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Somewhere along the edge

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Coincidence

COINCIDENCE

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/06/transit

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Nue - Transit

Buy on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/scorpio/1347213
Buy on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scorpio/id900346398
Buy on Juno: http://www.junodownload.com/products/liar-scorpio/2536756-02
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Buy on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Scorpio-Liar/dp/B00LYF7OWC
Buy on IM: http://infinitemachine.bandcamp.com/album/im025-liar-scorpio
Buy on Kudos: http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/IM025/Liar_Scorpio

Liar has flirted with club music throughout the entirety of his output – he’s touched on every conceivable genre and BPM, in the process accumulating quite the arsenal of trax that could warm up a rave, sustain it at peak time, or cool it down at 5 AM. But it’s always been an afterthought in the grand design of his shape-shifting auteur approach. With “Scorpio”, however, Liar intends to quit teasing the club and make her an honest woman.

That being said, his commitment is by no means monogamous. Not content to allow himself to be overly influenced by any particular sound that has graced his DJ sets over the past couple of years, he crossbreeds the exponential club innovations of Night Slugs in the wake of “Classical Curves”, the uncompromising vibrancy of the Parisian scene, and the escapism of the UK rave. Grime, jungle, ballroom, metal drumming, new wave, Eurodance, industrial, EBM, jock jams and the kitchen sink also inform the mélange. This is no mere pastiche reel, however. As an inherent geographical outlier, Liar is uniquely positioned to have a truly universal perspective on all the musical languages he incorporates, and he leverages this into an almost academic, yet highly personal oeuvre. Conceptually driven and titled by his ascendant zodiac sign, “Scorpio”, like its namesake, is probing, passionate, precise, powerful, and sometimes precarious.

Opener “Hyper-Ego” is equal parts grime tour-de-force, avant-pop, and machine music masterclass. The clap-happy formula and narcissistic aesthetic of Liar’s earlier “Alpha” beast is revisited and revised, diva house vox are cleverly repurposed, the production reins are held taut, and a resplendent, bleeding edge anthem emerges.

“Key Party” is a distilment of countless snippets of keygen music and General MIDI classics into a cohesive retrofuturist operetta, adorned with frenzied rave vox and Fairlight-era samples, all of it tethered to a brutalist techno/ballroom hybrid.

The cheekily-titled “Club Medz” is subtly elegiac in tone, serenading towards the balcony of drug culture from the terra firma of club culture. An 808 provides the rhythmic foundation atop which acoustic kicks pound away, seemingly affixed to a robotic metalhead drummer’s double pedal, while submerged strings relentlessly bellow and Middle Eastern Korg M1 licks provide the counterpoint.

The oriental flavor pervades well into “Ha-REM”, itself also a double pedal pounder. Starting of as a molecular deconstruction of “ha tracks”, it explicitly mourns the demise of their novelty via its pitched-ha-crash-marche-funèbre, before erupting into an almost peerless drum workout, only to segue into the most poignantly emotional moment of EP. Its VIP is wholly suprematist, stripping it to its bare bones, unearthing a bold and tenebrous club tool.

Closer “The Ballad of Scorpio” exists somewhere within the triangle of Detroit electro, world-beat and freestyle arena breaks. It is built around a vocoded stanza of one of Liar’s own poems - “Muzzled gun and hidden knife./Father’s milk and bits of coal./I am the evil in your life./I am the good inside your soul.” – which quite aptly sums up the spirit of the EP.

On the remix tip, Foba reworks “Key Party” into trapstyle house, injecting tribal NY groove and toning down the brutality. Conversely, Spurz ramps said brutality up to 11 for his acidic “Key Bump” club weapon edit.

An ode to past, a testament of the future, and a commentary on both, “Scorpio” is Liar’s present for the present. Raise your head if you believe.

Early support from Bok Bok (Night Slugs), SPF666 (Club Chemtrail) and Ra’s Al Fatale (Gang Fatale).

Tracklist:
1. Hyper-Ego
2. Key Party
3. Club Medz
4. Ha-REM
5. Ha-REM VIP
6. Key Party (Foba Remix)
7. Key Party (Spurz ‘Key Bump’ Edit)
8. The Ballad of Scorpio

Written, produced and mastered by Liar.
Artwork by Andronis.

Liar - Club Medz

Originally released in 2010 (MEDIC19), subsequently re-released in 2012 as part of "Medical Mix" (MEDIC31) mixed by Joe Syntax.

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Few artists can say they released their debut album at the age of 19, even fewer can say they redefined what is possible within their genre. Bop, however, simultaneously achieved both with the release of his debut "Clear Your Mind" on Med School in the summer of 2009. He has carved out an unparalleled ice-cold sound by taking the rudimentary elements of drum+bass and effortlessly fusing them with ambient techno, IDM and minimal dubstep.

Now Med School is delighted to present five stunning re-interpretations of choice tracks from "Clear Your Mind", as some of the biggest innovators in drum+bass further enhance and amplify Bop's creations. First up on remix duty is Blu Mar Ten with an epic adaptation of "Nothing Makes Any Sense", characterised by outstanding organic drum programming, rapturous vocal melodies and a growling reese. "Tears Of A Lonely Metaphysician" is next in line as Lynx + Hellrazor stamp their authority on the opening track from Bop's debut album. The script is well and truly flipped, taking the dancefloor on a deep and dark journey with seemingly endless progressions and massive attention to detail.

Russian counterpart Subwave supplies deadly new rhythms on "Song About My Dog". The divine lead from the original remains in full effect, now underpinned by trademark Subwave beats and a brand new bassline progression to get down to. If that wasn't enough, we wrap up the EP with two remixes of "Enjoy The Moment". The first is a rolling amen rinse-out by Thinnen, the iambop.com remix competition winner, who edged out hundreds of other entrants by striking the perfect balance between elements of Bop's original and his own deep sliding bassline and breaks. The second is a heart-rending and melancholic dubstep rendition from fellow Saint-Petersburg urbanite Unquote, featuring chilling vocals and sumptuous strings.

Bop has revolutionised perceptions of music at 170bpm, these remixes are destined to push the boundaries even further and add to the lengthy list of support Bop has already received right across the musical spectrum from the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, Christian Martin (Dirty Bird Records), Marcus Intalex, London Elektricity, Instra:mental, dBridge, Nerm & D-Code, Skream, Resident Advisor, DJ Mag, Knowledge, ATM and many many more.

Bop - Enjoy The Moment (Unquote remix)

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The Pleasure District label returns for the its fifth release, the stable  was previously yhome to Heart Drive aka dBridge and Kid Drama but the gates have been opened for Fractu: re and vocalist Lucie La Mode, with one collaboration with the aforementioned Kid Drama. The release opens with Remember The Time Feat Lucie La Mode, the track itself is reminiscent of a soundtrack work by Vangelis whilst La Mode’s vocal adds a warmth to proceedings. The second track is a collab with Kid Drama and marries some very disparate elements in the vein of previous Pleasure District releases, keeping the musical pallette open and yet achieving cohesion at the same time. 

Fracture - Remember The Time Ft Lucie La Mode *Clip*

Utopia bay from 'Somewhere along the edge'

This is a track from my new album - see the full playlist.
Each track is dedicated to someone who lives fully at the edge of life—explorers, artists, travellers, thinkers...
This is dedicated to the amazing artist, technologist, fellow cellist, drone pilot, underwater photographer and more importantly, friend, Eric Cheng.
http://echengphoto.com/index

iTunes
https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fitun.es%2Fus%2F1S4Teb
bandcamp
http://philipsheppard.bandcamp.com/…/somewhere-along-the-ed…
spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0KSXenlBFphVYFhAPgLSwU

Follow Me To The Deep (for Eric Cheng)

This is a track from my new album - see the full playlist.
Each track is dedicated to someone who lives fully at the edge of life—explorers, artists, travellers, thinkers...
This is dedicated to the amazing adventurer Dean Potter for whom I wrote a score for his slacklining exploits:
https://vimeo.com/groups/109135/videos/21276250
iTunes
https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fitun.es%2Fus%2F1S4Teb
bandcamp
http://philipsheppard.bandcamp.com/…/somewhere-along-the-ed…
spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0KSXenlBFphVYFhAPgLSwU

Man on Wire (For Dean Potter)

You will fly (for Professor Brian Cox)

Wilderness Runner (for David Yakos)

This is a track from my new album - see the full playlist.
Each track is dedicated to someone who lives fully at the edge of life—explorers, artists, travellers, thinkers...
This is dedicated to the amazing climber Renan Ozturk with whom I worked on numerous short films as well as the wonderful Meru.
iTunes
https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fitun.es%2Fus%2F1S4Teb
bandcamp
http://philipsheppard.bandcamp.com/…/somewhere-along-the-ed…
spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0KSXenlBFphVYFhAPgLSwU

At the edge of life (for Renan Ozturk)

SIRIUSMO - "Lastdear"

Strings Track

Given the absurd heat in the UK right now and the rediscovering of this gorgeous sample from the windows 95 system sounds, I had to make this somewhat languid tune. Enjoy the free download everyone! :D

Start (Windows 95)

From the recently released mini-album "Golden Age of Alpinism", out now on Sparkwood Records.
https://sparkwoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/golden-age-of-alpinism

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Queensway - Healing
Release date: 8th April 2013
Label: http://soundcloud.com/blumartenmusic

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Queensway - Healing [Out now on Blu Mar Ten Music]

Philip Sheppard is a composer, virtuoso cellist, public speaker, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences member, Royal Academy of Music professor, electric cello pioneer and creative innovator. 
Philip has composed 60+ film, television and theatrical scores, including the Star Wars Force Awakens Comic Con trailer. 
Philip has performed with music legends, including, Scott Walker, Jimmy Page, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie and Jarvis Cocker. 
For the 2012 London Olympics, Philip conducted, rearranged and edited all 206 national anthems for the winners’ ceremonies.

Follow Me To The Deep (for Eric Cheng)

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