About this item

Will is a Manchester-based artist crafting industrial electronic music that explores the tension between inner turbulence and cosmic scale. Originally from Glasgow, his work blends elements of trip-hop, house, and hardcore techno, shaped by the influence of artists such as Bjork, Portishead, and Aphex Twin, and filtered through a background in design ann a deeply introspective writing style.

His debut album introduces "B54X" as a fully realized sonic world - one built on contrast, darkness and euphoria, pressure and release, the internal and the infinite. Across the record, heavy, driving compositions meet stark, indie-leaning vocals, creating a sound that feels both intimate and expansive.

The album was produced in Manchester at Vibe Studio with the help of Dean Glover (Anthony Szmierek, Roots Manuva, Aerial Salad).

"B54X" explores themes of perception, emotional weight, and the unknown, using space-inspired textures as a framework for something more human - a search for meaning within both the self and the wider universe. Though standing completely and fiercely unique in the current Mancunian soundscape, it should find bedfellows with the heavier and more industrialized side of Sprechen Music, should interest fans of Space Afrika's bleak sonic explorations, and, in our humble opinion, would make great stage company for the Decius live show currently doing the rounds.

Explosive & confrontational with a depth of lyrical prowess and storytelling that invites repeat listens. This is very good. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Strong local effort from the singular mind of Manchester-via-Glasgow's Will Arneil. Harnessing high voltage currents for his own particular brand of industrialized introspection and sonic chaos; there's a destructive and cinematic theme coursing through its circuits which keep you plugged-in long after its radioactive sonic core has depleted.

TRACK LISTING

1. Redshift
2. Cellular Necrosis
3. Epoch
4. Syzygy
5. Retrograde
6. Arepo
7. Substrate
8. Ragnarok
9. Autark
10. Tokyo