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

Debut LP by London based musician, Wordcolour -  'The trees are buzzing, and the grass.'

Release date: 24th June 2022

Tracklist:
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

Follow Wordcolour:
https://linktr.ee/wordcolour

This incredible Ai Video: Made by Andrea Khora
http://www.andreakhora.com

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Wordcolour - The trees were buzzing, and the grass. (LP Sampler)

First single taken from upcoming mini album 'YES.DJ'.

Pre-orders of vinyl, digi & limited edition book are AVAILABLE NOW at our bandcamp : http://temet.bandcamp.com


On 21st September the rising French DJ/producer Simo Cell presents new mini album ‘YES.DJ’ – his first solo record since 2018 – released on his own label TEMƎT. A celebration of dance music culture, each of these heavy-duty, titanium-plated bangers are a tribute to different styles of beats, reinterpreted and suffused with his distinct personality.

The release also comes with a fanzine, which continues the celebration of DJing and dancefloors from a sideways perspective, curating photos taken by Simo of drinks tokens from clubs around the world.

Simo Cell - Short Leg

Announcing the first TemeT release of 2022 today. 'MEMORY FILE HOSTING' is a 11 track album from French producter Lolito.  If you're into cloud/emo beats, jacuzzi-warm jazz flavours or Memphis chopped-and-screwed...

1st single 'RED DOMINOES' is out today on all platforms : 

Pre-orders of tape & digi are AVAILABLE NOW at bandcamp: https://lolito89.bandcamp.com/album/memory-file-hosting-lp

Out 20th April.  Tape/Serigraph limited to 200 copies. It comes cased in a neat piece of cross-shaped artwork silk-screened by DR.ME and fellow Nantes-based graphic designer and friend, Jean-François Leroux. Keeping it in the family.

Lolito - RED DOMINOES

Bristol-based producer QGB returns their second album ‘A RECKONING’ out on the 8th April via their PRESENT TENSE imprint. The album was recorded over a three year period, with another year to get it together to release it. 

As mentioned to Accidental Meetings recently, GQB said of the album, “it’s aggy and a bit broken but I hope there’s also grooves and danceable sections in there and it’s not all heady self indulgent nonsense. I guess each track was its own little process but a lot of what inspired me at the time was working with more generative techniques, basic chance/randomness not wanting it to be academic and dry but making it feel a bit alive and unpredictable.”

This is their first release on the label since 2018’s release of ‘Hornet’ - a record which was supported by the likes of Truants, Call Super, and Resident Advisor to name a few. Slowly becoming a go-to producer for your favourite DJs, we’re super excited to share one of, ‘PIGS’ from the album - one of the most in-your-face, all encompassing tracks on there.

@qgb

A RECKONING???

Premiere: qgb - PIGS [PRESENT TENSE]

We are thrilled to announce the cinematic debut album from London-based artist @Wordcolour, hitting shops on 24th June 2022.

An artist very much on the rise, following two EPs on Houndstooth and one on Lapsus, ‘The trees were buzzing, and the grass.’ is described as an album of collaboration with contributions from percussionist Michael Anklin, voice artist Natasha Lohan and performance artist Es Morgan as well as vocal appearances from Wordcolour’s circle of friends.

Working with Es Morgan on a written text for the album, Wordcolour chopped and sampled the words throughout, inviting friends to narrate the music along with recordings from Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. “My dad was an acoustics researcher before he retired, and when I was growing up we always had various microphones and bits of gear lying around the house, as well as an early DAW on the computer.  I was a pretty nerdy kid, and I'd always mess around on the computer with my friends, recording our voices and combining them with audio FX to create stories.  It was about creating a whole vivid world in sound, and on this album I feel that I'm really doing the same thing,” Wordcolour explains. 

“In one sense the album is quite cinematic. Not in the sense that it is big or epic, but in the way it is structured. At times the music literally cuts like a camera - moving the listener from one acoustic environment to another. It indulges a fascination with the hyper-real world of Foley and film sound effects, natural ambiences, and Spielbergian film music. It almost feels like an album about film.”

Release date: 24th June 2022 

Tracklist: 
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

The trees were buzzing, and the grass.

Wordcolour - Blossom

Duswunder - Adrenal Vision (ACEN037)
Label: All Centre (https://soundcloud.com/all-centre-504822953)
BUY LINK: https://allcentre.bandcamp.com/album/adrenal-vision
https://soundcloud.com/duswunder

On ACEN037, All Centre favourite Duswunder returns to the label. Following 2020’s Plated Body, he delivers a new 5 track EP. The record explores adrenaline, fictitious aesthetics and “bodily imaginations”, embracing the anticipation, ecstasy and anxiety of the world we are entering into.

The record begins with the atmospheric opening track Tensing Limbs. Easing in at a slow, crawling pace, haunting choirs soar above echoing sub bass. The emergence of shining, metallic hi-hats gives us a taste of the percussive work to come, as overdriven bass punches between the rising voices.

Next, whirring sound design kicks off Bound In
Twisted Geometry. A minimal introduction led by
pitch-shifted cymbals gives way to thumping percussion and clanging bass hits before the emergence of a wonky, off-kilter melody. The track continues apace, conjuring an otherworldly track which retains Duswunder’s club sensibilities.

The energy rises on Chamber, with electro-inspired percussion shifting around masterful pieces of sound design. The intensity of the track engulfs the listener through the constant rising and falling of synths before giving way to a colossal plucked melody. Duswunder then launches us back into an arresting percussive workout anchored by pitch-shifting basslines.

Referring back to the title of his previous record, Still Plated retains elements of Duswunder’s previous work whilst pushing the envelope forward. Driving bass hits and stuttering kicks provide the foundation for slippery percussive patterns and an eerie echoing melody. A towering synth reminiscent of early grime records then emerges, soaring between unsteady percussive patterns.

Finally, Duswunder closes the record with Stamina. The tempo lowers slightly but the energy doesn’t let up, as dancefloor-ready percussion introduces us to the track. Suddenly, all elements drop away as a precision-engineered, ultra-low bassline emerges. Gradually drums are reintroduced as a soaring synth melody brings us back to the affective heights of the record, punctuated by mangled bass stabs.

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PREMIERE : Duswunder - Still Plated

"Writing an album gave me the opportunity to expand what I was making beyond the club, and I found myself returning to the world of some of the earliest sketches I made for Wordcolour. In these experiments, I was kind of trying to create "scenes". Tracks which had the emotional tone and texture of a scene from a movie, but without the visuals or the narrative. Kind of like how it feels to fall asleep in front of an episode of the X files or something."

"This track features some amazing percussion work by Michael Anklin. I came across Michi's work on his brilliant collaborative record with Kilchhofer on the Marionette label. I asked Michi to record a number of different textures and improvisations for me which I would then cut up and reorder. I remember the day the first recordings arrived I had such a big smile on my face, and this track really showcases his work on the record."

"I also worked with my friend Es Morgan to create a long list of beautiful, evocative words which I then recorded, cut up, and used throughout the record. On Crescent, I arranged the words to try to create the hint of a narrative. I'll leave you to see if you can figure out what is happening: a strange and vivid moment in the forest."

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An artist very much on the rise, following two EPs on Houndstooth and one for Lapsus, ‘The trees were buzzing, and the grass.’ is described as an album of collaboration with contributions from percussionist Michael Anklin, voice artist Natasha Lohan and performance artist Es Morgan as well as vocal appearances from Wordcolour’s circle of friends.

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Release date: 24th June 2022

Tracklist:
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

Follow Wordcolour:
https://linktr.ee/wordcolour

This incredible Ai Video: Made by Andrea Khora
http://www.andreakhora.com

Follow Houndstooth:
https://linktr.ee/houndstooth

Wordcolour - Crescent

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

Cloud Room - taken from the debut LP, 'The trees are buzzing, and the grass.'

Release date: 24th June 2022

Tracklist:
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

Follow Wordcolour:
https://linktr.ee/wordcolour

This incredible Ai Video: Made by Andrea Khora
http://www.andreakhora.com

Follow Houndstooth:
https://linktr.ee/houndstooth

Cloud Room

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Wordcolour - Cloud Room

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

Release date: 24th June 2022

Tracklist:
01. (loom)
02. Blossom
03. Cloud Room
04. Duet
05. I am sixty years old and trying salvia for the very first time
06. Babble
07. Crescent
08. people can you hear me
09. Nonet
10. (drift)

Credits
Tracks 4, 5 and 7 feat percussion by Michael Anklin.
Tracks 4 and 5 feat vocals by Natasha Lohan.
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan. throughout. Text written in collaborating with Es Morgan.
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan.

Wordcolour - Babble

Hypna (Insert) and J-Shadow (Keysound, Sneaker Social Club) team up to drop their first ever collaborative EP, A2I (Access To Infinity). The work, a blistering 5-track odyssey, moves at hyper-speed through fragments of footwork, jungle, ambient and sci-fi sound design. Designed to please both listeners at home and ravers listening on club systems, the EP shows off the high-tech, low-end focused sound the two producers have been developing respectively. 

A2I is a long time in the making - J and Hypna affectionately refer to each other as their “musical other”. Their relationship goes all the way back to 2018, when they hit each other up with a love for one another’s music. The more they talked, the more they realised they had a shared obsession with sci-fi movies & video games - at that point writing music together was an inevitability. Their aim for the EP was to explore new patterns and tempos, while blending all of their influences together into a shared universe. 

The sci-fi influence is evident from the opening seconds of ‘Access To Infinity’, as a sustained drone gradually invites the listener inside the producers’ shared universe. Gradual flecks of glitched particles form, before things coalesce into a climax of weightless bass pulses and skittering hi-hats, reminiscent of Logos and Mumdance’s post-grime explorations. 

‘Incubate’ plunges us down into underwater spaces before kicking things off with a spaced-out drum workout demonstrating both Hypna and J-Shadow’s uncanny knack for making hard-hitting, yet atmospheric club music. 

‘Automata’ comes in next, opening with isolated granulated metallic textures - a stark contrast to its predecessors. Throwing the listener out of the airlock, it launches into a frantic half time beat defined by stark synth stabs and basses which sound like the aftershock of a futuristic space craft. 

‘Motherboard’ pulls us into the deep centre of A2I’s universe, a weightless soundscape of Reese basses and regal arpeggiated synth sequences. 

Finishing up the release is ‘Force Lens’. Drums warp into existence, coming into focus and building in intensity before dropping into a sequence of laser-sharp breakbeats and bass pulses. Somehow J-Shadow and Hypna still manage to imbue space into this tune, with synth alarms creeping in and introducing a much more introspective second section. A floating pad gradually oozes into existence, keeping us locked through the final few minutes of this highly immersive universe. 

What draws A2I together is a prioritisation of space and atmosphere above all else. These are club tracks, yes, guaranteed to turn heads, yes, but not in the conventional sense - it’s as if Hypna and J-Shadow have rewritten the rules for what constitutes club music, challenging and re-inventing the boundaries to suit the needs of their universe.

Access To Infinity

HYPNA & J-SHADOW - Access To Infinity

Iconic

@Lurka returns to Timedance with the follow to his 2016 single Beater. The Bristol producer turns the dial up to eleven here with two expertly designed carnival stompers. Out 14th September 2018 vinyl/digital.

TIMEDANCE015
Lurka
A. Heat Mover
B. Battery


Artwork by Harry Butt

Heat Mover

Lurka - Heat Mover

Copies are available here: 
https://honestjons.com/shop/label/Berceuse_Heroique

Digital: https://berceuseheroique.bandcamp.com

Logos - Eska

Electroménager’s very first transmission sees the day, with a solo EP entitled 800mg from Manchester based Thodén, including a remix by Perko.

Taking inspiration from the uk’s unique bass and techno scene, Thodén delivers 4 carefully crafted tracks that explore sophisticated rhythms and dark heavy percussion, all pulled together by dreamy breakdowns to conduct those essential moments of euphoria on the dance floor. To finish it off; Numbers affiliate, Perko, produces his own take on ‘Specialist’, which results in nothing other than a dubby masterpiece driven by a charging kick. 

Recommended for both home and club appliance.

@thodenmcr
@electromngr

Buy:
https://electromngr.bandcamp.com/album/em001-thod-n-800-mg

PREMIERE: Thodén - Esque [Electromenager]

We announce our first label signing; a shimmering 4-track EP from one of Brussel's most critical new producers, @hypna_52. The title track, 'Data Recovery' sets the tone for this atmospheric EP, fueled by bass weight & sheen & set to be released digitally alongside on a limited run of 50 12" vinyl.

Hold tight for the drop on February 14; for now, head to Insert for info & pre-order: ins-rt.net/label/hypna-data-recovery-insert/

Data Recovery

Hypna - Data Recovery [Insert]

UK record label based at fabric, East London. Run in part by Rob Booth (Electronic Explorations)

Wordcolour - Blossom

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