G.H. – Ground

Anyone who follows Add Void regularly (do such people exist?) will know that we’re huge fans of Andy Stott and the whole of Manchester-based label Modern Love’s incredible output of twisted, ripped and deadened techno mutations. So it’s no surprise that we’re pretty excited about their newest release, the first solo outing for Gaz Howell (previously of Pendle Coven and HATE Soundsystem) under the simplistically-initialed guise of G.H. The first side of the 12″ seems to have been hewn out of solid sub and feels like an overdose in Berghain, rusting cogs, dripping pipes, clinking chains and all. The post-industrial theme continues on the flip side with metallic clangs playing off a thudding bass until the incredible ‘Earth’ emerges, spitting chopped and screwed funk samples over a deconstructed techno workout. It’s dark, heavy and pretty nasty stuff, but shit does it feel good.

Listen below. Buy here.

Image is by Joseph Jachna.

Chasing Voices – Another Walk

Keeping up the trend of profiling clandestine producers, following yesterday’s post on Huerco S., we bring you the announcement of a new single-sided 12” from Chasing Voices, a mercurial set of anonymous producers operating out of New York’s Preserved Instincts label. It’s the third of their releases under this moniker and sees a slight change in tack from their earlier ones – the techno has become harder and more industrial after the slower 2-step of Acidbathory and the skittery high-hats and eerie drones of Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit. The dark, brooding aesthetic is retained though, as is the superb calibre.

Check out the excellent fan video (reminiscent of Alejandro Jodorowsky or Ken Russell’s explorations in psychedelic horror) for Acidbathory and another track below, then nip over to Boomkat to pick up the new single. It’s what nightmares are made of.

Image is by Ricardo Leite.

Pat Jordache – Future Songs

Here’s a gorgeous little album from Canadian noisenik Pat Jordache, out later this month on Constellation records. It’s a great selection of beautifully catchy, heartfelt pop songs that we worry we’ll be humming for weeks to come, treated to a fantastic bit of lo-fi production, with fuzzy drums, bottoming-out bass and scratchy guitars. Like recordings of TV On The Radio jamming with Kurt Vile and Joy Division to Daniel Johnston songs in an echoey warehouse. Or something like that.

Have a listen to the whole thing here. Then buy it!

Image is by 70s skate fanatic Hugh Holland.

Keith Fullerton Whitman – MGTR 10 & 11 & 12

Here’s another epic electronic soundscape from the sound-art genius that is Keith Fullerton Whitman. It’s got to be one of the most intense, sublime, enrapturing pieces of music we’ve heard for some time – like a collaboration between Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never doing a re-work of Vangelis’ Blade Runner score. Yes, really.

If any of his output from last year passed you by we’d urge you to jump on it – it’s got to be some of the most incredible electronic music ever produced. Absolutely crying out to have a film cut to it, too. One day, one day…

P.S

Another track’s just popped up on his Soundcloud, may as well share that as well: