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@Wordcolour returns to Houndstooth with ‘Ratios III’, the third instalment of their ‘Ratios’ series. Released in 2023, Ratios I and II kick-started a series of two-track EPs of adventurous, experimental club music. Ratios III continues this trend whilst also being Wordcolour’s most peak-time offering to date.

‘Crush’ (04th Sept) is a 130bpm cut which features an infectious vocal set against a pounding polyrhythmic kick. The sub-heavy groove builds in energy before turning on its head half-way through, rocketing upwards through a polyrhythmic shift into a 170ish 4/4 beatdown with a vicious bassline.

‘Rapture’ (Sept 13th) sees Wordcolour turn their attention to psychedelic loopy techno. Diving deeper into microtonality, Wordcolour reimagines the music and sound design written for Andrea Khora’s 2024 short film of the same name.

Ratios III

Crush

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Taken from SBKT067: 96 Back - tender, exit
Release date: 27th November 2024
Limited vinyl + digital

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For his sixth 96 Back LP, Evan Majumdar-Swift found himself writing “a long form eulogy” to his years living in Manchester while preparing for an imminent move to London. Initially intended as a series of technical exercises, which saw the artist radically stripping back his established production setup, over the last two years tender, exit gradually took on the form of an emotional landscape, mapped in transit between two cities. “The overarching concept of the record is cycles, recognising them, loving them, and tearing yourself away from them,” he says. Heard together, the project takes on the pace and cadence of a passionate conversation with a loved one.

Full press release - https://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/tender-exit

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Photography: Ana Radtsenko
Design: Luke Griffiths
Mastering: Raphael Valensi

tender, exit

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96 Back - Rubber Knife

Cute accelerationist DJK Huysmans, assigned 160BPM at birth, continues in their indefatigable pursuit of the convergence-at-infinity of kawaii, cryptojunglist polyrhythmic hypersyncopation, and retooled undead rave signal. Relentless intensity, eardrum-threatening auditory thrillseeking, immaculately spergy disjunctive synthesis, with all the old obsessions and some new ones. * Image from a painting by Tanith Mab * 💕 Dedicated to Amy 💕 *

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Tracks and influences from experimental hip-hop group clipping's new album 'Dead Channel Sky' released earlier this month. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/dead-channel-sky-w-clipping-2nd-april-2025

Dead Channel Sky w/ clipping. 020425

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An Taobh Tuathail broadcasts Monday to Friday on RTÉ RnaG.
I post occasional programmes here to showcase the diversity of music played on the show, but also as a kind of audio-flyer to woo new listeners.

Seo an aonú ceann déag.
Here's the eleventh one.

You can stream most shows from over the past decade on the below link plus check out the playlist to each show:
www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/an-taobh-tuathail/

This programme was first broadcast Monday 23.06.25 on RTÉ RnaG.

Buíochas as ucht éisteacht X

Dé Luain 23.06.25
Monday 23.06.25

pneumatic tyres / km-1 daybreak / belbury music
plume girl / chain / mappa.bandcamp.com
james holden & wacklaw zimpel / you are gods / jamesholden.bandcamp.com
maiya blaney / and / lex records
múm / mild at heart / morr music
eddie marcon / anime / morr music
sally ann morgan / flowers of sandihar / thrill jockey
ishome / tiras minith / galaxiid
kaja / dikul / remotetown.bandcamp.com
bella wakame / spirit-shelf / umor rex
cassandra jenkins / delpinium blue / dead oceans
dua saleh / pussy suicide / duasaleh.bandcamp.com
baby rose / one last dance (w. badbadgood) / babyrose.bandcamp.com
smerz / a thousand lies / smerz4u.bandcamp.com
causeway / criminal / sprechenmusic.bandcamp.com
cocteau twins / frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires / 4ad
confirmation group / planning girdle / countersunk.bandcamp.com
physique / french lick, indiana / miuin.bandcamp.com
claire rousay & gretschen korsmo / thick walls, thin walls / mappa.bandcamp.com
romance / we'll always have paris / youmustrememberthis.bandcamp.com
salami rose joe louis / a pool to cry in (feat flanafi) / salamirosejoelouismusic.bandcamp.com
celestial / i can hear the grass grow / ecstatic

An Taobh Tuathail 23.06.25 - Showcase #11

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Critically acclaimed producer Nick Worrall pka Wordcolour returns to the Houndstooth fold with his latest Ratios IV - a sublime 2 track cut with lead single “Spiral Emoji” showcasing his distinct and lauded production skills. Ratios IV follows on from his previous Ratios I, II, and III and will be the penultimate EP with Ratios V album coming in Q2 2026. Revered amongst his peers, with fans including Djrum, Aphex Twin, Arca, Autechre to name a few. Expect dazzling intricate music production on his latest offering showcasing his talent for true musical craftsmanship.

Spiral Emoji

Composition made entirely by multitracking the Soundlab MiniSynth Mkii controlled by my DiY MFOS CV Keyboard.

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