After a seven-year hiatus, Bang Gang is back with a brand new album - The Wolves Are Whispering. This release represents some of Bardi Johannsson’s finest work to date and runs the gamut of human emotion - here you can hear Bardi’s darkest lyrics, but also his most heartwarming. The record features the talents of guest writers and vocalists Keren Ann, Helen Marnie (Ladytron), Bloodgroup and Jofridur Akadottir (Samaris, Pascal Pinon) and the songs, written over a period of seven years, were finalised and produced in recent months.

The music of Bang Gang is often noted for its melancholic beauty and a cinematic quality, which is hardly surprising: Bardi’s original film soundtracks are well known. The film De Toutes Nos Forces, scored by Bardi, recently went to no. 4 in France, while music from Bardi’s 2003 album Something Wrong has been included in numerous advertisements (Armani, Citroen, Lancia, Reebok) as well as the UK movie Cashback. The track ‘Lost In Wonderland’, from Bang Gang’s third album Ghosts From The Past, graced the Academy Award season trailer on Sky Movies and, more recently, Bardi and Daniel Hunt’s (Ladytron) eerie score for 2012 horror movie Would You Rather has also attracted positive attention. 

On The Wolves Are Whispering, that darkly cinematic air is present from the opening track ‘The Sin Is Near’ (featuring Bloodgroup), the expansive mood and retro synths reminiscent of Japan’s more ominous moments. But the shadows on The Wolves Are Whispering are balanced with lightness - the celestial vocals of Samaris star Jofridur on ‘A Letter Carved In Stone’, for example, introduce a romantic freshness, like the tentative optimism of spring, while first single ‘Out Of Horizon’ is pacy, spacey pop which takes us soaring into a new place where anything’s allowed.
The simplicity and quiet emotion of ‘My Special One’ drifts in like mist, contrasting with the indie drama of ‘Silent Bite’ and the absorbing solemnity of ‘Sabazios O’, which takes over like a sinister dream. Bardi’s silvery vocals melt in and out of the ambience of the track, punctuated with industrial percussion and augmented with sweeping strings. The pensive ‘A Lonely Bird’, a melodic, electro-jazz-inflected highlight, rises expressively, while ‘Wait By The Lake’ is a delicate enigma pushed forward by driving, dancey quarter-notes. ‘We Will Never Get Along’ flips the switch and unleashes a dark strength, raw and exposed but underpinned by a theatrical sense of drama which is always in control. 

It was important to Bardi that the album sound ‘warm and dynamic’, particularly if listened to on vinyl, so while this is a hugely personal collection of songs, it was produced and mixed with the enjoyment of the listener in mind. More than just another pop album, The Wolves Are Whispering presents compelling sonic snapshots of real life, with all of the mystery and color that that entails. 

The Wolves Are Whispering will be released via Bang Ehf on June 23rd 2015

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For some the groove cannot be learned or given; It is an inherent and intuitive part of their soul. Intr0beatz, aka Reykjavik native
Arsaell Thor Ingvason, whole life has been about the groove. From his earliest years delving into his father’s musical collecting and
compositions, he first came to prominence as Intr0beatz back in the late ‘90s first as a turntablist, then as the beat producers behind
the seminal 2000s Icelandic hip-hop group Forgotten Lores.
 
But Ingvason is not one who is comfortable keeping still in his quest for deep sounds and immersive beats. Delving into his musical
past, as well as opening up his horizons, he released Half Time in 2011 on Möller Records. A heady mix pot of chill out, deep house,
funk, and hip hop, it marked not only a maturity in Ingvason’s production but hinted at several new directions away from his hip-hop
status.
 
Since Half Time, Ingvason has been delving ever deeper into house music, over the last few years releasing a slew of 12”s and EPs on
various deep house labels such as  Dark Energy, Something Else, and Closer To Truth. Today, Intr0beatz has become a major fulcrum
in Iceland’s recent house music revival both as a member of the BLOKK house music collective as well as playing and DJing in Europe
and Japan.

Doing is always testing: N.A.T. (No Animal Testing) combine influences from dark electro, tech house, and alternative. But in fact they are influenced by everything. With their love for beats, they sometimes underestimate the need for melodies. But most of the times for good. Just listen.

N.A.T. are Joerg Hoewner and Chris Brackmann (the latter responsible for visuals), supported by their respective female partners (A. for weird synth melodies, and K. for some weird lyrics). N.A.T., formerly known as „The Jesus Incident“, has been producing music since for decades and were featured by radio shows all over Europe. N.A.T. is based in Berlin and Essen, Germany.

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