{"title":"Throwing Snow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrowing Snow is a UK based producer who effortlessly navigates through various genres, from folk to dubstep. With his versatile skills and diverse musical range, he has become a prominent figure in the music industry. In addition to his own successful career, Throwing Snow also works as a Music Consultant at Hear No Evil and runs the label A Future Without.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis unique sound and innovative approach have drawn comparisons to artists such as Dauwd, Dark Sky, Jacques Greene, Lapalux, Koreless, Py, Om Unit, DjRUM, FaltyDL, Machinedrum, Ital Tek, Joy Orbison, Deft Martyn George FitzGerald Kuedo Sepalcure Synkro Floating Points Clubroot. Throwing Snow's ability to seamlessly blend different styles sets him apart from his peers and keeps listeners captivated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a fan of folk or dubstep or anything in between,Throwing Snow's music offers something for everyone. His captivating compositions are sure to leave a lasting impression on any listener.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dragons","title":"Dragons","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrowing Snow’s fourth album is the audiovisually-augmented \u003ci\u003eDragons\u003c\/i\u003e, a work that occupies the space between science and ancestral wisdom. It links music back to its prehistoric capacity for transmitting knowledge to new technology that can untangle the complexity of the contemporary world. Dragons’ ten tracks of heavy primal rhythmic productions incorporate the physicality of acoustic sources, from ancient ritual instruments to modern drum kit, and each track is accompanied by visuals generated by a neural network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tracks on \u003ci\u003eDragons\u003c\/i\u003e match Tones’s ambitions for the album in weight but not complexity. They are intentionally dazzlingly simple in their means, for maximum effect, with repeating motifs, locked basslines, cosmic patterns and full-frequency mids. Often built from four or fewer elements, Tones allows sound to accumulate into his unique take on ritual music for the 21st century. Throbbing ritual dances contain half-remembered earworms revealing glittering night skies of synthesizer patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs is typical for Tones’ Throwing Snow project, the album contains a bold and eclectic mix of instruments, from a bodhrán and daf to cello, with their uses rooted in their inherent acoustic properties. Tones also essentially built his own sample pack for the percussion patterns, working with drummer Jack Baker (Bonobo, Kelis, Alice Russell, Planet Battagon) on an intensive two-day session.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMastered and cut by Matt Colton at Metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houndstooth","offers":[{"title":"Orange | LP","offer_id":50421192425803,"sku":"1118285","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5b063c35-0cf6-4d3d-aebb-fd104322c385_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726756191"},{"product_id":"clamor-ep-inc-gold-panda-remix","title":"Clamor Ep (inc Gold Panda Remix)","description":"\u003cp\u003ewith his last record for local action picked up by radiohead's tom yorke. this year started with a bang as throwing snow dropped the first xlr8r podcast of 2012. here we see his much aticipated first release for his imprint snowfall including a remix return favour from ghostly's gold panda. with a follow up due in the fall, live support slots for daedelus and bonobo and recent acceptance into rbma new york this will signify a defining year for the burgeoning producer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50467473949003,"sku":"354405","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/dad101f4-5546-4e6b-b82e-9718b2ef5399_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727338433"},{"product_id":"embers","title":"Embers","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmbers, the new album from Ross Tones aka Throwing Snow, is a conceptually imaginative and musically atmospheric recording that draws stimulus from laws and patterns of the natural world. Excelling creatively from the freedom and restrictions of applying aspects of these elements, Embers emerges vividly from the processes employed in its creation. Recorded in Daddry Shield, County Durham, sounds captured in the surrounding area became part of the music. Rain is transformed into white noise, at one point a melody line is mimicked by a starling - all the result of endless processes and cycles. The techniques used in creating Embers allegorically mirror these processes. Reproducing the way materials are reused in the natural world; tracks are born, live and then die only to be reborn into a new form. All the tracks have similar counterparts whether in structure, dynamics or melodies. Arpeggios self-evolve and are interconnected, randomness introduced utilising two similar pairs of synthesizers so that their cycles are ever changing and naturally evolving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - 180 Gram, glossy laminated outer sleeve, artwork \/ concept insert - Spot gloss PVC outer. Roughly an hour long, the album’s start and end appear the same allowing it to cycle endlessly - the vinyl edition has been created so that the listener can mix the album without breaks across two turntables. 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Adda Kaleh appears again on the more introspective but nonetheless D\u0026amp;B tinged album cut 'Maera' while Kid A's mesmerizing, haunting vocals grace the appropriately named 'Hypnotise'. 'The Void' features rising UK talent Jassy Grez declaring \"I don't want forgiveness\" to heart-trembling effect and Py's pitched down tones meld with delicately building layers of feedback and murky beats on 'As You Fall'. And on a non-lyrical collaboration, save for some ghostly sighs, Tones' fellow RMBA alumni, US duo KNOX, guest on the atmospheric 'Draugr' which evolves from sparse, icy chimes to a percussive maelstrom, its dying breath giving way to album closer 'Saltare (Parts 1 and 2)', the latter forming an uplifting melody-led conclusion to this evocative patchwork of sounds and atmospheres. In as much as earlier EP 'Pathfinder' was intended to be listened to on journeys, 'Mosaic' is very much a continuation of this feeling, as the overall sound and feel matters more than the pinpointing of any one genre. As with 'Pathfinder', the titles on 'Mosaic' are meant to reflect the music itself, as 'The Tempest' builds and roars into a stormy oblivion before 'Linguis' whirls with layers while also reflecting the Latin meaning for tongues or languages and nodding to Steve Reich's evolving rhythmic patterns. The album also reflects an interest in mythology, from 'Maera' (Icarus' hound in Greek myth) to 'Draugr' ('the walking dead' in Icelandic,) further indicating the full, rounded quality to 'Mosaic', an impressive debut from one of the UK's most unique electronic artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houndstooth","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50484082049355,"sku":"376276","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/69b26722-3369-4a8d-b981-f4b44bbf41e0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727580744"},{"product_id":"loma","title":"Loma","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrowing Snow returns to London's artist-led Houndstooth label with \u003ci\u003eLoma\u003c\/i\u003e. Compiling all eight excerpts from the four-part series, this package sees the tracks pressed to vinyl for the first time, accompanied with a brand new, 11-minute extended remix from Brooklyn-based Octo Octa (100% Silk \/ Running Back \/ Honey Soundsystem). Opening with the held-back, break-neck stepper of \u003ci\u003eSimmer,\u003c\/i\u003e through to the jagged-edge, half time DnB bomb of \u003ci\u003eVulpine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the lightly swung, garage-infused blows of \u003ci\u003eSubtitles\u003c\/i\u003e, this marks Ross Tones's most varied and proficient work to date on one of electronic music's most essential imprints. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - Double LP pressed on coloured vinyl (one yellow disc, one green) with printed inners. 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Locating memories in a transient city that is constantly reconfiguring itself, each track is an attempt at honouring fragments of recent, but seemingly distant, musical history. Taking us from DMZ at Brixton Mass to FWD at Plastic People, or Future Garage Fridays in Soho (IYKYK) to early days of NTS, the EP captures some of the fleeting moments that continue to play a significant part in the city’s sonic patchwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction-wise, all the tracks share the same sounds twisted in different directions. 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