Russell Haswell's first new work on Diagonal since 37 Minute Workout Vol. 2 in 2019 is a response to the continued absorption of real-time video feeds on YouTube in and around the Covid period.

The release is accompanied by a special visual collaboration with MuirMcNeil, the design partnership whose activities focus on systematic and algorithmic methods in type design, graphic design and moving image. Paul and Hamish have previously worked with Factory Records / Hacienda, Juan Atkins, Durutti Column and more. Haswell himself has released music on Warp, Warner Classics, Editions Mego; he has curated shows for galleries including New York's PS1 and TBA 21 in Vienna, and collaborated with the likes of Merzbow, Florian Hecker, Pain Jerk and Yasunao Tone.

CD and digital. Release 22 September.

“The veteran electronic antagonist creates wonder out of almost nothing - a hissing snare, rib-prodding blips, a far-off shiver of bowed strings”
The Guardian —

“the music includes stylistic themes and sound references to that period transposed into a more positive and humorous light”
CHRISTIAN EDE The Quietus —

“Russell Haswell's new album is connected to the social and political landscape of his youth. It's a reaction to a society punctuated by strikes, class war and protest.”
MICHAEL LAWSON Resident Advisor —

“Veteran noisenik Russell Haswell has finished a provocative new album for the Diagonal label. Reality Therapy is described as “a response to absorbing real-time live feeds on YouTube of breaking stories broadcast by news-gathering agencies in and around the Covid period”
SHAWN REYNALDO First Floor —