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 Autechre Chiastic Slide Electronica | Warp | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 19th November 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Autechre Chiastic Slide £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP49R Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 19th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Autechre NTS Sessions Electronica | Warp | 12LP, Box Set Released 24th August 2018 £135.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Autechre NTS Sessions £135.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP364 Formats: 12LP, Box Set Released Date: 24th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rian Treanor File Under UK Metaplasm Electronica | Planet Mu | 1LP Released 2nd October 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rian Treanor File Under UK Metaplasm £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Planet Mu SKU: ZIQ420X Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Maya Jane Coles Take Flight Electronica | I Am Me | 3LP Released 25th August 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Maya Jane Coles Take Flight £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: I Am Me SKU: 4050538297898 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 25th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bicep Isles Electronica | Ninja Tune | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 22nd January 2021 £23.00 - £32.00 Select options Bicep Isles £23.00 - £32.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ninja Tune Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 22nd January 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Ben Frost Theory of Machines Electronica | Bedroom Community | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 30th August 2012 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Frost Theory of Machines £14.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Bedroom Community SKU: HVALUR2LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 30th August 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Daniel Blumberg GUT Electronica | Mute | 1LP Released 26th May 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Daniel Blumberg GUT £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Mute SKU: STUMM498 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Colleen The Golden Morning Breaks Electronica | The Leaf Label | 1LP Released 6th October 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Colleen The Golden Morning Breaks £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: The Leaf Label SKU: BAY48V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chris & Cosey Songs Of Love & Lust Electronica | Conspiracy International CIT | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 25th October 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chris & Cosey Songs Of Love & Lust £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Conspiracy International CIT SKU: CTILP009 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 25th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blancmange Mindset Electronica | Blanc Check Records | 1LP Released 5th June 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blancmange Mindset £18.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Blanc Check Records SKU: BCR020LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th June 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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