Browse by Label: CIVIL (UK)

Artist:	RESO
Title:	Valken EP
Label:	CIVIL (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CIV 017EP

"Forever spawning the next generation of bass mutations, Civil Music's Reso brings an unsurpassed low-end density and textured sound that decidedly makes genres redundant. Wobble, hypercrunk, glitch, hip hop, dubstep, industrial and D&B all blend together for a concoction that only Reso can create, and one that consistently redefines the electronic sphere. In between working with Hospital Records (with Slap Chop) and remixing the likes of Drop The Lime, Foamo, Qemists and dEbruit (among others), with War Machine/Valkan Reso is setting the precedence for 2011, giving the bass world a fierce blueprint to follow. Make no mistake: War Machine/Valkan is not a record for the faint-hearted. It's certainly not suitable background music, and probably should come equipped with an explicit NSFW label. It will, however, be a record for discerning listeners who appreciate the subtleties and complexities that go into high-tech productions that carry this much conceptual and compositional weight, as is always the case with London's chameleonic and many-masked mastermind. This is the sound of the end of the world, of machines breaking and technology folding, when all that's left is carnal rage and chaos. A forceful onslaught of sound, the four tracks on Reso's War Machine/Valkan EP intricately mesh high amp leads and emphatic beats that entrance any dancefloor into riotous frenzy."

Artist:	OM UNIT
Title:	The Timps
Label:	CIVIL (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	CIV 019EP

"Om Unit joins the Civil Music stable alongside Starkey, Reso, dEbruit, Drums of Death and Darling Farah. And yet again we see him pushing his sonic manifesto ever further. With years of working intently at the nexus of instrumental beats and electronic music, it's time for The Timps EP. The Timps is real electro. Faceless, percussive, underground with a sci-fi feel. Dark, futuristic and dancefloor-oriented, punctuated with elements of 80s Detroit techno. Om Unit has blasted his sound into deep space, adding eerie electronic futurism to his niche blend of slow boogie, house, techno and hip-hop beats with those classic analogue synth lines. It nods to both the ever exciting and forever morphing instrumental beat scene and to the heavy flow of early pioneering Detroit techno via UR and the likes of Drexciya/Aux 88. The Timps sees Om Unit interfacing funk and futurism. Analogue bass lines are sequenced, arpeggiated and twisted to devastating effect. Synthetic riffs and atonal sound effects with heavy reverbs, delays and phasers drift along with eerie synthetic strings emphasizing the retro futuristic themes of the music. Remixes come from Frite Nites' US beat maker and a one-to-watch in 2011, Salva, and Wagon Repair's Hrdvsion aka Nathan Jonson."

Artist:	DEBRUIT
Title:	Sis Surpriz
Label:	CIVIL (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	CIV 020EP

"When French producer dEbruit relocated to London, it was just the start of a journey that would take him much further east than Hackney. dEbruit explains; 'I lived in a Turkish neighborhood in London and my productions are always a result of curiosity over the sounds and people around me. I wanted to learn more and try something with Turkish music and instruments so I travelled to Turkey in October, and I'm so glad I did.' The end results of dEbruit's travels are the four painstakingly crafted tracks of SiS Surpriz (which translates as Skewer Surprise). Traditional Turkish folk instruments are coupled with modern, synthetic sounds on an EP that's full of eastern promise. Opener Accorde Don combines accordion and darbuka drums (a kind of goblet drum) with 'bump-hop' beats, whilst Turkish Ish features zurna flutes, talkbox effects and scything synths. Mezde's bassheavy, low-slung bounce deploys the string sounds of the kabak kemane -- a violin-like instrument originating from Southeastern Turkey -- with darbuka and davul drums. Zurna flutes and synths return on the slo-mo, chopped and screwed digi-funk of Lil Zurna. Born Xavier Thomas and raised in Brittany, France, dEbruit's name is an amalgamation of the French words debris (broken glass) and bruit (noise). His boundary-smashing, genreswerving style deliberately veers towards the chaotic -- 'I like when electronic music and instruments lose control of what they're meant to do,' he adds. SiS Surpriz is the third in dEbruit's trilogy of EPs which began with futuristic electro hip-hop workout Let's Post Funk featuring Jamie Woon and Om'Mas Keith, and was followed by 2010's African highlife inspired Spatio Temporel. The trio of releases all feature 3-D artwork by German designer Rainbowmonkey, and 3-D glasses are also included for your viewing pleasure."

Artist:	DRUMS OF DEATH
Title:	Black Waves
Label:	CIVIL (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CIV 024EP

"Black Waves is 4 tracks of deep, dark club music. Since the release of his critically acclaimed album Generation Hexed, Drums of Death has been obsessively developing a deeper and darker sound that is tailored for the dance-floor. Black Waves fuses frantic 808 drum patterns and dramatic synth lines with fresh, contemplative melodies. It's music born out of its maker's passion for techno and house. Black Waves opens with 'Cold Lazarus' an intense 4 minute ride of classic techno taken to its intense conclusion. Strings derived from his raucous live show build tension before the track spirals out of control descending into a frenzied, audio assault. Further high-end club tendencies are delivered on 'I Can't Take It.' Drenched with early 90s rave influence, it's house music looking forward at 135 beats per minute. Urgent soul vocals, torn apart and carried along by rattling snares."

Previous Page Index of Labels Next Page

Artist:	KUHN
Title:	Slime Beach EP
Label:	CIVIL (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	CIV 028EP

Artist:	DARLING FARAH
Title:	Division
Label:	CIVIL (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	CIV 030EP