Over an epic 2 hours and 30 minutes we were treated to a full exclusive preview of the forthcoming debut album by Scaramanga Silk plus chat, insight, influences and the story behind the record.
Tracklist:
Ben Mitchell – Cymbalism [Drum Dub] (Mr Bongo)
Scaramanga Silk – Barakatuk (Micro Spiral)
Joe – Claptrap (Hessle Audio)
Scaramanga Silk – Macrynimyze (Micro Spiral)
Autechre – V-Proc (Warp)
Scaramanga Silk – Alonely (Micro Spiral)
Laurent Garnier – Barbiturik Blues (F Communications)
Scaramanga Silk – Return To The One (Micro Spiral)
James Blake – CMYK (R&S)
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Scaramanga Silk – Life In The Faslow Lane (Micro Spiral)
Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish (Warp)
Scaramanga Silk – Blind Truth (Micro Spiral)
Scaramanga Silk with Low Poet – Speak Without Tongues (Micro Spiral)
Model 500 – The Flow (R&S)
Scaramanga Silk – Soaring Above (Micro Spiral)
John Serrie – The Stargazer’s Journey (New World Music)
Scaramanga Silk – They Have Taken Control (Micro Spiral)
Scaramanga Silk with B-Fink – Day Of A New Dawn (Micro Spiral)
Full album release date: 30/09/16
Early Exclusive copies of the Vinyl and CD are available now only at Sounds Of The Universe:
Last night, Mr Gideon Coe played the opening track from Scaramanga Silk’s debut album ‘Designer Scribble’ on his super top notch BBC 6 Music Radio Show.
‘Barakatuk’ is a percussive sound system smasher where Latin rhythms meet warehouse electronics and warped basslines.
‘Designer Scribble’ release dates:
Global Digital Release: 23/09/16
Global Physical Release: 30/09/16 on 2LP + Download Card, CD and Cassette + Download Card
Early Exclusive copies of the Vinyl and CD are available now only at Sounds Of The Universe:
Label: Micro Spiral
Cat No: mspiral009lp / mspiral009cd / mspiral009tc / mspiral009
Formats: 2LP / CD / TC / DL
Global Physical Release Date: 30/09/16
Global Digital Release Date: 30/09/16
Distribution: Cargo / www.cargorecords.co.uk
DOWNLOAD the Press Release (DOC)here. DOWNLOAD the Audio Clips (MP3 / ZIP)here. DOWNLOAD the Cover Artwork (JPEG)here.
“Electronic Mastery!” – Verity Sharp (Late Junction, BBC Radio 3)*
Enigmatic electronic producer, Scaramanga Silk, issues his debut album five years early! He originally intended for ‘Designer Scribble’ to come out in the year 2021 as he felt the material was ‘too futuristic’ for the current climate. Luckily, we managed to convince him to bring the release date forward so that you can experience the music of tomorrow, today…
Hailing from an electronic core, the artist is clearly a product of the rave era but with a forward looking and experimental twist that encompasses other influences such as funk, techno, ambient, drum & bass, jazz, dub, r&b and more. When all these elements combine the resulting concoctions are heritage hybrids with a modern leftfield take.
Up to this point, Mr Silk has released a handful of productions, singles, eps and remixes. In recent years, these outings have found favour with Gideon Coe, Nemone, Eddy Temple-Morris, Cerys Matthews, Don Letts, Verity Sharp, Huw Stephens and John Kennedy across BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 1 and XFM.
‘Designer Scribble’ kicks off with the sound system smasher, ‘Barakatuk’, a percussion heavy, Latin groover with killer warped basslines. ‘Macrynimyze’ is best described as ‘slow drum & bass’. In the past, funk breakbeats were sped up for ravers. Now, those drum & bass breaks are slowed down to create something altogether new. The melancholy, ‘Alonely’ goes half-tempo with electro 808 beats fused with slurring bass, soundtrack strings and heart-wrenching piano – think Zero 7 meets Laurent Garnier. ‘Return To The One’ could be a slow drum & bass ode to the works of PFM and Burial with its cascading melodies and haunting vocals. ‘Life In The Faslow Lane’ is the party-tune – a slice of ‘hyper hip-hop’ where a dual-tempo approach combines with trance riffs, arcade machine hooks and exotic rhythms. ‘Blind Truth’ is a total rule breaker with shifting time signatures, changing rhythmic styles and a fusion of jazz, drum & bass, r&b and electro that keeps you guessing. Low Poet surfaces for the sci-fi hip-hop number ‘Speak Without Tongues’ – a reflection on past-present-future communication. ‘The Voyage Beyond Andromeda’ Suite concludes the album as an epic 21 minute futurist concept piece across three tracks. ‘Soaring Above’ is vintage ambient space music but from a techno perspective with industrial loops, rave sub-bass and galactic atmospherics. This is the sort of thing John Serrie, The KLF and Bee Mask would deliver if stranded on a spaceship together. ‘They Have Taken Control’ resurrects the 1993 ‘jungle-tekno’ sound of Basement Records with tuff breakbeats over four-to-the-floor kicks. Watch out for the Reese bassline, lasers and distortion attack! To close, B-Fink arrives on the hypnotically beautiful ‘accelerating ambience’ of ‘Day Of A New Dawn’. And the gifted Konx-Om-Pax (Planet Mu) supplies the cover artwork.
Across ten tracks, Scaramanga Silk offers up a unique album that takes in history, mangles it through the machines and turns out intriguing abstractions that sound original and fresh. You won’t hear another record like this before 2021!
*Quote from Verity Sharp on Late Junction, BBC Radio 3 on 08/07/15 in regard to track ‘Velvet Raindrops’ on Kin-Aesthetic Recordings.
Taken from Pilote’s stunning album ‘The Slowdown’ is this psychedelic slice of leftfield folk. Contains a sample from the excellent film ‘Down Terrace’ used with the kind permission of Ben Wheatley.
‘Me And Timothy Leary’ was a ‘Headphone Moment’ on Lauren Laverne’s BBC6 Music Radio Show.
Following the releases of the Lauren Laverne (BBC6 Music) and Nick Luscombe (Late Junction, BBC Radio 3) supported single ‘She Walks In Beauty’ and album ‘Proserpine’s Gold’, singer and composer Kirsten Morrison returns….
A: ‘Double, Double, Toil And Trouble’ (Feat. Lene Lovich)
‘Double, Double, Toil And Trouble’ is based on Shakespeare’s classic, Macbeth. This darkly gothic number is filled with witches’ chants, late evening operatic vocals and classical horror instrumentation which build into an epic orchestral stampede. New wave legend, Lene Lovich makes a rare special guest appearance and brings her trademark sound to this ideal Halloween track.
AA: ‘Marie Antoinette’
‘Marie Antoinette’ has been a major highlight of Kirsten Morrison’s live shows across Europe. This four-to-the-floor baroque style romp has devastated venues by combining an infectious groove and stratospheric operatic vocals in this ode to the legendary French Queen who met an unfortunate fate.
‘Double, Double, Toil And Trouble’ is based on Shakespeare’s classic, Macbeth. This darkly gothic number is filled with witches’ chants, late evening operatic vocals and classical horror instrumentation which build into an epic orchestral stampede. New wave legend, Lene Lovich makes a rare special guest appearance and brings her trademark sound to this ideal Halloween track.
Label: Micro Spiral
Cat No: mspiral008
Formats: 7″ Vinyl / Download / Streaming
Global Digital Release Date: 23/10/15
Micro Spiral Website 7″ Release Date: 30/10/15
Rest Of World 7″ Release Date: 13/11/15
Distribution: Cargo / www.cargorecords.co.uk
Following the releases of the Lauren Laverne (BBC6 Music) and Nick Luscombe (Late Junction, BBC Radio 3) supported single ‘She Walks In Beauty’ and album ‘Proserpine’s Gold’, singer and composer Kirsten Morrison returns….
A: ‘Double, Double, Toil And Trouble’ (Feat. Lene Lovich)
‘Double, Double, Toil And Trouble’ is based on Shakespeare’s classic, Macbeth. This darkly gothic number is filled with witches’ chants, late evening operatic vocals and classical horror instrumentation which build into an epic orchestral stampede. New wave legend, Lene Lovich makes a rare special guest appearance and brings her trademark sound to this ideal Halloween track.
AA: ‘Marie Antoinette’
‘Marie Antoinette’ has been a major highlight of Kirsten Morrison’s live shows across Europe. This four-to-the-floor baroque style romp has devastated venues by combining an infectious groove and stratospheric operatic vocals in this ode to the legendary French Queen who met an unfortunate fate.
Out now! The debut album from singer and composer Kirsten Morrison. ‘Proserpine’s Gold’ takes inspiration from many of the great poets including Byron, Rosetti and Edgar Allan Poe. It then fuses elements of classical, medieval, folk, steampunk, theatrical and soundtrack styles. Finally, it is rounded off with sublime operatic soprano vocals to create a unique and original record.
‘A gorgeous track.’ ‘Really special.’ ‘Very much one to watch.’ – Lauren Laverne, BBC6 Music.
Stockists.
Last night, Nick Luscombe played the Soap Company remix of Kirsten Morrison’s ‘Alchemy Of Love’ on the rather fabulous Late Junction on BBC Radio 3.
‘Alchemy Of Love’ is based on the poem by Rumi and the original version features on Kirsten’s album ‘Proserpine’s Gold’.
The Soap Company remix is a unique fusion of styles that takes you on a real journey. Check it out by listening back to Late Junction here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b065xh14
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