If you’ve missed the self-titled debut, released by Island People in 2017 on raster, you’re in for a treat! Known for its surgical- precision explorations into post-digital manipulations, the celebrated label and a platform for many groundbreaking sounds has signed a mastering engineer Conor Dalton, Grammy Award-winning producer David Donaldson, musician and DJ Graeme Reedie, and a guitarist Ian “Chippy” Maclennan for a fascinating journey that brought much of their organic and warm sounds to the slightly cold, a little sterile, and desolate space. For their sophomore release, simply titled II, the group push their sounds into a further territory, resembling their home country of Scotland, “made of contrasting lights and harsh elements where time seems to stand still, circling the moment.” Beyond elements brought on from individual contributions, the group has relied on influences experienced together during their tour. Such slight melancholy can be grasped through pieces titled “Far From Shore,” “Stillness,” and “All My Plants Are Dead,” but today I am happy to offer you this exclusive premiere of a track named “Loneliness Has a Purpose,” which you can first experience it here on its own, and then, along the rest of the tracks on the full album.

"Out of the whole album, this track best represents the sound of paths not taken. Of one destination for some still feeling like a journey yet to be taken for others. The narratives we create reveal us all to be unreliable storytellers, it is only in looking back honestly that we can direct the ending. With the feeling of isolation during intense quarantine bringing up a lot of time for introspection, songs like “loneliness has a purpose” reflect on the many directions a life could take, potential futures not chosen and the many decisions that shape a future."
— Island People


I was going to write a bit more about this exciting release, but I feel that I’d be simply paraphrasing the following words, already appearing on the group’s Bandcamp: “The arrangements unfold like the long tracking shots of an early Antonioni film […] gloomy, darker, richer textures have conquered their space…” Yeah, well said. An absolute gem for lovers of surrealist and organic noir-fi as well as pristine, process-oriented production – a culmination of the above four minds gathered in the same unique space! Once again, the physical album is scheduled to start shipping on June 25th.

Loneliness Has A Purpose

TRACK PREMIERE : Island People - Loneliness Has a Purpose

CT Twenty's entry for the 3q x Nick French remix competition.
Bringing a raw, rapid, & rugged sound to the Nick French original, yet still retaining it's core themes and respecting the artist's original vision.
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3Q Bootleg Comp x CT Twenty

The titular track from CT Twenty's second release, 'Pina Bausch'.

Heavy, distorted bass lines and tearing synthwave arpeggios, perfectly punctuated with cynical, unashamed lyrics; all accompanied with a mixture of broken beats and four the floor percussive elements that will, undoubtedly, get you moving.

BeatsPerMinute.com: "The track is an incendiary juggernaut of electro beats and quick fire lyrical bars that gets more frenzied and frantic with each verse."

BrutalResonance.com: "...CT Twenty comes in with their UK-accented rhymes; soft words with fast paced lyrics, I was once again enamored with their work."

Available as 1/5 on Opensea ($WETH). Collectors will gain access to the instrumental, remix stems, and high res artwork, all available under Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
https://opensea.io/collection/ct-twenty

Available on the Tezos blockchain as 1/20. Collectors will be airdropped the instrumental, subject to Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Pina Bausch

The B-side (second A-side?) track from CT Twenty's second release, 'Pina Bausch'.

Round There

Features the vocals of Vienna Teng: https://soundcloud.com/vienna-teng

Original song here: https://soundcloud.com/vienna-teng/04-close-to-home

Features the use of samples without permission.

Art by Rosa Milch: http://www.rosamilch.co.uk/

Mastered by Mark Lord: mark.lord 'AT' supernature-music.co.uk

Seek:4 - Vienna Teng - Close to Home (Victor Gurr remix)

Another hit inspired by my own real life story.
This time i just tried to explore the stories of life at high school ad rap about.
I hope you will love the track.
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Head Down Hands In Pockets (H.D.H.P)

I Am (OMG)

I Am [ OMG (New Song Release April 2019)]

This is all about life; its ups and downs and the beauty of it all.

I hope you will love the track.

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Head Down Hands In Pockets (H.D.H.P.)

Maisha (New Song Release 2019)

Power - Single

Power

Acapella

"Action Figures And Dealers And Seated Floor Fillers"
The debut track from Industrial Grime duo CT Twenty

Action Man

The B side is just as good! The second track from Industrial Grime duo CT Twenty

Rain On My Parade (Buh Dum)

This is now a listening account only. I don't know why I still get new followers! Go follow my new stuff under CT Twenty.

Profile art by Elena Stein of https://www.facebook.com/Ellie.McElster

Seek:4 - Vienna Teng - Close to Home (Victor Gurr remix)

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