After a spate of 12” releases in 2019, including ‘Multiverse by Moonlight’ on COD3 QR that drew overwhelming support from everyone from Prins Thomas and Tornado Wallace to Vladimir Ivkovic, Remotif has decided the time is ripe to take the plunge and start his own vinyl imprint. Say hello to Familiar Strangers.

Starting primarily as an outlet for Remotif’s own material, releases on Familiar Strangers will draw influence from everything from deep house and Balearic, to new wave, breakbeat and beyond. The title track perfectly encapsulates this magpie-like ethos to production. Wisps of distant saxophone sit far away amongst a chorale glow, as percussive elements pierce the mist to keep our feet rooted on the shore. In the foreground, steel drums sit atop a languid, elasticated breakbeat.[info sheet from distr.]