Plant43 returns to AC Records

Mycology from the Bleep43 mainstay will arrive on the German electro outlet next month.

There is a measured approach to production from Bleep43 man Emile Facey; he has been producing and releasing electro as Plant43 for a decade now but clearly chooses when to release his music wisely. A reflection of his standing within electro can be found in the storied cast of labels he has worked with over this time; Shipwrec, Frustrated Funk, Semantica, TRUST, Central Processing Unit and the now-defunct Ai Records among them. Nestled in there too are German electro enthusiasts AC Records whose low-key approach has attracted contributions from Koova, DeFeKT, Morphology in addition to Plant43.

After debuting on AC Records back in 2012, Facey returns next month with a second Plant43 offering in the shape of Mycology. To overcome the lack of any press materials from the label, Facey was kind enough to explain the four-track 12″ was a chance for him to explore his interest in the biological study of fungi. “I’ve been fascinated with mushrooms for a while now and have been on a foraging course recently. Every track on the record is named after a type of fungus. They’re English names rather than the Latin, and they make really good song titles, I think.”

Facey adds two of the tracks featured are finished versions of music originally recorded for a live performance at Berghain last year, whilst the artwork for Mycology is based around some fungi imagery crafted by Dutch multimedia artist Mariana Oliveira. You can watch a video for opening track “Crowned Earthstar” below to get an idea of how these fungi themes transfer to the music.

AC Records will release Mycology by Plant43 in May.

Tracklisting:

A1. Crowned Earthstar
A2. Amethyst Deceiver
B1. Destroying Angel
B2. Tongues of Fire