Fresh from live performances at Bonobo’s Outlier festival, The Quietus stage at The Great Escape, and supporting Max Cooper, London-based production virtuoso Guy Andrews revisits his acclaimed debut album ‘Our Spaces’. Informed by audience reactions at these shows, he takes two of the LP’s standout tracks and reconfigures them for the dancefloor, with devastating results. Meanwhile two like-minded artists tackle the album’s lead single ‘In Autumn Arms’. Max Cooper crafts a formidable collage of IDM textures, with staccato beats punctuating the lilting guitar riff, whilst DJ Mag’s former ‘Best Breakthrough Producer’ Ben Pearce takes the track into the main room, turning in an elemental 4/4 floor-burner. More

London-based producer Guy Andrews is renowned for creating textural electronic music, combining influences from post-rock, techno, ambient and afrobeat. After releasing on Hemlock, Hotflush and Pennyroyal, scoring for photographer Nadav Kander, and remixing Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, he makes his Houndstooth debut with ‘In Autumn Arms’. On the title track, a simple guitar melody falls melancholically over a bed of synth loops and string ensemble, while snares and thundering drums meld with distortion to heighten the tension. ‘Let Your Shadow Decide’ is the A-side’s darker, downbeat counterpart, opening with tremolo strings and a weighty bass-line, while emphatic drums build toward the track’s climax. Although seemingly disparate, Guy’s use of wall-of-sound noise and softer strings is skilfully mixed, carried forward by the stark guitar lead. Cut and mastered by Matt Colton, the 7” single is pressed to dinked vinyl in autumnal orange, and limited to 300 copies worldwide. More

Guy Andrews has been a prominent name on the underground circuit as of late, racking up a reputable back catalogue with releases and remixes for the likes of Hotflush, Hemlock and The Vinyl Factory. Andrews has seen heavy support on the aforementioned singles from the likes of Lorca, The Black Dog and A1 Bassline, testament to his classy, understated take on house and techno. Here Guy joins the FINA Records roster, following a release from DFRNT, a striking indication of the attentive A&R approach of the label so far this year. The release opens with ‘Divide’, a brooding house cut employing punchy organic drums, smooth ethereal synthesizers and dubbed out chord progressions as its driving force. Andrews throws in a modern drawn-out bass hook to add a contemporary touch to the otherwise classic format, resulting in a classy, understated opener for the EP. Up next we have, ‘7AM’, embracing a similarly natural percussive edge, with rolling toms, heavily reverberated claps, and shakers taking the reins, while emotive melodies and bulbous low-end tones drive the musicality. First up on the B-Side is ‘Fixture’, taking on a more direct 4/4 approach with raw distorted drums, gritty electronic synth hooks and a blossoming atmospherics. The record builds in this state for several minutes, before Andrews reverts back to the punchy drum groove and hypnotic pads to tail things out. Lastly to close the EP Guy offers up ‘Tapes’, tipping the focus towards an off-kilter, deep aesthetic, with broken kicks, claps and shuffling hats, while swirling synths, vocal snippets and heavily delayed Rhodes build a profound depth around them.
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Following last year's triumphant debut on Untold's imprint Hemlock, Brighton based producer Guy Andrews is back with his first 12"
for Hotflush Recordings. A superb followup to his 2011 auditory missive, The Wait / Hands in Mine merges percussive elements with
heavy basslines resulting in two dark dancefloor cuts.
Shuffling and persistent, Side A is bass-driven track filled with arpeggiated goodness, while on the flip, Andrews shows off his ability
to manipulate genres by using a bass kick and frenzied rhythmic percussion to dial up an atmospheric tune.
With recent acclaim from XLR8R, Resident Advisor and Truants along with DJ and radio support from the likes of Benji B, L-Vis 1990,
Brackles, Sound Pellegrino, Shortstuff, Benjamin Damage and Throwing Snow, Guy Andrews is on the rise More

Hemlock are proud to introduce the debut for Brighton boy Guy Andrews. Two tracks of brilliantly unpredictable, percussive wizardry with more twists than a season of the Killing 'Shades' combines of precision drum edits, killer 808 booms and woodblock percussion that will bring a tear of nostalgia to the eye of the Blue Note & Metalheadz vets and a smile to the face of the most discerning new dancefloors. 'Textures' on the flip kills it with an arrangement that just keeps you guessing. Perfectly poised between light & dark, delicate & heavy, and taking you seamlessly from locked 4/4 to dubbed out techno via all-out percussive funk and back before you More

Pennyroyal continues with a slamming EP from Zeki, the new alias for a familiar and prolific UK producer. Four cuts of ruffian Grime / Techno hybrids clocking in at 140bpm. Built to enjoy or deploy loud at your favourite dance.
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Following last month's uncompromising 'Yearn' EP from J.Tijn, Pennyroyal continues to invest in techno's kicks of tomorrow by welcoming Myler into our family circle. With releases on Fifth Wall and Apothecary Compositions already under his belt, Myler powers forward with three hits of medicinal grade club fuel. The saturated drum bump of lead track 'Gorilla Biscuits' dunks hard with its rolling groove and percussive hook; playing out with the bounce of 90's Strictly Rhythm counterpointed by fierce snarls and switch up's that evoke 90s' Reinforced. The Shortbread edit is for the happy faced warehouse crew, pushing the same driving groove through some toughening acid treatments. 'Carol Vorderman' is the most abrasive of the pack spitting out stressed kicks and crumbling stabs for the won't leave the venue crew. More

Following forthright dispatches on Power Vacuum and Overlee Assembly, J. Tijn returns to Pennyroyal to deliver another EP of weighty oh my god dat bass son can you feel it so hard so haad I think I just came up I never felt so lucid before it’s as if I’m being creeper massaged by the wet knuckles of every touch point of rave past present and future went out to buy a Dyson came back with a hoover double drop youth led techno revival we ensure true rave survival. More

Untold’s Pennyroyal imprint drops its fourth release in August, a four track EP from techno heavyweights Ben Sims and Paul Mac’s Fokus Group project entitled ‘Fokus Group’ EP. Started by the Hemlock Recordings man earlier in 2013, Pennyroyal has so far released ballsy, uncompromising modern techno by J Tijn and Boner M and that musical remit continues with Sims and Mac’s hardcore fuelled, selftitled assault. ‘Nut Nut’, ‘Mucky Crack Funk’, ’93.2’ and ‘Rave X3 = Murder’ and the titles and they pretty much speak for themselves – there’s a reckless abandon across all four cuts that musically gives off a distinct old school feel feel without getting bogged down in self conscious retro aesthetics. More