TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Collaboration Between Legendary Dub/Post-Punk Producer & Dubstep Originator On Double LP!
Includes Exclusive Vinyl-Only Bonus Track!
Second collaborative album by legendary UK dub producer Adrian Sherwood and Bristol dubstep don Rob Ellis aka Pinch. The follow-up to 2015's critically acclaimed Late Night Endless. Features guest appearances from Lee "Scratch" Perry, Martin Duffy (Primal Scream), Taz (Def Jam) and Skip McDonald (The Sugarhill Gang, Tackhead, Little Axe).
From the jittery funk of "Roll Call" to the industrial drone of "Charger", the percussive energy of "Juggling Act" to the cosmic wisdom of the Lee Perry-voiced "Lies", the furious synth-grime of "Gun Law" to a languid cover of Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence", this is a diverse yet cohesive work, the two producers' ability to blend and subvert each other's signature sounds more fully realized than ever before. Once again a collaborative release between the two seminal and much-loved labels the artists respectively run, On-U Sound and Tectonic, this is an album tooled equally for the dancefloor and home listening, the bodyblow of the sound system stack and the intimacy of headphone meditation.
Of the making of this album, Pinch comments: "Having spent around five years working together, our work flow has developed and improved considerably, and we both feel that the music we're making now is something neither of us could or would do alone. Adrian has amassed a bunch of new (old) studio equipment over the last couple of years too, so there's been a lot more stuff to play about with, and that's expressed in some of the directions the tracks go in. I hope it resonates with listeners as much as it does with us." Sherwood concurs: "I'm really proud of Man Vs. Sofa - Pinch and I have developed a proper great sound together and this is a real step forward."
"The amazingly titled Man vs. Sofa is nothing less than a supernova. Here, the duo have honed their sound into something trippy and experimental yet deadly precise and direct. This is futuristic dub that sounds tense and paranoid rather than sluggish and laid-back. The tracks manage to be sophisticated and heavily detailed, filled with twisted edits and intricate beats, while still maintaining a spacious aura. The basslines are distorted and alarming, and Sherwood's dub effects are some of the most brutal he's produced in ages. Yet it avoids getting too dark or overbearing thanks to graceful piano melodies played by Martin Duffy (Primal Scream, Felt) and multi-instrumentalist Skip McDonald (Tackhead, Little Axe)... Every single moment of Man vs. Sofa is suspenseful and exciting." - AllMusic
"A masterclass in soundscaping mystery and imagination which somehow yokes together the individual producer/DJs' separate territories." - The Independent
"Veers through four decades of dub, dancehall, rave and beyond. At every turn it bubbles with the delight of discovery, and shows the alchemical reaction between the two studio personae coming along very nicely indeed." - The Wire
"Supreme bass abstraction from two potent voices." - Clash
"Their two worlds collide brilliantly, together fashioning a dark, deep and moody future-dub soundscape" - Q Magazine
Features:
Double LP
Gatefold jacket
Bonus track unique to vinyl format
Limited time download card
Selections:
Side A:
1. Roll Call
2. Itchy Face
3. Midnight Mindset
Side B:
1. Lies
2. Unlearn
3. Jazzy Geoff Cakes [Vinyl Only Exclusive]
Side C:
1. Charger
2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
3. Juggling Act
Side D:
1. Retribution
2. Gun Law
3. Man Vs. Sofa
Collaboration Between Legendary Dub/Post-Punk Producer & Dubstep Originator On Double LP!
Includes Exclusive Vinyl-Only Bonus Track!
Second collaborative album by legendary UK dub producer Adrian Sherwood and Bristol dubstep don Rob Ellis aka Pinch. The follow-up to 2015's critically acclaimed Late Night Endless. Features guest appearances from Lee "Scratch" Perry, Martin Duffy (Primal Scream), Taz (Def Jam) and Skip McDonald (The Sugarhill Gang, Tackhead, Little Axe).
From the jittery funk of "Roll Call" to the industrial drone of "Charger", the percussive energy of "Juggling Act" to the cosmic wisdom of the Lee Perry-voiced "Lies", the furious synth-grime of "Gun Law" to a languid cover of Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence", this is a diverse yet cohesive work, the two producers' ability to blend and subvert each other's signature sounds more fully realized than ever before. Once again a collaborative release between the two seminal and much-loved labels the artists respectively run, On-U Sound and Tectonic, this is an album tooled equally for the dancefloor and home listening, the bodyblow of the sound system stack and the intimacy of headphone meditation.
Of the making of this album, Pinch comments: "Having spent around five years working together, our work flow has developed and improved considerably, and we both feel that the music we're making now is something neither of us could or would do alone. Adrian has amassed a bunch of new (old) studio equipment over the last couple of years too, so there's been a lot more stuff to play about with, and that's expressed in some of the directions the tracks go in. I hope it resonates with listeners as much as it does with us." Sherwood concurs: "I'm really proud of Man Vs. Sofa - Pinch and I have developed a proper great sound together and this is a real step forward."
"The amazingly titled Man vs. Sofa is nothing less than a supernova. Here, the duo have honed their sound into something trippy and experimental yet deadly precise and direct. This is futuristic dub that sounds tense and paranoid rather than sluggish and laid-back. The tracks manage to be sophisticated and heavily detailed, filled with twisted edits and intricate beats, while still maintaining a spacious aura. The basslines are distorted and alarming, and Sherwood's dub effects are some of the most brutal he's produced in ages. Yet it avoids getting too dark or overbearing thanks to graceful piano melodies played by Martin Duffy (Primal Scream, Felt) and multi-instrumentalist Skip McDonald (Tackhead, Little Axe)... Every single moment of Man vs. Sofa is suspenseful and exciting." - AllMusic
"A masterclass in soundscaping mystery and imagination which somehow yokes together the individual producer/DJs' separate territories." - The Independent
"Veers through four decades of dub, dancehall, rave and beyond. At every turn it bubbles with the delight of discovery, and shows the alchemical reaction between the two studio personae coming along very nicely indeed." - The Wire
"Supreme bass abstraction from two potent voices." - Clash
"Their two worlds collide brilliantly, together fashioning a dark, deep and moody future-dub soundscape" - Q Magazine
Features:
Double LP
Gatefold jacket
Bonus track unique to vinyl format
Limited time download card
Selections:
Side A:
1. Roll Call
2. Itchy Face
3. Midnight Mindset
Side B:
1. Lies
2. Unlearn
3. Jazzy Geoff Cakes [Vinyl Only Exclusive]
Side C:
1. Charger
2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
3. Juggling Act
Side D:
1. Retribution
2. Gun Law
3. Man Vs. Sofa
