the long now is a duo featuring richard norris and finnur bjarnason, with special guests. they mix piano, voice, string section and electronics with the sound of the icelandic breeze. the music sits within the post ambient, electronic, contemporary classical genre, with a strong sense of landscape, mood and melody. richard norris one half of the grid, alongside soft cells dave ball, one half of beyond the wizards sleeve with erol alkan… richard norris has a thing about working as a duo.

beyond white noise, way past pink noise, is a sonic treasure chest unearthed by beyond the wizards sleeve for their long awaited new single … the sound of >black noise<. hypnotic, widescreen and with a killer low end boom, >black noise< marks the return of erol alkan and richard norris future freak beat duo on 12 inch vinyl.
flip the twelve over for a gentler, more baroque approach. >door to tomorrow< recalls the pastoral beauty of the left banke at their finest. a classical motif meets euros childs yearning, lilting vocal, a sunkissed, melodic, string and harmony laden treat.

black crow is the third single to be taken from the album ‘the soft bounce’. part american gothic, part future movie soundtrack, it’s a song of haunting beauty. holly miranda s vocal glides across reflective strings and delicate crystalline snippets of sound, resulting in an epic torch song lament. it’s backed with white crow, erol alkan s mighty extended reworking of the song, placing it in spacious widescreen, where you can hear for miles.

hot on the heels of the dream pop single diagram girl, comes creation, the second single taken from beyond the wizards sleeve s forthcoming album, the soft bounce due for release july 1st. erol alkan and richard norris musical odyssey continues with the new single which features the vocals of jane weaver and hannah peel. a hazy, tropicalia infused slice of summer.

beyond the wizards sleeve, the sonic brotherhood of erol alkan and richard norris, present a brand new single, diagram girl released april 8th 2016 on phantasy. taken from a forthcoming album, diagram girl glides into view on the wings of hannah peel s reflective, androgynous vocal, glacial synthesis and a haze of woozy electronic beats, as if its willing spring into existence.

phantasy release the next in a series of remix 12s for daniel averys hugely acclaimed drone logic album. first up, kink applies his ever-masterful touch to knowing well be here for a wholly euphoric house embrace whilst, on the flip, label boss erol alkan resurrects beyond the wizards sleeve, his neu-pysche collaboration with richard norris, to push new energy fully into the realm of the third mynd with a very special re-animation.

castle donington quartet late of the pier return with brilliant new single the bears are coming. the single will be available on limited edition 12inch vinyl and digital download and will be released on the bands own zarcorp label. this amazing package features remixes from the fantastic emperor machine, joakim and beyond the wizards sleeve.

the 1994 emperor album back as limited picture vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

ample play records release a heavy duty collection of richard norris recent time and space machine mixes on double vinyl, including download code. a man of many guises, he has operated as a duo - as the grid with dave ball, as beyond the wizards sleeve with erol alkan - but when it is time for some solo sonic action, he records and remixes as the time and space machine. we find him at it here: *the way out sound from in*, reworking the most cosmic beat combos around into hitherto unheard psychedelic shapes. warpaint, jagwar ma, temples, psychemagik, the sufis and more fall into the time and space machine and come out the other side with wider grins and shinier eyes. it is the way out sound from in ... all aboard.

when it comes to being a man of many talents there are few to equal richard norris. dj, producer, musician, audiovisual artist, a&r man, author and journalist, his is a career of many twists and turns which have always seen him at the forefront of pushing new ideas forward and championing diversity and innovation. as 2010 closes richard is focusing most of his energy based around three projects: beyond the wizards sleeve, the grid and the time and space machine

to mark the third release from cosmo & gary lucas hugely acclaimed wild rumpus project, they ve bagged a collaboration with vocal entertainer extraordinaire beardyman – the result being the tripped out hoe down that is rock the joint. wild rumpus have been at the forefront of the cosmic tip since the reggae dub bliss out musical blaze up released in 2007 and the ensuing surf anthem purple somersault which sent psychedelic taste buds sizzling alongside other acts such as beyond the wizards sleeve, time & space machine, voice of the seven woods – and of course goldfrapp. this new single rock the joint takes the sound to another dimension. once again - originality at its most outstanding. featured artist beardyman is becoming more popular than kate moss phone number, from headlining stages at glastonbury, lovebox, rise, bestival and bloom rock the joint features a remix by reverso 68 and has already been given props by long term fans radio ones rob da bank and lemon jellys fred deaken.

taken from the the album out of the woods includes the original mix a great electro flavoured cagedbaby remix and a very trippy beyond the wizards treatment

unmixed 2xcd with colleen cosmo murphys balearic breakfast compilations

following the international success of his much acclaimed debut lp, drone logic, daniel avery expands on his wide reaching world with a carefully curated collection of remixes from the artists with whom averys forward facing electronic style shares the deepest affinity. inviting each producer to either compliment, reconstruct or occasionally rebuild his original compositions, new energy stands as a testament to the strength of the current state of affairs in electronic music, borne out of one of its most original talents.

a brand new compilation series from music response records, compiled and mixed by mighty mouse. ever since the mice were picked up by aeroplanes management, things have been taking off for the london duo. their remixes over the last year have been picking up heavy support (including radio 1 plays) from pete tong, kissy sell out, rob da bank, aeroplane, unabombers, mike pickering, sister bliss, ashley beedle, cosmo, trevor jackson, laurent garnier, mouse t, nico de ceglia, prins thomas, disco bloodbath, horsemeat disco and many more.

decks tipp

neeve is for a lot of people one of the stand out tracks from the recent woolfy vs. projections album the astral projections of starlight and finally gets the single release it deserves. alongside the original album version comes a pair of fresh remixes. the first one is provided by the time & space machine aka richard norris, erol alkans partner in crime in the beyond the wizards sleeve project who just did a great remix for franz ferdinand. he stretches the original into an extented dance version. seconded by the debut remix from the brand new permanent vacation production outlet formed by the label heads tom bioly and benjamin froehlich. the boys turn neeve in their tropical heat remix into a percussive and hypnotic voodoo disco/house groover.

spaced out mixes by beyond the wizards and cosmo vitelli

already a big hit by a german tv star feat nena & stefan remmler (ex trio). mixes by beyond the wizards sleeve, phones and diplo