hailing from greeces capital, the duo keep shelly in athens have been the toast of the blog world for a while now, and their first ep for planet mu is in keeping with a consistent level of odd synth-pop that the label has released this year from tropics to vezelay, heterotic to solar bears.

reconstructed by sasha is his first release since his no.1 album involv3r. this highly anticipated ep once again puts sashas own twist on three beautiful pieces of music, which are all outtakes from the world-renowned involv3r series. the ep has already received much love from numerous other highly respected djs and producers such as the likes of scuba, noir, dubfire, adam beyer, huxley, maceo plex and shadow child.the tracks on the ep were described as incredible, exceptional, beautiful and breath-taking

great remixes by com truise, girl unit, keep shelly in athens and renaissance man.

the vinyl lp comes with a download code.
a real sense of drama is a thread that runs through solar bears music, supermigration, their second album following 2010s critically lauded she was coloured in is full of all kinds of drama – from the intimate to the psychedelic, from the chase to the suppression. this time it has been taken to a new level in all kinds of ways.

sasha zählt neben paul oakenfold oder carl cox zu den weltweit bekanntesten britischen djs und produzenten. er startete seine karriere in manchesters legendärem club hacienda, und er remixte u.a. madonna, pet shop boys, depeche mode oder die chemical brothers. 2002 arbeitete sasha mit junkie xl zusammen und diese unterstützten ihn auch bei seinem debütalbum, airdrawndagger . im jahre 2000 wurde er vom britischen dj mag zum dj des jahres gekürt, und für seinen remix für felix da housecats watching cars go by erhielt er eine grammy-nominierung.

the title track on tychos long-awaited dive lp is just that — a ripple effect record that sounds like three songs in one, as if sound/graphic designer scott hansen just discovered progrock and decided to apply its winding passages to his own singular blend of sinewy synths and bleached beats. its also the first tycho song to feature a prominent guest musician, guitarist zac brown, in this case, who paints outside the lines of hansens halcyon hooks with restless rhythms and monorail-like riffs. the >dive< single fleshes things out even further, as keep shelly in athens and memoryhouse — both rising underground artists in their own right — cut hansens cloud-scraping composition in half and slow his cruise control chords down to a crawl. the misty vocal melodies are still there, but they are now floating through an embryonic assembly of jittery cicadas, rusty gears, and lean loops that are both welcoming and a bit woozy. the sonic equivalent of staring at the sun for too long, really, or two sides of the same cracked mirror.

a real sense of drama is a thread that runs through solar bears music, supermigration, their second album following 2010s critically lauded she was coloured in is full of all kinds of drama Ð from the intimate to the psychedelic, from the chase to the suppression. this time its been taken to a new level in all kinds of ways.