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HTRK - Give It Up

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HTRK - Blue Sunshine

Final 15 - A Ghostly 15 Playlist Curated by Michael Cina

"Anyone that knows me, knows that my main passion is music. I spend all day listening to music at work and my vinyl collection of 16k pieces greets me when I get home. I knew about Ghostly International before they contacted me in the early 2000’s and we would write off and on. They used to send me big packages of white labeled vinyl, it was decadent.

Late 2007 I got a call from Ghostly asking if I was up for designing a new single for Dabrye. It was a dream come true and I feel like I found a friend who really understood me. I have had the distinct privilege to design over 100 covers for Ghostly, and that is only the half of it.

When they asked me to do a compilation, I was all about it. I wanted to do three or more compilations because I wanted to segment it up into different sections (Ghostly, SMM and Spectral). It is impossible to reduce the entire label to 15 tracks. Ghostly is dynamic, they don’t fit one sound, genre or idea.

So I approached it as a mixtape of sorts. I tried to find a common thread that spoke to me and create a mood around that idea. Some of my favorite tracks are not on here. JDSY 'Horizon Line' makes my head spin. Choir of Young Believers 'Paralyse' takes me to another place. There are so many more.

What you are hearing some songs that have spoken to me over the years in a distinct way. I don’t feel like they are obvious choices but they all are nothing short of amazing. I hope this compilation helps you see a different side of one of the best labels to ever do it." - Michael Cina

Fort Romeau - Your Light

Lusine - By This Sound

The Sight Below - At First Touch

Taken from the new Ben Frost EP - 
'V A R I A N T' - out on vinyl and download on 8 December 2014 through Mute / Bedroom Community  (U.S release dates - Download 9 December / Vinyl 13 January)

The limited edition EP features remixes of tracks taken from the latest album A U R O R A by British producer Evian Christ (following his critically acclaimed Waterfall EP and work with Kanye West); Downward label boss and techno producer Regis (previous remix credits inc. VCMG, Terence Fixmer), Good by Air affiliated experimental artist Dutch E Germ (previous remix credits inc. Fatima Al Qadiri and Mas Ysa); Australian duo HTRK and raster-noton recording artist Kangding Ray.

V A R I A N T :: EP TRACKLISTING
Venter - Evian Christ TF 12” Mix
Venter - Dutch E Germ Remix
Venter - HTRK Remix
No Sorrowing - Kangding Ray Remix
Nolan - Regis Self Medicating Edit


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Ben Frost :: 'Venter' (HTRK Remix)

HTRK – Body Lotion

Body Lotion is a collaboration between Belgium's Sleeperhold Publications, Australian duo HTRK and London-based artist David Ferrando Giraut. The three tracks on the record—"Sugar," "Punch" and the title track, "Body Lotion"—date back to the sessions that led to the band's 2011 album, Work (Work Work). For any HTRK fan, the opportunity to hear three unheard Work (Work Work)-era tracks is reason for both celebration and reflection. Two of the songs feature the unmistakable basslines of Sean Stewart, who died in 2010, before Work (Work Work) was released. 

Both "Sugar" and "Punch" were recorded live in HTRK's London rehearsal room, the then trio of Jonnine Standish, Nigel Lee-Yang and Sean Stewart. On "Sugar," Jonnine's voice smolders through smeared drums and Sean's bassline. "Punch" is spare and confessionary; "Body Lotion" is suggestive, winking and bruised, a trademark HTRK hook submerged beneath the murk. All three tracks mutated from the recording sessions that ultimately led to Work (Work Work) track "Slo Glo." While they all stand as striking individual songs, they share subtle elements in common—a lyrical idea here, some guitar parts there. 

David Ferrando Giraut's distinctive artwork adorns Body Lotion's sleeve and one side of the wax. (All three tracks feature on the record's A-side.) The Spanish artist has a deep and intimate connection to HTRK—he was living with Nigel in London at a time when Sean would visit to sketch out songs in Nigel's tiny room. They've collaborated before, too: Jonnine has narrated and appeared in some of his films, while Nigel has provided the music. Giraut's previous installations have often carried a musical lean—he's used LP covers and turntables in the past—and he's found a rich stream of creative inspiration in music's ability to create meaning and change in memory and behaviour.

This year has seen HTRK return with Psychic 9-5 Club, a bold and triumphant album, one that marked the beginning of a new era for Nigel and Jonnine. Body Lotion presents a beautiful, bittersweet glimpse into the recent past. 

About Sleeperhold Publications:

Sleeperhold is a Belgian-based publication platform. It's aim: to produce ten outputs, spanning different realms of the arts, and then cease to exist. Its current project is a run of ten vinyl records—HTRK's 12-inch follow previous efforts from Tropic Of Cancer, Moon Duo and Disappears. Before the vinyl series, Sleeperhold put out a photobook, a poster set, a deck of cards and short stories. They say: "There is no recurring theme, there is no recurring format, there is no recurring audience."

SHP #5.4: HTRK - Body Lotion

Taken from 'Drama' Single by HTRK, out July 6, 2018.

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Drama

HTRK - Mentions

Originally aired on NTS.live - Wednesday, FEBRUARY 27 / 2019 

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/boy-harsher-27th-february-2019

~ TRACK LIST ~

1.) HTRK - Poison (Mika Vainio Remix)
2.) Lucy Cliché - Waves on Road 
3.) Shakti - The Awakening
4.) Severed Heads - Jetlag
5.) Keluar - Panguna
6.) Public Relations - Public Relations
7.) Multiple Man - Power Fantasy 
8.) Grauzone - Film 2
9.) Qual - Cyber Care
10.) Hante - Unknown (feat. Sólveig Matthildur) 
11.) Lower Tar - Stung
12.) Ninos Du Brasil - Aromobates
13.) Puce Mary - To Possess Is To Be In Control
14.) Destroying Angel - Stumbled Through The Years

NTS MIX - BOY HARSHER

"Panopticon!" is a new project by Dreamcrusher. It is the 38th release by the artist. Recorded January 2020 through April 2020. Design/Artwork by Dreamcrusher. Music by Dreamcrusher. Cover photo by AF Cortes. Released by Purple Tape Pedigree. Dreamcrusher.bandcamp.com

Panopticon!

"Panopticon!" (FULL) 2020

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