We are:

Michael Cowland
Sean Cowland
James Grant
Gareth John

Recorded at Orgone Studios.

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Drowned

Taken from the album 'Ett' released as LP and Download

Klara Lewis 'Shine' (eMEGO 190)

From a possibly fictional upcoming series entitled Recreationals - An Existential Series Of Krautrock and Industrial Edits, also heard on my recent Bonafide mix here:
http://www.bonafidemag.com/cyclist-x-bonafide-beats-60/

Kollaps (The Cyclist Remix)

Tracklist and full article: http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/01/fact-mix-498-the-cyclist/

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Derry producer The Cyclist is, by his own admission, a throwback.

In a manifesto-of-sorts on his Soundcloud page, he sets out his intentions as “an attempt to get to a time in electronic music where everything sounds warmer”, citing “more techno-ey tunes by Throbbing Gristle” and Boards of Canada’s Geogaddi “but with the more danceable edge of New Order” as inspirations. “This needed to be done”, his statement reads, “And needs to be done more. Let’s call it Tape Throb for now.”

Of course, in 2015 this necessarily make The Cyclist unique: more than enough virtual ink has been spilt on noise-techno crossover records, and “tape throb” might as well be the M.O. of a label like 1080p Collection. He does, however, do it better than most. 2013’s Bones in Motion was a beautiful record (as Angus Finlayson wrote in FACT, an album “that renders even simple arrangements partially indecipherable – as if they hover teasingly out of focus – and lends these tracks a certain cryptic quality”), and the more recent Flourish and Hot House have developed The Cyclist’s knack for saturating memorable melodies in fuzz until they sound like just that: memories.

As previously mentioned, The Cyclist isn’t alone in his journey, and his FACT mix feels like a minor manifesto in itself. Although it only includes three tunes by him, the whole set fits his vision, with music from Fort Romeau, Anthony Naples and Suicide captured through that same gauzy lens. Hot House is out now on Music is for Losers.

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