CHERRYSTONES PRESENTS CRITICAL MASS
Splinters From The Worldwide New-Wave, Post-Punk and Industrial Underground 1978 - 1984

Touch Sensitive Records | TSR002
Monday 25th May
CD / DL / 2xLP
14 Tracks
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Eight years have passed since Cherrystones stayed true to his Word and pulled together the sympathetic sounds of the psychedelic ghetto. We’ve reached Critical Mass and we need to wipe the slate clean.

London’s best kept secret, Cherrystones has been on the underground scene for a while. People kinda speak of his grooved-out genius in hushed whispers.

You might have clocked his genre-busting album of Cherry Edits? Or when he closed down the final night of ATP after a decade long residency? Or when his jams pricked up the ears of a certain Creation Records label boss and he flirted with the mainstream? Or when the heat moved from London to NYC which saw our man deliver an epic Morricone-inspired LP while spending time as DJ Harvey’s sole label-mate. You might be following his endless list of production and remix work for the likes of Goat, The Horrors and Hospital Productions or caught him opening and closing shows at the request of Faust, Sunn 0))), The Oh Sees, Moon Duo, Chrome, Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, Kutmah...

Or maybe you just know him from a night in a club with Cherrystones - where his distinctive ability to blend Italian film soundtracks, garage fuzz, krautrock and punk and translate them into a hip hop context defies categorisation.

"...As long as it makes people move on the floor, I'm into it. I've been running a rescue home for the culturally starved and ignored - a sonic soup kitchen within a philanthropic playground. That's the vibe"

On Critical Mass, Cherrystones tunes us in to fourteen groups separated by locale but united by a restless urge to create on their own terms. 
From Rizzo’s nihilistic Moogie-boogie to a pre-teen Chandra’s isolated no-wave. Through Dojoji’s Downtown-via-Lagos inspired punk-funk and Fote’s dark, industrial groove, Critical Mass presents a snapshot of an international underground enthralled with the possibility of the new.

“This compilation was put together through records I was enjoying at that time - loose chips, fragmented discoveries, random punts and the true excitement from that hit of “What the fuck is that?!”
It is an exercise in the good and the rad - solid jams from all corners of the world.
A veritable platter to switch on the uninitiated or those who hear and feel the truth - it is not an exercise in rarity to make people feel alienated.

I know what I feel and I hear the messages and feel the vibrations in these very songs - as will you if you allow them to”

In a world in search of an instant authentic buzz - this compilation is not a five second internet high. It is alchemy - made out of blood and sweat, and pure knowledge on how to make people move.
Don't you think you are worth it? Let Cherrystones shake your bones.
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Words on Critical Mass:

“Cherrystones has rabidly dug through decades of twisted cables and dusty circuits to present a collection of wonderfully obscure yet utterly essential tracks from the dark recesses of a place and time where innovation was a priority and boundaries were non-existent.”
Trevor Jackson

“Next to Weatherall, Cherrystones knows more about music than anyone I know. These killer post-punk rarities are a must for anyone who thinks they've heard it all but obviously hasn’t…”
David Holmes

“Critical Mass perfectly captures that electric moment when punk mutated into apocalyptic, synapse-shredding, cyborg grooves.”
Steven Krakow - Plastic Crimewave / Galactic Zoo Dossier

“Start to finish this compilation is a monster. Once again, Cherrystones makes me feel like I don’t know a thing about ‘post-wave-industrial’ or records in general.”
Gaslamp Killer

“Tough beats and synthetics run throughout Critical Mass. I’ve been Cherrystoned.”
Tom Furse - The Horrors

Dojoji: Quincunx

22 is a collection of songs from various styles including edm, dark trap, phonk, rock and more! 
I wrote this for anyone who has been a fan over the years thank you so much for the support
and I hope you found a track within that you like, possibly the whole thing. 
More to come for now enjoy 22. 
Thanks so much for listening. 

bring the voodoo (prod. Zamaxx x LeroyKayy)

Sturdy

"The Kloom were not a one-day-band... They did it because it was there, all around them.
Whether we like it or not, The Kloom surrounds us, envelopes us, makes us confess that it really exists. 
And you, sitting now in front of this screen, you are literally touching the Kloom, an illusion that in its exceptional complexity makes you feel like you have the option of joining the other 20,000 newcomers.
The Kloom were: Nitay, Nadav, Nadav, Martin and Lucas.
Who will be credited for future Kloom productions? no one knows. Is there even a point in that sort of thing? It just doesn't really matter, because its too fun to bath in Kloom..."

40 Gram Beton

A1_The Kloom - 40 Gram_Beton_(original mix)

Arad Sdom is taken from Alek Lee's self-released sophmore EP, Gever Amiti (Real Man). Recorded by Alek Lee, along with guitar from Gabriel Broid. 

Arad Sdom is out now, read more and check out the video clip here: http://bit.ly/alekstw

Alek Lee - Arad Sdom (STW Premiere)

Working with yet-to-be-discovered Scottish artists as well as established and revered acts like Justin Robertson and Tom Blip who have already graced Palms’ DJ decks, no other track summed up Paradise Palms' mission in 2017 quite like ‘I See You In The Shrubs’ by Edinburgh enigma Eyes of Others. 

A woozy, pulsing jam; equal parts of nervous energy and stoned groove - ‘Shrubs’ immediately received a cosign from Paris’ Les Yeux Orange and made its way into a highly respectable group of DJs' sets. Andrew Weatherall has since taken things a big step further and reworked ‘Shrubs’ into a sprawling 8 minute journey of his own, backed by live drums and deep sub-bass.

Available on limited edition 12'' vinyl, pre order link above.

More from Eyes of Others
https://soundcloud.com/eyesofothers

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For more than half a decade Alexander Dorn has shaken electronic sounds, stirring shapes and forms as Credit 00 that adhere to few genre tags. His Bordello A Parigi debut is no exception. The alumnus of Uncanny Valley and Ratlife arrives with four tracks under the banner of The Cosmic Funk collection. Drawing on a spectrum of influences, the Leipzig based musician melts reimagined house with broken beats, blends Eastern acid aromatics with jazz abstractions and achieves a sound that is stunningly unique. Within this sonic cocktail you’ll also encounter dashes of samples, a peppery head of 90s anthems and a liberal glug of freestyle funk. A one of a kind record from a one of a kind artist.

https://soundcloud.com/bordelloaparigi

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Paradise Palms Records, located in the clouds above Paradise Palms is a label devoted to emerging electronica, loose dance music and cosmic bangers. Now celebrating their 50th release the label have been part of the music scene in the capital for 7 years, championing acts across the electronic genre on home turf and around the world.

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