{"title":"Container","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"yacker","title":"Yacker","description":"\u003cp\u003eRen Schofield’s long running electronic project Container returns with his first release since the Creamer EP in 2021. Rolling straight out of the pandemic Schofield has since played a large number of live shows all over the planet, rilling up audiences with a heady mix of method and mania. Now is the time to unleash a new studio offering. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYacker\u003c\/i\u003e presents what is undoubtedly an electronic record but one imbued with a spirit more aligned with rock music. Always hijacking the electronic music scene for his own unique and twisted path here we see a further extrapolation on his original blueprint for DIY noise techno adding a more physical and muscular edge to the standard hysterical proceedings. The drums retain an almost human, somewhat muscular feel with a sweaty and suggestive ‘real drums’ feeling.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchofield cites inspiration on \u003ci\u003eYacker\u003c\/i\u003e as the Nirvana song ‘Oh, The Guilt’, the Mindflayer album ‘It’s Always 1999’, and the Rah Bras song ‘Sooop Toe Pump Girls’. Container has always danced the absurd space between serious and stupid, with \u003ci\u003eYacker\u003c\/i\u003e all elements are turned up to eleven as he delivers a pristine field guide to furious frenzied fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYacker\u003c\/i\u003e strikes an even balance between heavy, relentless, joyful, silly, and sloppy. Think Lollapalooza 1996 held at Berghain 2006 and you are somewhere on the way to formulating this fresh new insanity from one of the contemporary electronic music scene's more playful pioneers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Green LP.","offer_id":50405374460235,"sku":"2183046","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/84aa6dc2-ebe4-2558-b083-4529b39e90cd_c9907971_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726576531"},{"product_id":"lp-5","title":"LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll the earmarks of the classic Container sound with it's uber-mangled, saturated tape garble and headlong tempo macabre. However, this new set of tracks feature an attention to composition unlike much of the Container we've previously heard. While the tracks unfurl across two sides of wax the contours and jagged edges of each sonic sculpture display a new refinement while maintaining the full capacity to vaporize any club floor with Container's traditional recklessness. Miraculously, this new \"LP\" manages to incorporate some more traditionally 'musical' elements thus far untouched upon in the projects output while simultaneously delivering it's most damaged and blown out offering yet. Despite leaving a trail of albums that get more intense with each passing year, this \"LP\" is bar none the most loaded. The tracks feature a trajectory with narrative, surrounded by broken acid basslines grating against disintegrating tape loops. This is the infectious and singular hypnosis Container has become well-known for. Overloaded drum patterns, washes of feedback, and dying melodies - it's all here and somehow it's restructured to be different and better than ever before. With this latest installment, there are no longer shambles but merely dust left behind. As Container continues to evolve in an upward motion, \"LP\" presents a refreshing and welcome new chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Cleveland, OH October 2017 by Andrew Veres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtwork by Ren Schofield.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spectrum Spools","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50435498770763,"sku":"1039249","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9ce2c8b2-40e1-44af-9cc4-0981f2082867_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726904504"},{"product_id":"scramblers","title":"Scramblers","description":"\u003cp\u003eContainer is the project of American noise veteran Ren Schofield, originally from Providence, Rhode Island, and now based in London. Container first appeared at the turn of the decade with a slew of freakish tapes for various small labels. In wake of these releases, Editions Mego offshoot Spectrum Spools – run by old friend John Elliott of the band Emeralds – took the punt to release his debut LP, a collection of mutated Techno tracks simply titled \u003ci\u003eLP.\u003c\/i\u003e The record gained attention quickly in the Electronic music scene largely thanks to Schofield’s unique production style that separates him from forms of conventional dance music. Whilst the music of Container sits perfectly fine within the genre and is functional enough to blow apart the walls of any club, years on the US noise circuit have given Schofield’s brand of techno a rawness and direct intensity that stands out in the club and crosses over into other sub-sections of the underground. His modest set up of Roland MC-909, a four-track porta studio and an array of pedals allowed him to hone his scuzzy and bewildering beat music over the years, leading to three more well received, and literally titled, LP’s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost a decade since his debut, Container arrives on Alter with his first non-\u003ci\u003e LP\u003c\/i\u003e titled album called \u003ci\u003eScramblers\u003c\/i\u003e. The title taken from both a Baltimore street drug and a Rhode Island Diner he used to eat at with his father. Schofield elaborates: “The juxtaposition between these two Scramblers is a great one. I wanted to pay homage to a nice name that lends itself to both depraved and wholesome contexts and do my part to carry on the tradition.” The eight tracks have their origins in live performance and a more high-octane delivery is noticeable when compared with previous Container albums. \u003ci\u003eMottle\u003c\/i\u003e sits in a mysterious zone between the productions of EVOL and early Ruff Sqwad. Fierce electro cuts like \u003ci\u003eTrench\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNozzle\u003c\/i\u003e work alongside the nauseous slink of \u003ci\u003eDuster,\u003c\/i\u003e which in typical Container fashion morphs into a frenzy in no time. A frenzy which may be linked cosmically to the fact that \u003ci\u003eScramblers \u003c\/i\u003ewas recorded, mixed and mastered in one day, reinforcing further his unorthodox and fun approach to club music.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Blue | LP","offer_id":50506972430667,"sku":"1085473","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0bb14d10-b463-43f5-b696-bcbb487b858f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727834959"},{"product_id":"creamer","title":"Creamer","description":"\u003cp\u003eContainer is the solo project of American-born, London-based musician Ren Schofield, who over the last decade has refined a signature sound combining his background in drumming and lo-fi noise with techno and rhythmic electronics, cementing himself as a distinctive and disorderly force in modern electronic music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drone","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50528159662411,"sku":"1125565","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/afc4f6b1-843a-434c-aec6-7cd9d425253b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728061128"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/container.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}