Orchard Minotaur Shock SKU: MELO080LP Barcode: 5060168040503 16.00 £16.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Melodic Released Date: 20th August 2012 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ”Minotaur Shock is criminally underrated. The Bristol producer’s pop-tinged electronica has the capacity to constantly surprise, filled as it is with slightly unhinged, cabaret-esque melodrama.” – helineofbestfit.com Following a four-year hiatus, Minotaur Shock –aka Bristol-based musician David Edwards –is set to return with Orchard, arguably his strongest album of his ten-year, four-album career. After two albums with 4AD, Orchard marks a return to the label where it all started – Manchester’s Melodic. After quickly recording most of the basic tracks for the album on a laptop at home, Minotaur Shock took advantage of a proper studio for the first time to fill in the gaps. Live drum tracking, piano, xylophone and a bit of bass guitar were added, giving the finished recordings a propulsive quality. Flutes and clarinets were played by long-time collaborator Emily Edwards (no relation) and recorded in a Devon summerhouse, while James Underwood’s violins were recorded remotely and emailed back and forth. The resulting album is a sonic journey through shifting moods and landscapes, a proper instrumental journey. It finds Edwards embracing influences from a range of music: ‘I was listening to a fair bit of British stuff and became fascinated by that particular eccentricity that runs through a lot of folk, library, prog and dance music. Things like Mike Oldfield, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, The Orb, Art of Noise, Kevin Ayers, Virginia Astley, Andrew Poppy, Richard Skelton, Autechre.’ The unashamed use of acoustic (or acoustic-sounding) instruments is perhaps a response to the much maligned folktronica tag. ‘The word used to bug me,’ he says, ‘So this was my perverse reaction to it – I figured that instead of trying to avoid folk I might as well get in there and see what happened. I was inspired by the strange semi-organic sounds of modern string modelling synthesizers, so wanted to see what would happen if I mixed them with real stringed instruments – how many fake instruments I could bury under real ones.’ ‘For the first time, this entire album is very much set in a specific time and place’, he says. ‘There are field recordings all over the album, sometimes buried very low in the mix, sometimes audible. They are mainly there for my benefit, like a photo album – along with a few drumming errors that I’ve left in there just to torture myself with’. A mutual admirer, the brilliant Gold Panda, has remixed album track ‘Saundersfoot’, one of a number of remixes and bonus tracks which will be released as an exclusive free 6-track EP for initial purchasers of the album. As well as working on his own material as Minotaur Shock, David has also been prolific working on other projects. He’s collaborated on Perfume Genius’ latest album ‘Put Your Back N 2 It’, adding electronic percussion on the track ‘Floating Spit’, mixed the first single, ‘Hearts In Home’, by Kwes (now signed to Warp) played shows with Hauschka and Gold Panda and also done a full tour supporting Ratatat as Minotaur Shock. The completed album ‘Orchard’ affirms Minotaur Shock’s position as pioneer and master of folk-tinged electronica. It’s a masterful work. -Vinyl includes download coupon. -Heavyweight 180g white vinyl. Artist Minotaur Shock Genre Electronica Label Melodic Buying Options 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Format 180g , 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1.Janet 2.Ocean Swell 3.Through The Pupils Of Goats 4.Too Big To Quit 5.Westonbirt 6.Lending Library 7.Quint 8.Saundersfoot 9.Adventure Orchard Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Electronica View Product Quick View Ian William Craig & Kago Split Series 24 Electronica | Fat Cat | 1LP Released 16th July 2021 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ian William Craig & Kago Split Series 24 £14.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Fat Cat SKU: 12FAT109 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th July 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Armin Van Buuren Communication 1-3 Electronica | Music On Vinyl | 12", Single Released 31st May 2024 £23.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Armin Van Buuren Communication 1-3 £23.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOV12084C Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 31st May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Belbury Poly, The New Ways Out Electronica | Ghost Box | 1LP Released 9th June 2016 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Belbury Poly, The New Ways Out £15.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ghost Box SKU: GBX024LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th June 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chemical Brothers, The Out Of Control (INDIES AND HMV ONLY) Electronica | UMC | 12", Single Released 15th November 2019 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chemical Brothers, The Out Of Control (INDIES AND HMV ONLY) £10.00 Genre: Electronica Label: UMC SKU: 820350 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 15th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ulrich Schnauss No Further Ahead Than Today Electronica | Scripted Realities | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 4th November 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ulrich Schnauss No Further Ahead Than Today £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Scripted Realities SKU: SCREALLP002 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith The Mosaic Of Transformation Electronica | Ghostly | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 2nd October 2020 £20.00 - £22.00 Select options Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith The Mosaic Of Transformation £20.00 - £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ghostly Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 2nd October 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Ladytron Time’s Arrow Electronica | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th January 2023 £22.00 Select options Ladytron Time’s Arrow £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th January 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Autechre Plus Electronica | Warp | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 20th November 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Autechre Plus £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP338 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Future Sound Of London, The Archived 9 Electronica | Jumpin & Pumpin | 1LP Released 19th October 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Future Sound Of London, The Archived 9 £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Jumpin & Pumpin SKU: LPTOT75 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Artificial Intelligence Electronica | Warp | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 9th December 2022 £20.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Various Artists Artificial Intelligence £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP6R Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 9th December 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Electronica Start again
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