FANG presents...
Artist.......: Bicep
Album........: Bicep
Label........: Ninja Tune
Genre........: Electronic
Catnr........: ZENCD244
Source.......: CD (LP)
Rip.date.....: 2017-09-01
Str.date.....: 2017-09-01
Quality......: 236kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://ninjatune.net
track title time
1. Orca 4:33
2. Glue 4:29
3. Kites 6:26
4. Vespa 1:26
5. Ayaya 3:36
6. Spring 6:54
7. Drift 4:54
8. Opal 4:31
9. Rain 5:51
10. Ayr 5:00
11. Vale 4:57
12. Aura 5:16
Runtime 57:53
Size 98.35
Release Notes:
Bicep - the Belfast-born, London-based duo of Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson -
are pleased to announce their self-titled debut album, a record that truly
encapsulates their history and the distillation of their passion for music and
club culture since their first release in 2010, via Ninja Tune.
With the announcement, they share lead single (and album closer) æAuraÆ; a
complex and propulsive club track that channels their love for all things synth
related. Until now, Aura has simply been tagged as æUnreleased BicepÆ on
countless bootleg recordings from recent gigs with thousands of streams,
uploaded by fans trying desperately to ID and get their hands on the track. ôIt
was a happy experimentà you might call it an accident,ö they explain. ôWeÆd been
playing with this specific and very complicated gear-chain for a while but
nothing worked, or didnÆt feel musical enoughà then it all just fell into place
and æAuraÆ appeared.ö
Bicep are first and foremost music lovers with a deep-rooted knowledge and
passion for music of all varieties. Having been introduced to electronic music
through the likes of Aphex Twin and Laurent Garnier, they started digging deeper
into IDM, italo, techno, electro, jungle & everything in between.
Over the span of their 10-year career, they have celebrated the music that
inspires them via their Feelmybicep blog, initially an outlet for, and now a
contributing factor to, their intense record collecting habit. Founded in 2008,
its runaway success (it now sees over 100,000 visitors a month) spawned a record
label of the same name, a club night, and took the duo out of the UK and
embedded them on the international stage via highly sought after DJ sets that
reflected the eclecticism celebrated on their blog - an impeccably curated blend
of upfront tracks and exclusive edits mixed with deep-dug house and disco cuts
(rediscovered, dusted off and given a new lease of life). Accordingly they are
venerated as trusted and esteemed curators in electronic music today.
Cutting their production teeth with releases on Throne Of Blood, Traveller
Records, Mystery Meat and Love Fever, Will Saul then snapped up the duo for a
string of releases on his Aus Music imprint, including the now certified classic
ôJust EPö bearing the dazzling and ubiquitous title track that became the
undisputed club track of 2015 and earned Bicep both Mixmag and DJ MagÆs æTrack
of the YearÆ. The duo have also collaborated with another trailblazing UK duo
Simian Mobile Disco and remixed for the likes of Disclosure, Blood Orange and
808 State.
The formidable DJs (#8 in Resident AdvisorÆs 2016 poll) have toured the world
over, curating and selling out a long list of Feel My Bicep parties including
Manchester Warehouse Project, a 12-week residency at XOYO and their annual Italo
Disco parties.
In 2016 Andy and Matt built and tested a roof-raising live show - a powerful
counterpoint to their much loved DJ sets that not only highlights the breadth
and depth of the Bicep discography, brings to the fore both their skilful
production and formidable engineering chops, but again reinforces their genius
curatorial flair. Earlier this year they took Coachella and Primavera festivals
by storm and sold out their recent London show at Village Underground in 3
minutes flat. Following the albumÆs release, theyÆll embark on an extensive live
headline world tour including a stop at Electric Brixton in London.
The album ôBicepö is the perfect summation of the duoÆs career to date - itÆs a
sonic tour of their history touching the cornerstones of underground club
culture. Matt and Andy have pulled off the rarest of feats, to make a singularly
unique electronic record founded on the blueprint of classic house, techno,
electro and Italo disco, but flipped and morphed into a fresh design bearing the
unique Bicep sonic signature. ItÆs a perfectly succinct album: loose, raw and
energetic enough for the dancefloor, yet refined, artfully composed and
contemplative enough for home listening.
Their spirited, daring approach brings them into the Ninja Tune fold. ôFor us
itÆs important to be part of a label that looks broadly at music,ö Matt says.
ôWe felt no restrictions at Ninja to be pigeonholed,ö continues Andy. Displaying
a theme of technical experimentalism and a deft melodic touch which runs
throughout the entire record, itÆs this openness and no-rules approach to music
making which has allowed Bicep to establish a unique position all their own on
an increasingly crowded global dance stage.
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