out now: Arca – Mutant [Mute]

 

Artist:
Arca

 

Title:
Mutant

 

Label:
Mute

 

Cat#:
STUMM386

 

Release Date:
20th November 2015 (CD & digital)
15th January 2016 (vinyl)

 

Format:
CD, vinyl & digital

 

Tracklist:
01.
Alive

02.
Mutant

03.
Vanity

04.
Sinner

05.
Anger

06.
Sever

07.
Beacon

08.
Snakes

09.
Else

10.
Umbilical

11.
Hymn

12.
Front Load

13.
Gratitud

14.
En

15.
Siren Interlude

16.
Extent

17.
Enveloped

18.
Faggot

19.
Soichiro

20.
Peonies

21.
Ashland

Track 21 is bonus track for Japan-only.

 

Press Info (English):
Arca has today confirmed details of his second full-length album for Mute. Titled Mutant, the album will be released on 20 November 2015. It will be available on CD, download and as a double LP, and again features artwork from long-time collaborator and friend Jesse Kanda.

Watch the video for EN, directed by Arca, below.

Where Arca’s previous release Xen (2014) was introspective, Mutant is outwardly emboldened. Dedicated to and coloured by the important people in Arca’s life, Mutant illustrates the continuing mutations catalysed by loved ones: friends, family, acquaintances. Arca morphs for them and because of them. Both releases are contortionist shape-shifters, but where Xen asked us to meet her in her world, Mutant comes out to meet us in the light. Mutant is suggestively agape, embracing multiple sensualities with refreshing softness. Jesse Kanda’s organic cover art, luminous where Xen’s was shrouded, is a reflection of this.

In the artist’s words: ‘Mutant is about sensuality and impulsiveness as escape routes out of rigidity. Softness as a weapon when the mind attacks itself.’ Mutations in the records’ textures parallel the malleability of identity; tension is harmonised by openness and the inclusiveness of transformation. Pride is taken in deformity, innocence, distortion and vulnerability: traits often ostracised as undesirable. Themes that have animated Arca’s work – tension, polarities, playfulness, eroticism, mutability – have been refracted into newer, more nuanced shades. Fluctuation, in-betweenness, intimacy and chaos are celebrated.

The title track softens the space between abrasion and enlightenment, morphing from snarling aggression to elusive vapour, the atmosphere shifting at unexpected moments. Its impulsive video consists of an unchoreographed first and single take of Arca dancing. The attached self-portraits of Arca are comparably raw. ‘Anger’ is celebratory and carnival-esque, while ‘Faggot’ concludes with rhythmic allusions to the title track from Xen. The dripping sounds of ‘Umbilical’, fused with the title’s connotations of birth, clash with digital static. ‘Enveloped’ is a label suggestive of overwhelming but comforting containment, yet the track itself feels liberated, with warped strings crawling from the uniform rhythm in the piece’s latter moments. ‘Vanity’, ‘Snakes’ and ‘Soichiro’ are personal and intimate sweltering rainforests of sound. Buds open as tracks unfold, petals of the darkest reds and most vivid blues bloom. Deep roots of bass crawl through the earth beneath the record, anchoring each organism. The only essential consistency between the tracks is a refusal to sit still.

The constant liminality of Mutant is hard to pin down; something seen out of the corner of one’s eye that has moved elsewhere in the time it takes to bring it into focus.

 

Press Info (German):
Arcas neues Studioalbum Mutant wird am 20.11.2015 via Mute/GoodToGo als CD, Download und Doppel-LP veröffentlicht. Das Artwork stammt erneut von seinem Freund und Langzeit-Kollaborateur Jesse Kanda.

„Je weiter sich Alejandro Ghersi vom Mainstream entfernt, desto entschlossener scheinen ihm dessen aufmerksamste Vertreter hinterherzulaufen. Als sich das Management von Kanye West an den venezolanischen Produzenten wandte und um die Einsendung einiger Arbeitsproben bat, schickte Ghersi die verrückteste Musik zurück, die er bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt unter seinem Künstlernamen Arca komponiert hatte. Kurz darauf gehörte er zu den 26 Produzenten, die mehr oder weniger maßgeblich an der Fertigstellung von Wests jüngstem Album Yeezus beteiligt waren. Auch FKA Twigs hat etwas erkannt in den fremdartigen Tracks von Arca und gemeinsam mit ihm den umgekrempelten R ‘n’ B ihres Debütalbums entworfen.

Verglichen mit Arcas eigener [Musik] klingt dieses allerdings wie die gewöhnlichste Musik der Welt. (…)Ghersi verschmilzt so vollständig mit seinen Maschinen, dass sich kaum noch sagen lässt, wo der Mensch aufhört und die Technik beginnt. Dabei entsteht Unerhörtes im besten Sinn – Geräusche, wie sie die Welt noch nicht gehört hat.“ (Zeit Online)

2014 war es, als mit Xen Arcas Debütalbum erschien, das nicht nur DIE ZEIT begeisterte. Ein kantiges, insulares Werk, getrieben von sonderbaren, teils aggressiven Widersprüchen. Eine enigmatische Studie über das Selbst, das sich jeder Zuschreibung verweigerte, ein Album zwischen Dunkelheit und Verletzlichkeit. Erratisch ist Arca bis heute geblieben. Auch die jüngste Kollaboration mit Björk, deren aktuelles Album er koproduziert hat und in deren Liveband er spielte, hat daran nichts geändert.

Mutant, sein jüngstes Album handelt von Sinnlichkeit, von Spontaneität als Möglichkeit einer Flucht aus der Starrheit der Verhältnisse. ”‘Mutant is about sensuality and impulsiveness as escape routes out of rigidity. Softness as a weapon when the mind attacks itself“, gibt er zu Protokoll. Das Album feiert das Chaos, Mutationen, Transformationsprozesse, Zwischenzustände. Deformation und Zerstörung werden zu elementaren Momenten von Identität.

 

Listen:
soon

 

Full Track Streaming:
“En”

“Soichiro”

“Vanity”

 

Videos:
“En”

“Vanity”

“Front Load”

“Soichiro”

 

Special:
“&&&&&”

 

Recommendations:
debut album “Xen”
free download of performance “Sheep”

 

Commercial Streaming Services:
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Deezer

 

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Websites:
Arca
Arca @ Facebook
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© Photo by Arca

out now: Physical Therapy – Hit The Breaks [Liberation Technologies]

 

Artist:
Physical Therapy

 

Title:
Hit The Breaks

 

Label:
Liberation Technologies / Mute

 

Cat#:
LTECH010

 

Release Date:
20th November 2015

 

Format:
12″ & digital

 

Tracklist:
A1.
Hit The Breaks
(Main Mix)

A2.
Mahnbescheid

A3.
Tell Me

B1.
Clean Slate

B2.
Pointalism

B3.
Hit The Breaks
(Bonus Beat)

 

Press Info:
Liberation Technologies continues the legacy of its parent label Mute in working with innovative artists, and encouraging experimental and challenging perspectives.

For the label’s 10th release, US born, Berlin based Physical Therapy will see his inaugural release on the label. He takes a different tone to previous releases – with a hard hitting drum kit featuring heavily throughout the 6 tracks, aptly named ’Hit The Breaks’ explores a range of sounds within and beyond the realms of breakbeat.

To celebrate the first Physical Therapy release on Liberation Technologies, Physical Therapy has done an exclusive mix streaming below.

 

Listen:

 

Special:
“Lib Tech Mix 1”

 

Recommendations:
Container’s “Adhesive”
Powell’s “Fizz”
BMB’s EP “Where Pail Limbs Lie”
King Felix’ “Spring EP”
Lukid’S EP “Crawlers”

 

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

 

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Websites:
Physical Therapy @ Twitter
Liberation Technologies
Mute
Liberation Technologies @ Facebook
Mute @ Facebook
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out now: Erasure – Always … The Very Best of [Mute Records, a BMG Company]

 

Artist:
Erasure

 

Title:
Always – The Very Best Of Erasure

 

Label:
Mute Records, a BMG Company

 

Cat#:
MUTEL26

 

Release Date:
30th October 2015

 

Format:
CD, 3xCD edition & digital

 

Tracklist CD:
CD1-01)
Who Needs Love Like That

CD1-02)
Oh L’amour

CD1-03)
Sometimes

CD1-04)
Victim Of Love

CD1-05)
The Circus

CD1-06)
Ship Of Fools

CD1-07)
Chains Of Love

CD1-08)
A Little Respect

CD1-09)
Stop!

CD1-10)
Drama!

CD1-11)
Blue Savannah

CD1-12)
Chorus

CD1-13)
Love To Hate You

CD1-14)
Take A Chance On Me

CD1-15)
Always

CD1-16)
Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day)

CD1-17)
Breathe

CD1-18)
Be With You

CD1-19)
Elevation

CD1-20)
Sometimes
(2015 Mix)

 

Tracklist 3-CD Boxset:
CD1-01)
Who Needs Love Like That

CD1-02)
Oh L’amour

CD1-03)
Sometimes

CD1-04)
Victim Of Love

CD1-05)
The Circus

CD1-06)
Ship Of Fools

CD1-07)
Chains Of Love

CD1-08)
A Little Respect

CD1-09)
Stop!

CD1-10)
Drama!

CD1-11)
Blue Savannah

CD1-12)
Chorus

CD1-13)
Love To Hate You

CD1-14)
Take A Chance On Me

CD1-15)
Always

CD1-16)
Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day)

CD1-17)
Breathe

CD1-18)
Be With You

CD1-19)
Elevation

CD1-20)
Sometimes
(2015 Mix)

CD2-01)
Who Needs Love Like That
(Mexican Mix)

CD2-02)
Oh L’amour
(PWL Funky Sisters Say ‘Ooh La La’)

CD2-03)
The Circus
(Eternal Eraser Mix)

CD2-04)
A Little Respect
(Big Train Remix)

CD2-05)
Stop!
(Vince Clarke Sync 82 Remix)

CD2-06)
Blue Savannah
(Der Deutsche Mix II)

CD2-07)
Chorus
(Vegan Mix)

CD2-08)
Love To Hate You
(LFO Modulated Filter Mix)

CD2-09)
Always
(Microbots Inside Your Brain Mix)

CD2-10)
Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day)
(Tin Tin Out Remix)

CD2-11)
Breathe
(GRN Remix)

CD2-12)
Elevation
(BT Remix)

CD3-01)
Victim Of Love
(Vixen Vitesse Remix)

CD3-02)
Chains Of Love
(Vince Clarke Remix)

CD3-03)
Drama!
(Krucial Remix)

CD3-04)
You Surround Me
(Mark Saunders Remix)

CD3-05)
Star
(Interstella Mix)

CD3-06)
Am I Right
(The Grid Remix)

CD3-07)
Run To The Sun
(Beatmasters’ Galactic Remix)

CD3-08)
In My Arms
(BBE Remix)

CD3-09)
Freedom
(Mark Pichiotti Strumapella Remix)

CD3-10)
Be With You
(Starshapes Remix)

CD3-11)
Sometimes
(Erasure & Flood Mix)

 

Press Info:
The BRIT and Ivor Novello winning pop duo have released a staggering number of albums, including 5 UK Number 1’s, 17 top 10 singles (35 singles charted in the UK Top 40) and toured extensively, most recently with The Violet Flame worldwide tour which included two sold out dates at London’s Forum.

Always – The Very Best Of Erasure – will be released on CD, download and deluxe 3CD / download. The single disc features hit after hit – from ‘Who Needs Love Like That’ (30 years after its original release in September 1985), the perfect pop of ‘A Little Respect’, to ‘Blue Savannah’, ‘Stop!’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’ (taken from the number 1 single ‘Abbaesque’ , ‘Love To Hate You’ and ‘Oh L’Amour’ (taken from their debut album, Wonderland (1986) plus the brand new version of ‘Sometimes’, originally released in October 1986.

In addition to a full CD worth of hits that will be familiar to anyone that’s owned a radio, television set or music player over the past three decades, the deluxe CD issue will come with two further discs of remixes, packaged in a hardback book format with a booklet and archive photographs. CD2 and CD3’s tracklisting is an eclectic mix from past to present featuring remixes from Moby, William Orbit, The Grid (Richard Norris & Dave Ball of Soft Cell) plus brand new remixes from Grumbling Fur, GRN and Vince Clarke, full tracklisting below.

The anniversary celebrations continue into 2016, thirty years after the release of their debut album Wonderland, with the release of a deluxe super box featuring extended versions, B-sides & rarities, live tracks, remixes and much, much more. A series of vinyl reissues begins in Feb 2016 with Wonderland, The Circus and The Innocents available on 180gsm vinyl.

 

Listen:
soon

 

Full Track Streaming:
“Sometimes (2015 Version)”

“Star (William Orbit’s Interstellar Mix)”

“Breathe (GRN Remix)”

“Stop! (Vince Clarke Sync 82 Mix)”

“Love To Hate You (LFO Modulated Filter Remix)”

“Chains of Love (Vince Clarke Remix)”

“You Surround Me (Mark Saunders Remix)”

 

Recommendations:
“Snow Globe” album
“The Violet Flame” album

 

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

 

Buy CD:
Erasure Shop
Amazon UK
more soon

 

Buy 3CD Boxset:
Erasure Shop
Amazon UK
more soon

 

Buy Digital:
soon

 

Websites:
Erasure
Mute Records, a BMG Company

 

© Photo by Eric Watson

out now: New Order – Restless (Remixes) [Mute]

 

Artist:
New Order

 

Title:
Restless (Remixes)

 

Label:
Mute

 

Cat#:
MUTE541

 

Release Date:
09th October 2015

 

Format:
green 12″, CD Maxi & digital

 

Vinyl:
01.
Restless
(Extended 12″ Mix)


02.
Restless
(Agoria Remix)


03.
Restless
(Andrew Weatherall Remix)

 

Tracklist CD & Digital:
01.
Restless
(Single Version)


02.
Restless
(Extended 12″ Mix)


03.
Restless
(Agoria Remix)


04.
Restless
(xxxy Build Up Mix)


05.
Restless
(RAC Mix)


06.
Restless
(Andrew Weatherall Remix)

 

Press Info (English)
New Order have unveiled the first remix and full details of their ‘Restless’ single package, released on Mute on 9 October 2015.

The Agoria remix and the Extended 12” mix feature alongside further remixes from xxxy, RAC and long-term collaborator Andrew Weatherall.

The 12” green vinyl features both the Agoria and Weatherall remixes, along with the Extended 12” Mix and a download code for access to the full remix bundle.

‘Restless’ is available digitally now, the full remix package is available from 9 October 2015. Pre-order the digital bundle and receive the Agoria Remix as an instant download.

 

Press Info (German)
New Order enthüllen den ersten Remix und alle Details des Restless-Single-Pakets, das am 09. Oktober via Mute veröffentlicht wird.

Der Agoria Remix kann hier bereits gehört werden (siehe unten).

Das Remix-Package enthält zudem einen Extended-12″-Mix, sowie weitere Bearbeitungen von xxxy, RAC und Andrew Weatherall.

Die Vinyl-12″ Version (grünes Vinyl) beinhaltet den Agoria- und Weatherall-Remix, die Extended-Version sowie einen Downloadcode für das gesamte Bundle.

“Restless” ist digital bereits erhältlich, das Remix-Paket ab 09.10. ? Vorbesteller erhalten ab sofort bereits den Agoria Remix als Download.

 

Listen:
@ Amazon

 

Full Track Streaming:
“Restless (Agoria Remix)”

“Restless (RAC Remix)”

“Restless (Andrew Weatherall Remix)”

 

Video:
“Restless (Single Version)”

 

Related Releases:
album “Music Complete”

 

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New Order
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© Photo by Nick Wilson

out now: MG – Remixes [Mute]

 

Artist:
MG

 

Title:
Remixes

 

Label:
Mute

 

Cat#:
MUTE539

 

Release Date:
02nd October 2015 9th October 2015

 

Format:
2×12″, download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
01.
Europa Hymn
(Andy Stott Remix)


02.
Brink
(Virgil Enzinger Remix)


03.
Pinking
(Christoffer Berg Remix)


04.
De Nada


05.
Gifting


06.
Featherlight
(Mantra Of Machines Remix)

Track 06 is digital only. It’s the winner of the remix competition.

 

Press Info (English)
Martin Gore announces a remix EP, available on double 12” vinyl and digital October 2nd via Mute. The EP will include remixes by Andy Stott, Virgil Enzinger, and Christoffer Berg, alongside two previously unreleased tracks.

In association with BitTorrent, Martin is also launching a remix competition for the track “Featherlight.” The winning remix will be included on the digital release of Martin’s EP.

Download the stems and send in your remix!

 

Press Info (German)
Nach Veröffentlichung seines elektronischen Instrumental Albums MG kündigt Martin Gore heute die MG Remixes EP an. Auf der EP, die nur digital und auf Vinyl erscheinen wird, sind Remixes durch Andy Stott, Virgil Enzinger und Christoffer Berg sowie zwei bisher unveröffentlichte Tracks enthalten.

In Zusammenarbeit mit der Filesharing-Plattform BitTorrent startet Martin Gore nun außerdem ein Remix Wettbewerb zu dem Albumtrack Featherlight. Der Gewinner-Remix wird dann auf dem offiziellen, digitalen Release der EP enthalten sein

Hole dir die Parts und lade deinen Remix hoch!

 

Snippets:

 

Full Track Streaming:
“Europa Hymn (Andy Stott Remix)”

 

Related Releases:
album “MG”
single track “Europa Hymn (Andy Stott Remix)”
single track “Pinking (Christoffer Berg Remix)”

 

Specials:
CLR Podcast by Martin Gore
Drop The Biscuit Podcast by Martin Gore

 

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Websites:
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© Photo by Travis Shinn