Warriors of the Dystotheque - Madness In The Method
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After a few years & releasing 4 EP's that have all gone down incredibly well across major radio stations in the UK, Ireland & USA WotD have finally decided to release their first album and again like everything they have created in the past its all been done on the internet with the band swapping parts from studios in Ireland - UK - France & NYC.
Madness In The Method released on January 26th on their own label Fly Beat Music and will be available on vinyl throughout all the major independent record stores in the UK & Ireland and also on the WoTD Bandcamp page as well as Juno, Beatport, ITunes Spotify and the usual outlets. It consists of 11 tracks 7 on the vinyl with all 11 appearing on the digital version. The album features two collaborations with Pop Will Eat Itself's Graham Crabb also Melissa Graham, Ella Joy, Bella Deanie, Tony Jarvis & Si Hayden. Warriors of The Dystotheque Biography: The stale state of affairs in the modern music industry, coupled with the individual’s empowerment of the internet, has blown open the doors to unconventional approaches to music.
WotD grew from a love of lo-fi music and electronic culture between artists spread across Ireland France and New York. Style has no limit and the guys take in elements from 60’s garage, broken beat, jazz, downtempo, techno, electronica, noise, psyche, breakbeat and pretty much anything that opposes the mainstream beige clichés of modern music. |
"Return To Coney" Featuring Ella Joy is straight into the me ire and sounding very much like a modern day "Portishead" with the dark but uplifting haunting vocals of Ella Joy taking us to a completely different plane and dimension musically. Here's a thought what if everyone was that happy the dark thought provoked sounds never made it (not on my watch) "Return To Coney" slides and slithers into a dirty trip hop affair with lush strings and ambient undertones bringing an alien like breeze past us in by he door way.
"Just Breathe" is the opposite side of the coin musically and is literally a breath of a fresh air bringing some beautiful acoustic guitars, jazzed out chords and of course delightful vocals from "Bella Denie" absolutely on the same par as Nightmares on Wax and the wonderful "Carboot Soul" album of the noughties (please forgive me for that term).
"Its Hot Down Here" draws you straight into its dark light, accompanied by a distorted brass section and winding horns, which come a to a light washed out interlude and reverb finish (sounds like I’ve made up a new washing power there, cleanliness is godlessness after all!).
"Monsters At The Gates (Weirdos)" oh yes oh yes (as a quite well known DJ always says..zzz) this is what I've been personally waiting for! Majorly poking fun at social media, hipsters, xenophobia and general fuckery with in our society which is brilliantly sang and spoken by Graham Crabb "no conformists, anarchists" abso..fucking.. loutely!!! Who said punk was dead and its attitude well its come in the form of this little belter!
Mos Eisley Cantina Drop, Atom Vibe, Thou Shall Not Follow and Future is Ours continue leading the charge musically with artists like Underworld, Lo Fidelity Allstars and Fluke…springing to mind in the influence department being a child of procrastination and selfish behaviour myself this music speaks to me in droves, which leads me nicely to "We’re Taking Control" with its vocal collaboration from "Pop Will Eat Itself" this once again appeals to my inner indie teen complete with hoodie and baggy jeans. Amongst a melee of acid lines, fx and drum splattering’s it’s a kicking little dance floor bomb.
Lastly but by no means least we end this journey at "Escape From Coney" (of course we do!) and it brings the album to a nice softly softly guitar beat ‘em up, while zooming in and out of phasing synthesis.
Paul McGuinness
"Just Breathe" is the opposite side of the coin musically and is literally a breath of a fresh air bringing some beautiful acoustic guitars, jazzed out chords and of course delightful vocals from "Bella Denie" absolutely on the same par as Nightmares on Wax and the wonderful "Carboot Soul" album of the noughties (please forgive me for that term).
"Its Hot Down Here" draws you straight into its dark light, accompanied by a distorted brass section and winding horns, which come a to a light washed out interlude and reverb finish (sounds like I’ve made up a new washing power there, cleanliness is godlessness after all!).
"Monsters At The Gates (Weirdos)" oh yes oh yes (as a quite well known DJ always says..zzz) this is what I've been personally waiting for! Majorly poking fun at social media, hipsters, xenophobia and general fuckery with in our society which is brilliantly sang and spoken by Graham Crabb "no conformists, anarchists" abso..fucking.. loutely!!! Who said punk was dead and its attitude well its come in the form of this little belter!
Mos Eisley Cantina Drop, Atom Vibe, Thou Shall Not Follow and Future is Ours continue leading the charge musically with artists like Underworld, Lo Fidelity Allstars and Fluke…springing to mind in the influence department being a child of procrastination and selfish behaviour myself this music speaks to me in droves, which leads me nicely to "We’re Taking Control" with its vocal collaboration from "Pop Will Eat Itself" this once again appeals to my inner indie teen complete with hoodie and baggy jeans. Amongst a melee of acid lines, fx and drum splattering’s it’s a kicking little dance floor bomb.
Lastly but by no means least we end this journey at "Escape From Coney" (of course we do!) and it brings the album to a nice softly softly guitar beat ‘em up, while zooming in and out of phasing synthesis.
Paul McGuinness