{"title":"Mitra Mitra","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"hands-remain","title":"Hands Remain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first new Mitra Mitra full length since 2018’s hugely well received \u003ci\u003eMarionettes \u003c\/i\u003eset. The band was formed in Vienna in late 2014 by Violet Candide and Mahk Rumbae. Originally from New Zealand, Violet Candide has been a fixture of the Vienna post-punk and minimal synth scene for many years as a DJ before making music with Mitra Mitra and her other projects Slow Glass (with Bobby from Low Sea), Peppy Pep Pepper and Violetiger. Whilst British musician Mahk Rumbae is known for his work as a member of the industrial \/ experimental project Konstruktivists, Oppenheimer MkII (with Andy Oppenheimer of Oppenheimer Analysis) and his solo techno project Codex Empire.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAfter working together on one of Violet’s solo songs, the pair decided to continue writing and working together as Mitra Mitra, with the aim of writing electronic songs not tied by any particular influence or style – but combining elements of synth pop, electro and minimal synth to create a modern take on classic period electronic music.\u003cbr\u003eDespite initial plans involving studio only work, the band were persuaded to take to the stage in 2015 and have since played shows in England, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and their adopted home country of Austria; quickly gaining a reputation for their unique presentation and interaction with the audience.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe new LP is their strongest set yet;\u003ci\u003e Hands Remain\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps darker in nature than previous Mitra Mitra releases; although mostly completed before the pandemic, it somehow fits the times we live in now. The sleeve design is based on a work by Canadian artist \/ filmmaker Michael Snow, who kindly gave permission for a processed version of his image to be used on the cover. A wonderful 12 track collection hugely recommended to fans of classic era synth pop, early Mute, Cherry Red, Blackwing Studios etc etc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polytechnic Youth","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50423637967179,"sku":"1141868","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/89ee12c9-a1e7-42b0-8409-edc14290108f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726770321"},{"product_id":"glassy-tears","title":"Glassy Tears","description":"\u003cp\u003eNext up on Feral Child is the wonderful new full length from mighty electronic duo Mitra Mitra; hailing from the UK and New Zealand- and now based in Vienna. The new record “Glassy Tears” is a split label affair: The UK and US via Feral Child and Europe via their own Micromort imprint.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Three years deep in the static, Mitra Mitra return with \u003cem\u003eGlassy Tears\u003c\/em\u003e, their fourth transmission, pressed on blood-red vinyl and wrapped in a matching red, reverse board sleeve: an abstract, disorienting image that hints at a Viennese lift shaft without ever fully revealing it. All suggestion, no escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e They’ve moved beyond the minimal synth tag into something more unstable—mutant dancefloor synthpop. The backbone is still there: Mahk Rumbae’s skeletal, obsessive rhythms and corroded melodies, cycling with machine precision, humming like circuitry pushed too far.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Violet Candide’s voice cuts through in that signature near-spoken monotone—detached, intimate, and faintly unreal. The lyrics draw from ’60s and ’70s science fiction and the ghosts of the past, broken into fragments that feel half-remembered, half-lost.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s more immediate, more kinetic—but no less strange. The surface invites movement, while something colder lingers underneath. \u003cem\u003eGlassy Tears\u003c\/em\u003e doesn’t resolve—it echoes”.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wonderful record, each with a download coupon- hugely recommended to all fans of minimal electronica, coldwave, synthpop, call it what you will…. From the early Mute sounds of The Normal, Fad Gadget, D.A.F et al to early Cabs, John Bender and early Some Bizarre etc….\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feral Child","offers":[{"title":"LP - Red","offer_id":57226352230731,"sku":"R1192-1453","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5798e5f5-0923-9aa9-9d7b-ae264ec272b9.jpg?v=1778064874"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/mitra-mitra.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}