bryce hackford (youth, doyou) releases his debut album on spring theory

improvised tech-no-house jams straight outta new york city from bryce hackford

huge three track vinyl , check

behind is an expansive collection for hackford, who draws from experimental, process-oriented composition techniques to create sensorially engaging dance music. an ethos of presence, enrichment and dissociation pervades behind - by stripping away the constructed-ness of so much dance music, hackford allows himself to produce music that is as much a joy to create as it is to share. an ambassador of -ecstatic states- as he calls them, hackford s music suggests heightened temporal zones may be ubiquitous if you allow them to be. behind is a proposition of such ecstatic states, its music pulsing vitally at opposite ends of the bpm spectrum. distinctly unmotivated by polemic dialogues around dance music, behind seeks a more soluble musical space for unmitigated engagement. it is music inspired by transitions, no less vital before sunset as it is after the curtain call.

afrikan sciences deconstructs mahbunzi nahgo pihndi goes to the market using his characteristic broken breakbeat approach to create a piece of daft and extremely mode rn elect ronic funk. finally, thomas bullock modi-cuddles haya into an prolonged ambient reverie to bridge and layer between dance floor pulsations.

the brooklyn duo of bryce hackford and joakim teamed up again, this time as joyce, 2 years after their debut as jhack. a two track 12inch featuring a thumping and heady psychedelic deep house groove, in a classic prescription zone, on the a-side (bubbles). on the b-side, die siesta is a tribal ode to the balearic art of napping, a moody live percussion improvisation jumping down the bpm and floating on filtered piano chords.

wilde calm records is honoured to present the final project with the late elodie lauten, a new version of the spiritual club classic in the light of the miracle. the original version was co-written by fellow downtown luminary arthur russell in the early 1980s and appeared on his posthumous 1994 album another thought. numerous club friendly remixes of in the light. were released as promotional white labels in the 1990s and helped bring this amazing proto-house song to the dance floor.