All I want to do is devour music.
“I value my solitude, especially when writing music, the process is a vulnerable thing for me”, says
Leon Vynehall from his Tottenham studio. Characterised by the British producer as “sauna-like”, he swivels around the room in his office chair to show it off, revealing keyboards and synths stacked up against the wall, a suit jacket hung up casually on the wall and a bookcase filled with resources of any kind. He’s operated there since last October after moving from Shoreditch, and it seems to have turned from a studio into an obsessive workspace and part living space. It was the room that saw him finish up his second full-length album, Rare, Forever , which sees the light of day soon on Ninja Tune.
Thursday 29th April / presented by Matt Ferret
UK born, LA based producer and musician
Leon Vynehall has been releasing forward thinking house music since 2012. His 2018 release debut LP
Nothing
Is Still saw him explore his family migratory history with ambient stylings and received critical acclaim. Three years on, he s turned his gaze inward with his sophmore LP,
Rare, Forver.
In the midst of a Boorloo snap lockdown he had a Zoom chat with Thursday Drivetime s
Matt Ferret, chatting about the album, it s inspiration and the story behind it.
Brighton s Patterns venue has revealed details of its reopening series of parties, taking place from June to September.
Due to reopen in late June, in line with the UK government s current COVID-19 roadmap, the club will host DJ sets from Horse Meat Disco, Sicaria Sound, DJ Storm, Oneman and Forest Drive West, among others, in its first month back.
In August, the club will invite Goldie and Martyn, as well as Leon Vynehall and Peach, to play b2b sets. Plastician, Gilles Peterson, Yu Su and Riz La Teef will also play, while the venue will kick off the month with a weekend of Pride parties.
Few can build worlds with their music quite like
Leon Vynehall. Many possess the ability to transport a listener or dictate a mood, but only a small number can trigger true immersion like him. ‘Rare, Forever’ adds to his intoxicating discography, unlimited in scope and undoubtedly Vynehall’s most ambitious yet, resulting in one of the year’s most fascinating records.
It’s an album which couldn’t exist without what’s come before. After sending dancers into a frenzy with early releases, his debut album
‘Nothing Is Still’ reined in his dancefloor sensibilities and found Vynehall tracing his family lineage and crafting an unexpectedly tender body of work. Most recently, he stepped up for an entry in the DJ-Kicks series, which took his storytelling to new heights. Best of all, ‘Rare, Forever’ is a triumphant reclaiming of these many strands, stretched across snatches of ambient beauty and dancefloor chaos.
The Avalanches ‘Since I Left You’ Turns 20
The Avalanches first album ‘Since I Left You’ was released on 27 November 2000. To mark the 20th anniversary there is a brand new grown up version on the way.
The new edition of the album has fresh mixes from MF Doom, Black Dice, Leon Vynehall, Sinkane and Carl Craig.
Here’s the Prince Paul remix of ‘Since I Left You’.
The original ‘Since I Left You’ album had four singles ‘Electricity’, ‘Frontier Psychiatrist’, ‘Since I Left You’ and ‘Radio’.
The album peaked at number 15 in Australia but was in the charts for so long that it eventually sold Platinum. It also reached no 8 on the UK chart at no 10 on the US Dance Chart.