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BLOND:ISH Wunderkammer EP out July 21
BLOND:ISH's Anstascia and Vivie-Ann have established a firm reign over global dance floors - but even more astounding is their continued bravura in the studio as evidenced by their latest offering WUNDERKAMMER
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Released July 21
Thanks to their immaculate taste in music and impressive
presence behind the decks, BLOND:ISH's Anstascia and
Vivie-Ann have established a firm reign over global dance
floors - but even more astounding is their continued bravura
in the studio as evidenced by their latest offering
WUNDERKAMMER: here, you'll witness them delving ever
deeper into the psychedelic influences that already informed
their LOVERS IN LIMBO EP (KOMPAKT 253) and INWARD
VISIONS (KOMPAKT 268) releases.
Last year has been quite a ride for BLOND:ISH, with the duo
working through an incredibly busy tour schedule: a rewarding
experience for sure, but certainly not the ideal backdrop for
reclusive producing sessions. To reconnect with their studio flow,
our protagonists decided to take some time off and headed to
Tulum, Mexico - one of the last citys built by the Mayas, this
arcadian place now became the personal paradise for two crazy
gringas setting up a little studio and going on field recording trips.
It's where they would try to commit to tape the sounds of chanting
street merchants, roaring dirt bikes and whispering ancient ruins.
Yes, you got that picture right: Blond:ish were stalking the coconut
guy with a field recorder. You're welcome.
It's no wonder, then, that WUNDERKAMMER presents itself as a
tremedously atmospheric package, with its three cuts drenched in
intriguing textures and exotic fumes. Fittingly, the opening title track
kicks things off with some heavy reverb engulfing the raspy guitar
strumming, placing us right where BLOND:ISH left us with their
masterful INWARD VISIONS EP almost exactly one year earlier:
again, it's a somewhat surreal setting that we're presented with, a
place full of trapdoors, double entendres and contorted
perspectives - all held together by relentless beat programming
and semisynthetic voice snippets luring us deeper into the
subterranean maze.
A ruminating and downright creepy anthem, this perfectly primes
the ears for BIRDS EAT BIRDS, the flipside's belligerent main floor
cut that rules over its bleeping synth troops with the allure of a
mad, yet triumphant king. The lunacy certainly doesn't stop there -
it just changes its apparition with STOLEN ROMANCE,
WUNDERKAMMER's sweeping, abyssal closing track. In what can
be reckoned among the sneakier hallucinogens on offer,
BLOND:ISH let all towering delusions collapse and adopt a self-
reflective stance, creating their own post-apocalyptic downbeat
manifesto in the process.
Tracklist:
B1. BIRDS EAT BIRDS
B2. STOLEN ROMANCE FEAT. AUDYSEA
Tour dates:
Jul 04 Frigays, Puerto De Mazarrón
Jul 05 Watergate, Berlin
Jul 11 Weetamix, Vernier
Jul 12 ANTS, Ibiza
Jul 13 CDLC, Barcelona
Jul 18 Beach House Nights, Athens
Jul 19 Cosmic Expeditions, Larisa
Jul 24 Wisdom Of The Glove - Secret Garden Party, Huntingdon
Jul 25 Flying Circus, Ibiza
Jul 26 Fabric, London
Jul 27 Family Piknik, Montpellier
Aug 01 Tension Electronic Music Festival, Basel
Current Top 10:
- dj abstract - touch (barac edit)
- blond:ish - wunderkammer [kompakt]
- nightmares on wax - aftermath (somebody's edit)
- reagenz - the labyrinth [ostgut ton]
- rhymos - pale ale (aubrey remix) [whistleblower records]
- dj nob tee ft dr. ko - touch me [mole listening pearls]
- cesaria evora - angola (blond:ish edit)
- butch & c. vogt - the infamous (robytek vs shield reedit) [rebirth]
- sean pineiro - someday [k records]
- edward - in the mood [white music]
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