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Having offered a taster of things to come back in September 2016 with the Pressing Matters single (HYPE 054EP), The Cyclist returns to Hypercolour with a brand new, full-length album, Sapa Inca Delirium. And as the title suggests, Sapa Inca Delirium leans heavily on South American mysticism, not just musically, but in the visual imagery that the eleven-track album paints so well across its various tempos and rhythms. From the tropical burst of mood setting opener, "Go Back" to the steamy and pacey percussive flow of "Inhale/Exhale", which features regular collaborator Tanaya Harper on vocals, The Cyclist's fourth long-player is crammed full of intriguing atmospheres and soundscapes. "Antiexist", with its down-tempo rolling snare fills and ethereal Gregorian chanting segues effortlessly into "A Blind Girl Drinks Ayawaska", a suitably discordant and hallucinogenic skit that ensures the album flows into the more rhythmic cuts like "Skateboarding In The Jungle" and "Mirrors" (the second album cut to feature Harper on vocals). Even the traditional jazzier vibes of "When We All Break Down" featuring Joni are kept rugged and boisterous, with heavyweight bending bass, choppy breakbeats, and FX'd ambience amongst the smooth jazzy chords and sweet vocal delivery. Sapa Inca Delirium is one of those albums that will reward on repeat listen, such is the diversity of style on show here, and the detailed and wide-eyed curiosity offered up across the long player's fifty three minutes. Double LP comes in a full picture, spined jacket on reverse board; Includes download code.
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HYPE 054EP
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The Cyclist's Pressing Matters harks back to the golden age of breakbeat; bendy synths and pliable bass smack in the face of brain melting breaks. Robag Wruhme's remix of "Pressing Matters" masterfully flips from its breaks origins into a twisted four-to-the-floor belter, with grandiose touches and church-like organs. "Back In '92" evokes memories 24-hour pirate radio output and raving in fields with light piano riffs and melodious keys over the choppy drums. Featuring the vocal talents of Tanaya Harper, "Push" has intricate drum patterns and rolling snares jar against the ethereal vocal performance and brooding synths.
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With his second release on All City Dublin -- this time as The Cyclist -- the Derry producer who also records as Buz Ludzha returns with a seven-track LP of pure pedal power, building on 2013's Bones in Motion foundations. A more accomplished sound than his previous LP, it will certainly reward repeated listening. From the tribal sounds of "Ripples Through Ice" to the proto-hardcore sound of "Tape Grunge Rave" through his signature tape-throb sound of "Daisy Spirals" before rounding it out with the uplifting vibes of "Flourish," it's lo-fi but not cheap, DIY but not primitive, dance-y but not club-y, 4-4 but not straight.
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"Bones in Motion, the Northern Ireland hailing producer's latest full length exercise, is dance music Leaving Records style -- thoroughly busted techno for the post-punk demo tape set. On a blurry path between house music's early analog experiments and astounding vistas in modern digital production, you will hear ghostly wisps of woozy trance, distorted and dazzling, cooing through a thick haze of warbling warmth and soulful, revolving resonance. Propelled rhythmically by a ramshackle assemblage of maimed drum machines and battered samples, Bones in Motion doggedly pedals ahead with no finish line insight -- towards the endless possibilities of electronic music."
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