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Big Peace

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Big Peace (formerly known as Big War) is a Manchester based producer, DJ, member of the Generic Greeting Collective and co-promoter of No White Tee's (alongside Swing Ting's Joey B). Working in a variety of musical disciplines, you're as likely to hear his music as part of an installation in a gallery as you are to hear it on a rap mixtape. His unique and underivative productions have received praise both locally and further afield and have been featured on websites such as Vice, Dummy, Southern Hospitality and Cocaine Blunts. Big War's DJ sets run the gamut from funk and soul to rap and leftfield beats. Peace & War was created between 2010-2016 and is a two part collection of instrumentals made from samples and original
material with an awareness of DIY music and a clear influence from early 90's Warp / electronica. The music is bright eyed and positive but keeps it's foot firmly in the present as it marries its hip hop influences with a very post-everything, 2016 aesthetic. References could be made with 1080p, 100% Silk and the more recent Hyperdub output; but this definitely stands out as something sincere and considered, not simply an attempt to latch onto a fashionable trent of also-rans. Although highly produced, this is honest music that should resonante with the heart as much as it stimulates the mind and body. There's elements of yearning, lust, wide-eyed optimism and serene melancholy. Wonderfully sequenced and presented, this is a brilliantly realized piece. Highly recommended! 

TRACK LISTING

Peace Side:
1. Aisha
2. Hush (with Szajna)
3. Cosey
4. Diva
5. Mrmi3
6. Imperial Bedrooms (with Moose)
7. Find A Way
8. Bodyhigh
9. Scales (with Szajna)
10. Peace
(33:04)
War Side:
1. Tour
2. Hypeeee
3. Knew Too Much
4. Stiffy (with Szajna)
5. Ballout
6. Nono
7. Bonus Edit
8. Skerg
9. One Of You
10. Oscar
(32:36)

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