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OTB 010EP
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The Stone Circle EP is Aggborough's fourth installment on OTB Records and it is a continued exploration of his signature style, full of field recordings, to add atmospheric and percussive sounds. "Not Tripping" is a deeply driving track, using hypnotizing chord stabs as its backbone. "Stone Circle" is built around a contact microphone recording of a flagpole blowing in a gale in Iceland. Organic techno. "Saving Bacon" is a stomping house-y techno groove, with a melody that brings lightness to the pulsating beat. "Talos Principle" is a staggering groove with quirky sounds with fills popping up unexpectedly. 88888 designed art stamp.
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OTB 007EP
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Aggboroughreturns to OTB Records for the heavenly Heygate EP. He's been setting up his sister label, No Real Value, and started playing his first live and DJ shows in London. "In a Sieve" - The track feels like a brooding animation bringing the words to life, ending in an absurd chant. "Traces" - Perfect DJ tool based around a simple yet inventive and hypnotic percussion loop laid out in a clear structure. "Heygate" comes closest to the unique blend that makes the Aggborough sound: Emotional techno, not too fast and sexy. Subtle interplay of field-recorded atmospherics and percussion.
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OTB 004EP
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Hand-stamped 12". For his second release on OTB Records, Aggborough stylishly sticks to his guns. Field recordings and vocals on a bed of well-balanced techno. Raw vs. subtle; emotion vs. groove. "Bats" looks at you with gleaming eyes. Bats are all around you, driving you nuts, while the beat starts thumping. The only escape is to sync your movements to the pulse. Regarding "Modal," Aggborough says, "Circles are my favourite shape, since they never end, I can look at them forever." This track sees him introduce harmony to carry the emotional vocal, and the journey ends in a crazy explosion of sound and repetition.
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OTB 002EP
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Aggborough was the brain behind the legendary Vikings club nights in London and part of a celebrated DJ duo (which OTB won't mention). "The Answer to Everything": raw, industrial, compact, and dangerous. Bustling with energy, the groove is the answer to an epic vocal. "Mitzpe Ramon": this track is entirely made from field recordings made during Aggborough's stay in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. The track evokes the unbearable heat and the blinding sun crushing down on the local workers. The air vibrating and heavy with ozone. And then finally some rest. As the sun goes down the earth starts to breathe again.
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