(Clear vinyl) As ever, Brewer's musical output looks to the heart of the genre - remaining true to purist sensibilities that favour economy of sonic components and studio prowess over unnecessary fanfare, but all the while forging new ground & refining a genuinely personal aesthetic. A powerful debut on a label in fine form that represents some of the best of the British artist's work.
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o Long awaited debut album from Mike Connelly and his wife, Tara, recording together as Clay Rendering.
o Additional production by Dominick Fernow, additional vocals by Becka Diamond
o Mastered by Paul Corley
o A delicate yet uncompromising set of songs drifting somewhere between Gothic, Ambient, Black Metal and Dream Pop.

Perhaps the most compelling of all the many projects started by one-time members of Wolf Eyes, Clay Rendering came to life in 2013 and have since released a trio of singles for Hospital Productions that have gained them the admiration of followers spanning both electronic and metal communities.

Their material occupies unique terrain, recalling The Cure's widescreen Disintegration-era instrumentals meets Cocteau Twins/Xmal Deutschland, cut through with a Black Metal palette and an appreciation of electronic music that imbues their production (notably assisted by Dominick Fernow) with an end-of-world quality that's impossible to pin down. Evoking Nine Inch Nails one moment, you find yourself in a smoke- filled, strobe-lit Road House the next; bleary-eyed, head spinning, coming down.

Guitar, Accordion, Piano and electronics underpin these songs, opening with the whirling death march of 'Maps on The Floor' and the funereal trudge of "Swallow The Century" before the grinding fuzz of "Sight From Up There" changes pace with the addition of a forlorn piano melody and Becka Diamond's distant vocal zooming in on half-remembered songs, rendered here with hazy definition.

"Fall Of The Bed" and "Memory Loses Momentum" find Clay Rendering at their most visceral and catchy; a reminder that they are first and foremost a band that write incredible songs, often submerged in fuzz and atmosphere, but here left exposed, bare, on display.

And yet the title track "Snowthorn", "River Without" and the incredible album closer "Night To Perish" edge the album from the bleak and into the sublime, turning away from the snowy landscapes their music so often evokes, instead pulling you deep into night...

Tracks: 1.Maps On The Floor 2.Swallow The Century 3. Sight From Up Here 4. Snowthorn 5. River Without 6. Fall Off The Bed 7.Patient Days 8. Memory Loses Momentum 9. Night To Perish
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Shifted’s debut for Hospital Productions following an album for sublabel Bed Of Nails in 2013. Integrating his more searching work as Alexander Lewis and his increasingly introspective work as Shifted while eloquently addressing his past, ‘Appropriation Stories’ is a comprehensive statement of intent and
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Guy Brewer returns to his Avian label with a a two-part EP, Arrangements In Monochrome - his first Shifted releases since last year's Hospital Productions album 'Under A Single Banner'. Although not conceived as an album project, Arrangements In Monochrome's two EPs can be viewed together as a single entity - the result of Brewer's continuing exploration of textured noise excursions and muscular techno of considerable drive and heft, all the while retaining a cinematic quality within its quieter moments. The simultaneous release of the two EPs arrives in December, bringing to a close a year that has seen Avian release the sophomore album of Swedish duo SHXCXCHCXSH and EPs from Sigha and Alessandro Cortini's Skarn alias.

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Guy Brewer returns to his Avian label with a a two-part EP, Arrangements In Monochrome - his first Shifted releases since last year's Hospital Productions album 'Under A Single Banner'. Although not conceived as an album project, Arrangements In Monochrome's two EPs can be viewed together as a single entity - the result of Brewer's continuing exploration of textured noise excursions and muscular techno of considerable drive and heft, all the while retaining a cinematic quality within its quieter moments. The simultaneous release of the two EPs arrives in December, bringing to a close a year that has seen Avian release the sophomore album of Swedish duo SHXCXCHCXSH and EPs from Sigha and Alessandro Cortini's Skarn alias.

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With part one still doing the rounds we present the second of this two part series from Shifted - his first outing on Avian since the brilliantly received AVN001 ! Following the recent success of 'Sickness By Means Of Clairvoyance' on Sigha's own 'Our Circula Sound' label (OCS005), these two tracks tread a formidable if slightly deeper path... Expect the usual support for this great artist More

The first of a two part series from Shifted - his first outing on Avian since the brilliantly received AVN001 !Following the recent success of 'Sickness By Means Of Clairvoyance' on Sigha's own 'Our Circula Sound' label (OCS005), these two tracks tread a formidable if slightly deeper path...

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After the success of his Drained EP for Luke Slater's Mote Evolver label, Shifted returns with 2 tracks of deep tripping, highly reduced techno
plus a bonus cut of droning ambience on his own newly minted Avian imprint.
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the forever-progressive Luke Slater has plucked a special release from the ether that will impress and intrigue followers of Mote’s approach to underground techno. Shrouded in anonymity, Shifted’s release is fuelled by a personal passion for techno
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