About this item

Talking Drums ditch their sea legs and swap the pirate booty of their cult edit series for a five-track EP of original productions, each swimming in LinnDrums, digital chimes and synth-vox sunshine. Summer sounds abound as the crew refract house, disco, ambient and dub through shimmering sea glass, bringing the beach to the bar, club, garden or grotto.

Inspired equally by tropical Sceneries (but Not Songs), Ecco the Dolphin and Echoes of Wally, as well as a few tall tales about trendy whales, this 16-bit caper makes a splash from wave top to bikini bottom. Written and produced as a cohesive EP over three sun-baked weeks in 2025, and stitched together with field recordings and found sounds from Sicily, rural France, Japan and Singapore, "Pier Pressure" sees each track flow into the next: distinct seas that make up one larger ocean.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: After becoming one of the go-to, cult-collected stables for cosmic, disco and weirdo dance nuggets; Talking Drums turn to their machines and minds for inspiration. Ditching the digging for an EP of original music. The results speak for themselves - a beautifully rendered selection of paradise music that floats buoyantly on the surface of a shimmering ocean. Unfurling languidly, whilst offering full body sensory enjoyment throughout. Your holiday needs this!

TRACK LISTING

Fashionable Whale
Salmon Hats
Mangrove
Flutti di Mare
Squid Dub