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Andy Blake & Timothy J Fairplay – B-Ultras [EES005]

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BLAKE, Andy & TIMOTHY J FAIRPLAY - B Ultras

A love of new wave, new beat, UK Bleep and Detroit techno all feature in B-Ultras and the aptly titled, Neu Beat. Both cuts are heavily soaked in the pitch black, smoke machine funk and strob-laden fug of Andy’s (and co-hort Joe Hart) infamous World Unknown dancefloor. Running at around 10 minutes the tracks are essentially an examination of acid house’s ideals. Clattering hats, throbbing basslines, stabbing keys and doses of 303. Keeping it pretty simple but all about a pure groove on and on. Backing these up is a remix of B-Ultras from Jamie Paton that accentuates the groove and drags the acid deeper down to some B-boy Dub throwdown – with more to follow from all protagonists in 2014.

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Andy Blake & Timothy J Fairplay – B-Ultras [EES005]

Andy Blake – Slazenger’s Bump EP [JACKOFF007]

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Andy Blake making his debut for JackOff. For this release he breaks away from his usual signature sound to create a truly unique and exciting EP. Raw analogue sounds recorded live Andy brings back the darker driving vibes of 90’s rave culture but with a twist.

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Andy Blake – Slazenger’s Bump EP [JACKOFF007]

Andy Blake – Cave Paintings 4 [CP004]

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Cave Paintings 4 arrives with two tracks. 4x flies into hypnotic techno territory. big drums, big bass and big synth strings creating a rollercoasters in outer space vibe. 4y brings some house/garage swing and wild pitch atmosphere into the Cave Paintings equation, introducing elements found in Andy’s recent contribution as Slazenger’s People to the Spargel Trax release into a long, tracky Cave Paintings workout.

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Andy Blake – Cave Paintings 4 [CP004]

Andy Blake – Cave Paintings 3 [CP003]

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The third installment of Andy Blake’s Cave Paintings series. All the Cave Paintings releases are one-take analogue excursions constructed by machines and recorded live. 3x is a simple but dramatically effective warmly buzzing bassline is clambered all over by layers of interlocking pure analogue percussion. 3y heads into thus far uncharted territory. An evil, growling LFO driven bass underpins militaristic percussion that’s slammed hard into ancient spring reverbs and accompanied by the sound of synthesisers being choked to death.

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Andy Blake – Cave Paintings 3 [CP003]

Andy Blake – Cave Paintings 2 [CP002]

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Andy Blake gets back to basics with a 2nd installment of his all-analogue, hardware-powered ‘Cave Paintings’ workouts. The vibe is meaningfully rough and ready, the A-side capturing a locked-in drum machine pattern and mental reversed synthline synced in tangled, captivating copulations, whereas the flipside gets loose with proper Chicago-meets-UK jack patterns.

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Andy Blake – Cave Paintings 2 [CP002]

Andy Blake – Cave Paintings 1 [CP1]

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Cave Paintings is a new imprint dedicated to rough as you like machine music that lives somewhere in techno, house and EBM territory. All the tracks are done live in one take on old analogue boxes for a loose, organic and spontaneous feel that its impossible to capture when using computers.

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Andy Blake – Cave Paintings 1 [CP1]