Darkstar first coalesced in the underground, electronic thrum of London’s nascent grime and dubstep sphere in the middle 2000’s, growing from attending the now-fabled early FWD club nights to releasing a pair of game-changing 12” singles on Kode 9’s fledgling Hyperdub label. These were marked departures at the time, fusing unique sonic futurism with an avant-garde pop sensibility that immediately set the duo of Aiden Whalley and James Young apart from the glut of producers emerging at the time. What followed was a fitful and productive period culminating in a discarded album’s worth of tracks, the crucial introduction of vocalist James Buttery to the fold and, finally - the release of their debut full-length North, to wide acclaim. By this time Darkstar had aptly been framed as a very intriguing proposition, one of the first proper “bands” to rise from the UK’s current electronic underground.
Darkstar's new album,
News From Nowhere will be released on February 4th (5th in US)on
Warp Records.
From Warp: "
Take your time, immerse yourself. For this reason, skipping tracks is disabled. We are proud to share this record with you."
"
This is a totally different record to North. It’s somewhat brighter in mood, but deeper in feeling and intention…it’s much more rhythmic and fluid. It moves quicker." - Darkstar
Pre-order:
Amazon -
http://glnk.it/1ut
Bleep -
http://glnk.it/1uu
iTunes -
http://glnk.it/1uv
Rough Trade -
http://glnk.it/1uw *album of the month February
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