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Tenderlonious

Underworld EP

    Tenderlonious follows up his essential 'Tek-88' EP with three deep, dream house tracks that nod to mid-90s Larry Heard and smudged, jazzy beatdown vibes in a Theo Parrish/Rick Wilhite/KDJ style - only 200 copies available on 12" vinyl, in a hand-stamped and signed sleeve

    Underworld' kicks things off on side A with a ten- minute deep house journey filled with classic sounding synth leads and sweeping strings, held together by rolling 808 drums. This one is a sure- shot winner for the dancefloor. Side B starts with 'Wild Horses', with clapping 808s, a smooth bass line and lush analogue pads that clear the decks for a touching piano solo. Side B finishes up with 'Ur Love', influenced by the noughties London club scene. Rolling drums intertwine with an arpeggiated piano line, which builds to a slick lead solo.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Underworld
    2. Wild Horses
    3. Ur Love

    Underworld

    Strawberry Hotel

      Welcome to Strawberry Hotel.

      Here, gleaming tensile techno forms clean, straight lines while scratchy acoustic guitars scuff up edges to produce ghostly audio. Poetry is snatched from the overhead, removed from the overheard; words borrowed from the ether are spun into dizzying new shapes, sometimes reappearing in new settings, twisted back to front, side to side. Each track a very different room - some soundtracked by little more than metronomic kick drum and robotic voice, others deep in layer upon layer of melody and euphoric noise - and each room unmistakably, uniquely Underworld. The only advice from Underworld’s Rick Smith and Karl Hyde upon entering: “Please don’t shuffle.”

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Black Poppies
      2. Denver Luna
      3. Techno Shinkansen
      4. And The Colour Red
      5. Sweet Lands Experience
      6. Lewis In Pomona
      7. Hilo Sky
      8. Burst Of Laughter
      9. King Of Haarlem
      10. Ottavia
      11. Denver Luna (acapella)
      12. Gene Pool
      13. Oh Thorn!
      14. Iron Bones
      15. Stick Man Test

      Killer, retrotastic journey into the original BLEEP sound by Dawn Of The Underground. As authentic as you like, it encapsulates that '88-'91 vibe: sub-woofer tweaking, dark, jacking machine funk. Originally pioneered in Sheffield by artists such as Unique 3, Nexus 21, Nightmares on Wax and Original Clique.

      All the delicious tropes are included and correct - deep square bass tones, eerie leads, manipulated vocal samples, occassional breaks; Dawn of The Underground have faithfully recreated the addictive sounds of the era; which somehow manages to still sound vaguely futuristic some thirty years after its original conception.




      STAFF COMMENTS

      Matt says: Essential record for fans of that original Sheffield bleep sound. Dawn Of The Underworld give you those Jive Turkey feels with five tracks that absolute nail this classic UK rave prototype style.

      TRACK LISTING

      A1. The Anniss Effect (Reincarnation Mix)
      A2. Warped Sequences
      B1. Arena
      B2. Arena (Spartan Mix)
      B3. The Anniss Effect (92 Revived Original Mix)

      What is "Drift"?

      • It’s precisely one year inside the minds of Underworld.

      • It’s a journey that began on 1st November 2018 when Underworld released the track "Another Silent Way" and set off with no map, no fixed destination and a simple mantra ('Drift is the opposite of ‘normal’ or ‘usual’ practice; we’ll do this until we’re dust'). Rick Smith and Karl Hyde’s aim was to create and publish music and film episodically for 52 weeks and see where the journey took them. Within a few weeks, the experiment found its own path, prompting the electronic pioneers to react to previous releases and create new works accordingly. Over time, the duo’s innate curiosity opened up a unique space in which they could experiment, learn and explore new frontiers - together and with others (including Tomato’s Simon Taylor, Australian improv-trance band The Necks, techno producer Ø [Phase], Japanese noise band Melt-Banana, economics writer Aditya Chakrabortty and members of Black Country, New Road). During the 52 weeks, five self-contained episodes were released (respectively in November, January, March, May and August) - collectively, they form "DRIFT Series 1". 


      STAFF COMMENTS

      Matt says: An impressively on-going, interactive, year-long project from the band culminates in the album's actual release in October. Always keen to push the envelope, the idea behind this is very satisfying.

      TRACK LISTING

      Appleshine
      This Must Be Drum Street
      Listen To Their No
      Border Country
      Mile Bush Pride
      Schiphol Test
      Brilliant Yes That Would Be
      S T A R (Rebel Tech)
      Imagine A Box
      Custard Speedtalk


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