Metal is a collaborative endeavor between Bristol and London artists Jamie Paton and Mike Bourne of Cage & Aviary and Teeth Of The Sea, respectively. A shared love for modular synthesis brought the two together in 2018 for a series of improvised live performances and the tracks featured on this EP were born from rehearsals for those sessions. What draws ESP to this music is its paradigmatic nature. The tracks are exercises in improvisation yet there is a level of control in which the performance slowly comes alive. Jam sessions allow for artistic gratification, a freedom of form often at the expense of the listener, but when artists set forth exacting parameters, there grows an opportunity for alternate forms of fulfillment on both sides of the experience. As is typical among stylistic prototypes, a reduction of tools frees the artist to narrow their focus and explore more singular modes of performance. Jamie and Mike chose texture as a concept, namely Metal, and following the aforementioned methods, minimized their instrumentation toward the aesthetic representation of that element. Operating in a void without the convenience and advantages of the infinite tools we’re now accustomed to, they exhausted a short list of granular details, honing their concept to a fine point. Throughout these three iterations on the theme, we hear timbres that depict metal literally, but moreover we gain a view into the duo’s visceral attachment to its materiality, abstractions of its surfaces, and an overall transgression from conventional constructs of beauty. The idea is simple, designed with discipline to romanticize both the crudeness and elegance in one of Earth’s most industrious and enigmatic elements. Metal.

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Deejaying since very long time & now producing.

Passion for music since childhood, many & diverse sounds have influenced him such as soul, disco, italo, synth pop, new wave, ebm, new beat, acid house, trance, detroit techno, cologne sound, idm, … and above all Sade & Depeche Mode, his reference bands.

The spirit & soul of those sounds somehow are present when he plays or produces music, resulting on a unique amalgam of apparently contradicted feelings & emotions, as darkness & sentiment, longing & happiness, electronics & warmness, subtlety & forcefulness, sophistication & effectiveness.

Since his dj debut in 1992, he has combined dj residences at Concor, Forum and Concuerda, with gigs at some of most relevant clubs in Barcelona area, as Lasal, Macarena or Otto Zutz, and has shared dj booth with many of most reputed djs and producers.

In 2020 Gonzalo Pérez debuts as music producer. Since then, he has been putting out music under two distinct aliases, Gonzalo and Smooth Revelator, his electronic pop project. Now in 2025, here is Gonzalo's third release, Flying into Ecstasy.

* breaking rules & causing goosebumps. never limits her escape routes. 
* book me for yer wedding or funeral.

He is a Japanese DJ, musician, and rapper.
He has performed at the big festival or an underground party for over 10 years.

He joined remix works etc. for any kind of over 100 works such as
famous pop music artists like Tatsuro Yamashita or YUKI,rock bands,dance music.
In 2009 "Rollin' Rollin'" released by "Tabito Nanao×Yakenohara" became a hot topic,in 2010 he released "THIS NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG",rap album.
In 2013 he released 2nd album "SUNNY NEW LIFE".
As DJ he makes the dance floor excited with a long set using house music,disco music or a wide range select in response to a situation on the spot.

He makes many mixes like "Stones Throw 15 mixed by Yakenohara",official mix for Stones Throw Records 15th anniversary.
And he plays for supporting to the acts in Japan of Giorgio Moroder,Daniel Wang,Dimitri from Paris,Masters At Work,Prins Thomas,Thundercat,CLAP! CLAP!,!!! (Chk Chk Chk),Thomash,Gigi Masin and so on.

He is also active as a member of the ambient unit "UNKNOWN ME”. 
The subtropical-themed work "subtropics" released by LA's long-established indie label Not Not Fun in 2017 was selected as a featured work by FACT Magazine in the UK, and co-starred with Gigi Masin, a key person in ambient revival.

After releasing the LP "BISHINTAI" in 2021, they also appeared in the global festival of electronic music and digital art "MUTEK Montreal 2021" held in Canada and the domestic outdoor music festival in Japan "FESTIVAL de FRUE 2021”.
"BISHINTAI" was also selected as the best of the year for various media in Japan and abroad.

He is also a writer, and published his first book, "Cultural Water Flow Exploration" in October 2018.

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DJや作曲、ラップ、執筆業など、多様なフィールドを独自の嗅覚で渡り歩く。

「FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL」などのビッグ・フェスティバルから、アンダーグラウンド・パーティーまで、日本中の多数のパーティーに出演。THE BLUE HEARTS、山下達郎、YUKIといったポップ・アーティスト、ロック・バンド、ダンス・ミュージックなど、100を超える幅広い作品にREMIXなどで参加。　

2009年に七尾旅人×やけのはら名義で「Rollin' Rollin'」をリリース。2010年、ラップ・アルバム「THIS NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG」を、2013年には、セカンド・アルバム「SUNNY NEW LIFE」をリリース。最後の手段が製作した、楽曲「RELAXIN'」のMVが、「第17回文化庁メディア芸術祭」で新人賞を受賞。

DJとしては、ハウスやテクノ、ディスコを中心としたロング・セット、またTPOに応じた幅広い選曲を得意とし、Stones Throw15周年記念のオフィシャルミックス「Stones Throw 15 mixed by やけのはら」など、数多くのミックスを手がけている。

アンビエント・ユニット「UNKNOWN ME」のメンバーとしても活動。2017年に米LAの老舗インディー・レーベルNot Not Funよりリリースした亜熱帯をテーマにした作品「subtropics」が、英FACT Magazineの注目作に選ばれ、アンビエント・リバイバルのキーパーソンであるGigi Masinとも共演。
2021年、LP「BISHINTAI」をリリース後には、カナダで行われた電子音楽とデジタル・アートの世界的な祭典「MUTEK Montreal 2021」、国内の野外音楽フェスティバル「FESTIVAL de FRUE 2021」にも出演。国内外、各種メディアの年間ベストにも選出された。

雑誌「POPEYE」でのコラム連載など、文筆業も行い、2018年10月に初の著作「文化水流探訪記」を青土社から刊行。

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Part of @Tribakrecords

E-mail : johnlevigva@gmail.com