Artists
Anna Peaker
Anna Peaker is an artist based in Leeds, West Yorkshire who began to experiment with sound in 2016. Her music centres around drones,loops and melodies using keys, strings and found sound. She has released music with @longformeditions, @_a_l_t_e_r_ , Lime Lodge and Infant Tree.
Anna’s track, Flora of Sleep is the lead contribution for our debut release.
Ben England | District Advisory Board
Formerly one half of ’90’s Jungle/DnB production team Basic Unit ( w/ Rick Dallaway).
He recorded for the pioneering Moving Shadow/Audio Couture, Flex Records, Nocturnal, Deepest Cut & Frontline Records.
Originally based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Ben & partner recorded as Panta Rhei & established Sofa, making electronica inspired by their involvement w/ the city’s electronic music & digital arts collective V3ctor.
Moving south to London at the turn of the millennium, the duo focused on writing music for film/tv & a foray into commercial R&B/Pop productions.
Inspired by recent developments in contemporary DnB, Ben, now solo, began writing under the name @naturalforcesuk & signed to Ant TC One’s Dispatch imprint. he continues to make deep, emotive, minimal & forward thinking dance music.
His two tracks, for polytypic one, as District Advisory Board, furthers this ethos under his new & exploratory moniker.
billy2chips
billy2chips aka Will Addy contributes two tracks, Another Day & Mr Olive to our various artists compilation.
Will takes inspiration from a wide range of soulful/forward thinking music, and has been slowly developing his sound through years of digging and experimenting among different sounds/processing methods.
He moved from Barnsley to study a BA in production at Leeds College of Music around 8 years ago, stayed in the city and is now a part of Mapcharity where he helps run C0smicsl0p.
Charlie E
Multi-instrumentalist Charlie Evatt self released an E.P. ‘Terra Systems’ in 1997, produced and performed in Leeds alongside the Vector crew as ‘Charlie Ferrari’, released a 3” cd EP on Alku in 2002. Charlie demonstrated some of his electronic work at the Film Festival Rotterdam 2004, including the programming he did for Vertical Cat's Election Manifesto Random Policy Generator. Subsequently ‘went dark’ and continued developing technique and style while focussing on software development and cybersecurity. Now back in the musical saddle and styling it up with computer-less hardware based electronics.
Geiom
Kamal Joory aka @geiom_berkane_sol’s journey in electronic music started way back with the bombastic Linn drums and 808's of classic breakdance electro, some of which turned up again years later in the form of another major influence, 90's uk hardcore and jungle.
Once the big tent euphoria had subsided, Geiom [ aka Mear & Hem] turned his attention to electronic listening music, and began to generate his own Atari powered explorations for labels like Skam and Neo Ouija.
In the early 2000's Geiom was exposed to the emerging sound of Grime and, eventually, its cousin, Dubstep. He immersed himself into the culture and carved out his own niche by moulding his synthetic melodic sensibilities around the framework of 140 bass music. This led to releases on labels such as Deep Medi, Planet Mu and his own imprint, Berkane Sol.
His current work coalesces all the strains of his influences & productions into something more advanced & unique to his outlook & practice. The two tracks for polytypic one, Soul Bauble & Coop Coupe, are his contributions to the compilation.
Nick Richards | Thirdspace
Thirdspace is the alias of Leeds based multi-instrumentalist & producer Nick Richards. Founder member of of UK Afro-Jazz giants Nubiyan Twist [Strut Records].
Looking to broaden his musical horizons through his new solo venture. Thirdspace is an electronically driven project, traversing & absorbing club music styles & electronica idioms, whilst retaining the organic feel of acoustic & live [synthetic] instrumentation. This is a project where two sound worlds collide.
His sonic adventure captivates when listening at home or the club. A journey through improvised instrumentalism, ethereal vocals, epic soundscapes & driving percussive energy.
Tom O'Rourke | Torom
Leeds based, Brighton born producer Tom O’Rourke aka Torom, was involved w/co-founding & collaborating w/ Leeds based charity party Brudenel Groove.
His debut, digital release ‘lomarz' was featured on a Reel Long Overdub compilation EP, followed by another on KK Junker’s Class Projects vol.1, as part of it’s artist development school.
His first vinyl release ‘Oak Tones’ came out on International Extraterrestrial Music & gained support both locally & nationally. He is currently developing a soundtrack & sound design for an indie video game.