The new LP from Minotaur Shock is a right treat, a beautifully pastoral record that perfectly marries real instruments and studio trickery; None more so than on opening track 'Janet' which is a British sounding as krautrock will ever get. There's a track by track guide to the record from the man himself over on The Line of Best Fit .
BRISTOL-based bull-bloke music maker Minotaur Shock's latest effort Orchard is well worth harvesting. Although Minotaur Shock - real name David Edwards - doesn't like the tag folktronica, it gives you a great idea of the fare on offer here - perhaps we could dub it electronolk or electrad or something? Coming from a producer base, Orchard blurs the edges between the genres with acoustic elements interwoven with studio work, violins, pianos, xylophones and more - tracks like Ocean Swell are clearly the work of a dance act, whereas at the other end of the spectrum the likes of [...]
What David Edwards, aka Minotaur Shock, has been up to in the last four years is anyone’s guess. Working at home can certainly sap inspiration at times, but thankfully Edwards has finally managed to sit at his laptop and create music of his own. There’s a surprising amount of acoustic instruments on Orchard , but don’t mention the word folktronica to Edwards (“The word use to bug me so this was my perverse reaction to it”). But as epic opener Janet fades from its motorik beginnings, the guitars are picked alongside flutes and violins and [...]
On Orchard – his fifth full-length release and first for new label Melodic – Bristol's David Edwards aka Minotaur Shock walks a fine line between electronic nature and nurture, synthesizing processed acoustic instruments into his digital sound world. In a year such as 2012, it's a wholly appropriate combination – technology and nature do, after all, coexist side-by-side in the modern world – but it's not always a comfortable symbiosis (let's not forgot all the doomsday theories rooted in our mistreatment of the natural world), something that could easily be said of Orchard as [...]
Bristol's perhaps most understated gem of eccentricity Minotaur Shock returns from a four-year break with perhaps his most diverse and assorted record to date. Orchard bears the marks of influence from the likes of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and shares the same sonic experimentation, warping and shape-shifting throughout its nine-track entirety. The album drops next Monday (20th August) on Manchester's Melodic Records, the label where it all began for the musician. But before then, you can get stuck in to a rather comprehensive track-by-track rundown of the release in question below: [...]
»orchard« von minotaur shock ist ein wilder ritt durch die elektronischen, rhythmuslastigen klangcollagen des engländers david edwards. in neun songs zerschneidet er so ungefähr jedes vorstellbare akustische instrument aus sounds verschiedener musikepochen und fügt sie zu einem instrumentalen flickenteppich zusammen, den man interessant und auch etwas anstrengend finden kann...
Minotaur Shock, ovvero David Edwards da Bristol, ha avuto fin’ora una carriera di tutto rispetto, stesa su quattro album, due per 4Ad, una manciata di EP e un’altra di remix ( Super Furry Animals , Lucky Pierre , Bloc Party ). Orchard pare segnare una piccola svolta nella sua folktronica dance da camera, essendo il primo lavoro ad avere avuto una postproduzione in studio ed il primo in cui sono presenti strumenti acustici. Questi ultimi sembrano avere la meglio nell’economia del suono nel suo complesso, tanto da prevalere più volte sulla componente meramente [...]
David Edwards returns after a four year hiatus to reprise his role as one of Bristol's finest - Minotaur Shock . Known widely for his organic approach towards crafting electronic music, his use of acoustic and/or acoustic sounding instruments breathes new life and sound into a world circuit boards and flowing electrons. Gold Panda breaks out with an assist with his heavy remix of Saundersfoot, an official single off the new album entitled Orchard 20 which is due out in August. If you pre-order now you will receive a digital copies of these tracks along [...]
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Solo en caso de que no lo supieran, uno de los colaboradores principales dentro del mas reciente album de Perfume Genius fue este tipo de nombre David Edwards, mismo que ya lleva un buen rato haciendo musica por su propia cuenta bajo el nomrbe de Minotaur Shock, con la que se enfoca a explorar los terrenos maravillosos que la musica electronica nos puede llegar a transmitir por medio de pequeñas melodias que muy bien se podrian escuchar dentro de una cancion de Mike Hadreas a base de piano. Pues bueno, este proximo 20 de Agosto estara apareciendo un [...]
“Saundersfoot” is the 1st single taken from Orchard , the new & 4th album from Bristol electronic musician Minotaur Shock (real name David Edwards). The LP is available for download now at MS’ official site , where you’ll also find pre-order bundles for CD & limited vinyl. The single is backed with 2 remixes by Gold Panda & Bass Cleff. Both come as a gift when you purchase the digital copy but you can get Gold Panda’s now for free below. If you want to hear Bass Cleff’s version & the [...]
When my harddrive got dropped broke, the first record I made sure still existed somewhere or other metaphysical (or at least digital) within this humble abode from which fingers frenziedly both tiki and taka was Maritime . The sort of record that – although criminally underrated and oft critically ignored – makes you think, well, if you've not heard it it's your loss as much, no; more than it is David Edwards', it's truly special. Albeit in a totally understated sorta way. Under the similarly subtle, yet truly lovely nom de plume Minotaur Shock the [...]
Minotaur Shock is criminally underrated. The Bristol producer's pop-tinged electronica has the capacity to constantly surprise, filled as it is with slightly unhinged, cabaret-esque melodrama. 'Saundersfoot' is the first single to be taken from the producer's forthcoming album Orchard , and it is backed with this beautiful remix from globe-trotting Berlin-via-Peckham producer Gold Panda . The track has a more straightforwardly techno bent that we might expect from Derwin Schlecker, with fractured, forlorn synth melodies gradually bursting out of pared back, trebly percussion. Orchard is available [...]
Gold Panda delivers his take on Minotaur Shock 's whimsical "Saundersfoot," a tune taken from David Edwards' long awaited record, Orchard . With a subtle four to the floor kick, a layer of haze and those signature off-kilter beats, Gold Panda morphs the original into a sweeping, dreamy creation of his own. Download || Saundersfoot (Gold Panda Remix) - Minotaur Shock alh Tweet
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Gold Panda has dropped a remix for the latest Minotaur Shock track, 'Saundersfoot'. The Chelmsford producer's signature glitch-heavy and wobbly approach to skewing electronic beats is sprinkled all over this track which clocks in at just under five minutes. The Bristolian producer releases his latest LP for a limited vinyl run on 20th August, but the entire record is available now via Melodic Music for those who fancy a digital copy. You can take a listen to the remix here .
Gold Panda has the gift of always keeping his fans on the edge of their seats. Never releasing too much music to the point of oversaturation, but never keeping us out of the loop for very long either. That is why the producer's stunning remix of "Saundersfoot" has come at a perfect time, a record that originally was found on Minotaur Shock's Orchard . Once again, we fall in love with the Panda's minimalist touch, complete with simple bass kicks and flush synth-work. This remix and single is available for purchase now.
What do I name a passageway? How hard am I going to get after it this year? Did I step up when others were down? Fingerbanger 1 : Kap Bambino - Batcaves (Jackson Remix) (don lowed) -- Fingers to : 30 mph killjoy gusts Bangers : Its just life, nothing serwious.... erm, serious. Fingerbanger 2 : Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (The Hood Internet Remix Feat. Hollywood Holt) (don lowed) -- It's [...]
The wrangling, off-kilter slump of Ghost Eyes' Phantom Mountain demands fascination and craves reinterpretation. For the London trio emit a peculiar charm that disconcerts and draws vacillating ears into a maelstrom of deformed oriental samples and gurgling bottom-end synth hooks. The original version, accompanied by exorbitantly forbidding video, is such a bizarre concoction of sounds and styles it could haunt even the most pristine of dreams. Rather elusive Bristol-based electronica pioneer Minotaur Shock , aka David Edwards then got his hands on the track, contorting it further in the direction of [...]
Download the stellar reinterpretation at bottom. Team B features Kelly Pratt of Beirut (and touring member of Arcade Fire). Visit Team B on MySpace. Genesis/Reply To Censure will be released on limited edition vinyl tomorrow. MP3: Team B - Genesis/Reply To Censure (Minotaur Shock Remix)
Photo courtesy of Feral Percy on Flickr Gold Panda - You (Minotaur Shock Remix) While I was sleeping in 2009, everyone was gabbing about how great Gold Panda and "Quitter's Raga" was. It wasn't until I heard his remix of Lemonade's "Bliss Out" on the intro to Ewan Pearson's last mix on Kompakt earlier this year that I really sat up and took notice. I blame my inane disregard for [...]
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