Stream: This Time/Remember - Else Born

Having previously appeared on Eskimo alongside label stalwarts Horixon on one of their stand-out tracks Colours, Else Born is back with her debut solo release This Time/Remember.

Else Born's real name is Turid Alida Soldberg, best known as the vocalist from Norwegian pop duo Philco Fiction whose sophomore album Talk/Brag clawed its way into my head back in January. Continuing Soldberg's apparent affection for the forward slash, This Time/Remember is as infectious and understated a slice of electronic pop as you could expect from one half of Philco Fiction. In other words, you should hit play below. I think Eskimo are onto another good thing here...

Else Born was featured on one of the finest Horixon tracks to date, 'Colours'. It was recently used as the soundtrack to the Stella McCartney produced One City, One Girl series based in Berlin. Now Else Born, aka Turid Alida Solberg from Norwegian twisted pop sensation Philco Fiction, steps forward with her very own debut single, 'This Time/Remember'. It’s a melancholic mid-tempo track we instantly fell in love with at the Eskimo HQ. With its gentle synths, soft percussive elements and mesmerizing vocals, 'This Time/Remember' is a beautifully crafted track that creates a sense of nostalgia. On the remixes we find Blue Motel, a French electronic music duo based in Los Angeles, composed of Julien Nolan and Thomas Toccafondi. The cosmic grooves of Blue Motel are stepped in no particular musical tradition, but rather in multi-genre background ranging from disco, funk, house, new wave and other styles. The duo debuted in 2016 with a self-titled EP ‘Pacific Resident’ and has remixed the likes of Classixx, Poolside, Cannons and Kraak & Smaak. www.eskimorecordings.com www.facebook.com/eskimorecordings www.twitter.com/eskimorecords www.youtube.com/eskimorecordings https://play.spotify.com/user/eskimorecordings

Album Review: The Yellow Collection - Eskimo Recordings

BlackPlastic.co.uk regulars Eskimo are back with their latest compilation in their ongoing series, this one labelled The Yellow Collection. Continuing the gentle progression of recent entries, this new suite of songs feels like a step into deeper, more dancefloor tuned sounds.

Opening with Atella's gorgeous Mechanical Sparrow, as premiered on BlackPlastic.co.uk earlier this year, The Yellow Collection doesn't so much as announce itself as it does slip into the room gently shimmering, softly unveiling its presence. Greece's NTEIBINT teams up with ex-Twin Shadow bassist Russ Manning (here as Rush Midnight) on the rhythmic dream pop of By Your Side. Du Tonc's We Can Hold On gets a previously unreleased dub by German label favourites Satin Jackets, continuing a journey that sees each track become a little deeper than the one before.

By track four things have descended into a far more minimal, dubby territory than you would readily expect from the Belgian label these days... MiddleSkyBoom's Slow With The Run is a deep and percussive number, random noises punctuating the bags of reverb-laden space that the track is successfully constructed around. We also get a punk-funk basslines on the acid-flecked psychedelia of Man Power's Fisky, a track that deviates little over it's tightly wound nine-minute length.

There is little let-up on The Yellow Collection until Horixon puncture the atmosphere with Colours, featuring Else Born - a dramatic disco record the offers just a slight reprieve before Vinny Villbass' The Itch dives straight back into tech-house territory, albeit with a Ballearic disco-tinged break that recalls Tangerine Dream. El Wild, from Mexico's Zombies In Miami, is like the paranoid heat of a midday sun in aural form - cyclical synthesisers, distorted bass and lots of reverb.

It is the penultimate track, James Curd & Turbotito's blissfully removed You Could Be Floating, before things let off properly. The vocal almost audibly sighing at the release of tension amidst slowly birthed electronics. And then Go March close things out with the wonky skate-math-funk of Rise, a muted and funny end to things.

The Yellow Collection is a considerably more wild release than we have had from Eskimo for some time with even their regular artists turning in something more experimental and introspective. It may jostle at the seams, but as tends to be the case the individual quality of everything here is consistently high... The Yellow Collection makes a fine soundtrack to getting baked in the hot summer sun.

The Yellow Collection is available through Eskimo Recordings tomorrow. Stream the track Fisky by Man Power in full below:

Out May 20, pre-order here! http://news.lnk.to/TYC Eskimo Recordings is back for its annual inspection of what propels the Belgian imprint’s throttle, exploring the boundaries of their house, disco and pop infusions in ‘The Yellow Collection’. Each artist has their own identity but Eskimo forms a package of seamless musical treats and forges yet new allies in the dreamy landscape of ‘The Yellow Collection’. More info http://maouris.co.uk/music/eskimo-recordings-presents-the-yellow-collection https://soundcloud.com/manpower-1 http://www.eskimorecordings.be/ https://www.facebook.com/eskimorecordings/ https://twitter.com/eskimorecords