When London quartet Sons of Kemet released its debut album 'Burn' last year (out now on Naim), no one could have predicted the impact that it made. The band won a MOBO, featured on many 'Albums of the Year' and 'Best Of' lists from iTunes to the Quietus and gained a reputation for incendiary live shows. Unsurprisingly, remixes started to appear, but two in particular caught the eagle eyes of their record label Naim. Rather than consign these masterful reinterpretations to the digital domain, Naim decided to go one step better and release the tracks on vinyl. 

'Going Home' was the Sons of Kemet track in question and to sidestep conformity even more, it was decided to release the remixes on a 45rpm 12” inch single, with a remix on a side each, and not to include the original (this was a difficult decision of course, being very fond of the original too). And so White on Black was born: a series of 45rpm 12” singles on heavyweight black wax, all of which will be limited and numbered to 300 copies. In the true spirit of the white label culture that inspired the series, 'Going Home' will be the first of these special releases.

Side A - Blludd Relations is a collaboration between producer Bullion (best known for his work on Young Turks and his very own DEEK label) and Jesse Hackett (multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer with Brownswood’s Owiny Sigoma Band/Elmore Judd and one half of Pipe Down! a bi-weekly show on NTS Radio). Together they make daring, alternative pop of the highest order and this tune, using 'Going Home' as a foundation, but building with more electronic architectural daring (and ringing telephones), is no exception.

Side B - Hello Skinny is acclaimed producer/composer alter-ego of Tom Skinner (who is one of two drummers that can be found in Sons Of Kemet), and here boldly employs his signature use of hypnotic rhythm alongside cuts of dexterous horn from the original 'Going Home' to create a progressive concoction of world music and 2-step!

Expect equally brilliant collaborative experimental and electronic gems that need to be championed (but a digital release just won’t cut it) from White On Black in the future.  
White On Black Vol. 1 is out digitally and on ltd numbered 180g 12” 45rpm single from 24th November 2014 on Naim.

Catch Sons Of Kemet at XOYO in London on 29th Oct 2014 (last London show of the year). Buy tickets here: http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/sons-kemet-xoyo/

Pre-order the 12" single of 'White On Black Vol.1' here: http://www.naimlabel.com/recording-white-on-black-vol-1.aspx 


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Going Home (Hello Skinny Remix)

Sound of Rum - Best Intentions (Crewdson Remix)

Taken from the forthcoming album 'Brutalist' which is due for release on 10th January 2025.

"London-based composer and artist Robert Logan returns with Brutalist, a profound two-hour narrative of sonic exploration on Slowfoot Records. With 24 tracks spanning clinical dub techno, IDM, ambient, and electroacoustic experimentation, Brutalist is both vast and meticulously detailed—a stunning fusion of minimalism and cinematic texture." [Rendah Mag]

'Brutalist' marks the return of prodigious electronic producer Robert Logan, with his first full album on Slowfoot since 2016’s 'Flesh Decomposed'. Jumping from clinical dub techno to ambient, IDM and electro to leftfield electroacoustic experiments, Logan’s usual electronic / symphonic inspirations and ambitions are felt heavily yet are married to something new - a strange, driving minimalism sits at the core of this body of work. 

'Brutalist' is a potent, labyrinthine experience, containing 24 tracks recorded and produced over a 13-year period. This is ugly sounds sounding beautiful, impossible combinations working as music. Massive, monolithic structures emerging through rain, compositions demanding simultaneous introversion and dancing in underground bunkers. Music for after the fallout - a future reborn, remade from the elements. 

Just as Brutalism emerged in the aftermath of World War Two as an architectural statement of positive intent, an affirmation of the potential of human endeavour and of rebuilding the future after the horror and destruction that preceded it, so 'Brutalist' is a testament to the indomitable soul's capacity to rebuild amidst profound devastation. Robert Logan, faced with a crucible of severe chronic health difficulties, transmuted the pain into finishing an album, emerging with a retrospective work that reflects the spirit of architectural Brutalism – stark, raw, yet strangely beautiful. Amongst other sufferings, Logan suffered a devastating sound accident at the beginning of 2020 and spent lockdown battling catastrophic tinnitus, and this record is his attempt to revive from and appropriate the new difficulty. 

This latest addition to Logan’s oeuvre may be his most daring and experimental yet. It is infused with the same exploratory DNA as his inspirations - ranging from Aphex Twin and 20th-century classical music to Autechre, Photek, and more - but his sound remains undeniably his own. 

A mysterious, unassuming artist, Logan released his first solo album 'Cognessence', aged 19, to critical acclaim in 2007. Mary Anne Hobbs described the music on his debut as “absolutely outstanding… impossible to quantify”, with BBC Experimental calling Logan “…something of a prodigy… a man that is already showing a maturity and a musical/textural understanding that many simply never find.” Since then, Logan has carved out an unconventional career dictated by his ambition to explore the mental spaces sound can conjure. Aside from his impressive slew of solo albums and EP’s, he has made two albums with ambient guru Steve Roach and worked on album projects with heavyweights such as Grace Jones, Brian Eno, Morcheeba, and, most recently, John Grant on his latest album 'The Art of The Lie'.

Brutalist

Microstates

Robert Logan - Microstates [Rendah Mag Premiere]

Soccer96 "Megadrive Lamborghini" - Boiler Room Debuts

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Download: Soccer96 - Megadrive Lamborghini (Simbad dub)

"Newcomer Real has been causing a stir recently with his warm, soulful 2-step style. He strips down and rebuilds the original into a beautifully melodic number. Time stretching and manipulating the vocals, (as well as re-recording and restyling a few himself) over sweeping synths and skittery drums, Real shows the full force of his creative potential. One to keep your eye on. " little remix i did for studio rockers.

Jazzsteppa - Overdoser (real remix) forthcoming - studio rockers

Snorkel - Dead Skin [Crewdson remix]

Taken from Crewdson - 'Gravity Remixes EP'

Also features remixes from Snorkel, Alphabets Heaven, Real and a new Crewdson track-'Bent Measure'.

Crewdson-Electric Wing [Hello Skinny Remix]

Days And Nights At The Takeaway 4: April

Download here - http://thetakeaway.bandcamp.com/album/days-and-nights-at-the-takeway-4-april

Released by 
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Seb Rochford & Jehst-Seven Nine Zulu (Hello Skinny remix)

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Smash + Grab [Mix Tape]

Taken from the forthcoming album 'Under an East Coast Moon', which will be released on CD / Digital download on 4th March 2013 via Brownswood Recordings. An alternative “discomix” version of the album will be released on 180 gram one piece vinyl.

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Slowfoot is a South London based record label that explores the boundaries between popular and experimental music.

"There really aren’t that many labels around that will smash you with shards of electro bolshiness one minute, soothe you with tuba loops the next and then allow you to fully embrace the jazz fiend inside moments later; but Slowfoot manage it and it make it seem like the most normal thing ever". [Rock A Rolla]

"...in the last decade Slowfoot's roster of acts and releases has coalesced into an eclectic home for music that might otherwise fall between cracks, but always hits the groove." [The Wire]

"Slowfoot Records is fast becoming one of England's foremost purveyors of essential experimental soundscapes, putting out records that utilise wildly innovative recording processes to make future-music built on the recognisable foundations of genres such as jazz, dub and electronica." [Experimusic]

"The South London-based label procure a wealth of experimental and boundary-shoving talent, with all the fine artists on the label carving their own individual style - yet somehow sharing a similar ethos, a collection consciousness based somewhere in leftfield. Slowfoot bridge the multi-layered gap between old school kraut-jams and afro-beat, with contemporary electronica stylings." [The 405]


The current roster includes -

Soccer96
Phall Fatale
The Grip
Hello Skinny
Sebastian Rochford/Pamelia Kurstin
Snorkel
Monkey Puzzle Trio
Crewdson
Robert Logan
Oren Marshall
Charles Stuart
Crackle
Charley Marlowe

Forthcoming releases -

Crewdson - 'Toys' [LP/CD/DL]
Soccer96 - 'As Above So Below' [LP/CD/DL]
Robert Logan - 'Flesh Decomposed' [DL]


Robert Logan - Microstates [Rendah Mag Premiere]

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