It's been revealed that the Akkord project is headed up by Synkro & Indigo, which, if you're familiar with their music, makes total sense. Both solo and in tandem, Joe McBride and Liam Blackburn have spent the past five years turning out intelligently crafted bass music in a variety of vibrant shades. The Akkord name has similarly grown to be associated with complex rhythms and imposing bass weight. The journey began in 2012 with a couple of limited-run vinyl releases and continued with Navigate, a standout four-track EP for Houndstooth, the high-flying label venture from London venue Fabric. That release's title track is a good place to get a handle on Akkord: the mood is cold but engaging, and its clever drum programming puts it at an intersection between techno, bass music and IDM.
In THIS interview, an Akkord album is the works for Houndstooth, but ahead of that release we get RA.372, a near hour-long exploration of the duo's thrilling vision of club music.
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Track list:
01 - Synth Sense - Corrosion [Forthcoming Samurai Horo]
02 - Alva Noto - Uni Dia [Raster-Noton]
03 - Edmondson - Authentic [Forthcoming Mindset / Emf]
04 - Szare - Leaning Towers Of Concrete (ASC Remix) [Forthcoming Mindset]
05 - Stickman - The Dogs Dead [Forthcoming Mindset / Emf]
06 - Emptyset - Point [Subtext]
07 - Alex Smoke - Dust (Tessela Remix) [Forthcoming R&S]
08 - Edmondson - Mango [Forthcoming Mindset / Emf]
09 - Akkord - Navigate [Houndstooth]
10 - Plastikman - Ask Yourself [NovaMute]
11 - Toasty - Like Sun [Hotflush]
12 - Acre - Symbols [Dub]
13 - Edmondson - Junot [Forthcoming Mindset / Emf]
14 - Akkord - Destruction [Houndstooth]
15 - Biome - Far East [Forthcoming Mindset / Emf]
16 - Akkord - Untitled [Forthcoming Houndstooth]
17 - Dj Distance - Dark Crystal [Boka]
18 - Akkord - Compound [Houndstooth]
19 - Kode9 - Stalker [Hyperdub]
20 - Stickman & Kapture - Big Boss Beat [Dub]
21 - Wen - Its A lot [Dub]
22 - Akkord - Untitled [Forthcoming Houndstooth]
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