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Reclaim Your City 458 | Yant (Manchester)

A relatively new name in the game, Manchester’s Andrew Tomlinson alias Yant has been dishing out some seriously hard-hitting wares over the last couple years, mainly through SK_Eleven and Jay Clarke’s Blackaxon. Stepping into our weekly show series, the British artist goes all in with a mix of muscle-flexing 909 rides and cavalcading bass upsurges ready to take on the wariest dance floor out there with obliterating firepower to optimal effect. Turn it up, and up, and up.   

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Reclaim Your City 458 | Yant

Release date (vinyl & digital): 25th of March 2022

A1/1 Ignez - Celestial  
A2/2 Emily Jeanne - Red River Delta
B1/3 Altinbas & Cirkle - Uhlanga  
B2/4 Alarico - Spit 
C1/5 Dustmite - Filaments & Jaws
C2/6 Yant - Take The Reins 
D1/7 Marcal - Dancing Pursuit  
D2/8 Decka - Fractured

	
For the third installment of Token’s Fuga compilations, the label invites another list of 9 cutting edge artists to put their skills to the test. Ignez, Emily Jeanne, Altinbas & Cirkle, Alarico, Dustmite, Yant, Marcal, and Decka all offer their unique vision of contemporary club music for a collection of tunneling and intelligent cuts. 

Introducing the compilation, Ignez warms us up with the appropriately-named ‘Celestial’ - a 6 minute argument between melody and dissonance over a thick percussive line. Emily Jeanne then continues with ‘Red River Delta’ to lift some of the weight with a dissociative mind-bender. The crisp sound design and wide stereo image allow for an exhale before Altinbas and Cirkle introduce their collaboration ‘Uhlanga’. With our focus back on the body, the duo turn up the pace and prioritize groove. With rhythm at the forefront, depth is given to the track in the ambience, creating a rainforest-like atmosphere with resonant stabs streaking over the tighter low-end. Alarico then picks things up by taking advantage of this crescendo to present the energetic climax of the compilation with ‘Spit’. Hypnotism becomes almost paranoia with vocal cuts camouflaging themselves in the pulse of the track that only releases us with the occasional fleeting arpeggio. Walls rise and we’re in concrete for Dustmite’s ‘Filaments and Jaws’, which wastes no time in introducing itself with clear intentions and an imposing, low hi hat. He then lifts the record with a hovering main synth that drifts the experience back into a nervosity that complements the preceding track. It’s Yant’s turn to guide us with ‘Take the Reins’ - an almost nostalgic record with infectious chord stabs over a pounding 909, before leaving us with Marcal. ‘Dancing Pursuit’ is offered to the listener as another dance floor weapon with a density in its percussion and ambience that’s balanced by the sequence of the lead synth and creates a lot of energy. Decka then takes control with ‘Fracture’ with a brutally saturated kick over whipping two-bar synth loops to close out the compilation with a head-spinner.

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YANT is the 292nd guest of our original Hate Podcast series, the mix is a 3-hour live recording.

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A 25 minute mix as my contribution to Afrodeutsche's BBC Radio 6 Phone's Down Finale. Aired on Friday 4th Nov 2022. Recorded on 4 CDJ's and Xone 92.

Tracklisting:
1. IljusWifmo - Tomohawk (00:00)
2. Ben Sims - Stone Cold (01:03)
3. Quelza - Tezla (02:45)
4. Kaan Pirecioglu - Blue Sequence (03:55)
5. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Hopprep (05:30)
6. Decoder - Southern North (06:58)
7. DMX Krew - Spasm (08:11)
8. Yant - Take The Reins (09:20)
9. Deniro - Vaquita (10:40)
10. Kaiser & Matrixxman - Armed & Dangerous (12:05)
11. Dekeyden - Coincidences (13:40)
12. Gonzalo MD - XX 7 A1 (15:10)
13. Kaiser & Matrixxman - Distress Signal (16:25)	
14. Marco Lenzi - Taboo (Claude Young Remix) (18:30)
15. D.Dan - Nightshade (20:15)
16. Biri - Upward Spiral (22:00)

YANT - BBC Radio 6 Music Phones Down Finale Mix for The People's Party w/Afrodeutsche

Back to the UK for the latest podcast episode: Manchester-based DJ Yant might be a relative newcomer but his name is starting to do some serious rounds. His full-on bass assaults have garnered attention from techno top brass like Setaoc Mass and Ben Sims, making 2022 a year which might just prove his zero hour. His productions are gaining momentum too, and a freshly launched party series titled Refocus promises to breathe new life into his chosen neck of the woods. For the latter, he himself plays and encourages longer set-times, with the aim of promoting more daring, less obvious track selections and pushing forward his thundering big-room sound. Just a heads up: these burgeoning beats are resonant, sweaty and thrilling; Bassiani Podcast 157 is raw, ferocious techno from this fledgling British heavyweight.

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Bassiani invites Yant / Podcast #157

Contender for party of the year already, NYD at the DBA is always a wild one!

Listen back to Yant's killer 2 hour set in the bar and watch that smile form on your face. 

Long live the DBA!

Yant [2hr Live mix] at The DBA - 01.01.23

Yant - The Raum [SK11X021] 
Full release date 13.10.23


Hailing from Manchester, with one of the most impressively diverse catalogues techno has to offer in modern times, Yant returns to the SK_X series with ‘The Raum’ EP. 

Leading with ‘Vortex of Lincos’, a pounding journey through a maelstrom of winding synth lines, captivating percs and rising tension throughout.  ‘The Raum’ brings this A side to a close with a darker tone - featuring pounding kicks, muffled vocal cuts and eerie atmospheric texture to match. 
‘Linguism’ leads the flip side with plucky bass and hypnotic tones before the EP concludes with ‘Transient Pulse’, a unique display of interesting polyrhythms and rolling arpeggios, all combined to encapsulate that signature Yant sound. 


Mastering by Beau Thomas @ 1087 Mastering, London 
All tracks written and produced by Andrew Tomlinson 
All rights reserved SK_eleven 2023

Yant - The Raum [SK11X021]

Recording of Yant at The Tunnel, Draaimolen Festival 2023, Day 2.

Yant at Draaimolen Festival 2023

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Heimat II
Arkan, Decka, Yant, Hitam
Pre-order: bit.ly/RYCL020_vinyl
Release date: February 19, 2024

Following a first iteration which set the tone for our newly-minted Heimat series in explosive fashion, here comes the much anticipated second batch of our zeitgeistian take on today’s scene’s, its current potential and destination. Showcasing productions from artists keen to roll up their sleeves and sail into the impassible status quo, this new number packs the kind of red-hot hammering and cutting-edge punch we’ve been so adamant to push and defend over the past decade.

Berlin-based French producer Arkan steps in first with a proper magnetic depth charge. Dwelling the darker layers of our ocean floor as its name suggests, ’Submarine’ is pure hypnotic material geared up for heavy-duty boogie in the warehouse. Filling its ballast tanks with a hefty deluge of muscular bass onslaughts, sonar-like bleeps and untamed cascades of loopy arps, this one rolls and pitches like a haunted ship on predator mode. Adding his dynamic pulse and mind-bending spin to the A-side, Frameworks & Untertwegs bossman Decka cuts a path of straight mental obliteration as he smashes the doors of the club wide open and parades all guns blazing with the unapologetic crusher that is ‘Circumvent’. A no-holds-barred workout for the strong stomachs, churning out fiery bars of kick-drum/squelchy bass contrast with in-your-face swagger.

Switching on to the flip side, there’s Manchester’s Yant cruising with the ebulliently dynamic (no shit, Sherlock) tune, ‘Moving’. A multidirectional concerto of pong-like modularity and racing synth arpeggios flying off like coloured bricks in a Tetris game gone absolute batshit. The kind of hi-intensity burner that’ll awaken any lukewarm mid-set flow with its bouncy unpredictability and ruthless forward-pushing thrust. Rounding it off on a further minimal note, Amsterdam up-and-comer Hitam treats us to an inch-perfectly engineered finale with a stripped-back - yet, absolutely not hollow - bomb, ‘Venusian Winds’. Gutsy that one sure is, with its metronomic step ticking at near-cyclonic speed and cleverly arranged, subtly FX-coated funk keeping things both suspenseful and focussed thru and thru. A sleek combo of pared-down brutalism and masterly executed analogue tailoring altogether.

All dressed in clear purple marbled wax for the occasion, "Heimat II" shall please both the techno purist and visual aesthete in you with its velvet touch and effortless chic.

a1 written & produced by Arkan
a2 written & produced by Decka
b1 written & produced by Yant
b2 written & produced by Hitam
Distributed by Clone distribution, Rotterdam
Cat. no. RYCL020 – All rights reserved
℗ & © Reclaim Your City 2024
www.reclaimyourcity.bandcamp.com

RYCL020 - Yant - Moving

YANT - 17 February 2024

Pre-order: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/yant-broken-strings-ep-pre-order-neighbourhood/194221

Manchester's @yantmusicuk drops a brand new four-track EP on Tasha's techno imprint, @neighbourhood-music.

The record's experimental title track goes deep into the dark and disfigured world of Yant's productions.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Yant 'Broken Strings'

Manchester-based producer @yantmusicuk debuts on @neighbourhood-music with four slabs of intrepid and propulsive techno with acid flourishes

‘Broken Strings’ is out 8th March. Hear the big-room-ready rumble of ‘The Stunter’ now.

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-yant-stunter

Premiere: Yant ‘The Stunter’

YANT - 16 March 2024

Release date : 5th October 2018

Artist : Yant
EP : Cosmic Borders EP
Tracklist :
A1 - Cosmic Borders
A2 - Encode the Stick
B1 - Inner Circle
B2 - No One

Jay Clarke’s London-based imprint BLACKAXON hosts Manchester artist Yant’s debut release featuring four dazzling cuts titled ‘Cosmic Borders’.

Reminiscent of Jay Clarke’s earlier releases on BLACKAXON and Klockworks, ‘Cosmic Borders’ displays Yant’s flair for stimulating techno at high-octane speeds. BLACKAXON was set up by Jay in 2014 to showcase his dynamic tastes and ideas for sounds, with Yant being one of his own discoveries who parallels his artistic vision and musical approach.

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Cosmic Borders

BAXN003 YANT - Cosmic Borders

The lovely Orchid-AM asked some of their artists to contribute a track to help save our scene! Here's mine "Soup Kitchen" written in a day during lockdown I thought it would be a nice track to introduce myself to the agency, and one which I feel has a playful attitude, just like the club itself. One of the first clubs I came to in Manchester and still it has such a warm feeling and amazing family of people who work there. Soup Kitchen x

"@orchidam presents Unity.

While scientists are working on finding a cure for the COVID-19 virus, we, humans, can only spread love and support each other. Orchid-AM can only spread love through music and by uniting artists and clubs that are kept apart from each other at these difficult times.

We have asked producers and musicians represented by the agency to come up with some new music in one week, and then name it after a club they hold close to their heart. We have packed it all in a nine-tracks compilation released digitally via Bandcamp, in hope for a return to normality soon.

All sales will be equally shared between artists and clubs."

UNITY

Soup Kitchen

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YANT - Soup Kitchen (BANDCAMP)

Rising talent Yant delivers a quadruplet of aces for his second outing on Jay Clarke’s BLACKAXON imprint.

A1. Hydro #1
A2. Hydro #2
B1. Hydro #3
B2. Hydro #4

We got the first taste of Yant aka Andrew Tomlinson’s production prowess with the transcendent ‘Cosmic Borders’ EP in late 2018. Clarke had originally planned to keep Blackaxon purely as an outlet for his studio creations, but the quality of Yant’s work convinced him otherwise.

The Hydro EP is an iridescent expression of Yant’s musical sensibilities. ‘Hydro 1’ provides driving rhythms from the off, before a heady concoction of synths and a lead siren drive the production home. ‘Hydro 2’ is a dark pumper, reminiscent of earlier Blackaxon releases. It builds gradually, heavy on mood, before a propulsion of drums raises the energy to another level. A highlight of Clarke’s set going back months, ‘Hydro 3’ is a delicious synapse-searer, marked by swirling synths and Yant’s trademark groove. ‘Hydro 4’ is a textured, low-slung chugger, imbued with thrashing dancefloor attitude and a glint of euphoria.

“I’m really happy to have Yant back on the label for his second release. He is such an amazing, fresh, and exciting producer and always delivers quality tracks! With this EP I can hear his inspiration from the likes of DVS1, Luke Slater, and ø[Phase] in his productions, all while having his own spin. Hydro #3 has been my secret weapon for some time now, it’s a proper killer track and I’m pleased that we can now share this with the techno community.” – Jay Clarke

Yant ‘Hydro’ drops on BLACKAXON on 31st July 2020.

Hydro

BAXN005 YANT - Hydro

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Refocus Founder & Resident
SK_Eleven/Hardgroove/Token/Neighbourhood

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Manchester-based Yant has a reputation for combining alluring grooves, hypnosis-inducing sounds and rich powerful beats

Signing records to Setaoc Mass’s SK_Eleven X, Token Records, and originally BLACKAXON the producer has a solid backing of Techno’s most important figures. Keeping things fresh and moving forward his productions deliver track with distinct personalities and psychoacoustic details to build worlds of their own, always ready to take you to the next place.

Berghain, ∄ K-41, Fold and The White Hotel, are just a few of the clubs which have experienced his ability to grip the dancefloor. Full of energy, pushing it to the limits, he rides on the verge of things falling apart, almost close to apocalyptic, but saving you with a surprise up his sleeve. With an open minded passion for music and diverse collection, setting the tone at the start of the night using interesting atmospheres is something he appreciates and makes it his mission to subtly drift with you into the full speed of the night. Whether it’s at the beginning or end of the night, one thing’s for sure, you’re in for a ride.
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