{"title":"Andy Stott","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Stott is a British electronic music producer based in Manchester. With his unique blend of atmospheric and experimental sounds, he has established himself as a prominent figure in the electronic music scene. Known for his meticulous attention to detail and ability to create immersive sonic landscapes, Stott's music transports listeners to another world. His innovative approach to production has earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. Whether performing live or releasing new tracks, Andy Stott continues to push boundaries and redefine the possibilities of electronic music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"passed-me-by","title":"Passed Me By","description":"\u003cp\u003eRepress on black vinyl! produced slowly and meticulously over the last 12 months, these seven tracks are the closet thing we've had to a new album from andy stott since the release of his debut full length 'merciless' five years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2.","offer_id":50426083246411,"sku":"339889","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/04c0ae89-9ab8-4333-9561-8b6a13dac7b9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726800456"},{"product_id":"we-stay-together-1","title":"We Stay Together","description":"\u003cp\u003eRepress on black vinyl! recorded in the immediate aftermath of his last ep 'passed me by', this new doublepack from andy stott features six new productions that are more desolate and exposed than anything on its predecessor. the opening 'submission' tumbles into being with layers of washed-out digital revolutions, creating an artificial landscape that's quite at odds with the analogue machinations that follow - yet somehow rendering the alienated feel of this material perfectly. 'posers' nudges its way into being abruptly and embeds another squashed funk variant that's all low-lit neon and growling textures, awkwardly shuffling into a more robust 4\/4 template suffused with sparkling percussion and disembodied vocals. 'bad wires' is the centrepiece of the ep, a relentless percussive cluster*ck that belies it's slow tempo with a fearless rhythmic attitude. it's as immersive and narcotic as anything ever produced by stott - peeling away one layer after another with each repeated listen. 'we stay together' (part one) was the first track written for the ep and offers a more spacious narrative and a more sparkling, hazy palette - culminating in a beautifully frayed central hook that's somehow in keeping with the vhs aesthetic of both jamal moss and ferris bueller. 'cherry eye' tumbles deep into a darkened hole before ep closer 'cracked' turns up, fuelled by an odd mixture of adrenalin and sorrow to send you on your way.... buzzing and forlorn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"12\"x2 - 343553","offer_id":50426175717707,"sku":"343553","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0b25d9da-a507-4ded-ac34-e5124d44dec4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726803544"},{"product_id":"too-many-voices","title":"Too Many Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003eFourth Album from Andy Stott, a follow-up to 2014's \u003ci\u003e'Faith In Strangers'\u003c\/i\u003e, once again featuring vocal contributions from Alison Skidmore. Fourth World pop variants joining the dots between Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Newworldaquarium, Ruff Sqwad and Theo Parrish. \u003ci\u003e'Too Many Voices'\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded over the last 18 months and sees a diverse spectrum of influences bleed into 9 tracks that are as searching as they are memorable.The album draws for inspiration from the fourth-world pop of Japan's Yellow Magic Orchestra as much as it does Triton-fuelled Grime made 25 years later. Somewhere between these two points there's an oddly aligned vision of the future that seeps through the pores of each of the tracks. It's a vision of the future as was once imagined; artificial, strange and immaculate. Full of possibilities.The album opens with the harmonised, deteriorating pads of the opening \u003ci\u003e'Waiting For You'\u003c\/i\u003e and arcs through to the synthetic chamber-pop of the closing title track, referencing Sylvian and Sakamoto's \u003ci\u003e'Bamboo Houses'\u003c\/i\u003e as much as it does the ethereal landscapes of This Mortal Coil and Dead Can Dance. In between, the climate and palette constantly shift, taking in the midnight pop of \u003ci\u003e'Butterflies'\u003c\/i\u003e, the humid, breathless \u003ci\u003e'House of First Night'\u003c\/i\u003e and the endlessly cascading \u003ci\u003e'Forgotten'\u003c\/i\u003e.Longtime vocal contributor Alison Skidmore features on half the tracks, sometimes augmented by the same simulated materials; voicing the dystopian breakdown on \u003ci\u003e'Selfish'\u003c\/i\u003e, at others surrounded by beautiful synth washes, such as on the mercurial Over, or the dreamy, neon-lit \u003ci\u003e'New Romantic'\u003c\/i\u003e. It's all far removed from the digital synthesis and the abstracted intricacies that define much of the current electronic landscape. The same cybernetic palette is here implanted into more human form; sometimes cold, but more often thrumming with life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Love","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP | x2","offer_id":50461479567691,"sku":"400806","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/39f68793-91fe-4113-8032-589cc35742a3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727248847"},{"product_id":"luxury-problems-1","title":"Luxury Problems","description":"\u003cp\u003e2015 black vinyl pressing. Mancunian producer andy stott releases a new album on modern love called 'luxury problems'. the eight-track release is the latest part of a particularly prolific run for stott, coming one year after his two acclaimed double-packs from 2011: 'we stay together' and 'passed me by'. all of the material on the album was recorded in the past 12 months. five of the songs feature original vocals (a notable departure for stott) from his former piano teacher alison skidmore, who he hadn't seen since he was a teenager until the time of the recording (apparently \"it just sort of happened\"). the result are sort of somewhere between theo parrish and sade, but more fucked.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP | x2","offer_id":50467000779083,"sku":"356558","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Red LPx2","offer_id":50467000877387,"sku":"2011675","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/489462bd-483b-438a-b12b-8001fc02195e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727334086"},{"product_id":"faith-in-strangers","title":"Faith in Strangers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaith In Strangers\u003c\/em\u003e is an album that straddles analogue club music and vocal pop songs, drawing influence from artists such as Ron Hardy, Dome, Actress, Cocteau Twins, and Arthur Russell. The album includes vocal contributions from \u003cstrong\u003eAlison Skidmore\u003c\/strong\u003e on six tracks and was mastered and cut by Matt Colton at Alchemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaith In Strangers\u003c\/em\u003e was written and produced between January 2013 and June 2014, with editing and sequencing completed in late July of that year. The album makes use of a variety of instruments, field recordings, found sounds, and vocal treatments, resulting in a largely analogue variant of hi-tech production styles that range from dissonant to sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with the track \"\u003cem\u003eTime Away\u003c\/em\u003e\" featuring Euphonium played by Kim Holly Thorpe and closes with \"\u003cem\u003eMissing\u003c\/em\u003e\", a contribution by \u003cstrong\u003eAlison Skidmore\u003c\/strong\u003e. In between, the album explores a range of sounds, from the sparse and infected \"\u003cem\u003eViolence\u003c\/em\u003e\" to the broken, downcast pop of \"\u003cem\u003eOn Oath\u003c\/em\u003e\" and the motorik, driving melancholy of \"\u003cem\u003eScience and Industry\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eNo Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e\" offers a sparkling analogue jam followed by a tough, smudged rhythmic assault, while \"\u003cem\u003eHow It Was\u003c\/em\u003e\" reflects sweaty Warehouse signatures and \"\u003cem\u003eDamage\u003c\/em\u003e\" finds a balance between RZA's classic 'Ghost Dog' and Terror Danjah's brutal style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track, \"\u003cem\u003eFaith in Strangers\u003c\/em\u003e\", stands out as one of the most beautiful and open tracks on the album, with a vocal hook and chiming melody that ties the album together. The overall sound of the album provides a sense of warmth and nostalgia, creating a cohesive listening experience that showcases Stott's innovation and tradition through darkness and light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Love","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Clear","offer_id":50469434491211,"sku":"381581","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2LP - Gold","offer_id":50469437342027,"sku":"2019405","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Faith_In_Strangers_a07f4876_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727360663"},{"product_id":"never-the-right-time","title":"Never The Right Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn early 2020 - with a new album almost done and an offer to produce for a mainstream artist on the table - personal upheaval and a pandemic brought everything to a sudden standstill. Months of withdrawal eventually triggered a different approach. recording hours of raw material; slow horns, sibilance, delayed drums, wondering flutes - whatever, whenever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith vocals recorded by Alison Skidmore, the album was finally completed late last year- taking on a different shape. Its songs desolate, melancholy, defiant, beautiful - often all at once. The sounds echoed music around Stott during those months: Prince, Gavin Bryars, A.R. Kane, Bohren \u0026amp; der Club of Gore, Robert Turman, Cindy Lee, Leila, Catherine Christer Hennix, Junior Boys, László Hortobágyi, Nídia, Prefab Sprout - the unusual \/ the familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEchoing that mix of new and old, each of the songs on \u003ci\u003eNever The Right Time\u003c\/i\u003e is woven from the same thread despite following different trajectories; from the lovelorn shimmer of opener \u003ci\u003eAway not gone\u003c\/i\u003e, to the clattering linndrum pop of \u003ci\u003eThe beginning\u003c\/i\u003e, through \u003ci\u003eAnswers\u003c\/i\u003e angular club haze, and the city-at-night end-credits \u003ci\u003eHard to Tell\u003c\/i\u003e. These are songs fuelled by nostalgia and soul searching, but all hold true to a vision of music making as a form of renewal and reinvention. 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