Wordcolour - The trees were buzzing, and the grass. (Houndstooth)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like

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What We Say

Softly spoken voice art & appropriated sounds hover over varying degrees of IDM freneticism, as exotic percussion accentuated New Age vibrations slide through the cracks to commune with the pervading ambient atmospherics & turn Wordcolour's new LP for Houndstooth into a sonic speedball.

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What The Release NOtes Say

‘The trees were buzzing, and the grass.’ is described as an album of collaboration with contributions from percussionist Michael Anklin, voice artist Natasha Lohan and performance artist Es Morgan as well as vocal appearances from friends. From the moment you press play, Wordcolour immerses you in his world, enveloped by the sound of rustling leaves, footsteps, gong-like synths and ghostlike, sometimes haunting, vocals. 


As you listen through, you will find the signature twinkling, magical style of Wordcolour, as it twists and turns through ambient and IDM. “In one sense the album is quite cinematic. Not in the sense that it is big or epic, but in the way it is structured. At times the music literally cuts like a camera - moving the listener from one acoustic environment to another. It indulges a fascination with the hyper-real world of Foley and film sound effects, natural ambiences, and Spielbergian film music." 


The Wordcolour project started back in 2017, with the first output under the moniker via a Blowing Up The Workshop mix in 2019 which was named one of Pitchfork’s mixes of the year. With these ideas and sketches in mind, this album feels like a culmination of Wordcolour, marrying the two worlds he currently orbits in, between the early experimental concepts and the recent more club-focused output. 


Named as One To Watch in 2021 by The Guardian, Wordcolour made his first appearance on the famed London label in November 2020 to great acclaim with ‘Juno Way’. The EP received support from Crack Magazine, The Guardian, DJ Mag, KEXP, Worldwide FM, FACT Magazine, and more. 

He has since followed up with ‘Bluster’ EP, inviting The Soft Pink Truth, Djrum and DJ Python to create their own distinctive interpretations of the lead single. With a background in jazz, pop and contemporary classical, Wordcolour has also previously produced music for TV and theatre as well as released on Spanish imprint Lapsus Records with ‘Tell Me Something’. He’s one of the most exciting producers coming through the next generation of club music.  

CREDITS

​All tracks composed, produced and performed by Wordcolour, except tracks 4, 5 and 7 featuring percussion by Michael Anklin, & tracks 4 and 5 featuring vocals by Natasha Lohan. 
Additional percussion and vocals by Michael Anklin and Natasha Lohan throughout. Text written in collaboration with Es Morgan. 
Voices by CJ Fantoni, Caroline Whiteley, Dasha Loyko, Design Default, John Chambers, Kate Howden & Natasha Lohan. 

– "for Dad" 

Cover photo: Three white-tailed deer running, Michigan by George Shiras III (1893-1898)

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