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Tessier-Ashpool Recordings
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Played by: Pro.tone
Review: Tessier-Ashpool warmly welcome La Vie C'est Facile onto their roster and, judging by the sounds of this two-pronged leviathan, it's pretty much the best move they could make. The duo are slowly coming out from the depths of the underground but, if they continue down this path, it won't be long before they're dominating the entire bass game. "Dunk 86" blurs the lines between electro, dubstep, and something much more abstract, and the same can be said for "Human Simulator". It feels like space music, the sort of glitchy, half-step beats that alien lifeforms would be vibing out to. A refreshing pair of bass nuggets - TIP!
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TAR 015
14 Nov 16
Bass
14 Nov 16
Bass
Review: This is the first collaboration between Liar and Mutual Friend but let's make two things clear. A:they sound like they were made to make music together in the studio. B. The Tessier-Ashpool Recordings imprint seems like the perfect platform for their freeform brand of bass music. "Sidewinder" is loose but it's still a tune with a clear vision and a kinetic percussive movement that drives its squealing sonics forwards, and the Kamikaze Space Programme remix simply adds more bass weight to the equation making it considerably more destructive on the speakers.
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TAR 014
18 Jul 16
Bass
18 Jul 16
Bass
Review: The mysterious Deke Soto (responsible for the critically appraised "Mollys Millions" and "Rat Overload" in the past) leaks out more alarming, previously smothered documents. With a brash, uncompromising techno edge to their communiques, each leak floors with a sense of fury and unabashed honesty and clarity. From the angular breaks on "Last Derm", the Surgeoncraft of "Rhyonon", the stop/start drama of "Silicium Romance" or the slo-mo early jungle re-echoes of "Skymining", Deke plunders and pokes the most interesting corners of many genres while creating one that's wholly their own.
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TAR 013
18 Apr 16
Bass
18 Apr 16
Bass
Played by: Wolf
Review: Dynastic megacorp headed up by CEO Liar Tessier-Ashpool S.A are back with Irish duo Dublin residents Zachary Davison and Sean McTiernan, collectively known as Torsotrax and give us their stellar Human Resources EP. The hard and broken industrial techno onslaught of "Correct Translation Of A Headbitt" starts things off in explosive fashion. The Mutual Friend remix up next is a booming and sub cracking UK bass makeover with some proper street sound. Fat Vint" gets back to the four to the floor style: relentless and hammering with eerie sci-fi atmospherics to boot. Finally the "Liar Optimix" sees the label head honcho step up and is yet another UK influenced makeover but this time in the form of some gnarly and deconstructed future drum and bass.
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TAR 012
28 Mar 16
Techno
28 Mar 16
Techno
Review: Tessier Ashpool is label mainstay Liar's "boutique label, focusing on technical rigour & precision, synergistic structure, and a sci-fi heritage". And according to their own PR "we are proud to showcase four new rising stars that have wisely aligned themselves under the Tessier-Ashpool banner". Starting out with the lush ambience of TryTryDieDown's "Romance Guise" they're then straight into the tough stuff with Rejig's absolutely brutal "Agility Test" an expedition in future-bass-industrial crossover. Sheffield trio Denham Audio deliver some dusty breaks that sound like early 90's UK hardcore on the wrong vinyl speed; this one's wicked! Finally "Ricochet" by Malaysian bass exorcist Moslem Priest is another tough as nails experiment in low-end therapy that will throw you against the wall with its intensity.
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TAR 011
14 Mar 16
Bass
14 Mar 16
Bass
Review: Edinburgh's Hostage is particularly impressive for his ability to craft just about any sort of UK flavoured dance music that you could possibly think of. The man has dabbled with drum & bass, techno, house, and just straight up bass, of course. He's back this week, and he's landed on the Tessier-Ashpool label, home to many a bass licks, and an underrated label that deserves more hype. "NT1" is a true hybrid, a house tune surrounded by semi break beats and warm pads, and the tune is remixed three times by a diverse collection of names. Liar Optimix throws in an appearance, but the heavier action comes from 2ndSun's two reinterpretations. Heavy stuff and most probably the best best yet from Hostage.
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TAR 010
23 Nov 15
Bass
23 Nov 15
Bass
Review: Experimental bass dons Tessier-Ashpool welcome back Mutual Friend, last seen on one of the label's various artists EPs, and this time he's got his own release, a heavy three-pronged attack backed by a remix. "Perfection" is a rolling steel-pumper of a track built around heavy percussion stabs and broken rhythm, sounding like something on Hessel or Tectonic. "Triangulating" is even more messed up thanks to its stop-start groove and eerie background sonics, whereas "Evolve" breaks out the techno and steams it way across the arrangement with harsh snares and bleeping hypnotics. Liar's remix of "Perfection" destroys the groove once and for all, chucking in a helping of sci-fi cinematics in the process.
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TAR 008
27 Jul 15
Bass
27 Jul 15
Bass
Review: Tessier-Ashpool's output sits so firmly and fairly between bass and techno that it owns a passport for both genres. Pretty much every release serves the imprint's duality well, but Aussie Ezekiel Rhodes has definitely compounded this rep even further. "Viscous" nods gravely at the classic electro elements while paying full attention to the sub. "Thermal" is a straight-up loopy, riff-focused tech jam that sounds like a Drumcode record but slowed right down and with switchy broken beats, "Saline" is ridiculously spacious and oozing so much strange you may not remember your own name by the time you get to the end of the track while "Adhesive" closes the show with brutal LFO-style bass plunges, foggy pads and a toxic slo-mo halftime D&B groove. If these constitute the seventh substance, we want to sample the last six too.
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TARND 007
29 Jun 15
Bass
29 Jun 15
Bass
Review: There's nothing like a fantastical back-story, especially if it is backed up by a wry sense of humour. This certainly seems to be the case with Tessier-Ashpool, a label that claims to be an audio R&D wing of a 'dynastic megacorp'. Whatever about this explanation, there is no doubt that the label is adept at finding and releasing no-nonsense techno, as Akathist demonstrates. "Kolkian" revolves round a hammering rhythm and vicious percussive bursts, while "Deceneu" and "Rite" both descend into shrill, screeching peak-time workouts as noisy as they are functional. By contrast, the final track, "Nox", has a more atmospheric edge, but this too evolves against the backdrop of a splintered, fractured rhythm.
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TARND 006
08 Jun 15
Techno
08 Jun 15
Techno
Review: Tessier-Ashpool has been reigning supreme in the bass world as of late thanks to a number of absolute winners from around the globe. Relative newcomer Otik calls the shots on this latest two-tracker backed by a heavy-loaded collection of remixes. "Emphasis" is a neo-jungle nutjob coming through with all guns blazing, and "Witness" similarly boasts the breaks antics except this time the groove contains more of a classic d&b approach. The versions for the former come from Liar and Cloaka Dungeon, while the latter sees reworks from Mutual Friend, Majora and an edit from Wallwork & RZR.
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TAR 007
25 May 15
Bass
25 May 15
Bass
Review: Where to begin with Lossy? Well, for start he's actually called Sam Sharp and he's not your typical electronic club music producer. In fact he's a classically-trained sax player, university lecturer and multi-instrumentalist whose production company and composed or soundtracked heaps of things. Here on the "Perils Of The Sea" he's decided to explore electro music and has chosen Tessier-Ashpool with which to release it. The results are a delight to hear: four beautifully produced into deep and moody beatmaking, highlights including the atonal nautical jam "Morse Cove", the detail-rich breaky cowbell-heavy sizzler "Torpedo Junction" and the brittle ghetto nod-out "Ivory Falls".
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TARND 005
13 Apr 15
Bass
13 Apr 15
Bass
Review: Parisian grit from the Rinse-supported Le Dom. Sitting somewhere between techno, classic 80s electro and future beats, "Oazis" is premium piece of raw groove physicality that melts down genres quicker than a debt administrator. Dig a little deeper for "Bang Us". With pitched down vocal shots on the rhythm dynamic and strange off-beat middy bass, again it could lend itself well to all corners of the dance from techno to breakbeat. Finally "Rub Up" is the most authentic electro jam on the release; all spiky paranoid synths, isolated drum elements and an ice cold groove. Thirst quenching.
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TAR 005
23 Mar 15
Bass
23 Mar 15
Bass
Review: Tessier-Ashpool unearth three more fresh faces for this stark futurist document. Romanian Mutual Friend initiates the party with "Forward Dive" as he invites us into a well polished mid 60s sci-fi machine, all theremin trembles and outer-planetary textures. Sexworker brings us back to reality with a twisted steppy tech serenade that's laced with toxic samples and soundscapes before TryTryDieDown takes that booming 808 kick element from trap and turns it inside out so hard it rips a hole in the space/time continuum. Mutual Friend then returns to shut down the shindig with a super-freak slice of reverse-processed paranoia. Grimey.
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TARND 004
09 Mar 15
Bass
09 Mar 15
Bass
Review: Pure sonic sludge from the ever-evolving Cloaka. "Adapt" is a hip-hop speed bass affair with treacle-thick bass and a vibe that's not dissimilar to Tipper's most formative work. Label boss Liar backs up its anvil charms with a more tech-edged twist before we drop into three more originals. "Each & Every" is a spacious, paranoid affair as roomy half-steps provide a canvas for a series of strange stabby patterns while "Bandala" flips the vibes entirely with lush old school pads, loopy hip-hop-style vocal chops and a bass tone that's so rude you need your parents's permission to play it out.
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TARND 003
23 Feb 15
Bass
23 Feb 15
Bass
Review: He has only put out a few releases, but Vlsonn has already developed a distinctive style. The title track merges a lurching rhythm with big bass licks and tribal house drums, while "Zombie Zaire" is in a similar vein. However, what sets both tracks apart are the screeching vocals and left of centre sounds and textures. These tendencies become more pronounced on "Empty Tank"; the rhythms are more abstract, while chopped up vocal samples, surging chords and an urgent stab that sounds like it was borrowed from Underground Resistance's Jupiter Jazz make for an unusual but nonetheless captivating combination. Spurz's foghorn-blaring take on the title track rounds out the release.
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TARND 001
08 Dec 14
Techno
08 Dec 14
Techno
Review: Musical madness from Montreal, as Foba lays down four unique conjurations that comprise everything we love about electronic music: Techno's stark loopy nudity, post dubstep's iciness, steppy, pneumatic beats and even a touch of twisted dancehall. From the robotic insistency and skippy drum template of the title track to the woozy synths, loopy vocals and slo-mo juke sentiments of "Unpredictable" via the Amazonian drama session "Laga Luvin" and the click-snare rolling, Hoodian techno "Shado", Foba has delivered four tracks that sound like nothing else on the planet. Bold stuff.
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TAR 004
27 Oct 14
Bass
27 Oct 14
Bass
