Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan - Coasty

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: KR58
Barcode: 5050580807655
Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Genre: Ambient Techno

01: Goodnight Mush - Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan
02: Superb Crafty Garden - Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan
03: Harbour Arms (feat. bb sway) - Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan
04: Bellows of the Earth - Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan
05: Sad Brasstard - Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan
06: Bronze Pears - Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan
07: To Sea Is to Be - Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan
08: How to Draw Roger - Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan

Mr Beatnick & Richard Greenan present their debut full length collaboration, "𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙮". Brought together by their twin residencies on NTS Radio, the duo have forged distinct paths in respective scenes over the last decade - as producers, DJs and label heads of imprints Mythstery and Kit Records.

The strength of their partnership is built on contrasting styles; Mr Beatnick's sound orbits the woozier fringes of house and hip-hop, while Richard Greenan has settled in the cracks between ambient, textural experimentation and the avant-garde. Here, these approaches coalesce in unexpected ways - with violin, harp, guitar and saxophone finding themselves serrated by volleys of percussion and punchily melodic bass.

With much of the music recorded during the pair's residency in Margate, the album documents a weekend toasted and skewed progressively sideways. The opening salvo of cascading synth muscle ("Goodnight Mush") and fragmented acoustic stepper ("Superb Crafty Gardens") could evoke Devo and Pete Rock breaking fried toast over a dirty fry up. Side A's pop sensibilities peak on the lucidly string-laden "Harbour Arms", complete with pristine guest vocal by bb sway.

Then, like the work of a pair of pissed beavers, things start to get pretty weird. Familiar structures ferment laterally, from the midi swamp-hop of "Bellows of the Earth", to the cooked techno-funk stylings of "Bronze Pears". "How to Draw Roger" offers a magma-like credits roll, the sun's purple yolk poached over a hoppy sea of amber.

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