Browse by Label: HYPERCOLOUR (UK)

Artist:	DEMAC, TOM
Title:	The More Things Change EP
Label:	HYPERCOLOUR (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	HYPE 007EP

"Welcome to the latest episode in Hypercolour's future house and techno voyage, this time featuring the combined talents of two of the most exciting young producers around. Tom Demac has been quietly releasing his highly acclaimed brand of reduced, sophisticated micro-techno and experimental house for the last few years on labels including Steevio's Mindtours and his own Electronique Audio. A key member of Wales' Freerotation collective, he's an integral part of a vibrant local scene that includes acclaimed producers such as Leif, Tom Ellis, Duckett and Steevio. On The More Things Change, Tom neatly showcases his impressive skill for deep, sensual tones and refined, subtle grooves. The track builds on a gently undulating drum patter, flanked by a mournful bass line, sighing strings, and flickers of Lawrence-esque plucked melody, forging a track that's both deeply emotive and coolly detached. Over time, the arrangement swells into more dramatic proportions, making it ideal for clued-up dancefloors and introspective home/headphone pleasure alike. Remix action comes courtesy of Switzerland's Agnés, this time working without his regular partner Chaton. His sterling work on much lauded imprints like Plak, Minibar and SthlmAudio have slipped into the boxes of many a discerning DJ, notably those of Chilean demi-gods Villalobos and Luciano. Here, he adds his trademark lightness of touch to Tom's original, giving those mournful strings a little more space to breathe as they overlap a plaintive, laid back groove. Agnés also contributes a digital only 'Wales Beatdown' mix, taking the track into starker, minimal territories that are aimed squarely at the foggy hours of late night/early morning."

Artist:	AUTUORI, PHILIPPE
Title:	7 Peanuts EP
Label:	HYPERCOLOUR (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	HYPE 009EP

"Hypercolour unearth another hotly-tipped talent for our latest release, this time in the form of Philippe Autuori. Philippe may only have a handful of releases to his name (notably on Poker Flat's Vol. 5 compilation, as well as contributions to French labels Battle and Dialect), but he's been spinning in his native South Montpelier district, and his adopted Berlin home. '7 Peanuts,' featuring the vocals of his Autuori friend Thomas Myers, is a woozy, darkly-tinged lurcher, with stripped-back beats and disorientating bass slurs providing a sinister backdrop for Myers' oddball lyrics. It's remixed by Nic Fanciulli and Andy Chatterley in their Skylark guise, where the pair beef up the kicks and inject a few sweet melodic flutters between the grooves. In a slight departure from their previous work, the pair's mix offers stylish techno thrills alongside that all-important dancefloor pulse. Meanwhile, 'Redemption' returns to Autuori's lop-sided minimalism, this time working a propulsive hi-hat pattern over scraping, atonal organs and snatches of weirdo vox. Like '7 Peanuts,' it's engineered for the foggiest corners of the dancefloor, and is ideally experienced at a time when you know you probably should have gone home. Rounding off the package, 'Shenoda' turns out a deeper, heavier rework of 'Redemption.' Taking his cue from the digital tribalism of nu-housers like Andomat 3000, 'Shenoda' tweaks the freak factor on the sharply-pickled vocal, transforming Philippe's moribund original into a straight-up club winner."

Artist:	JONES, ALEX
Title:	Bed EP
Label:	HYPERCOLOUR (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	HYPE 010EP

"UK-based Hypercolour enter double figures with label co-owner and electronic beat-meister Alex Jones and his superb Bed EP. Holding down a residency at London's The End, releasing on Turbo, Viva and Glimpse Recordings as well as previous involvement in the seminal Big Beat Boutique and Electric Stew nights, Alex Jones already has a cast iron reputation, but his Bed EP looks set to push things even further. Opening with the aptly titled 'Humid,' a warm drummy tech-house roller crammed with production tweaks, Bed EP sounds like a winner fresh out of blocks and that doesn't change with title track 'Bed.' An organic, percussive slant on the minimal template, 'Bed' bangs but retains the depth and roundedness that Jones is swiftly becoming known for. Pokerflat man and general production safe-hands Dan Berkson remixes 'Bed' into a Detroit-tinged, chord-laden house track which just reeks of class and soul. Hitting the nail on the head, Berkson titled his mix as 'Effortless' -- a truism if ever there was one. At a mere ten releases old, UK-based Hypercolour is regarded as one of the finest purveyors of house and techno around and Jones has been instrumental in this."

Artist:	WARBGASM
Title:	Dead Arm EP
Label:	HYPERCOLOUR (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	HYPE 011EP

"With a year that has already seen releases and remixes from Tom Demac, Agnčs, Philippe Autuori, Skylark, Alex Jones, Dan Berkson, Glimpse, Danton Eeprom and Sebastian Bouchet, UK-based Hypercolour has become something of a must-check imprint. Here, they bid a fond farewell to the summer with Warbgasm's Dead Arm EP complete with remixes from Will Saul & Tam Cooper and Plasmik. Otherwise known as Daniel Warburton, Warbgasm hails from the north of England and has a bright future ahead if this EP is anything to go by. Lead cut 'Dead Arm' is an 808 and chord frenzy with bitter sweet melodies that scream 'proper' electro subtly squeezed into a tech-house mould. It's as emotive as it is entertaining and is typical of the Hypercolour camp, where talent seems to be endless. Possibly London's finest export, the duo of Will Saul & Tam Cooper deliver the remix on 'Dead Arm' which is an excellent choice given the pairs reputation for handling melody. Their mix is a slightly more organic foray into house music, with intricate high end percussion driving the track's lazy and quite beautiful melodies along. A landmark mix for the already superb remixography of the Simple Records main man and Cooper."

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