PRODUCER JOHN COHEN AKA DEAD FADER DUAL ALBUM RELEASE, 21ST APRIL 2014
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ROBOT ELEPHANT RECORDS AND SMALL BUT HARD
PART ONE: Blood Forest (Robot Elephant Records)
PART TWO: Scorched (Small But Hard)
SINGLE: In Cover (Robot Elephant Records)
Formats: Digital / CD / 12″ LP
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “TUBED” TAKEN FROM SCORCHED (SMALL BUT HARD):
In the wake of 2012’s Work it, No, Dead Fader returns with not one, but two full-length releases. The dual release format celebrates the two distinct strains of Cohen’s output.
Most recognised for his sonic extremity, previous Dead Fader work has focused on heavy distortion, melding noise with infectious dance-floor sensibility. With Scorched, this world collapses in on itself. Stripped back textures expose raw extremity and breadth. The album teeters on its fulcrum, maxed into the red, rhythm pushing and pulling to a fine-tuned tension and solidarity.
Blood Forest redresses the balance, introducing bittersweet textures and lush detuned synth melodies. Neoclassical influences are fragmented and reinvented, sprinkled with elements of electronic classics such as Boards of Canada. Cohen’s masterful battle between chaos and control, tension and release provokes all the right emotional responses, without giving it away too easily.
Dead Fader’s artistic voice is confident and full of clarity. Borrowing elements from a vast array of genres, producer John Cohen reconstructs reality, the result an exhilarating mix of the familiar and the forbidden. It is this fusion of elements that is the glue holding together the two offerings, simultaneously complementary and contrasting in style.
The album is preceded by the release of the single In Cover, featuring two non-album tracks (“Hiphoop” and “Altar Ego”), pre-order for the single is available now at the following link:
http://bandcamp.robotelephant.co.uk/album/in-cover-single.
‘Scorched’ is like being driven over wasteland in the boot of a car. ‘Blood Forest’ is the solace that awaits at the end of the journey. making the pain worth while.” – MARK CLIFFORD (SEEFEEL)
4. Neet Swim
5. Drown
6. Tenblum
7. Dettol
8. Lousey
9. If ever
10. Blood forest
11. Left – Right
12. Siege
Hiphoop
Altar Ego
2. 1000 test
4. Danger zone
5. Tubed
6. Ja
7. Crampsies
8. No exceptions
9. Town
10. Scorched
“Cohen takes only the bites of each genre that he needs, and the result is exhilarating.” – FACT
“We once again find ourselves with his trademark sound between stabbing hip-hop and industrial-sounding bass music… a feast of abrasive textures” – Playground
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