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"If I knew I were alive, I could do so much better. If I knew what I had, then I could use it more wisely. If only I’d known before then I’d be in a better place already. If only."
London-based singer-songwriter Douglas Dare releases new EP, following on from his debut album Whelm. Named after album track Caroline and new track If I Knew I Were Alive, it also features remixes by fellow label mate Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles and Houndstooth’s own electronic producer Ross Tones aka Throwing Snow.

Caroline has always been a precious track for Douglas, one of the first tracks he recorded and a story in which he imagines his grandfather is writing to a loved one during the war. As the only song on his debut album that is stripped down to just his voice and piano playing, and it being a favourite amongst fans at his concerts, it was a natural choice as a first single.

The new track If I Knew I Were Alive Douglas wrote by creating beats, looping them and recording parts live. Dancing around to the beats in his room, he started singing melodies and coming up with ideas that he wouldn’t usually have, sitting at the piano. The idea that we can do a lot more if only we appreciated our own ability and opportunity encouraged Douglas to not take the track to anyone else to re-record it, but to work with what he had created himself.

“The recording has this demo quality, which I really enjoy. I love how revealing a demo can be. It seems to expose the fundamental ideas the songwriter had and the basic quality of the recording is very revealing. One of my favourite records is PJ Harvey’s ‘4 Track Demos’, where the songs are so stripped back that you can appreciate the finest details.” – Douglas Dare

Ryan Lee West, who crafted the Rival Consoles remix of album track Swim explains, “the track existed in a minimal state for a while, and I kept thinking something was missing. There's always something missing! And then out of casual chance, I was sorting through my portable recorder files, and I came across a recording of an installation that I did, which included four motors hitting glockenspiel or xylophone notes at random. I chopped it up in a few seconds and it worked perfectly. It adds texture and movement to the remix. But what's important about these sounds is that they are not in time. I think this remix creates sense of space, subtlety and physicality.”

"The original is so well put together, and the vocal so unique that it was a hard one to approach. I set out to reflect the beauty of the vocal in the intro, so that I could build it into something darker later on. This also mirrors the meaning of the vocal. The last sections are meant to evoke feelings of being washed away by a torrent” – Ross Tones about his Throwing Snow remix of Nile.

The cover photograph was taken by Douglas Dare himself; printed on silver card, so that the seawater shimmers against the light.

Douglas Dare and Rival Consoles will both perform a special in-store show at Rough Trade, presenting their respective EP releases, before embarking on an Erased Tapes U.S. West Coast tour and Douglas accompanying Fink throughout 13 countries in North America and Europe from September to November as their special guest.

TICKETS: www.erasedtapes.com/artists/events/22/Douglas+Dare

TRACK LISTING:

A1. Caroline
A2. If I Knew I Were Alive
B1. Swim (Rival Consoles Remix)
B2. Nile (Throwing Snow Remix)

MORE INFO: douglasdare.com · erasedtapes.com

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"Inside Life immerses the listener into magnificently expressive modern classical realms, tranquilly minimal, yet exquisitely nuanced, abundantly poignant and delicately filigree, where stirringly pensive sadness is masterfully counterpointed with hauntingly embracing stillness, while intensely evocative ambient subtleties are deliberately permeated by yearning haze. A truly fabulous bravura performance by Bruno Sanfilippo and his guests!"  
Bruno is an Argentinian classically trained musician, producer, and composer based in Barcelona who writes for strings, piano, and electronics.  In 1998 he started as a producer for ad21, a personal platform and label. His Piano Textures series, started in 2007, is one of Sanfilippo’s most representative set of recordings, but he has also gained wider recognition in modern music – one of his piano compositions formed the basis for Canadian rapper Drake’s seminal hit, ‘Started From The Bottom’.
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Recorded for National Piano Day .Running the piano threw a tape delay to achieve time changes and bends in notes. This was a joint project with visual artist Hexxr .Check out the video on her Website http://hexxr.format.com 

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Light emerges from fragments scattered in the void, floating like shooting stars in rivers that move against time. Each moment is a breath caught between worlds, where silence expands into vast labyrinths and melodies flicker like hidden codes at the heart of the unknown. The journey unfolds like a dialogue between earth and sky, revealing secrets that bring shadows and whispers written in memory. What begins as a broken light becomes a timeless weight of dreams: forgotten yet eternal, fragile yet endless.

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I have contributed in this CD compilation [released by the Canadian Label Les Enregistraments Variables] with this piece for piano solo called "The movement of the grass II"
Also participated Library Tapes, Machinefabriek, Danny Norbury, Ex Confusion, Évo Lüthi, Fjordne … among others. Les Enregistrements Variables & Autres mélodrames is a 59 minute collection of sweet tales and introspective drones. Delicate, sometimes intricate, sometimes powerfull, these little tragedies are brought to you by a slew of captivating artists from across the world. You can get it here: http://variables.bandcamp.com/music

 
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I've been listening to a lot of Nils Frahm lately... I've been especially excited about his upcoming performance at Decibel Festival... I drank a fresh squeezed lime margarita... shut off all the lights... and recorded this piece in complete darkness...

For Nils

debuted with Rebellion der Träumer
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[not a dj, but liveact]

Upcoming dates: 
25. July '25 // private Festival
27. July ‘25 // Zugvögel Festival
1. August ‘25 // Garbicz Festival (with Audae)
23. August '25 // Be Skin, Berlin
7. September ‘25 // Mystic Creatures Festival 

past:
14. March '25 // Naked Tee Party (Berlin)
30. Oktober ‘24 // Saloon, Berlin (supporting Michael Sebastian)
21. September 24 // Elemental Dreams (Berlin)
8. September 2024 // Mystic Creatures Festival (DE/PL)
3. August 2024 // Garbicz (PL)
27. June 2024 // Las Festival (PL)
07. June 2024 // Sternfest Festival (DE)
4. November 2023 // 'Desert Dreams" Berlin (AfricaBurn Fundraiser)
17. November 2023 // 'Garden of God #37" Transformator Wrocław
8.-10. September 2023 // Mystic Creatures Festival
5. August 2023 // Sofar Sounds Amsterdam

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