Samoyed kicks off Vase's 2013 with two undeniably brave tracks and a change in direction for the hyped producer. Breaking into new territory for the U.K artist he kicks off with 'Sloe Eyes', an percussive builder of a track with rave stabs and a brilliant catchy vocal hook. Utilizing his brilliant use of the ethereal he keeps the club edge on this track emotional and heartfelt. The B-side 'Guts' starts with a hypnotizing vocal loop that slowly transcends into almost Autechre territory but with an ear for African house on the drums. DJ support comes from Hudson Mohawke, Pearson Sound, Krystal Klear and Benji B. Samoyed starts 2013 with a bang.
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ndrew Samoyed used to be such a nice young man. When he wasn't wearing lovely jumpers or impressing people's mothers, he was toying with his synthetic pianos and computer chips to create ambient heartbreakers that could reduce your most unresponsive uncle to a snivelling mess. Imagine everyone's surprise then, when sometime after the release of his 2007 debut 'Always From This Point', without warning or reason, the famed Samoyed eye-glint started to cloud over. As much as everyone tried to fool themselves otherwise, something had gone horribly wrong in the young Geordie's mind-brain. His jaw was now so permanently clenched in brooding that his face began to change shape, turning angular and unfriendly. His friends swear that sometimes you could actually literally see the anger bubbling in his belly. The change was also clearly mirrored in Samoyed's musical output. There was a new hatred in the young mans drones, a violence in his clicks. Most notably though, there was the addition of an element not heard in his music before : The Drum. It was at this point that Glum decided to sign him. Her Honey Dripping Behind EP, Samoyeds first release on the label, follows in the raw and dusty techno footprints of Glums previous two vinyl outings from Lukid, and represents a great leap forward from his already-quite-marvellous Spit 10 released complete with Lukid remix on Astro Dynamics late last year. It also harbours a deadly secret weapon on its B side, namely Klondike Rush, a rave banger so potent that it has proved to make Glaswegians spontaneously slap walls and scream. More