From our new album out NOW!  thebigbelieve.bandcamp.com It's an indie pop, synth rock, new wave mock meets bubblegum-punk, math funk, synth pop spunk ROMP!

The Exceeder

Melodic dream pop, often with a punk energy.  "JUGGERNAUT" out now.  The single "TANIA WAS A TRUTH TELLER" feat. Todd Fancey of THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS also available on 7".  "DOT TO DOT TO DOT" mixed by MITCH EASTER.  All from our Bandcamp.

I breathed a sigh of relief/That shook the mountain down”
Riz Maslen has had an extraordinary career so far – playing live at Coachella and the Montreaux Jazz Festival, composing for Kew Gardens and the English National Opera, and releasing work on a who’s who of independent labels including R&S/Apollo, Oxygen Music Works and Ninja Tune.
First marked out as a trip hop artist by critics, Riz Maslen had actually arrived in London from the West Country where she had been playing in several indie bands.
The story of her involvement with Future Sound of London and The Beloved at the inception of acid house is well-documented, as is her loan-funded move into production and subsequent releases on R&S, Oxygen Music Works and Ninja Tune.
But scratch beyond those beginnings and an extraordinary trajectory emerges – of an artist building an aesthetic that breathes both electronically and organically, in which can be heard jazz, folk, psychedelia and post-rock, alongside those electronics, samples and field recordings which characterise her early output.
Beyond the musical, those early incorporations of field recordings and found sounds have developed into audio artworks including installations for Kew Gardens and The Southbank Centre.
And beyond the aural, her work has frequently included or required visual elements, both still and moving – in fact, La Prochaine Fois (2001) was both an audio CD and a film directed by Maslen that screened at Sundance.
Now homed in St Leonards On Sea, she has completed her sixth Neotropic studio album, formed improvisation super group Non Blank with Oliver Cherer, Jack Hayter and Darren Morris, and collaborated with Zeroh for several festivals.
Often intensely personal, her focus on honesty in performance makes her a compelling live act.

#lofi #triphop #indietronic

Music is the universal language, and those who speak it fluently create new words for us all to use. 

Artists struggle at times to collaborate even if they know each other, but Tripoint area producer Max is taking those efforts to a new level. 
Under the project name XNM, uploads a number of raw files and unfinished ideas to Soundcloud and puts out an open invitation: 
Any and all musicians who are willing to add to the sounds can do so, even if they are complete strangers. 
The creations are compiled into a series of singles, with four installments being released thus far.

The Exceeder

The Big Believe