Shanti Celeste offers a remix for the Manhattan 12″ which comes through the Bristol label next month.
The Cosmic Bridge man adds the Bristol institution to his respected CV with the upcoming Friend Of Day.
The opening track of Rhythmic Theory’s debut album, Circulation, could well soundtrack a spacecraft touching down on an uncharted planet in a sci-fi film. Hazy ambient textures resonate absorbingly throughout “Intro (to my imagination)” but with a touch of trepidation, and a distorted voice adds to the almost fraught sense of intrigue. It invites listeners into the world the elusive Bristol-based artist constructs over the course of Circulation, his longest and most fully-formed work yet.
Larry McCarthy is irrepressible. In an interview with The Quietus, the producer known as Bruce revealed he had an epiphany during his last year of university: “I didn’t think about anything else other than getting releases on the labels I’d dreamed of being on.” Cue a powerful pair of records for Hessle Audio and Livity Sound’s Dnuos Ytivil sublabel. Now, right after his second Hessle release, he reveals a dubby mix of techno, dubstep and ambient sounds for Idle Hands. This is a trio of distinctly formed tracks, and each has an interesting novelty that’s hard to describe, a quality in-keeping with his previous material. One of the first things you notice is that the rough distortion you associate with Bruce productions has temporarily disappeared.
With two distinct albums out already this year, a prolific and very content Matt Karmil has plenty to discuss. Read more
We mark the onset of a new feature series focused on local clubbing scenes as Oli Warwick picks out what’s happening in Bristol.
Idle Hands, LIES, Blip Discs, Sexes and The Trilogy Tapes all feature on this month’s edition.
Since he emerged as a solo producer in 2013, Matt Karmil has proved difficult to pin down. Within just two years of operation he was responsible for shimmering deep house on International Records, a summery festival anthem on Beats in Space and an album of textured minimal grooves for PNN. In 2015 he turned to darker strains of the 4/4 spectrum, with a string of bass-heavy techno releases for Studio Barnhus and Idle Hands. While it’s never clear where Karmil is going next, what has marked his output to date is an attention to the minutiae of texture and an enviably consistent quality.
This new plate for Bristol’s Idle Hands by young Londoner Parris bears the familiar markings of a producer with a sub-bass obsession, who you can imagine perhaps cut his teeth on Youngsta’s Rinse FM shows. Parris has indeed followed that pioneer’s tradition, from working at the BM Soho record shop to running Soundman Chronicles, and releasing music with Wen on the iconic Tempa imprint. It’s producers like Parris that not only keep the dubstep flame burning, but, deeper still, in his own production he holds close the legacy of the original heads-down swingers El-B and J Da Flex who helped create that genre.
The two-track 12” from the Soundman Chronicles boss will round off the Bristol label’s year.
Prepare yourselves for 70 murky minutes of sub-heavy sounds mixed by the man from Bristol.
The latest collaborative iteration from the Young Echo collective will release an eponymous LP through the local Bristol label.
The UK artist is responsible for the Bristol label’s 30th release with Play It and has an album due on Idle Hands later this year.
