Web Rumors — Northern Service

New single from Web Rumors, Northern Service is the soundtrack to your proto-synth commute. The track features samples of UK rail announcements by Celia Drummond (Humphris) formerly of Trees.

Northern Service is a hypnotic exploration of old school minimal electronics from a modern perspective, give it a spin!” (Will Backler at pilerats.com, 2022)

Production and mixing by Em Burrows
Mastered by Dan @ENCODERSound.

Released exclusively on Bandcamp.

Blue Honey — Colin

The debut single for Blue Honey is out today on all streaming services. The band has this to say:

”Colin is an ode to childhood, an ode to the part of yourself you may have lost when growing up. We hope you love this song just as much as we do and it makes you feel a little less alone in this big scary world ♡”

I love the tune, the vocal performance is a standout and there’s a compelling build through to the final chorus. It was a real pleasure to master.

‘Colin' propelled Blue Honey into the Triple J Unearthed Artist Spotlight with National radio play, and inclusion in the RTRFm Sound Selection in the week starting 14th March 2022.

Cover art by Isabella Cotter
Recorded and mixed by Jordan Shakspeare at Tunafish Recording Company
Mastered by Dan @ENCODERSound

Artwork by Isabella Cotter.

Éric Normand — Prechording

The new composition from Éric Normand [Rimouski, Quebec] is out now on Tour de Bras and Tone List, on cassette and digital. Prechording is born of collaborative sound sharing, with Normand shaping the four movements using pre-recorded sound techniques unique to the musicians involved.

Composition by Éric Normand

Musicians:
Jameson Feakes (electric guitar)
Lenny Jacobs (drums, cymbals)
Djuna Lee (double bass)
Josten Myburgh (saxophone)
Dan O’Connor (trumpet)

Recorded by Stuart James at Soundfield Studio
Mixed by Dan @ENCODERSound
Mastering by Mario Gauthier
Cover and cassette pictures by Marc Lepage
Designed by Marie-Pierre Morin

Web Rumors — Heaven

Heaven, the new single from Web Rumors (aka Em Burrows), is a real mover and was a delight to work on.

From the artist:

“Inspired by the proto-house and post-disco sounds of early 80s New York and Chicago underground clubs, Heaven aims to capture that heady combination of dance floor euphoria and deep nostalgia.”

Produced by Em Burrows
Mixed by Matt Gio and Em Burrows
Mastered by Dan @ENCODERSound

Jeremy Segal — Plateaux

Plateaux, the new EP for Jeremy Segal, is out now. Jeremy works across many genres and under many guises from synth-pop composition and production, as Segue, to production/engineering for Man Sandal, and Buckland, and performing with Didion’s Bible, Seacrest Gardens, and Web Rumors Ex Machina.

Plateaux continues an ongoing investigation of ambient electronic music, following on from Four Footprints (2020). It’s concise, intentful ambient music. In moments ear-tickling, at other times driving, and the transitional points between these two modes offer a transfixing confluence of detail.

‘Moment,’ from Plateaux is in the RTRFM’s Sound Selection for the week starting September 6th, 2021 (the definitive what’s-good-listening-right-now list from a Boorloo perspective).

Music by Jeremy Segal
Artwork by Daniel Veneklaas
Mastered by Dan @ENCODERSound