{"title":"Rian Treanor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRian Treanor (b.1988) is an artist and producer based in the North of the UK. His sound practice re-imagines the intersection of club culture, experimental art and computer music, presenting an insightful and compelling musical world of interlocking and fractured components.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon his study with Lupo at Berlin's Dubplates \u0026amp; Mastering, plus years spent curating the Enjoy artspace in Leeds, *Treanor's* sound uses off centred rhythmic arrangements, referencing the dynamics of garage and techno as much as Fluxus and Dada cut-ups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince 2015 *Treanor* has focused on his solo sound works, developing musical environments for improvisations within his live performances. He has recently signed to Annex artist agency who are managing bookings for his live shows. Please direct all booking enquiries for Europe, UK, Asia, Australia to: chloe@annexagency.co.uk\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"file-under-uk-metaplasm","title":"File Under UK Metaplasm","description":"\u003cp\u003eRian Treanor returns to Planet Mu for his raw and energetic second album \u003ci\u003eFile Under UK Metaplasm\u003c\/i\u003e. The enigmatic, sweaty energy of Tanzanian singeli and Chicago footwork are juxtaposed with slick, high-def bass weight which sits at the centre of the album. Opening track \u003ci\u003eHypnic Jerks\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect example of this, with crinkled percussive loops cut through by machine-gun kicks and acidic wobbles. Elsewhere, \u003ci\u003eVacuum Angle \u003c\/i\u003etakes Sheffield's Warp-ed legacy and brings it crashing into the future, with rhythms collapsing into static and noise but never deconstructing or losing the flow. \u003ci\u003eDebouncing\u003c\/i\u003e meanwhile folds gliding square synths into rattling dancehall kicks, joining the dots between SND, Equiknoxx and Wiley with a neon Sharpie. \"It's using all those formulaic dance structures but just slightly mangled or messed up,\" he says. \"I'm still focused on making dance music for clubs, but how far can you push that before it's just no.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Planet Mu","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50404992385355,"sku":"1107497","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50404996120907,"sku":"1098874","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/62f21a78-b2d4-47f6-921c-8f66005b50e1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726572860"},{"product_id":"ataxia","title":"Ataxia","description":"\u003cp\u003eRian Treanor releases his anticipated debut album \u003ci\u003eAtaxia\u003c\/i\u003e on Planet Mu. The striking full-length follows singles for The Death Of Rave and Warp’s Arcola imprint. There’s clear a conceptual backdrop, but the music itself is not overthought. There’s an immediate joy to much of the album – check out \u003ci\u003eATAXIA_D3\u003c\/i\u003e with its wonderful cut-ups and modulations of the phrase “people don’t understand people.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe roots of Rian's playful sound are directly linked to his love of the music he grew up with. Coming from Sheffield, you can hear elements of industrial, synth-pop, bleep, extreme computer music and speed garage at play. From Cabaret Voltaire to Warp and beyond; the sound of his city has been, and is, an integral part of his musical development and is still a direct influence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Planet Mu","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50404996710731,"sku":"1054781","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50404997366091,"sku":"1054782","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2d94648c-83d8-4f4a-a996-ffa735449b59_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726572883"},{"product_id":"obstacle-scattering","title":"Obstacle Scattering","description":"\u003cp\u003eRian Treanor's \u003ci\u003eObstacle Scattering\u003c\/i\u003e EP arrives in a flurry of disorienting rhythmic bursts and de-purposed rave hallmarks. The four-track EP follows the Yorkshire producer's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eFile Under UK Metaplasm\u003c\/i\u003e, an album that welded elements from the UK's sprawling dance music history with genre-breaking sounds from further afield. Here, Rian goes straight for the jugular with four tracks assembled specifically for the dancefloor. Playing with the idea of sound being an obstacle that you have to get your body around, each track on the EP presents a suite of complications for adventurous ravers. \u003ci\u003eObstacle 1 \u003c\/i\u003efolds the influence of SND into a hi-nrg single framework, simmering lush FM synths in a broth of tangled kicks; \u003ci\u003eObstacle 2\u003c\/i\u003e was written for Rian's set at 2019's Aphex Twin-curated Warehouse Project and distills his early obsession with Planet Mu in hyperactive squelches that deftly flit between brutalist glitches and ear-pummeling bass. Meanwhile irradiant chords continuously refract a bouncing 4x4 groove on \u003ci\u003eObstacle 3,\u003c\/i\u003e subtly shifting the focus as they alternate and interlock. Closer \u003ci\u003eObstacle 4 \u003c\/i\u003e switches things up once again, deploying the idea of pause and effect with staccato stabs that follow whirls of modulated synth. These four obstacles are DJ tools with spikes - selected grooves that don't fit anywhere except together, mapping out Rian's constantly-shifting relationship with both the club and the legacy of boundary-pushing dance music. They feverishly demonstrate the outer limits of a streamlined sonic palette, devastating speakers and dancefloors in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Planet Mu","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50512438296907,"sku":"1111532","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/fb3010c3-2abb-4fd8-a603-b25097377b38_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727900756"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_c240f251_thumbnail_4096_15bf71bf-7170-4390-8d29-49361422d37f.jpg?v=1726572829","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/rian-treanor.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}