* Quotes: Lakker - Lovely stuff, lovely package. My favourite is the Killawatt track. Great groove and production, as with all his stuff. The Soft is a grower too.'
Tonka - if there's been a stronger debut than this in dance music I've never fucking heard it'
Jimpster - Just wanted to say a big thanks for the lovely vinyl that arrived this morning. Just listening now and the ThermalBear track has me hooked!Throwing Snow - Rarely do I have such a nice surprise through the post than when your record arrived.
I'm now on my third play through and it's stunning, I genuinely love every track Norman Nodge - thanks for sending me D001, I like every single one of them in its own way. If I had to name a favorite it would be The Soft´s track.
Andrew Ryce - I quite like it! All three tracks are nice in their own way... it definitely sounds like artists who don't normally do techno doing techno, and that has its pros and cons. Sounds pretty fresh' Tommy Four Seven - yes feeling all 3, esp Killawatt!'
* Derelicht provide evidence of their shackles-off approach' to producing exceptional electronic music in this their first sampler EP. Featuring The Soft, Killawatt & ThermalBear there is clear emphasis on an artist controlled environment where there are no constraints, no bias and no timelines.
* D001, Derelicht's first EP steers clear of any preconceived musical formulae, not catering directly for an insurgent techno or house crowd but for the lover of a more abstract and considered aesthetic.
* THE SOFT - ICARIA. Icaria is this live pulsating jam that we've played in our recent gigs but have not had the chance to record. The track has changed hugely since we first played it out but we wanted it to retain the same atmosphere it had as a live piece, so it's grown exponentially. We recorded the track at home in London using both live samples and hardware. The track focuses on the more hypnotic aspects of electronic and dance music, and draws influence from Krautrock and Minimalism as well as contemporary electronic artists such as Walls, Jon Hopkins and The Field.
* KILLAWATT - AEOLIS MONS. My main inspiration for 'Aeolis Mons' was a load of random field recordings that I've had in a folder for the last 3 years that I never did anything with. Since the only brief for this project was that there was no brief, I just dived into a track without thinking about anything, it was very spur of the moment and natural. Structure wise, I wanted to create something that built up and up in terms of energy, building to a climax and then breaking back down and fading away into the distance. It actually felt like I was writing the entire process of an intense trip condensed down into a few minutes.
* THERMALBEAR - CARPE NOCTEM. We're not going to blow smoke northwards on this one, or describe the deep inner adventure the 'artist' endured to discover this sound. Carpe Noctem is a simple sequence of tones and frequencies presented with (relative) harmonic sense against a backdrop of solid bottom end.... And while there might be a slight overuse of his new studio toy in here, we understand he has to justify the purchase to his better half or he'll be out on the street. If you have eyes I would recommend checking the vid, and the following buzzwords may help any budding journos out there, analogue delay, restraint, filters, pensive, phaser, cassette tape saturation, BOC.
* Press / Promotion: In House campaign, 100 vinyl hand-distributed to leading editors, artists and tastemakers. Key editorials through Inverted Audio, Ran$om Note, Slate The Disco, Magnetic Magazine, DJ Mag, Noise Porn, Mind Grub Audio, Portals, Elevated Culture. 3 x videos produced to support each track all hosted on Derelicht vimeo channel