Introducing the Houndstooth: Patterns playlist, 

Select tracks across our sister label's discography featuring music from @scintii @aisha-devi @throwingsnow @lotic and more.

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London-based artist @Wordcolour returns to Houndstooth with a new single ‘Bluster’

Support the artist: https://hth.lnk.to/bluster

In Wordcolour’s own words, "all the way back in January 2021, when the UK was entering its second national lockdown, I set myself the task of trying to write a club track. I wanted to avoid the lockdown temptation to write melancholic, dreamy dance music, and so found myself trying to remember what the club sounded and felt like at a time when raving was a distant memory.

The result, Bluster, continues some of the club experiments I began on my first EP "Tell Me Something", but with a beefed-up heavier sound aimed at slow, chunky techno sets. Like that first record, this track has a sense of humour - constantly cutting in playful bits of vocal and drum detail. Both the title and the artwork imply an undue swagger - a sense of winging it through changeable unpredictable weather conditions: a combination that, for me, sums up the feel of this track as well as the circumstances in which it was made."
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released November 17, 2021

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We are excited to introduce you to London-based producer On Man, a musician whose previous collaborations include Giggs, Darq E Freaker, Zebra Katz and Mr Hudson amongst others.

More info: https://hth.lnk.to/OnMan

Squares and Triangles features fellow London-based rapper F-M-M-F alongside this video directed by Ian Roderick Gray (The Banksy Job).


“Squares and Triangles was a turning point for the project - the first track I finished where I felt like things were heading in the right direction. F-M-M-F’s fantastic vocals hooked me straight away. They read almost like a film, exploring the tension of a doomed relationship when incompatible edges collide, crack and crumble amongst the lies.”


On Man’s creative roots lie deep. An artist with a unique gift for sound design, he’s able to conjure perfect pop songs and then corrode them, revealing the emotional truths underneath. An electronic artist with a human touch, he’s worked in the studio for an array of other artists, as well as delivering huge cinematic soundtrack projects, all while pursuing his own solitary agenda. "Squares and Triangles" marks the first step of this personal journey and more will follow later this year.


Lyrics:

You said it from the start
We’re more than a mile apart
Call me animal
Still looking for Noah’s ark
Call me a cannibal
Then I left a hole in your heart
Hole in your heart when I
Left my phone in your car
You’re like a loan shark
Once you let go of the past
I swear it’s been about a year
Guess my roly’s fast
Heartbreak will send a woman wild
And now some little dick is 
Gonna make her smile
Now it’s just me myself
And the only eye
Got my head doing circles
I guess it’s only pi
No apology from here
Coz I ain’t liable
How could you go and find a square
And make a triangle?

You drive me round the bend whether
Automatic or manual
Upside down my
World’s feeling satanical
Text messages
Scriptures and parables
So many hate your
Shit is getting casual
Not to call you liar
I’m the person that fired you
Man slaughter killed it
But I was trying to 
Heartbreak will send a woman wild
And now some little mug is 
Gonna make her smile
Overreacting like there ain’t other guys
That lost their composure and told
A couple of lies
No apologies here
Coz I ain’t liable
How could you go and find a square
And make a triangle


Artist - Follow: On Man
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Squares And Triangles

Squares And Triangles (feat. F-M-M-F)

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On Man - Squares And Triangles (feat. F-M-M-F)

Tapefeed, the Italian duo that holds a residency at our iconic London night club fabric, join us here at Houndstooth with Anterograde, their debut release on the label with a five track techno / experimental EP due out December 2nd.

Travelling through UK breaks touching on dub, deep experimental and techno, their inspiration roots in the types of sets they have been consistently laying down at fabric.

Together with an accumulation of releases on labels Mord, Metempsychosis and Abyss, in 2021 Tapefeed launched their imprint “Inveterate” to focus on the duo’s vision.

Anterograde

Tapefeed - Analog Monkey

LaughingEars - Box No.995

from Hear The Sound Of My Feet LP
out 6.16

Zulu - Hooligan Break

Following notable releases on Editions Mego as Electronic music duo LCC, and multiple singles and collaborations on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People label and Modern Obscure Music, experimental electronic artist Ana Quiroga (@ana_quiroga) announces her debut album Azabache for release on 8th September via Houndstooth. Ana also shares the first single from the project ‘Wallada’ which is available now to buy digitally and stream.

A personal odyssey, shaped by Ana’s deep connection to her homeland Asturias and her experience since moving to London, underpins Azabache. From the rich Celtic heritage of Asturias – the mines, minerals, and mystical feminine energy – to the urban occultism of their now-home London and the enchanting streets of Hackney and the East End, Azabache embodies the connection between deep and highly symbolic ancestral roots and these contemporary new beginnings.


Written, composed, produced and pre-mixed by Ana Quiroga Olavarrieta / Mixed by Paul Corley / Mastered & cut by Matt Colton at Metropolis, London

Wallada: Bass guitar by Chris Norrish. Additional vocals by Catalina Barceló

Inner City Light: Written in collaboration with Gorka Molero. Bass and backing vocals by Gorka Molero

© Original Artwork by Estela Oliva
Graphic Design by John Philip Sage

Mary Anne Hobbs - 7th June 2023

Wallada

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Ana Quiroga 'Wallada' - as heard on Mary Anne Hobbs - Album 'Azabache' out 08 Sept

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Slikback and SMT3X join forces to create "Despote/Frost" an experimental track between French rap and apocalyptic post-club.
Released on [re]sources
Composed by SMT3X, Slikback
Mixed by Ytem, SMT3X
Mastered by Robin Petras (Pure Focus)
Artwork by Charles Bedel

SMT3X x SLIKBACK - DESPOTE/FROST

If there ever was a monicker apt for describing an artist’s behavior, that is Ghost Lemurs. Manifesting spottily in compilations and limited edition tapes, then returning to the shadows without much fanfare, the project has indeed demonstrated a ghostly behavior and a nature as puzzling as the animal it takes its name from. Wombs And Alien Spirits represents now their most public outing, one in which the duo of visual artist / producer Kareem Lofty and Daniele Guerrini (better known as Heith and as Haunter’s co-founder) are happy to showcase all the discoveries in a process of musical and spiritual research begun in 2019.
Described by the artists themselves as an experiment in mediterranean psi-trance, the album makes use of an incredibly diverse number of traditions, sonic sources and techniques of musical experimentation, keeping its psychedelic intentions central to the whole creative endeavor. Moments of meditative relaxation are brought to unsettling new levels by cavernous basses and spaced out drones, while tight polyrhythms bring beautiful granular melodies to a sidereal ceremonial dance.
As beautiful and captivating as it is, Wombs And Alien Spirits remains as chimeric and unrestrained as any previous effort by the two artists. It’s a type of folk music devoid of a specific homeland, but resulting from the authors’ heritages, simultaneously divided and united by the mediterranean sea, injected with all the trajectories of their personal journeys. It ends up sounding profoundly human and uncannily inhuman, tapping into the undiscovered alien element at the beginning of the experience of life.

Music by Ghost Lemurs
Mix by Heith
Master by Tapewave
Artwork by Katja Novitskova
Layout by Nicola Tirabasso

Wombs and Alien Spirits

Djrum's first release since 2019, the Meaning’s Edge EP is an introduction to a whole new world. For the artist also known as Felix Manuel, it was created in the final stretches of six rather traumatic years work. Having carefully honed his techniques and aesthetics, and learned some hard-won emotional lessons over this time, finally he began to work in a quicker, lighter fashion – and to cleanse his palate a little by bringing in a fresh ingredient: his own flute playing. For listeners, though, it will serve as an appetiser, a way into the delights and complexities of this new phase of his creativity.
 
It’s a serious work in its own right, mind. The use of flutes – including Bansuri, Shakuhatchi, Western Classical, and synthesised all blending and blurring into one another – gives it a coherence and a sense of airiness that unites the five tracks over half an hour, however divergent their beats get. And as in all his music, 
 
Here you find the opening track ‘Codex’ which alone touches on OG dubstep, Aphex Twin-like braindance, post-classical exploration, movie themes and more. The gentle tones and melodies that rise up out of it perfectly conjure Felix’s running theme of a protective bubble that provides a sense of safety and tranquillity even as the beats and acid gurgles and spurts all around it conjure up the slings and arrows of life’s difficulties.
 

… and it’s only just the beginning. This is the return of a master craftsperson more focused than ever on his vision and vocation and ready to blow your mind all over again.

12" vinyl @djrum - "Meaning's Edge" - Out 22/11
https://hth.lnk.to/djrum

Meaning's Edge

Codex

12" VINYL

Djrum - Codex

charlie osbourne — sync-up ;

looped with :
slowdive — so tired / grimes — genesis ☆ (mashup by youtuber lucius)

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new TAPE out NOW on the BIOME bandcamp
https://biometapes1.bandcamp.com/album/bicco-beat

BICCO BEAT - On Chord Ah

Verse 1
Neon rain on the cracked concrete,
Heartbeat echo where the ghosts all meet.
Found my name on a cigarette pack,
Half burned words that don’t look back.
TV snow in my rearview mind,
Silhouettes dance where the wires unwind.
Cheap perfume in the dead of night,
Truth leaks slow from the exit light.

Chorus
Static in my head, I can’t tune out,
Drifting through the hum, what’s it all about?
Velvet decay on a beat so slow,
Sink through the sound, let the fever grow.

Verse 2
Lipstick stains on a payphone line,
I called myself, but I missed my sign.
Plastic halo on a downtown saint,
He’s selling dreams with a coat of paint.
Cold coffee in a paper cup,
Every lie tastes sweet enough.
Loop that thought ‘til it fades away,
Rewind the night, then hit replay.

Chorus
Static in my head, I can’t tune out,
Drifting through the hum, what’s it all about?
Velvet decay on a beat so slow,
Sink through the sound, let the fever grow.

 
Mirror talk in a dim room,
Echoes bloom like cheap perfume.
The world spins soft, off time, off key,
And I fade like film from a dying TV.

Outro
I’m just dust in the speaker’s breath,
Low-end pulse, sweet scent of death.
If you find my name in the static flow,
Turn it up loud, then let me go.

Static in my head

remix by @ANSystem // @nahshi + @wulffluw94

Artwork by @baojiaxiang
Mastering by @djgapdjgap

WULFFLUW XCIV & Nahshi - Terra

Terra

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WULFFLUW XCIV & Nahshi - Terra (AN System Remix)

More info: https://hth.lnk.to/Scintii

We are delighted to announce our newest signing, Shanghai-based Taiwanese singer-producer @scintii, with her first single for the label, "Times New Roman". Its melancholic 21st century nu-trip hop sound was developed with guest producer @dannylharle (PC Music, Charli XCX).

"Times New Roman" is Scintii's first release since her second EP, Aerial/Paperbags, on SVBKVLT in 2018, and marks a step up from the wistfulness of her previous EPs to a tougher, deeper sound. The video for "Times New Roman" was directed by Kynan Puru Watt who has previously worked with @arca1000000 and is online now. (Link above)

"Times New Roman is one of the main languages used in graphic design," Scintii explains, "and this song is about finding that language for myself as an artist."


Times New Roman is loaded with remixes, from the cream of current underground club music producers. SVBKVLT label mate @osheyack shakes out its hard lines in classic trance stabs; @mechatok ups its saturation for a bouncing hardcore version; hyped London producer @lorainejames takes the track apart by stems and re-plaits them into glitched-out IDM, and @palmistry (who just worked on a track with @charlixcx) chases rushing synths before dropping into a bubblegum breaks.

Release date: 02nd October / digital + stream

Tracklist:
Scintii - Times New Roman
Times New Roman (Osheyack Remix) 
Times New Roman (Mechatok Remix) 
Times New Roman (Loraine James Remix) 
Times New Roman (Palmistry Remix)

Scintii - Times New Roman

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