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out now: Dold – Express Route [Blue Hour Music]

Artist:
Dold

Title:
Express Route

Label:
Blue Hour Music

Cat#:
BLUEHOUR011

Release Date:
05th November 2018

Format:
vinyl & digital

Tracklist:
A1.
Horizon

A2.
Express Route

B1.
Memories

B2.
Colliding Worlds

Press Info:
Dold arrives on Blue Hour Music

The Swedish producer, real name Patrik Eriksson, will debut on Luke Standing’s Blue Hour Music outlet in mid October this year – the first new artist to be invited onto the growing platform.

In recent years, Standing has carefully expanded his label to include not only a vast catalogue of original music, but a high profile remix series – and more recently collaborative work as Tracing Xircles.

Dold’s arrival marks the 11th release from the label, and the young Swedish talent – who runs his own imprint Arsenik alongside fellow producer Kuf, offers up a stunning collection of dance floor recordings that zero in perfectly on the label’s raison d’être.

Express Route is the result of several weeks of close dialogue between artist & label – with the end product finalised alongside Standing in his Berlin studio. A captivating, Breakbeat driven exploration of retro-futuristic dance music, the recordings fit neatly into the label’s well defined aesthetic – paying homage to the rich lineage of pan-European dance music, whilst maintaining a sharp, contemporary edge.

Opener Horizons sets the tone for the work, with emotive synth strings set amongst rolling sequences and high-energy drum programming, whilst Express Route is a perfect example of fast-forward loop Techno. Memories taps neatly into the producer’s penchant for Hardcore – riffing on vintage Rave stabs with a decidedly modern bent. Colliding Worlds ties up the EP, a glorious up-tempo nod to classic IDM & Electro.

Mature and excellently produced, Dold’s arrival on Blue Hour Music marks a considerable step forward in the label’s development, a fine example of form & function that looks forward within the genre – whilst maintaining that particular approach to production that has bound the label’s discography so well thus far.

Listen:

Full Track Streaming:
“Express Route”

“Colliding Worlds”

“Memories”

Special:
“Parabel Podcast #38”

Recommendations:
Dold’s “Gryning EP” on Intimate Silence
Dold’s “Version EP” on Interstate Records
all releases on Blue Hour Music

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Booking:
Parabel

Websites:
Dold
Blue Hour Music @ Facebook (Label)

out now: Blue Hour – Remixed 03 [Blue Hour Music]

Artist:
Blue Hour

Title:
Remixed 03

Label:
Blue Hour Music

Cat#:
BLUEHOURMX003

Release Date:
27th August 2018

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
A1.
Flow State
(Ben Sims Remix)

A2.
Introspective III
(Operator Remix)

B1.
Unearthed
(Ctrls Remix)

B2.
Merdian
(Truncate Remix)

Press Info:
Blue Hour files the latest instalment in his Remixed series with new versions from Ben Sims, Truncate, Ctrls & Operator. The release sees the carefully selected guests draw from right across Standing’s growing discography to provide their takes on his powerful, modern reinterpretation of classic, high-energy dance-floor Techno.

Theory label head Ben Sims looks back to the inaugural Blue Hour 12”, taking on Flow State & transforming the chord driven drum track original into a stunning, peak time roller, while 2015’s Introspective III receives the Operator treatment – opening up the parts and adding considerable width & atmosphere to the more melancholic original. Token-affiliate Ctrls heads up the B1 handing in a sleek, compact reimagining of Unearthed lifted from BLUEHOUR007. Finally Truncate closes out the package with a perfectly tuned loop-Techno redux of Meridian – effortlessly sculpting his well documented effective dance floor focused techno, testament to his reputation.

As Standing’s Blue Hour project continues to gather steam in 2018, RMX003 further cements the imprint as a reliable outlet for some of the very best work in the realm of contemporary, dance-floor Techno and becomes a welcome addition to the British producer’s enviable discography

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Introspective III (Operator Remix)”

Video:
“Flow State (Ben Sims Remix)”

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Special:
“The ‘Monday Is Okay’ Mix”

Recommendations:
all stuff on Blue Hour Music
EP “Berghain 07 | Part 1” with Blue Hour track
compilation “Facticity” w/ Blue Hour track on Infrastructure

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Blue Hour Music @ Bandcamp
Deejay
Juno
Decks
Hardwax
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Buy Download:
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Beatport
TraxSource
iTunes
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Clone Digital
Hardwax
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
Tidal
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer
Youtube Music

Booking:
Mutual Obsession for Blue Hour

Websites:
Blue Hour @ Instagram (Artist)
Blue Hour Music @ Facebook (Label)

out now: Blue Hour – Beyond The Void [Blue Hour Music]

Artist:
Blue Hour

Title:
Beyond The Void

Label:
Blue Hour Music

Cat#:
BH010

Release Date:
25th June 2018

Format:
vinyl & digital

Tracklist:
01.
Beyond The Void

02.
Shimmer (Dreamscape)

03.
Radiance/Limelight

Press Info:
Over the past few years, Luke Standing – the British producer behind the Blue Hour project, has been developing his self-titled imprint as a go-to outlet for high-energy, retro-futuristic Techno. On BLUEHOUR010 the British producer draws from his trademark palette, offering a brace of perfectly executed, functional dance floor work outs. Opener Beyond The Void launches immediately into peak time territory, marrying fearsome drum programming with low-sunk synth work – bringing a classic compositional structure up to date. A2 Shimmer (Dreamscape) showcases the more introspective, heads-down side to Standing’s work – a psychedelic, question-answer drum track that finds it’s energy in powerful, low-end groove and a dynamic, shifting arrangement. On closure Radiance/Limelight, Blue Hour continues to explore a kind of peak time energy, but with a wholly different bent – owing more to the hypnotic concerns of classic Trance, all the while maintaining the rich tone & careful execution.

Working careful reference to past sonics in with more complex, contemporary sampling techniques -born out of years of experience as both a producer & a DJ, has seen Blue Hour develop an enviable discography in a comparatively short space of time. BLUEHOUR010 is as similarly streamlined & effective as its predecessors, but at the same time represents a powerful move forward for both the producer himself & the imprint – honing in expertly on that arcane euphoria that continues to characterise the very best of the genre.

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