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Vancouver resident, Drama Hands co-founder and underground club scholar Colin Moir, aka Spurz, is a proverbial diamond in the rough. With a very short CV, and a very low-key approach in his Drama Hands biz, he nevertheless emerges mid-2014 as a fully formed artist.

One that is almost invaluable in hinting at the stylistic expanse that is Tessier-Ashpool’s polymorphic ‘machine music doctrine’. He repurposes eski grime, jungle, Night Slugs inflections, ‘ardkore and Detroit electro into his own proprietary ‘club weapon’ model, wholly inspired by Vancouver’s gritty downtown and illegal after-hours. Created almost entirely from heavily modified samples, his TAR debut, “Urban Deity”, is built around a concept so elaborate that it borders on academic thesis. From the man himself: “It’s an ode to that delusion of youthful invincibility, and both the hubris and ecstasy inherent in feeling like you run everything. Designer sneakers and gaudy jewelry set against black technical fabric. Lush green foliage set against polished black marble. High gloss against matte. Excess.”

Opener “Black Locks” is a rolling, modern take on oldskool electro, intense and ever-escalating (almost literally, via its barrel-drum pitch-ups), possessed of the same spirit as recent offerings by the likes of Maelstrom, Atix, or Renaissance Man. “Growth Structure” is an unhinged drum track, always seemingly bursting at the seams with abyssal fervor, before resolving into lush synth whines. In its latter half, faithful to its title, it grows into a crystalline, dreamy Jersey club (-ish) ballad, punctuated by joyful sax slurs. “Slave Texture” is a metallic-piano-driven, eski-click-ridden hard techno/grime hybrid that slowly degrades into vitreous rhythmic noise pornography. Closer “Stepworks” is the EP’s definitive epitome of stylistic collage, blending Jersey club mainstays, grime clap patterns and electro sequences into a final product that, curiously, most alludes to heyday jock jams.

Back to Spurz again: “It’s all about working to build something bigger, something dangerous, in an inverse parallel to everything else.” And big and dangerous it is. Proceed with caution.

Tracklist:
1. Black Locks
2. Growth Structure
3. Slave Texture
4. Stepworks

Written, produced and mastered by @Spurz.
Artwork by @LIARinth and Borealis.

Spurz - Black Locks

Spurz - Growth Structure

Spurz - Stepworks

This a dub of one of my favorite tracks of 2014 from @loomsounds; "Rain Falls Hard Here" from his '"Grade" EP on @gobstopper-records

Video courtesy of @thelevelsareveryhigh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbxhuyWu1ig&feature=youtu.be

Loom - Rain Falls Hard Here (Spurz 'No Umbrella' Dub)

Druid Cloak - The Tusk (Translated By Spurz)

Little bootleg of one of my favorite tracks, been sitting around doin' nothing. 

Goons in the club!

Moleskin - Turnt On (Spurz 'Cold Shower' Bootleg)

DOWNLOAD

Nine Hundred Bells (Brief History)

"Roto-Tiller" taken from my debut LP 'Loud Futures' on @apothecary-compositions

Loud Futures

Digital/Cassette

Roto-Tiller

"Cavern" taken from my debut LP 'Loud Futures' on @apothecary-compositions

Cavern

Outs to JoeFarr.

Grab the original via User Experience: https://joefarr.bandcamp.com/album/ux-001

JoeFarr - Dont Be Afraid (Spurz Remix)*FREE DL*

A collection of B-sides and orphaned loose ends from the 'Loud Futures' sessions.

Album art by Vanessa Wong.

Buy/DL

Nearer Still

Mimicry

Vexed 2 Rest On U

Paper Crane

Remix of @redhookgrainterminal's "Inorganic 04" on @panatype (remix album in 'Buy' link)

Original album: https://panatype.bandcamp.com/album/inorganic

Red Hook Grain Terminal - Inorganic 04 (Spurz remix)

Spurz - That1

Taken from the album: Aufect X - 10 Years of Aufect
Aufect Recordings 
Out Dec 6th, 2018 worldwide.

"That1" is my contribution to the forthcoming 'Ten Years Of @aufect-recordings' compilation. Written around the same time as my album 'Drifter' (which was released on Aufect earlier in 2018), I'm very pleased to have it on a track list filled with good friends like @sinistarr, @drjeep and @greazus and a whole host of other amazingly talented artists!

Keep an eye on www.aufectrecordings.bandcamp.com for more details!

Aufect X

Aufect X - Ten Years of Aufect

Spurz - That1 [Forthcoming Aufect]

My remix of "Angels" by The xx, off of the upcoming album Coexist.

If you like it, download it and share it!

Follow Spurz on Twitter: www.twitter.com/spurzmusic
Facebook: www.facebook.com/spurzmusic

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The xx-Angels (Spurz remix)

Producer/DJ/Label head (https://soundcloud.com/dramahands)

Spurz is a DJ and producer whose music threads together echoes of various musical disciplines to create a voice that is uniquely his own. His productions and remixes have been supported by the likes of SBTRKT, Mumdance, and Kastle, with his albums and EPs being applauded by Mixmag – who chose 'Loud Futures' as an Album Of The Month (goo.gl/3egj99) – and more.

As a selector, Spurz eschews a focus on a singular genre or sound in favor of finding interesting ways to connect the dots and build energy by pulling from a combination of experience and expansive knowledge, evidenced in his sets on NTS, Radar, Rinse France and Tim & Barry’s Just Jam.

Apart from his personal music endeavors is Drama Hands, a DIY label he co-pilots with long time friend Jesse Rhodes. Originally started in a basement as club night born out of bleak nightlife options in Edmonton, Canada, the label has blossomed into a platform for emerging artists with a roster focused on inclusion and diversity, echoed in the vast variety of music the label plays host to.

Bookings: booking@onthesly.co
Remixes/etc: spurzmusic@gmail.com

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