Beats News

4 the sake of clarityn...
The last Hype Williams recordings were for the One Nation LP (Hippos in Tanks, 2011). After this, Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland carried on recording through 2012 under their own names (while continuing to use the HW name to fulfil existing live commitments).
They are both no longer involved, and any Hype Williams releases you've since heard are FAKE. Bare Paigons. Like Cappadonna making his own Wu.
We been gone for a minute, but now we're back with the jump off. We can't get jiggy with no hundreds and thousands or nuthin like that, we gotta get back in that M game. Wanna own the block b4 the ball drops.
20 Joints
STRICTLY for the whip
...& ppl 2 fat for fedoras

4 the sake of clarityn...
The last Hype Williams recordings were for the One Nation LP (Hippos in Tanks, 2011). After this, Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland carried on recording through 2012 under their own names (while continuing to use the HW name to fulfil existing live commitments).
They are both no longer involved, and any Hype Williams releases you've since heard are FAKE. Bare Paigons. Like Cappadonna making his own Wu.
We been gone for a minute, but now we're back with the jump off. We can't get jiggy with no hundreds and thousands or nuthin like that, we gotta get back in that M game. Wanna own the block b4 the ball drops.
20 Joints
STRICTLY for the whip
...& ppl 2 fat for fedoras

We're very pleased to announce the release of a new series of records, between modern retro-futuristic library music and IDM, inaugurated by the fabulous Bill Vortex!
Also known as Poborsk for about 20 years, Patrice Curtillat is one of the spearheads of the IDM in France. He has been released on prestigious labels such as Icasea (Team Doyobi), Central Processing Unit, or Flogsta Danshall, and he is the cofounder of the skweee label Mazout, so Autechre were right by choosing him as the first part during their last French tour. Recognized by his peers from Scandinavia to England, he is a discreet but brilliant producer of the stamp of labels like Skam or Warp, with in addition a typical Marseilles Balearic touch.
In this new project he reconnects with his old loves : funk, breakdance, house oldschool ... always keeping his inimitable style made of granular grooves, and pentatonic melodies in a sunny atmosphere. His "feelgood music" is the ideal soundtrack for a science fiction series, a 4G TV report, or a motorcycle race.

A double A-side torrent of vintage 1995 acid-tinged jack in the form of 'You Make Me Function' and 'Fun House'. Drummy madness for the most unhinged hours of the dance.

Pressed on clear vinyl

We're going to have Forever carrying us through our morning commute, drifting through the last hours of sunlight in the afternoon and soundtracking our nights' - Wonderland Magazine

Alluring, Beautiful, and Packed With Lust' - Noisey

A soulful and spectral collection of airy, softly glimmering slow-jams' - Gorilla vs. Bear

After a successful string of festival appearances in North America including SXSW and POPMontreal plus a show at Berlin's infamous Berghain with ABRA, Forever's single 'Heaven's Mouth' shot into the Spotify Viral 50 charts at #29. The track was premiered by Phil Taggart on BBC Radio 1 and has been streamed over 300,000 times on Spotify.

REPRESSED !

'Dark Days & Canapés' is Ghostpoet's most defining album to date. A stunning and stimulating return, this is a record that captures the sense of unease felt by so many in recent times.

Obaro Ejimiwe's latest Ghostpoet offering is swampy and delirious, with wiry post-punk and distorted electro threads woven through his signature vocals. - The Line of Best Fit

Indie Retail Deluxe LP features gatefold heavyweight vinyl on white vinyl - Limited Edition x 200

With an iridescent shower of auto-tuned vocals and encrypted synthetic forms, Khalil presents a luminous route into a future of cadences pitched to a crushing intensit

Parallels is the fourth full album released under Jason Chung's distinctive moniker, Nosaj Thing. Masterfully dimensional, Parallels represents the acclaimed Los Angeles-based electronic producer/composer/performer's most diverse, vital work yet. As such, Chung sees Parallels represents a kind of redemptive rebirth. The album's compellingly elusive, uncategorizable sonics developed out of what he terms a personal & musical identity crisis.' According to Chung, working with a group of collaborators on Parallels that combined both longtime friends and new creative partners added new energy which pushed me not to limit
myself. Everything felt fresh and alive.'
Chung is known specifically for his innovative, unexpected musical pairings: Kid Cudi hit up on Nosaj Thing via his MySpace page in 2006, resulting in Chung producing Cudi's autobiographical classic The Man on the Moon.' Kendrick Lamar flowed over Nosaj's ethereal boom bap to create the YouTube gem Cloud 10', Chance the Rapper, meanwhile, freaked a Nosaj beat for his 2013 breakout masterpiece Paranoia' and appeared on Nosaj Thing's previous LP, 2015's Fated. Chung and Blonde Redhead vocalist Kazu Makino are also longtime creative partners on each other's work, her voice appears on Parallels as an otherworldly spirit animating the icily '80s-synthetic How We Do.'

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is the polymorphous project lead by the Texan-born Craig Close.With more than a decade of activity between the USA and the UK, it has spawned one of the most fascinating and promiscuous saga of the latest years.Within its huge discography, definitely noteworthy is the 2014 "Powder Horn" released on Diagonal Records, which was considered by many to be one of the best electronic albums of that year.Lately Shit&Shine has released the great "Everybody's a Fucking Expert" LP on Editions Mego in 2015 and "Total Shit!", again on Powell's Diagonal on March 2017.
Shit&Shine and Gang of Ducks share an arguable good taste for naming and, most of all, a wide-range approach to the sonic palette, always exploring different sounds.Hamburger Ep brings the work Craig has developed so far to the next level, keeping his unique mix of sluggish EBM beat, drugged funk and futuristic proto-techno.RIYL G.O.D's previous releases like Traag, Sudden Infant, Datashock...
***300 copies, silk screen printed on special chrome bag***

Ecstatic reprise the line-up of Not Waving and Pye Corner Audio's Intercepts (2014) collaboration, along with the crucial addition of Silent Servant, for a faultless dancefloor session prizing one peach per artist on a lurid neon yellow plate. DJs and dancers can trust they are in very safe hands with exclusive, deadly material supplied by all three operators, which also doubles up as a showcase for their incoming joint US tour dates.
Catching each producer at the apex of their respective games, they demonstrate the difference between original forms and their idiosyncratic, modern antecedents in alternately optimised and
augmented distillations of EBM, acid, and techno, using finely honed instincts to parse the best bits from each style and leave the rest to rot.
Not Waving sets the example with a twanging and typically irregular disarrangement of EBM robo-funk, railing a lean and potent stripe of clambering machine pulses and barely-harnessed
arpeggios with fragments of anti-racism activist Jane Elliot that lend it a recontextualised, determined impetus.
Martin Jenkins aka The Head Technician aka Pye Corner Audio follows with a slowly tempered, supple piece of analogue magick, coaxing out a sublime twine of helical basslines and a soaring
top line of the rarest kind, one completely destined to trigger stunned and loved-up reactions in the right situations.
And the best is yet to come with Silent Servant's impeccable B-side, tallying his first release of original material in 2017 with a sleek signature turn of fine-tuned 5/4 techno powered by nagging EBM bass and spaced out within a morphing sound sphere, with intercepted narrator who becomes fully revealed into the dramatic climax.

The latest 12 on Maciek Sienkiewicz's FASRAT label comes from one of the most prolific and innovative Polish beatmakers. Teielte already boasts an impressive body of work, including two albums and several EPs for respected Polish U Know Me label, as well as numerous collaborations from hip hop MCs to jazz musicians. Magnetic Soul/Magnetic Tree" finds Warsaw-based producer at his most adventurous, seamlessly blending bass music, breaks, hip hop or footwork with club-friendly rhythms and space-out electronica. Kaleidoscopic cut-ups are heavy on samples and sounds - Teielte manages to blend few albums worth of ideas in just under 25 minutes. Stunning cover image comes courtesy of Canadian techno veteran Tomas Jirku (who's new 12 will be out on FASRAT later this year).

Khidja are back on Malka Tuti and this combo cannot and will not dissappoint. After their successful debut on John Talabot's Hivern-Discs, Khidja continue their current direction of leftfield-club music exploration, this time in the form of Microb, a track that is a wolrd of its own, fusioning heavy industrial vibes with their own take of "worldly music" to create this peak time dancefloor bonanza. On the flip side Salon Des Amateurs Tolouse Low Trax delievers two takes on the original track, stripped down and turned upside down, adding those Massive vocals. These takes are hypnotic as they are groovey and they complete a unique package for the modern dance floor explorers... Zuruck zu Sprecher eins

WNCL Recordings is back with a showcase of Cassette Librarians past, present and future..

Charlie Abbott delivers an exquisite Producer EP for BRRWD.

RRWD is a label collaboration between Ta-ku/ repeat pattern & Jakarta Records.

Portland's Golden Retriever expands its sonic palette with a full chamber ensemble on the meditative, lush, and emotionally arresting Rotations LP version pressed on virgin vinyl packaged with artworked inner sleeve and free download card in
LP jacket with spot metallic ink and spot high gloss varnish. CD version in 4 panel mini- LP style gatefold package.

Golden Retriever is recommended for fans of Jóhann
Jóhannsson, Mica Levi, Terry Riley, Nico Muhly, Oneohtrix Point Never, William Basinski, Pulse Emitter, and Tim Hecker Lead single Sunsight' already placed on multiple Spotify playlists (Fresh Finds w/509K Followers, Fresh Finds: Cyclone w/17K Followers)
Full in-house playlist pitching, marketing, and press
campaign to run until street date Golden Retriever will play select shows in support Tranquil, glistening, zen-like' - Tiny Mix Tapes

Terry Riley-inuenced long form synth and (clarinet)
studies shouldn't rightly sound this engulfng and gorgeous, but Golden Retriever have managed it without even a hint of the expected stuffness.' - FACT

A great synth record with the energy of experimental rock and the interplay of jazz, a mix of dissonance and resolution, the Earthly and the cosmic.' - Rolling Stone

Like a gradually dawning revelation that is too beautiful for words.' - The Stranger

Lapalux veroeffentlicht sein drittes Album auf Flying Lotus' Label Brainfeeder!

Lapalux veröffentlicht Ende Juni sein drittes Album, - Ruinism , auf Flying Lotus' Label Brainfeeder. Sein letztes Album, - Lustmore , war z.T. inspiriert vom Konzept der Hypnagogie, dem auch - Wachdenken genannten Bewusstseinszustand, der beim Einschlafen und/oder Erwachen auftreten kann. Auf - Ruinism setzt der britische Produzent nun seine Entdeckungsreise fort und erforscht diesmal den sogar ominöseren Schwebezustand zwischen Leben und Tod. In diesem Bereich, wo sich das Endliche und das Unendliche vermischen, ist Lapalux zu Hause - auf - Ruinism mehr als zuvor. Auf seinem neuen Album benutzt er zum ersten Mal in seiner Karriere ausschließlich Hardware und echte Instrumente, er hat Synthesizer und Drum-Versatzstücke aufgenommen und erneut gesampled, gepitcht, verbogen und miteinander verschmolzen, - until it was ruined , bevor er die völlig entstellten Samples aus dem mittlerweile entstandenen Trümmerhaufen barg und erneut versuchte, diese in etwas Kohärentes zu verwandeln, wie er selbst beschreibt. Mit Marielle Tepper als Kreativdirektorin auf - Ruinism , wird die LP als hervorragende und streng limitierte Deluxe-Doppelvinyl-Ausgabe erscheinen, die in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Pariser Atelier - Impremerie du Marais entstand.

Mondo, in conjunction with Kojima Productions, is proud to present a limited edition 12" Single of Low Roar's song "I'll Keep Coming", and "Easy Way Out" as featured in the trailers for the forthcoming Hideo Kojima game Death Stranding.

Ovals Klassiker von 1998 wird erstmalig auf Vinyl zum 25-jährigen Bestehen des Thrill Jockey Labels wiederveröffentlicht.

Neue 6-Track-EP des supertalentierten Jungproduzenten Suicideyear aka James Prudhomme aus Baton Rouge, Louisiana, der nach seiner Split-Single mit Kaytranada auf Bromance (2013), seiner "Remembrance EP" auf Oneohtrix Point Nevers Label Software (2014) und einem Remix für Jacques Greene nun der Lucky Me-Familie beitritt.

Der britische Produzent und DJ WEN veröffentlicht Ende Juli sein Big Dada Debüt auf 12inch (inklusive Download). Die 4-Track EP "Carve + Gaze" folgt auf eine Reihe von EPs und Singles auf Labels wie Tectonic, Keysound und Soundman Chronicles. Bei der Songauswahl wurde er von der "Gaze Theory" inspiriert, einer Theorie, die sich mit der Art und Weise beschäftigt, wie wir Kunst aufnehmen und zum Ziel hat, eine Methode zu entwickeln, um diese in den kreativen Schaffensprozess einzubinden. "Carve + Gaze" begann als eine Ansammlung von Songs, welche WEN auf regnerischen, spätnächtlichen Fahrten durch seine Heimatstadt Margate abhörte und final zusammenstellte. Auf weltweit 700 Einheiten limitiertes schwarzes Heavyweight 12" Vinyl (180g) inklusive Downloadcode.

Im Hauptfokus des Albums 'Ore' sind Drums, umspielt von elektronisch manipulierten Texturen und akustischen Details.
Über die Jahre hat Belfi eine Soundwelt kreiert, die gleichermaßen ein Drum Set-up mit elektronischen Komponenten vereint.
Es war ein langer Weg, die Akustik seines Saari Drumkits zu entwickeln, bis es seinen Ansprüchen genügte.
In perfekter Symbiose stehen die elektronischen Elemente des Nord Modular und Samplers.
Beide Welten vereinen sich auf Ore. Belfi ist bekannt für seine energetischen und charismatischen Auftritte. Solo, sowie als Teil seiner unzähligen Kollaborationen. 2016 war er mit Nonkeen auf Tour, der dreiköpfigen Band von Nils Frahm. Belfi war schnell das Highlight der Shows, nachdem sie das London Barbican Centre ausverkauft hatten. Mit seinem beeindruckenden und explosiven Drum Soli, wurde dies ein unvergesslicher Moment.

Im Hauptfokus des Albums 'Ore' sind Drums, umspielt von elektronisch manipulierten Texturen und akustischen Details.
Über die Jahre hat Belfi eine Soundwelt kreiert, die gleichermaßen ein Drum Set-up mit elektronischen Komponenten vereint.
Es war ein langer Weg, die Akustik seines Saari Drumkits zu entwickeln, bis es seinen Ansprüchen genügte.
In perfekter Symbiose stehen die elektronischen Elemente des Nord Modular und Samplers.
Beide Welten vereinen sich auf Ore. Belfi ist bekannt für seine energetischen und charismatischen Auftritte. Solo, sowie als Teil seiner unzähligen Kollaborationen. 2016 war er mit Nonkeen auf Tour, der dreiköpfigen Band von Nils Frahm. Belfi war schnell das Highlight der Shows, nachdem sie das London Barbican Centre ausverkauft hatten. Mit seinem beeindruckenden und explosiven Drum Soli, wurde dies ein unvergesslicher Moment.

Im Hauptfokus des Albums "Ore" sind Drums, umspielt von elektronisch manipulierten Texturen und akustischen Details. Über die Jahre hat Belfi eine Soundwelt kreiert, die gleichermaßen ein Drum Set-up mit elektronischen Komponenten vereint. Es war ein langer Weg, die Akustik seines Saari Drumkits zu entwickeln, bis es seinen Ansprüchen genügte. In perfekter Symbiose stehen die elektronischen Elemente des Nord Modular und Samplers. Beide Welten vereinen sich auf "Ore". Belfi ist bekannt für seine energetischen und charismatischen Auftritte. Solo, sowie als Teil seiner unzähligen Kollaborationen. 2016 war er mit Nonkeen auf Tour, der dreiköpfigen Band von Nils Frahm. Belfi war schnell das Highlight der Shows, nachdem sie das London Barbican Centre ausverkauft hatten. Mit seinem beeindruckenden und explosiven Drum-Soli, wurde dies ein unvergesslicher Moment.

15th release on the label comes from Smolensk based wizard Vyacheslav Shutov ka Indoor Plants. True magic is here!

POLIÇA & s t a r g a z e veröffentlichen "Bruise Blood: Reimagining Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood" als limitierte Vinyl-12" & Download. Indem POLIÇA & s t a r g a z e gemeinsam Steve Reichs "Music For Pieces of Wood" aus dem Jahr 1973 als Ausgangspunkt wählen und im Verlauf ihrer gut 20-minütigen Version immer neue, polyrhythmische Wege einschlagen, betreten sowohl die US-Band als auch das Berliner Kollektiv Neuland. Auf diese erste gemeinsame Veröffentlichung wird ein weiteres Gemeinschaftsprojekt folgen: Für September haben POLIÇA & s t a r g a z e ein komplettes Album bei Transgressive Records angekündigt, das mehr auf das klassische Song-Format setzt, wenn die beiden Acts sowohl brandneues Material als auch überraschende Neuinterpretationen von bekannten Pop-Songs präsentieren - und sie dabei auch diese Stücke umkrempeln, um zu ihrem jeweiligen Kern vorzudringen. Diese 12" erscheint als 33rpm einseitiges Heavyweight Vinyl mit Etching auf der B-Seite.

Austin-based musician Eliot Lipp delivers Skywave', an album Lipp has been working on for the past several months. With influences from sci-fi soundtracks and 70s and 80s funk, he channels a collection of weird, high-definition, melodic beats. In these nine songs Lipp feels he might have everything I want to say in one moment.' Recreating key musical moments in a current and relatable way was the goal in producing Skywave and giving himself permission to take some risks as well.

With a versatile approach, Lipp has created opportunities to connect with some of the artists he first looked up to, playing in cities across America and abroad always returning to his hometown in the Pacific Northwest.

Collaboration plays a role in all his albums. He's been a fan of Emancipator for a years now and was beyond excited to get his Not Quite Awake' remix. He asked DMC champ Chris Karns to scratch on 'Joyride'. In addition to doing cuts, Chris ended up playing live drums and layering unique vocal samples. 'Reflection' came from a jam session with Gibbz and Cherub in their Nashville studio.

One of Lipp's biggest musical influences last year came from a group of producers from Seattle that call themselves Fish Tank Friends. Most of them had a hand in the early stages of 'Spiders'.

With monthly trips planned from Texas back to Washington, he anticipates more evenings surrounded by friends, fans, and new listeners where he brings everyone together through the touch of a button.

Der Titel deutet es schon an - es ist das neunte Solo-Album von Martin Rev. Martin Reverby ist neben dem im letzten Jahr verstorbenen Alan Vega ein Gründungsmitglied der New Yorker Band Suicide. Deren bahnbrechenden musikalischen Verdienste aufzuzählen, würde Seiten füllen. Daher sagen wir einfach: die Klangwelten von New Wave bis Techno wären ohne sie eine andere. "Demolition 9" stellt das erste neue Material seit 2009 dar, und auf Altersmilde von Martin Rev sollte der Hörer nicht hoffen. Mit über 30 Soundskizzen (die längste währt gerade 3 Minuten), bietet Martin Rev eine Überfülle an Ideen und Stimmungen an. Percussion-Experimente, Ambient-Sounds, Synthie-Lärm und Noir-Soundscapes im ständigen Wechsel, fordern den Hörer. Das Album erscheint auf Atlas Realisations, dem neuen Label von Craig Leon, seines Zeichens Produzent von den Ramones, Blondie und den Bangles.

First time ever on vinyl, deluxe 2LP with custom die cut wide spine and interchangeable heavy weight inner sleeves featuring previously unpublished artwork and photographs from 1982..
Recorded in 1982 and eventually released in 2009 on CD via William Basinski's own 2062 label, 92982 has become one of Basinski's most celebrated works. Finally available on vinyl for the first time, the album has been remastered from the original master tapes, and packaged in an exquisite custom die-cut package with interchangeable heavyweight inner sleeves featuring previously unpublished artwork and photographs from 1982. "You can't help but wonder why this music, recorded so long ago, is only just surfacing. Was the world not ready for WIlliam Basinski in 1982, or was WIlliam Basinski simply not ready to hand himself over to an audience at that point Whatever the reasoning, we're certainly reaping the benefits of the influential ambient composer's stockpile, and 92982 proves to be a real highlight in his output of recent years. Despite the minimalist essence of Basinski's oeuvre there's a pronounced sense of variety, diversity and depth at work in these four tracks, with each taking on its own specific persona. Essential."

Originally released only on cassette in 1986, "Embrace" is mixture of experimental tracks of the duo Martin Kornberger & Volker Kuhn. 600 copies LTD. Recommended!

VSN 008 and DIVISION 004 both are two EP which are both part of the Noisia LP called - Split the Atom

Paul Blackford returns to CPU this time donning a 7" downtempo tip. Light Years vinyl takes 2 of the highlights from the accompanying digital LP, all of which demonstrate his versatility in expressing his hip hop and funk influences from an electronic music perspective.

On first pass you might think you are listening to Nightmares on Wax, but without the heavy sampling as Blackford favours creating his sounds from scratch. Comparisons to Photek's Hidden Camera can be made in terms of atmosphere but keeping things within a slower trip hop framework.

Light Years is for chilling out, but there's a strong temptation to mix hip-hop vocals over the top due to the LP's solid instrumental foundations.

This will mark the first time all of these tracks will be available on vinyl - previously they could only be found on cassette or download. Further, the album will feature unreleased tracks from Cringe Machine as well as a TWINS remix of Love Letters' contribution Nag. An interview of Harsh Riddims' Ryan Parks by 2MR's Mike Simonetti (and vice versa) make up the liner notes and the labels will be throwing parties in NYC and Atlanta to celebrate the release. Harsh Riddims started a few years back. Our first release was a compilation tape featuring some of my best friends. Stefan Ringer (REKchampa), Drew Briggs (Divine Interface), and Matt Weiner (TWINS) live here in Atlanta. They are among the most talented and encouraging individuals I know. B L A C K I E is good friends with Negashi Armada (Bluntfang). Negashi suggested asking him for a track, and he turned in "It's hot livin n' tha south". That's one of my favourite tracks off of the first compilation. About a year ago, we released the second comp. This record is a mix of the two, featuring a few unreleased tracks. I met RAMZI while on tour in Montreal. Love Letters is my friend Maxime Robillard, who lives in New York City. ThinkThrice is a kid in Atlanta that ordered one of Stefan's tapes. We later met at a house party: I'm pretty psyched he's got a track on here! WGM is Gavin Mays out of Memphis. He also produces as Cities Aviv. Cringe Machine is my good friend Justin Bauman. He passed away not too long ago, so I feel really fortunate to be able to share one of his songs. He was a big influence on me, and was overall a really sweet and giving person. Much love towards his family! Lastly, Co/Coaches is one half of Coco and Clair, Taylor Nave. She's such a talented song writer, buck performer; she's one my favorites. Hope you dig!

Its summer, Real Ibiza is back and we are onto our tenth volume. It may have taken us 19 years to get this far but all things come to those who wait. As usual the musical scope is pure Balearic but the producers at work come from all points around the world.

We open our summer salvo of blissful melodies with a trio of big name musicians, Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green joins with chill-out lord Chris Coco for their version of the Albatross classic. Electronic wizards The Orb float on by with their beatless remix. Next we are off to Australia where Gary B smoothly sets the tempo with his haunting vocal and cavernous, laid back grooves.

Netherlands based Symbols Of Sound are next with their Balearic smooth jazz of "Look At The Stars". Aimes from West Coast US is next with plucky, smokebelch-like Grooving In Guatemala. Italian Balearic legend Danielle Baldelli pairs with DJ Rocca for their melodic seaside soundscape that is "Poouli". Next two Russian producers, First, Sad Radio On Cassini lifts us and carries us away with his sweet and deep synth layers before Cardmoth strips it back for a note by note melody on a solo acoustic guitar.

Norwegians Plastic Fantastic take things on a jazzy twist with the bongo, guitar and flute melodious ditty. Keeping the theme of the Spanish guitar JR Haim is next with an exclusive "Heimweh". UK based Kinara are next with their lazy afternoon-ed "Longest Day". Next Italians Audio Affair give us a slice of Balearic soul with their smooth vocal slider "Living The Life". Australian Mission Brown get moody with "Rusted" before 70's French Cameroonian artist Tchammy Patterson relights his musical career with the slow swing beat of "Africa Melodie".

We round off the trip with quietly optimistic and uplifting "Amethyst" from UK producer Audio Glider before some slow "Floating" from Johannes Huppetz and a stargazingly, fantastical closer from the Italian duo the Diaphanoids with "Too Many Stars Not Enough Light".

First single Eastern System made BBC Radio 6Music "Recommends" playlists of Lauren Laverne and Tom Ravenscroft, with extensive play across the station. - Album of the month from Gilles Peterson. - Spotify playlist support from FourTet and Fresh Selects, Top 50 Viral tracks in America. - Hector Plimmer won the PRS Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award, with mentorship from Floating Points, Four Tet & Gilles Peterson. - First release appeared on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Bubblers 11. - Monthly radio show on NTS Radio.

'It's the soundtrack to joining a really great cult, that's somewhere warm and pretty." Tom Ravenscroft Recommends, BBC Radio 6Music
Albert's Favourites are extremely proud to present 'Sunshine', a new album from Hector Plimmer.

We first approached Hector after watching a live performance of his at the legendary 'Sounds of the Universe' Record store in Soho. He stunned us with his attention to detail in his productions, and we were keen to talk further.

What we weren't expecting was the full body of work that Hector sent over.

Previously released work was mixed in with new unfinished ideas, and as we progressed we realized that there was already a good albums worth of material
to work with.

It represents (in no particular order) my musical journey over the past 4 or so years, some of which may never have seen the light of day.

All of the music in this album has come about as organically as possible, from tapping a light bulb I was changing to finding a sweet sounding Kalimba at Raw Material in Brixton and recording it on my phone (shout out to Miles laughing in the background of 'Kalimba 2').

We whittled down the original folder to what we present to you today. 'Sunshine' is a well-rounded body of work that truly represents Hector's influences and passions.

From the frantic drum work of 'Eastern System' that we released back in December on 7" vinyl, to the ambient beauty of 'Sunshine', this album unfolds and morphs beautifully to capture the feeling of inner city dwelling. "The process also included finding out my next door neighbours Rob & Lu (Drahla) made amazing music & meeting Andrea (And Is Phi) at the Brainchild Festival Warm Up party in London last year.

In the same way groups like Portishead and Leftfield captured a moment in time, Hector's work, although influenced by them, is also drenched in tribal rhythms and beautifully crafted bass. Melodies weave and shift to make way for glorious synths or vocal lines. Clearly influenced by beat-makers like Flying Lotus and Theo Parrish, but with the subtleties of the classic Metalheadz era Drum and Bass, this album will definitely leave you wanting more.

Gorgeous and essential archive material from this master of mood. The latest unearthing on Chee Shimizu's 17853 - previously only available on a very limited Japanese cassette back early 80s. BIG TIP!
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The late Hiroshi Yoshimura, a pioneer of Japanese ambient music. Yoshimura was involved in a wide range of fields, such as sound design for public installations, graphic design, visual poetry, free improvised performance (using his own body) and inventing his own instruments, right up until he passed away in 2003.

The seven songson this album were created for a fashion exibition held at a warehouse in the Tokyo bay area. He released it on cassete tape on Japanese label 'Fukusei Gijutsu Kohboh' ran by Yoshio Ojima who produced the album.

Referring to the Loft: "As the time goes by, the Loft that was swept away ( forgotten) from the City but it somewhat has a look of a " City of Ruins" that reminds you of something you have forgotten. Something nostalgic. Sounds from the City and the vast landscape gave me a great opportunity to take a fresh look at Tokyo." says Yoshimura.

Referring To the Pier: His look towards Tokyo bay takes on the shape of sonic particles....tickling down gently while tinged with change. A landscape of Seven Sounds.

This is the first-ever vinyl release, 34 years after it's recording. The sleeve image is the same as on the original cassette release.