Name: Premiere: Deft 'For Sudden' by Mixmag
Duration: 3 min 46 s
Description: Born in Croydon, Deft's definitely chucked the south London area's dubstep heritage into 'For Sudden', packing it with devilish low-end bass and combining that with a wondrous vocal you'd expect to hear while strolling through the streets of urban India.

This has a dope Burial vibe. ✌️🛸🛸

I am excited to announce that my new four track EP entitled "Matchsticks" will be released on the 28th October 2013 on Exit Records.

It will be released as one piece of clear vinyl (with two tracks on each side) in addition to digital.

Pre-order:

Surus: http://www.surus.co.uk/Exit-Records/Matchsticks-EP-23252.aspx
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/matchsticks-ep/id719455719
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Matchsticks-EP-Stray/dp/B00FX49XWO

#getyourcakeon

Stray - Matchsticks [clip] (EXIT047 B2 - "Matchsticks" EP)

Ivy Lab's rework of 'Ride This Train' is pretty fucking menacing and once the eerie intro has given you the chills, prepare yourself for some outrageously big horns and rumbling low end drops. 

This one will do serious damage in the club, approach with caution.

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Out Now: http://www.criticalmusic.com/release/alix-perez-ivy-lab-arkestra-ep/

Ivy  Lab  and  Alix  Perez have  been  astounding  electronic  music audiences  for  years throughout  drum  &  bass  and  further  afield  with  their  own  20/20  and  Shades  projects respectively. Now  in  2016  the  two  forces combine  for  a  collaborative  release like  no  other, drawing their own distinct styles to create the beautifully diverse, ‘Arkestra’ EP.

1) Maiden
2) Arkestra
3) The Last Light
4) Tell Dem
5) Stop It
6) No One Else (Digital Bonus)

Alix Perez online:
https://soundcloud.com/alixperez
https://www.facebook.com/alixperezmusic
https://twitter.com/AlixPerez?
https://alixperez.bandcamp.com/

Ivy Lab online:
https://soundcloud.com/ivylab
https://www.facebook.com/IvyLab
https://www.twitter.com/IvyLab_
http://ivylab.co.uk/

Critical online:
www.criticalmusic.com
http://shop.criticalmusic.com

http://soundcloud.com/critical-music
http://www.facebook.com/criticalmusicdnb
https://www.twitter.com/CriticalMusic


Arkestra EP

Stop It

Alix Perez & Ivy Lab - Stop It [CRIT088]



Born in Croydon, Deft's definitely chucked the south London area's dubstep heritage into 'For Sudden', packing it with devilish low-end bass and combining that with a wondrous vocal you'd expect to hear while strolling through the streets of urban India.

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Deft 'Bellyboy EP'
Release Date: 2nd November 2018
Label: 20/20 LDN Recordings
Format: Digital
Cat No: 2020LDN014

From hard-hitting, highly energised dance floor cuts to lo-fi, emotively powerful soundscapes, this is the ever-evolving world of Deft. 'Bellyboy' EP is his second release for Ivy Lab's 20/20 LDN label. The title track features 18 year old, London based lyricist Buchannan, mostly known for his previous work with Kai Whiston (Big Dada) as well as his releases on Brainfeeder affiliate PBDY’s TAR in Los Angeles. 

“It’s been just over two years now since ‘Blackest’ EP was released, and since then I’ve been writing a lot of  music in this vein; experimenting and acquainting myself with new techniques and sounds to further refine and adapt my output. ‘Bellyboy EP’ is a good representation of the past year musically, and the direction these experimentations have taken Deft. ‘Bellyboy’ sees my second vocal feature to date with the very talented Buchannan”.
- Deft

Yip Wong aka Deft has become an immediately recognisable producer who skilfully hops from headphone to dance styles through cinematic sound design, crisp intricate percussion and immersive atmospheres. 

Over the last eight years of releasing music, Deft has built an established reputation out of his own signature sonic personality, drawing influence from hip hop, sound design, house, 140, jungle and footwork. This combination makes him impressively adept at shaking off the constraints of genre and tempo, which in turn has gained him the support of Gilles Peterson, DJ Shadow, Daedelus, Om Unit and Rockwell amongst many others. 

Deft’s profile within the electronic music scene saw him strive from peak to peak through a strong and consistent set of highly praised EP’s, collaborations and remixes through labels such as 20/20 LDN, Exit, 1985 Music, Wotnot, Rwina, Project Mooncircle, Skullcandy, 2nd Drop, Brownswood and Hypercolour offshoot Space Hardware to name a few. Along with having the opening track for Maya Jane Coles’ ‘DJ Kicks’ (!K7 Records), Deft has been on remix duties for the likes of Ivy Lab (20/20 LDN), Ital Tek (Civil Music), Gang Colours (Brownswood), Submerse (Project Mooncircle), Glenn Astro (WotNot), Tiga and Graham Coxon (EMI).

As a member of the ever-expanding Wotnot music collective and 20/20 LDN crew, Deft began his performances through live shows, bringing high levels of vigor and excitement to dancefloors in the UK, and has now transferred this energy into his eclectic and fruitful DJ sets around the world. Along with headline shows and tours in Japan, Russia, USA / Canada, China and all over Europe, he has supported the likes of Eprom, Skream, Machinedrum, Martyn, Alix Perez, Bullion, Tokimonsta, Reso and Paul White. Amongst his live & DJ shows, Deft has performed on Boiler Room as well as closing Gilles Peterson’s 2016 Worldwide Awards. 

Tracklist:
01. Bellyboy ft Buchannan
02. Rollon
03. For Sudden VIP
04. Scope
05. Done
06. Bellyboy (Extended Instrumental)

https://soundcloud.com/deft
http://2020ldn.com 

For more information contact Benjamin Smith
ben@echoempire.net

Deft - "For Sudden VIP" [2020LDN014]

Release Date: 5th April 2019
Label: 20/20 LDN
Format: Digital // Limited edition 8” picture disc
Cat No: 2020LDN016

‘Cracks’ is the new album by ever-evolving producer Yip Wong aka Deft, set for release on 5th April 2019 via Ivy Lab’s 20/20 LDN label.

A body of work that is setting a milestone for the beats scene, ‘Cracks’ is a cinematic and powerfully emotive record by Deft, seamlessly brought together through lo-fi, immersive atmospheres and crisp, intricate beat-scapes. Shaking off the constraints of genre; Yip listened to albums by artists such as Grouper, William Basinki, Bibio and Arthur Russell to gain a better understanding of how these musicians and artists constructed narrative in their work. The album is a personal document to dealing with loss, the process of grief, and the release that comes through music.

“Since I started writing music, I’ve always wanted to put together an LP; a body of work narratively driven with a consistent and coherent voice. As I’m a firm believer in the journey/story that music can give and create, I always tried to apply my idea of an LP to most of my previous EPs. During a large period of time whilst releasing music as Deft, my sister was fighting cancer. Listening to and creating music during that time was really important for me, as a way to cope and deal with everything that was happening. After a long fight, my sister sadly passed away nearly four years ago. I deliberated a lot about deciding whether or not to talk about all of this but ‘Cracks’, although it has gone through a variety of iterations over the past three and bit years, has been my catharsis, and it revolves around grief and all of the ways in which I’ve dealt with the loss of my sister.”

Encompassing how he was feeling at the time, the title track ‘Cracks’ was the first piece he wrote. Deciding this would set the tone of the album, Yip began to use these samples and sounds as the palette for the rest of the tracks. As he continued to write, he focused on resampling and adapting from each previous sketch. Repeated notes, drones and pulses were something he tried to maintain throughout the album, to reflect on his thought processes during this time, and the oddly comforting but often debilitating effect these cycles had when they broke.

“Writing ‘Cracks’ has reinforced my own belief in sampling, resampling, recycling and recreating something out of something else. I sample a lot in music, be it creating my own samples from samples or whatever, and the album has come through this method of thinking. I also worked with one of my good friends Alphabets Heaven on ‘On The Wire’. We worked together solidly over a few sessions to write and record the bass that he played, and that was a process I thoroughly enjoyed; working with someone you know well and trust, and also having them be a part of something that personally means a great deal.”

The ambient tracks on ‘Cracks’ will be collected, along with a new track exclusive to the vinyl, on a limited edition 8” picture disc. The need for a physical format was important to Yip: the track ‘In Passing’ features a recording of Yip’s sister’s voice at the end, one of the only voice memos he had of her on his phone.

“I wanted my sister to be on the record in some way or another. We originally weren’t going to do vinyl for this release, but decided to do this 8” picture disc. Having ‘In Passing’ on vinyl means there is something physical that exists in the world that has my sister’s voice on it.”

@deft
www.2020ldn.com

For more information contact Benjamin Smith
benjamin.smith@echoempire.net // 077 6492 6719

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