Morgan Hislop - Smitten

MORGAN HISLOP - SMITTEN EP

Morgan Hislop - Smitten EP - Released Friday 11th December 2015

Pre-order the EP here: http://smarturl.it/SmittenEP-iT

Dummy Mag ' Glistening and starbound, ‘Smitten’ pulses with kicks and rollicking snares, plasma synths taking hold with columning sub-bass for an expansive, voidsome feel; soft arpeggios introduce us to new dynamics with stuttering chords and a horizon-melting synth solo, all of it ornamented with a vocal snip played with as if it were putty.'

Pre-order the EP here: http://smarturl.it/SmittenEP-iT

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"The instrumental for "A Heat That Melts The Thoughts In Your Head" was in parts for such a long time. I love constructing certain guidelines and rules with songs, and this I wanted to be a really tight call-and-response structure within all the melodies throughout. A lot of the drums were entire loops of live drums I was reshuffling about. The title of the track, much like a lot of my songs is a quote from a certain American author. But that is a secret who exactly..

After my single on Activia Benz came out, me and Ducky got chatting online and we started collaborating on a load of different work. I designed the artwork for her releases with B.YRSLF and Nest HQ, and more recently a compilation with US based art collective Net Elite. She's really inspiring and super productive. I genuinely love her productions and releases so it's easy to create something based on the audio. She shot this vocal for "A Heat...." over a half-finished beat almost immediately, and I agonised over how to finish the track around it. The lyrics work perfectly with the concept of the EP, the whole song sounds like friction in a relationship slowly building. Itchy synths and skittering hihats with a bittersweet performance from Ducky.

The track's artwork is one of seven images I produced as a personification for each track that follows my design and artistic style pretty closely, but realised in photographic form."



Morgan Hislop - A Heat That Melts The Thoughts In Your Head - Feat - Ducky

Taken from Smitten EP - Released Friday 11th December 2015 on Phone Home Records.

Pre-order the EP here: http://smarturl.it/SmittenEP-iT

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