Software Records have put together a mini-documentary on the artist responsible for The Baltika Years.
The US producer and visual artist will release his debut album on Software in October.
Records from Mood Hut, PAN, Software, Diagonal and Houndstooth all feature in May’s selection.
Dan Hayhurst and Reuben Sutherland must have one of the most unique approaches to live performance of any electronic act currently operating. As Sculpture, they combine the former’s method of sampling tape loops sourced from eBay with the latter’s unique visual approach, which sees Sutherland accompany the sounds with kaleidoscopic patterns spun on a turntable, projected onto a screen behind them. Hayhurst’s tape loops hanging on a rail behind him, he picks them out one by one and feeds the output of his reel to reel through an array of samplers, creating a sound that’s as chaotic, yet colourful, as Sutherland’s psychedelic, almost cartoonish visuals.
Watch the kaledoscopic promo in advance of the duo’s forthcoming album on Software.
The self-described “sound and vision conglomerate” will issue Membrane Pop through Software in May.
The Chicago-based DIY artist will make his first appearance on Daniel Lopatin’s label in February.
It’s almost impossible to write about Huerco S. without mentioning the faintly ridiculous “outsider house” tag that seems to have stuck to him since he made his name through releases for Wicked Bass, Opal Tapes and Future Times. Until recently located in Kansas City, the producer otherwise known as Brian Leeds fits the archetype – he’s suitably distanced from any relevant scenes, he doesn’t spend too much time tweaking EQs, and he began producing on an old desktop PC. His music is lo-fi, yes, coated in a deeply engrained grubbiness, predominantly with a regular 4/4 beat, but it’s also warm, sensual stuff. If Leeds had been releasing music four years ago it probably would have been classified as “hypnagogic pop” thanks to the disconcerting sense of familiarity his music evokes.
Colonial Patterns from the Kansas City-based producer due on Daniel Lopatin’s label in September.