Our first release of the new year comes from Doubleheart, the collaborative project of two of Scotland’s longest serving creative individuals in electronic music - JD Twitch (Optimo Espacio) and Neil Landstrumm. Taking its name from title song ‘Roots’ - a sub heavy, tension building track that re-imagines Jamaican dub poet Michael Smith’s original from the seminal 1982 album ‘Mi Cyaan Believe it - the EP as a whole works as an analogue exploration into the rawer side of dance music. Working together allows these veteran producers to fuse their individual styles and musical sensibilities, combining Landstrumm’s raw aesthetic and mastery of hardware manipulation with Twitch’s unrivalled knowledge of what makes a dancefloor tick. Spawning from the depths of their imaginations and machines are 4 club-ready tracks brimming with anticipation and menace. Although taking it’s inspiration from 80s electro and 90s acid & rave, the final result is far from a throwback to a halcyon, bygone era. Instead, they have managed to carve out a distinctive sound the bleeps and bangs it’s way firmly into 2013. The vinyl will be packaged in a rough cast, twice debossed manilla sleeve, again designed and actualised by our designer Grampian Mountains. DJ support from Optimo, Ben UFO, Joe Goddard (Hot Chip / 2 Bears), Nightwave, Daniel Avery, Lando Kal, Sinden, Clouds, West Norwood Cassette Library, Medlar, Hot City, Tayo, Auntie Flo, Sei A... a1 Doubleheart - Roots a2 Doubleheart - Bruise b1 Doubleheart - Ghent b2 Doubleheart - Blast