This April will see Basic Moves inaugurate its new chill-out
sub-label Gems Under The Horizon with a split two- track
featuring Sonmi451 and Dylan Thomas Hayes.
Belgium’s Basic Moves has established itself as a go to
platform for idiosyncratic sounds in the raw house, techno and
leftfield sphere with releases from the likes of label-boss
Walrus, Circadian Rhythms, Adi and dj.booth. Now the label
launches a new off-shoot entitled Gems Under The Horizon, a
chillout division of the main label aimed to at sharing more
ambient, downtempo and mellow sounds.
With GEMS1 the label welcomes Somni451, notably known for his
work on the likes of Astral Industries, Time Released Sound
and his own self-titled imprint. Here the fellow Belgian tells
us a little about his contribution on the a-side –
"Unexpectedly, the track is based around a chord from a song
often played on the radio during the Second World War. The
sample has been manipulated - it almost feels as if the music
disappears into the mist. The title references the green flare
shot into the sky that allied bomber squadrons took as a
signal for take-off. (In case of a red light, they were to
turn their engines off and run back to their quarters.) Hence
the saying: "Up goes the green flare."
On the b-side is Dylan Thomas Hayes’ ‘Where The Light Begins’,
inspired by Dylan Thomas’ 1947 poem Do not go gentle into that
good night the composition, laid out across nine minutes,
features hazy field recordings, textural atmospherics and warm
low-end notes, while twinkling metallic tones ebb and flow
throughout.

A1 Sonmi 451 - Up Goes The Green Flare 8:47
B1 Dylan Thomas Hayes - Where The Light Begins 9:06

Both tracks were mastered and cut by Stefan Betke at Scape
Mastering Berlin in December 2020. More