Akkord | HTH020

I. Gravure

II. Continuum

III. Typeface

IIII. Greyscale

Release date: 16th June

Formats: 12” 180g grey vinyl, cut and mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy, with de-bossed artwork and a postcard insert / Digital
 
Sacred geometry, complex polyrhythms and clean sound design all collide in the work of Manchester outfit, Akkord.

With their critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album charting high in XLR8R’s end of year list and receiving 9/10 and 4/5 in XLR8R and RA respectively, Akkord are not resting on their success, and are already planning their next assault with this new body of work.

HTH020 consists of four tracks of much darker, moodier sounds, pairing monumental low-end frequencies with surgically precise production. The whole EP is centred around clammy, ominous atmospheres, underpinned by stomping beats and descending basslines, placing greater emphasis on the space in-between, and textured over with a doomsday ambience.

The music that Akkord create never strays out of their own minimalistic and direct approach to techno, but from there, and beyond, they touch on an ever-evolving variety of styles, which gradually drive us in front of an overwhelming and riveting soundscape.

PR | aja@tailored-communication.com | david@tailored-communication.com


Continuum

Statik

life after humans

a pool, a portal

invisible cities

Codex

Meaning's Edge

Crawl

Frekm, Pt. 1

noomi

Repressed for 2018 - Bandcamp http://found.ee/9ltAz


We are very proud to welcome Djrum to the Samurai labels with a single that marks a more musically open minded approach Red Seal will take from 2015 onwards. Already debuted by Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music Recommends and featured in Synkro's mixes for Boiler Room and iD Mag, this 12" is garnering serious interest from the wider electronic community. 

Djrum is an artist we have admired for some time and embodies the individual approach we respect in electronic music artists. An incredible DJ as well as producer, Djrum exists in his own unique musical universe with loose ties to many genre's, but giving the majority of his music a classification often proves futile. Such is the case with his Samurai debut. A pair of sprawling, epic musical moodswings, both sides enchant with their multi layered glide. 

DJ Support from Giles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Om Unit, Mark Pritchard, Fracture, Stray, Lynx, BOP, John B and more.

https://soundcloud.com/djrum
https://www.facebook.com/DjrumMusic

Plantain

Bandcamp

Djrum - What I Was Doing When I Was Doing What I Was Doing

The Sunset Violent Remixes

Shipwreck (Special Request Remix)

Unfinished remix / cover of the original 1983 version of the 'The Bill' theme tune.

DCI Burnside (2008)

DCI Burnside (2008)

Datassette