Lonesome

"an exquisite little pop record" - Mary Anne Hobbs

"A euphoric yet deeply textured track that’s easy to get lost in" - The 405

Out on strictly limited cassette and digital formats 17th Nov 
PRE-ORDER: https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/releases

Esoteric electronic duo Hirola announce the release of their fantastic debut mini-album through new music group Phantom Limb, headed by FatCat alumnus James Vella and former Royal Albert Hall exec Mark Pearse.

Hirola comprises Bristol-based producers https://soundcloud.com/lto-oa (formerly of acclaimed electronic outfit https://soundcloud.com/oldapparatus, and a highly respected solo artist in his own right) and @edapollo (who has had releases on Bad Panda Records and Svnset Waves). Their music together is entrancing. More expressive and human than straight computer music, much more obfuscate and abstract than pop music, Hirola’s debut offering has strength enough to scale multiple peaks. From deeply textured electronic production that competes with Kiasmos or Rival Consoles, to lush vocal delivery akin to Rhye, to a dreamy and hazy wooziness roughly orbiting in Boards of Canada’s galaxy. There is enough intricacy and intelligence of sound design and composition here to roughly mimic, say, a Thom Yorke remix of a Tim Hecker track.

Though founded in LTO’s piano playing (he is a piano teacher in his civilian life), edapollo’s vocals and the pair’s shared production alchemy, Hirola is more than just a skill-trade, but a mutual elevation and inspiration, a new concoction very different to its base materials. “It's taken a couple years of trial and error to develop a sound that's equal parts LTO and edapollo,” Hirola write.

The mini-album was created over those couple of years of honing and sharpening, culled from an ongoing body of work, continuously constructed, fluidly and instinctually, as a production collaboration. Eventually sending to Phantom Limb through an existing friendship, the record serves as a bird’s eye view over the span of Hirola’s production and songwriting skills, its abundance of sound design, melody, field recordings and room-shaking bass delivering greatly, and yet promising more.

The record was mastered by Taylor Deupree of 12k Mastering (Loscil, Hauschka, Ryuichi Sakamoto etc.) and features original artwork created by Hirola.

Phantom Limb was launched by Vella and Pearse in June 2017, the former having spent eight years in A&R for FatCat Records, and the latter heading the Royal Albert Hall’s contemporary music programming before moving into music publishing. Hirola is its first original release, offered on strictly limited cassette and digital formats in November 2017

Hirola

Hollow

"an exquisite little pop record" - Mary Anne Hobbs

"A euphoric yet deeply textured track that’s easy to get lost in" - The 405

Out on strictly limited cassette and digital formats 17th Nov 
PRE-ORDER: phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/releases

Esoteric electronic duo Hirola announce the release of their fantastic debut mini-album through new music group Phantom Limb, headed by FatCat alumnus James Vella and former Royal Albert Hall exec Mark Pearse.

Hirola comprises Bristol-based producers @lto-oa (formerly of acclaimed electronic outfit @oldapparatus, and a highly respected solo artist in his own right) and @edapollo (who has had releases on Bad Panda Records and Svnset Waves). Their music together is entrancing. More expressive and human than straight computer music, much more obfuscate and abstract than pop music, Hirola’s debut offering has strength enough to scale multiple peaks. From deeply textured electronic production that competes with Kiasmos or Rival Consoles, to lush vocal delivery akin to Rhye, to a dreamy and hazy wooziness roughly orbiting in Boards of Canada’s galaxy. There is enough intricacy and intelligence of sound design and composition here to roughly mimic, say, a Thom Yorke remix of a Tim Hecker track.

Though founded in LTO’s piano playing (he is a piano teacher in his civilian life), edapollo’s vocals and the pair’s shared production alchemy, Hirola is more than just a skill-trade, but a mutual elevation and inspiration, a new concoction very different to its base materials. “It's taken a couple years of trial and error to develop a sound that's equal parts LTO and edapollo,” Hirola write.

The mini-album was created over those couple of years of honing and sharpening, culled from an ongoing body of work, continuously constructed, fluidly and instinctually, as a production collaboration. Eventually sending to Phantom Limb through an existing friendship, the record serves as a bird’s eye view over the span of Hirola’s production and songwriting skills, its abundance of sound design, melody, field recordings and room-shaking bass delivering greatly, and yet promising more.

The record was mastered by Taylor Deupree of 12k Mastering (Loscil, Hauschka, Ryuichi Sakamoto etc.) and features original artwork created by Hirola.

Phantom Limb was launched by Vella and Pearse in June 2017, the former having spent eight years in A&R for FatCat Records, and the latter heading the Royal Albert Hall’s contemporary music programming before moving into music publishing. Hirola is its first original release, offered on strictly limited cassette and digital formats in November 2017

Fields

So Long

Opine Records | OP02 | Digital | 7th June 2019

“Exquisite” Mary-Anne Hobbs

“Hirola veers between breathtaking ambience and sheer euphoric melody.” Gold Flake Paint

Hirola is made up of Bristol based producers LTO and edapollo. Known for praised modern classical/ambient releases Storybook (Injazero Records) and Déjà Rêvé (Denovali Records), LTO is well regarded as part of critically acclaimed collective Old Apparatus. Joining him in Hirola is producer and visual artist edapollo, who has released on labels such as Bad Panda and Svnset Waves. Either working together in the studio or sharing synth loops and piano chords back and forth to gradually build their sound, the pair create beautifully layered, atmospheric production that brings to mind the work of Kiasmos, Rival Consoles and Jon Hopkins.

Their follow up EP Night Carvings advances the sound from their first outing, removing nearly all vocal to give way to deeply atmospheric and emotive electronica that blooms and builds to equally euphoric and melancholic conclusions.

Night Carvings is available in digital formats on 7th June and preceded by Perpetual Light as a single along with LTO's piano reduction on 24th May.

Buy: https://hirola.bandcamp.com/album/night-carvings

Night Carvings

Perpetual Light

Opine Records | OP02 | Digital | 7th June 2019

“Hirola veers between breathtaking ambience and sheer euphoric melody.” Gold Flake Paint

Hirola is made up of Bristol based producers LTO and edapollo. Known for praised modern classical/ambient releases Storybook (Injazero Records) and Déjà Rêvé (Denovali Records), LTO is well regarded as part of critically acclaimed collective Old Apparatus. Joining him in Hirola is producer and visual artist edapollo, who has released on labels such as Bad Panda and Svnset Waves. Either working together in the studio or sharing synth loops and piano chords back and forth to gradually build their sound, the pair create beautifully layered, atmospheric production that brings to mind the work of Kiasmos, Rival Consoles and Jon Hopkins.

Their follow up EP Night Carvings advances the sound from their first outing, removing nearly all vocal to give way to deeply atmospheric and emotive electronica that blooms and builds to equally euphoric and melancholic conclusions.

Night Carvings is available in digital formats on 7th June and preceded by Perpetual Light as a single along with LTO's piano reduction on 24th May.

Buy: https://hirola.bandcamp.com/album/night-carvings

Ghost Machines on Mary Anne Hobbs' BBC Radio 6 show 30.05.19

New EP 'Night Carvings' Out 7th June 2019.

@edapollo & @lto-oa collaboration
Contact: hirolamusic[at]gmail[dot]com

“Exquisite” Mary-Anne Hobbs

“Hirola veers between breathtaking ambience and sheer euphoric melody.” Gold Flake Paint

Hirola is made up of Bristol based producers LTO and edapollo. Known for praised modern classical/ambient releases Storybook (Injazero Records) and Déjà Rêvé (Denovali Records), LTO is well regarded as part of critically acclaimed collective Old Apparatus. Joining him in Hirola is producer and visual artist edapollo, who has released on labels such as Bad Panda and Svnset Waves. Either working together in the studio or sharing synth loops and piano chords back and forth to gradually build their sound, the pair create beautifully layered, atmospheric production that brings to mind the work of Kiasmos, Rival Consoles and Jon Hopkins.

Their self titled debut EP was released through Phantom Limb (headed by FatCat alumnus James Vella and former Royal Albert Hall music programmer Mark Pearse). This release enabled them to explore and hone a sound that combined LTO’s rich ambient textures and piano work with edapollo’s hazy synths, vocals and guitar. It received repeated airplay from Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music and positive reviews from music blogs Louder Than War, Gold Flake Paint and Loose Lips.

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