Andy Stott

WE STAY TOGETHER (2X12)

Modern Love

love 72

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Recorded In The Immediate Aftermath Of His Last Ep >passed Me By<, This New Doublepack From Andy Stott Features Six New Productions That Are More Desolate And Exposed Than Anything On Its Predecessor. The Opening >submission< Tumbles Into Being With Layers Of Washed-out Digital Revolutions, Creating An Artificial Landscape Thats Quite At Odds With The Analogue Machinations That Follow - Yet Somehow Rendering The Alienated Feel Of This Material Perfectly. >posers< Nudges Its Way Into Being Abruptly And Embeds Another Squashed Funk Variant Thas All Low-lit Neon And Growling Textures, Awkwardly Shuffling Into A More Robust 4/4 Template Suffused With Sparkling Percussion And Disembodied Vocals. >bad Wires< Is The Centrepiece Of The Ep, A Relentless Percussive Cluster*ck That Belies Its Slow Tempo With A Fearless Rhythmic Attitude. Its As Immersive And Narcotic As Anything Ever Produced By Stott - Peeling Away One Layer After Another With Each Repeated Listen. >we Stay Together< (part One) Was The First Track Written For The Ep And Offers A More Spacious Narrative And A More Sparkling, Hazy Palette - Culminating In A Beautifully Frayed Central Hook Thats Somehow In Keeping With The Vhs Aesthetic Of Both Jamal Moss And Ferris Bueller. >cherry Eye< Tumbles Deep Into A Darkened Hole Before Ep Closer >cracked< Turns Up, Fuelled By An Odd Mixture Of Adrenalin And Sorrow To Send You On Your Way.... Buzzing And Forlorn