House Of Black Lanterns is the latest musical project from Dylan Richards, the man behind the King Cannibal and Zilla monikers (on the Ninja Tine and Warp Records labels respectively).  With an album and two singles out in 2013 on the highly respected Houndstooth label, Richards returns with a deadly EP for Hypercolour, backed with a very fine Mosca remix.  

In its Original Mix, ‘The Smack’ is a dense and atmospheric production, the slow pace and chugging bassline evoking shades of early Chicago house but with a thoroughly modern UK twist.  Filled with tension and drama, ‘The Smack’ is a big sounding record that cuts through so many genre sounds from dub techno to dubstep but sounds entirely individual and unique.  

Mosca steps up to the remix, following on from the launch of his new label Not So Much, and remixes for Alland Byallo and Sweatshop Boys.  Taking ‘The Smack’ up to an altogether skanking tempo, Mosca plummets the Basic Channel school of sound for the aptly titled ‘Dread At The Controls’ version.  Spring reverb all over the joint as Mosca works the droning synths and fire & brimstone vibes over a watertight, dub heavy workout.

‘Grey Leather Glass’ takes things up a notch, continuing the HOBL theme of dark & shadowy techno sounds with heaps of drama and sinister twists and turns, like some cinematic score to a Wes Craven slasher epic, and ‘8 Million Stories’ cuts up vocal chops, finger snaps and piano stabs over a brooding house production.   Deliciously dark music from HOBL here….


House Of Black Lanterns - 8 Million Stories (Original Mix) (HYPE043) [clip]

Demos: info@hypercolour.co.uk
Label enquiries: nick@nerdlabels.com

DJ and music enthusiast. Playing Drum & Bass, Dub, Halftime, Techno

Upcoming Events:
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Previous Gigs:
27.11.21 Dark Variety @ Stellwerk, Hamburg
23.04.22 Dark Variety @ Stellwerk, Hamburg
22.07.22  Six Roses @ Rosengarten, Jena
20.08.22 Dark Variety @ Stellwerk, Hamburg
24.09.22 DNB BOMB @ Stellwerk, Hamburg
18.11.22 Dark Variety @ Stellwerk, Hamburg
07.01.23 SHUT UP! @ Stellwerk, Hamburg
09.04.23 Shut Up! & Hi-Pass present: YUNIS @ Stellwerk, Hamburg
21.04.23 Hypertension @ Die Pumpe, Kiel
30.09.23 Shut Up! @ Stellwerk, Hamburg
30.10.24 Bass Forward The Revelution @ Ms Stubnitz, Hamburg
10.01.25 Shut Up! @ Stellwerk, Hamburg

Studies techno since 1998. However,  got introduced to Klaus Schultze's music at age of 11. 🤜💥🤛
