Released December 04, 2020

All music written and performed by Richard Haig
Mastered by Sean Price
Artwork by Richard Haig
Art Heist logo by Anthony Mendolia

TREPANATION is the latest album from Richard Haig (and his first since retiring the Panic Bomber moniker). Mostly written in San Francisco during the COVID lockdown, the album consists of dancefloor-adjacent music interspersed with both personally introspective and outwardly political lyrics. The feel of the album trends toward dark, moody songwriting with powerful yet detailed sound design. There are subtle threads of humor throughout the lyrics & music, suggesting that while Richard takes his art seriously, he also has a lot of fun making it.

The title, Trepanation, means to open up a hole in one’s head. Historically this was used by mystics to supposedly release cantankerous spirits or maladies. Here it is being used as a gallows humor way of saying, “Keep an open mind.”

Richard collaborated with Eli Woods on a music video for “Negative Space,” ( https://youtu.be/pNZIt4y_Lio ) shot on location in the Bay Area, which combines crisp digital footage with gritty analog processing for a unique look which perfectly matches the song.

Trepanation

From new age to trance ballads – an hour of dreamy, romantic, and sentimental dance music by Mexico City's Soos.
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https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/mundo-cursi-17th-march-2023

Mundo Cursi w/ Soos 170323

Cosmic selections across boogie, Balearic, and electro with Baltra this month.

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Baltra - October 2023

Regular missives from the Kulør labelhead and powerhouse-trance inducer Courtesy… 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/courtesy/episodes/courtesy-1st-march-2024

Courtesy 010324

Conor Thomas co-runs the Boomkat Editions and The Death Of Rave labels, as well as spinning records all over - including on NTS. Expect choice selections tending towards the grimmer and darker ends of modern electronic music's fringes... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/conor-thomas/episodes/conor-thomas-9th-march-2024

Conor Thomas 090324

A monthly, eclectic road-trip exploring old landmarks and new terrain. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/c-a-r/episodes/c-a-r-1st-april-2024

C.A.R. - On The Slip Road 010424

Selections 53 - Nezzy Idy

SPK - Invocation to Secular Heresies
Art Fact - Rain in the South
Robert Gorl - Queen King
Kym Amps - You Don't Know My Name
Soft Cell - Frustration
Sympathy Nervous - Anatawa Suguni
Crash Course In Science - Near Marineland
Tolerance - Sacrifice
Severed Heads - Always Randy
Job Sifre - Mars Express
Tolouse Low Trax - Sales Pitch
Ortrotasce - Awakenings
Cabaret Voltaire - Landslide
Biosphere - Turned to Stone
Jimmy Scott - Sycamore Trees
This Mortal Coil - Ivy And Neet


https://nezzyidy.bandcamp.com/

Selections 53 - Nezzy Idy

Soundcloud curator-turned-DJ, Grrl, handles the wheel one Thursday each month between two and three in the early morning. Neoprene muffled helium vocals bounce over chrome-addled club soundtracks - an extremely broad spectrum of the internet-born club sound.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/grrl/episodes/grrl-11th-april-2024

GRRL 110424

Whispers from another time, shadows of life transformations and coping phases.  Jiu-Jitsu fights, F1 roars, firework dreams and fluttering hearts.
A chapter to be closed.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/metamorphosis-2024/episodes/metamorphosis-2024-memory-mix-w-myshkyn-eiwen-12th-april-2024

MEMORY MIX W/ MYSHKYN & EIWEN 120424

Cold winds, empty street. Diamondstein presents Night Shift - ambient techno and moody experimental music for night time noir moments. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/diamondstein/episodes/diamondstein-8th-may-2024

Night Shift w/ Diamondstein & PILDORAS TAPES 080524

French songwriter and dream pop explorer Tryphème takes over in a guest slot, selecting music from her new record, as well as tracks from Pavel Milyakov, Anatolian Weapons and more.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/trypheme-7th-june-2024

TRYPHÈME 070624

The Baron

Our Guillotine's Got Chops

Shadows In My Mind

Are Libertarians Just Closet Incels?

Negative Space

fka Panic Bomber
1/3 of @perfectstrangerssf
1/2 of @beyondtheblackholeband
1/2 of @kurtzandbomber

Richard Haig is a San Francisco-based electronic musician who primarily focuses on a dark dance floor foundation with a sinister songwriting sheen. His recent output is club-oriented in form but excels on a stage with energetic performances featuring live vocals and occasional instrumental guests. Fans of Hot Chip, Nine Inch Nails, Maceo Plex, Röyksopp, Radiohead, and Depeche Mode would feel right at home with his output. He is equally comfortable as a performative front man on a festival stage as he is being elusively tucked away in an underground DJ booth.

Having previously released under the name Panic Bomber, Richard Haig is a Scottish-born expat who originally developed his sound in Miami. There he played in multiple touring bands and honed his DJ chops during the annual Winter Music Conference festivals. He stepped away from releasing albums for a few years and returned with a new sound in 2020 with multiple self-released albums under his own Art Heist Records label.

Richard’s previous releases include music on the UK’s Anjunadeep Records, John Digweed’s Bedrock Records, and the Canadian YYZ Records. He has composed for and performed with the New World Symphony Orchestra in 2014 and 2015. Richard has licensed music for Michael Kors and Volkswagen, and was included on an official TRAX Magazine CD (France’s biggest electronic music publication). He has ghost-produced Hype Machine Top 10 remixes of Kanye West, Metronomy, and Phantogram. As a live performer he has played alongside Skream, Skrillex, The Juan Maclean, and MGMT and appeared at festivals such as EDC, Ultra, SXSW, Electric Forest, Hudson Project, Sunfest, Pride Toronto, as well as performing on the Yo Gabba Gabba and La Roux live tours. As a DJ, he was previously a resident and partner of the Slap & Tickle Miami collective and has spun alongside Disclosure, Duke Dumont, Chus & Ceballos, Kaytranada, John Talabot, Detroit Swindle, XXXY, Aeroplane, Jackmaster, Moonboots, Jonas Rathsman, Kaskade, and Ke$ha.

Are Libertarians Just Closet Incels?

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