Throwing Snow - Loma - 2xLP Coloured vinyl / CD / digital

Throwing Snow returns to Houndstooth for the anticipated album; LOMA.

Compiling all eight tracks from the four-part series, the package will be pressed to vinyl for the first time, accompanied with a brand new, 11-minute extended remix from Brooklyn-based Octo Octa (100% Silk/Running Back/Honey Soundsystem).

Opening with the held-back, break-neck stepper of 'Simmer', through to the jagged-edge, half time DnB bomb of 'Vulpine' and the lightly swung, garage-infused blows 'of 'Subtitles', this marks Ross Tones' (AKA Throwing Snow) most varied and proficient work to date on one of 2018's most essential imprints.

Released on 2xLP colour vinyl (yellow and green) - Cut and mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy, manufactured at optimal media, Germany.

History: 
After the Mosaic LP I followed it with Axioms EP, which followed the same release format/schedule and aimed more at the dance floor After releasing Embers LP I'm following that up with another collection of dance floor releases spread over 2018 and then collected into a very special vinyl release. 

Methodology: 
Axioms used the same rules to build all the tracks, hence the name. For this collection of tracks I'm using the same equipment and workflow throughout as a rule. The dance floor tracks but 'filtered' through different genre influences (hence the filters in the artwork) 

Trébucher: 
Is a simple repeated arpeggio line that constantly changes throughout. The drums stumble and fall over themselves hence the name Trébucher which is stumble in French (and a weapon) 

Tantrum: 
Is a moody weapon where the timing of the bass pulse morphs throughout creating different feelings. The drums utilise an amen at 125 which mirrors the stumbling feeling of Trébucher 

Simmer: 
This is the track I've always wanted to write. It combines many of my musical loves in one, it feels like jungle but at 125bpm. The main synth sound (the MFB Dominion Club) moves from a sub bass through to a 303 like acid work out and back again. 

Subtitles: 
The baseline is an ode to Teebee vs Future Prophecy's Dimensional Entity which came out on Subtitles, hence the name. I used a bowed lid sample recorded by Will Plowman to tie the two tracks together with the same ambience. 

Myriad and Minotaurs are both about morphing landscapes, one sweeping and subtle, the other brooding and sudden. 
Myriad features a cyclic synth line that constantly spirals downward before switching direction as it rises out of a valley. While on Minotaurs, jagged spikes sit over an ominous rolling sub before the sky opens up and the clouds clear.

Vulpine: 
Plays with jagged, interlocking rhythms at 85/170bpm yet references the aesthetic of the other EPs. 

V: 
Meanwhile flaunts with a morphing time signature routed in 5/4 over evolving arpeggios.

Loma

2xLP / CD

Throwing Snow - Loma - 2xLP / CD / digital

Throwing Snow returns to iconic UK imprint Houndstooth this month with his first LP since 2017's 'Embers'.

Titled 'Loma', the new release is inspired by the genres that have made an impact on him throughout his career, with nods to jungle, breakbeat, techno and more heard throughout the release. 

Compiling all eight cuts from his four-part EP series together on the LP, the new album will see the tracks pressed on vinyl for the very first time. 'Loma' also features a very special closing cut from Octo Octa which we are delighted to premiere today.

Coming in at a mighty 11 minutes, Octo Octa’s extended remix is a distinct alternative to the OG cut, shifting from a screw face-worthy stepper into dazzling 'floor filler with ease.

Throwing Snows ‘Loma’ LP lands November 30 on Houndstooth. Tune into closing cut ‘Simmer’ (Octo Octa’s Bring Forth Peace From Pain Remix) now and pre-order the album below.

Pre-order: https://HNDSTH.lnk.to/loma

LOMA

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Premiere: Throwing Snow 'Simmer' (Octo Octa's Bring Forth Peace from Pain Remix)

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