one !

PREMIERE : Gary Gritness - Stayin' Strong Hand

Vampire & Vendetta - Killer (Original Mix)

A riotous romp through imaginatively used samples, familiar piano riffs, customary beats and other rave tropes, the master of mischief Luke Vibert puts together a 10 track ode to the era of M25 convoys, mobile phone hotlines and raving amongst dogs on strings in British aerodrome fields. 

With a long and extensive history in the UK’s dance counterculture spanning three decades, Vibert has released a barrage of inventive and animated music over the years that really doesn’t take itself too seriously, and is all the better for it.  LPs and singles for Mo Wax, Warp, Planet Mu, Ninja Tune and Rising High really speaks for itself, so it’s a honour to welcome Vibert back onto Hypercolour (after 2014’s ‘Ridmik’ album and 2015’s return of his Kerrier District moniker).

Vibert stiches together a collage of sounds, samples and beats for ‘Luke Vibert Presents UK Garave Vol. 1’ that captures the essence of the rave era perfectly.  Shuffling breakbeats and spine-tingling synths provide the flashbacks on ‘Heard It All B4’ whilst an onslaught of classic vocal hits come at the listener faster than a double drop rush on ‘Feel The Melody’.

‘Feel The Riddim’ doffs it cap at the dawn of UK garage with big bass bin rumbling riffs and Todd Terry beats on +8 whilst ‘U Can’t Touch Dat’ fuses skippy garage beats, rave-tastic stabs and another rewind on the ‘Can You Feel It’ vocal sample that never fails!

Whether you are an ageing raver, or a wide-eyed newbie, ‘Garave Vol. 1’ is a hugely enjoyable frolic in rave’s DAT tape archives, with Vibert playing master of ceremonies to a musical genre that quite simply refuses to die!

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Luke Vibert - Clap Sing (HYPELP008) [clip]

Luke Vibert - Pump (HYPELP008) [clip]

As well as kicking it with the big dogs like Groove Armada, Hypercolour is known for bringing through the next generation of talent. As such, it is with great pleasure they announce a debut EP on Hypercolour from BareSkin. Of course, age is of no concern when it comes to music - it’s the sounds that matter - but when you hear the unique palette of BareSkin you might be blown away by the fact that he only just turned 18. Get Physical certainly were and have recently signed the youngster’s other project, a band called Wire People, as soon as they heard its offerings. 

The EP opens with ‘Eyes’, the most extroverted dancefloor moment of all, with with a dirty acid bassline fighting for breath between more dexterous analogue trickery above. The choppy, garage-lite vocal is what defines it though, and will likely become an anthem as a result! 

Next, ‘Framework’ favours a more complex rhythmical pattern that goes deep into space as Josh’s pitched down shadowy voice rides along up top. It hiccups along as intricate sonic details make up a patchwork arrangement somewhere between Four Tet and Villalobos. So too is it reminiscent (co- incidentally, of course, as BareSkin was but a child at the time) of the 3/4 Kompakt sound Superpitcher, Mayer and Voigt have all championed in the past. 

Following on, ‘30 Mirrors’ again makes use of a clipped vocal hook (which you may or may not recognise in places), though this one if veiled in euphoria rather than paranoia. It lays over a pumping but grubby bassline as synth soundscapes twist and turn in the background. Simple but effective, it’s characterised by mature restraint and great sense of space. 
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Finally, ‘Night Squad’, which was co-produced by and features the voice of BareSkin’s best friend and the singer in Wire People, Jake Wiltshire, is a glistening fusion of fuzzy analogue lines and lazy house skip. Dense with acid prickles, glistening percussion and raw drums yet somehow not over cluttered, it’s a devilishly emotional track for someone so young. 

Tough to define singularly as house, bass or techno, this is a diverse EP tied together by genuine rawness and a clear love of hardware aesthetics. Introducing BareSkin... 


BareSkin - Eyes EP

Bits from my latest project, a collaboration between myself and Brendon Moeller. Out now on Hypercolour Records!

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