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"I don't usually have a preconceived theme for an album before I start making one, to do so would perhaps feel like a restriction further down the line, one that might inhibit natural creative flow and get in the way of new ideas. Restriction is quite different to limitation though, limitations can of course tease out creativity, like how the limitations of a haiku or a limited palette of colours can force you to be more mindful and selective. If there was a preconceived idea before this album started coming together, it was a fairly vague one: to focus more on an organic and live sound and to record more guitar and other live instrumentation. However, I'm no purist, so I don't restrain myself from taking stylistic diversions, to do so might be to dispose of the unplanned. As a result this album feels to me as eclectic as my previous two albums. There is a certain 'let nature take its course' attitude with my approach to making an album, this is because I know discoveries can often be more rewarding than stringently directing even the grandest of ideas. After working long and hard on an album, however, I crave change… like you might crave spring after winter. I love seasonal change, it affects me a lot. I like the idea of comparing albums to seasons - they stand alone yet are part of a bigger story. They complement each other. So this album, to an extent, started out with the desire for a new 'season', contrasting somewhat with the previous. Although the majority of my tracks get started and finished in my studio, I occasionally take things outside where I've found the process and the result to be refreshing. The recording of 'À tout à l'heure' started out in my garden on a gorgeous sunny day when it felt morally wrong to be hidden away indoors. I still had the urge to make music so I limited myself to a few bits of gear and set up in my garden: a 12 string guitar, an MPC sampler, a microphone and a cassette recorder. I drummed on objects in the garden, like a plastic watering can and 'snipped' garden shears for percussion parts. The guitar part was something I had been developing over some time in my head but it was this change of environment that led to recording the backbone of this song, which I then continued to build upon in my studio later. When I listen to the intro of that track now, I still hear the sunshine and the garden in it because for me it's like a photograph of that moment. No doubt the sunny outdoors inspired the lyrics too. With the song 'Dye The Water Green' (my personal favourite off the album) I remember going into my brick-wall shed in the garden for a change of scenery and to capture the sound of rain on the tin roof, I remember recording additional musical ideas around a guitar riff I had previously come up with, capturing them to an old ghetto blaster. I remember feeling at the time that I wouldn't have come up with the same things if I was in my studio. I think putting yourself in different environments affects how you feel and act and essentially can lead to more variety."

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Release Date

17.05.2013

Cat No

WARPLP235

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Ambient
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2-LP
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Phantom Brickworks (LP II) Warp
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Phantom Brickworks (LP II) Warp
Pop
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Bibio
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Sunbursting EP Warp
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Rock / Pop / Indie
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Sunbursting EP Warp
Electronica
10" + mp3
Bibio
25.95 €
Ovals & Emeralds (Transparent Green Vinyl) Warp
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10" + mp3
Bibio
25.95 €
Ovals & Emeralds (Transparent Green Vinyl) Warp
Electronica
2-LP + mp3
Bibio
30.95 €
Vignetting The Compost Warp
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Vignetting The Compost Warp
Electronica
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28.95 €
BIB10 Warp
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BIB10 Warp
Electronica
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27.95 €
BIB10 (Ltd. Gold Vinyl) Warp
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Electronica
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Bibio
27.95 €
BIB10 (Ltd. Gold Vinyl) Warp
Indie / Alternative
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Squid
34.95 €
Cowards (Black Vinyl) Warp
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LP
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Squid
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Cowards (Black Vinyl) Warp
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LP
Squid
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Cowards (Clear Vinyl) Warp
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LP
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Cowards (Clear Vinyl) Warp
Ambient
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Bibio
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Phantom Brickworks (LP II) Warp
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Phantom Brickworks (LP II) Warp
Headz
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Nightmares On Wax
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Smokers Delight Warp
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Headz
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Nightmares On Wax
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Smokers Delight Warp
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Squarepusher
58.95 €
Ultravisitor / Ltd. 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Warp
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Squarepusher
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Ultravisitor / Ltd. 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Warp
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Mount Kimbie
32.95 €
The Sunset Violent (Ltd. Petrol Blue Transp. Vinyl) Warp
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Mount Kimbie
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The Sunset Violent (Ltd. Petrol Blue Transp. Vinyl) Warp
Electronica
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Bonobo
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Dial 'M' For Monkey Ninja Tune
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2-LP
Bonobo
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Dial 'M' For Monkey Ninja Tune
SloMo House
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Acid Pauli
27.95 €
Get Lost V (White Vinyl Repress) Crosstown Rebels
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House
3-LP
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Acid Pauli
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Get Lost V (White Vinyl Repress) Crosstown Rebels
SloMo House
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12" EP
Vakula
11.95 €
13Th District Ep Nuearth Kitchen
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House
12" EP
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Vakula
11.95 €
13Th District Ep Nuearth Kitchen
Deep House
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12"
Vakula
9.00 €
Night Walks Leleka
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House
12"
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Vakula
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Night Walks Leleka
House
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Syclops
19.95 €
A Blink Of An Eye / 2018 Reissue Running Back
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House
2-LP
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Syclops
19.95 €
A Blink Of An Eye / 2018 Reissue Running Back
House
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12"
Luvless
9.95 €
Turning Points E.P. (incl. Oooft rmx) Rose
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House
12"
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