Tosca – Odeon
Eskmo – Terra
Forget Me Not – The Stronger
Static – The Final Start
Label: !K7 Records
Label: Ancestor
Label: Losing Suki
Label: Flexout Audio
Release Date: February 5
Release Date: January 21
Release Date: February 4
Release Date: January 7
For the fans of: ambient, lush, pastoral soundscapes, elegant darkness.
For the fans of: the unmistakable sound of Eskmo.
For the fans of: liquid drum and bass, soulful vocals, icy clear-cut synths, junglist breakdowns.
Stand out tracks: "Bonjour", "Jayjay", "In My Brain Prinz Eugen".
Stand out tracks: "Shadow", "Push and Pull", "We Are All Terrestrial".
For the fans of: bump and grind beat and watery vocals, prime garage cuts, hollowed out, steppy percussive rhythms, anything Bristol.
They say: "I don't like the term 'ambient' so much, but I use it as a recognition point," says Richard Dorfmeister. Rupert Huber clarifies further, "We don't mean 'ambient' like the ambient scene of the 70s and 80s, or Music for Airports, rather it's more like a sound collage. When we say 'ambient,' we mean no beat."
They say: The follow-up response to his earlier Language EP, released in October also on Ancestor, Terra explores a dark yet fuller and down to earth side of Eskmo.
Synkro – Acceptance
Burial – Truant
tshabee – Packet From Far
Night Slugs All Stars Volume 2
Label: Apollo Records
Label: Hyperdub
Label: Chi Recordings
Label: Night Slugs
Release Date: January 28
Release Date: December 17
Release Date: January 10
Release Date: February 4
Stand out tracks: "Acceptance", "Recognition", "Illuminations".
For the fans of: rain, grey, fog, UK, and of course the sound of Burial.
For the fans of: garage house, bass, ethereal, melodic electronica.
For the fans of: club music of 2013, modern classics of rave.
For the fans of: organic textures, smoky reverbs, rhythmically complex, emotionally mournful sound sculptures.
They say: Who cares what they say? When it comes to Burial, we just listen.
They say: The guy claims to be an impressionist, and by listening to his stuff, we tend to believe it. One of the things we love about his music: being so playful and eclectic, it can not be accused of imitating anything else than what it is.
Stand out tracks: L-Vis 1990 "Not Mad", Bok Bok "Silo Pass", Egyptrixx "Adult".
They say: There’s something very current about Synkro’s output - a kind of expression of how fractured and disparate life in the early part of the 21st century has become - where hyper modern production technology rubs shoulders with virtually untreated guitar and sad, distorted voices; where the constant chatter of electronic communication fails to distort the isolation of the modern world.
They say: Forget Me Not is a trio from Bristol with a rich musical history and close association to the city from which they hail. As solo artists they have put out countless d&b 12"s and now combine their forces into an even more powerful production outfit. And that’s all we are telling you ahead of the release of their four track EP, Stronger, on Losing Suki.
They say: Flexout's new golden boy Static has come fresh from obscurity with a release that's as deep as it is progressive, inspired by personal events, with a strong emotional connection to past and future drum and bass.
They say: All Stars 2 charts Night Slugs' move away from the early-digital world in which our music spent its infancy, and into a more developed, more textured universe.
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