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where the tide broke (blr22)

by UKAEA

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  • limited edition cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    60 white shelled c60s with double sided j-card +2. shells feature full onbody print on side 1

    Includes unlimited streaming of where the tide broke (blr22) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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side 1 29:11
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side 2 27:52

about

over the last few years, dan jones’ UKAEA project has built a justifiably secure reputation for itself within the UK’s indiesphere. john doran, editor of the Quietus, holds UKAEA up as a leading light of new weird britain – a loose scene of sorts where unifying elements include boundless energies, a total disregard for musical norms and a total respect for deconstruction.

through a string of self-published digital releases, tapes for pale master and extreme ultimate and a range of diverse live experiences, UKAEA illustrates what can happen when techno and noise collide.

where the tide broke is a recording for the suffolk based electronics collective sonitus that was live streamed over youtube near the end of april 2020 whilst the UK was coming to terms with covid-19. adding to a rich back catalogue, it is a thrilling example of a live UKAEA encounter. using an expansive set up, where the tide broke is a considered, crafted trip into an almost ballardian, disorientating, unforgiving realm of cacophony.

**LAST COPIES AT NORMAN RECORDS: www.normanrecords.com/records/182347-ukaea-where-the-tide-broke**

watch the stream here: youtu.be/qPgdGHWW2VE

see also:
ukaea.bandcamp.com
vacantfulfilment.bandcamp.com

"the sound of organic machines coming alive then destroying each other" - rocket recordings' june 2020 probes playlist

"I must admit to succumbing to the romanticism of apocalypse in recent months. What with the creature comforts of my flat, footage of long-deserving statues being chucked into the proverbial sea, and the appearance of actual sunshine, it's easy to think 'maybe everything's actually moving in a positive direction. One forgets the dystopia we're very much and fully deep into in the UK. Hundreds of thousands bereaved across the country, half a decade of Tory rule ahead of us, compounding our own economic recession with Brexit, income inequality heading closer to feudalism with every passing day. Fear not, dear deluded walkman owner! UKAEA is here for a dose of harsh Threads-ian, Ballardian reality to bring you back up to speed.

Followers of Dan Jones' UKAEA project will be fully aware of the artist's power to turn skeletal techno structures into atmospheric missives from the underbelly of modernity. Thudding beats and industrial bass throbbing are encased with just the right amount of distortion, space, and despair on Bandcamp self-releases such as Remote Shed or Dead Paths to mutate bangers into moaners. Recorded and streamed during the COVID-19 lockdown in April 2020, Where The Tide Broke pushes UKAEA's textural chops into centre stage, and sees those beatmaking urges at their most patient and considered.

Comprising a seamless hour-long session (here split over two sides of tape), Where The Tide Broke builds on dissonant deconstructed sounds, frozen in echo while synth lines spew and spiral like sirens for minutes at a time. At times, the vibe resembles the epic dissonance of the late Krzysztof Penderecki, albeit with kick drums and hi-hats gradually working their way in over five-minute stretches of dissolving loops and random distortion blasts. Midway through the second half, the grey apocalyptic squall is fully overpowered by busy drum machines pummelling away towards a crescendo of entropy. By the closing minutes, the kick has sped up and up into a machine gun of nightmarish proportions. This pandemic's produced some very notable sessions and home recordings – but UKAEA's is easily the most stirring and suitably nightmarish." - spool's out, the quietus, july 2020

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released July 6, 2020

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