Buy on Bandcamp: https://forthmusic.bandcamp.com/album/below-zero

With a global pandemic now in full swing, the quarantining of day and nightlife has made us all worry that people would leave music out on the back burner. But times like these remind us that music is healing. When life becomes intense and chaotic, we turn to music to help us piece and cope everything back together. Not just in our clubs or DIY spaces, but also at home.

In Below Zero, ACOTE playfully wraps bleeping experiments with notes of ambient and jungle to resurface the therapy these genres provided us in the past in a new refreshing way.

Tracks composed and mixed by Jeff-Antoine Cote (ACOTE)

released May 1, 2020

Design & Art Direction by: Hadi Mousattat
Mastered by: Kevin McPhee at East End Mastering

ACOTE Below Zero EP

@joeleel - This invisible phantom

Premiered on Resident Advisor:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/tracks/891098

Various Artists Vol. 1

This Invisible Phantom

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A1 Joel Eel - "This Invisible Phantom"

@gingy - Mike Monkey
Premiered on BBC Radio 1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09h36d1

Forth - Various Artists Vol. 1

Gingy - "Mike Monkey"

TYVYT - IYTYI - Beyond Reach

City Dance Corporation - Qtrak

Hybrid, mutated strains of rave music with influence from the sounds of Detroit, London and Berlin  – @aquarian makes raw, arresting and immediate music aimed squarely at the dance floor. His sound draws from both sides of the Atlantic, combining Drexcyian electro, old school jungle and UK grime with vertical singularity.  The Canadian born, Berlin based artist broke out with a trio of records for UNO NYC, with his 2014 self titled EP cementing him as an artist to watch while landing him a mix on Resident Advisor's coveted podcast series.

Since then he has released records through his own culinary-rave imprint, Hanger Management, described by RA as "Aquarian at his best: searing club melodrama, built from whip-crack breaks, ground-splitting bass and acrid techno adornments.  Most recently, his debut collaboration with  Deapmash as AQXDM on Bedouin Records has been lauded by leading publications while drawing support from Aphex Twin, Ben UFO, Objekt, Avalon Emerson, Dax J and more.

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Through difficult times we turn to the passions that push ourselves and keeps us moving forward. In this new year, Forth celebrates with fresh momentum by presenting our first footprint: 

Forth’s Various Artists Vol. 2 is an exploration of the escapism within electronic music. Curated with thought and precision, we aimed for a balanced and purposeful touch of breaks, IDM and techno among a gritty palette of otherworldly sounds. It’s the second rendition in a series that aims to represent another full stack lineup of artists from Toronto, which now includes: Aquarian (Bedouin Records, UNO NYC), E-Saggila (Bank Records, Summer Isle), Basic Soul Unit (Creme Organization, Dekmantel), alongside Forth collective’s City Dance Corporation (Forth) & TYVYT-IYTYI (Pinkman, Forth). 

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About Forth: 
Forth is a music collective from Toronto comprising of Hadi Mousattat, Lukas Switlicki, Joel Eel and Mark Hill. Having started out throwing DIY style raves, we became influenced by the city's hunger for self-expression. It inspired us to create a platform for artists to realise their forward thinking ideas on the global stage.
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releases February 12, 2019 

Track List 

A1 Aquarian - Ten Years (Leather Jacket Mix) 
A2 E-Saggila - Reflex 

B1 Basic Soul Unit - WCK 
B2 City Dance Corporation - Qtrak 
B3 TYVYT-IYTYI - Beyond Reach 

Design & Art Direction by: Joel Eel 
Product Photography by: James Kachan 
Mastered by: Thomas P Heckmann

Forth V/A Vol. 2

Forth V/A Vol.2

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Aquarian - Ten Years (Leather Jacket Mix)

Acote - Below Zero

Acote - BTC2

Acote - Tonto's Dream

Acote - Balloons

Having started out throwing DIY style raves in Toronto, Forth became influenced by the city's hunger for self-expression. It inspired us to create a platform for artists to realise their ideas on an international stage.

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