Sub Focus and Wilkinson released a brand new track ‘Turn The Lights Off‘ from their highly anticipated collaborative project. Their shared album Portals is scheduled for release this Friday, 9 October via Casablanca Records and will feature the previously released singles ‘Illuminate‘, ‘Just Hold On‘ and ‘Air I Breathe‘. Last month, the DJs revealed the record’s official tracklist and artwork alongside exciting teaser for an exclusive online set to celebrate the upcoming launch.
The latest single shares similar melodies and instrumental ideas as their previous collaborations but develops into a darker drum’n’bass tune with a menacing twist reminiscent of earlier genre classics by the likes of Noisia and Sub Focus himself. It is the second drop where the track really leaves its orbit before ending in the vast open sonic space, a recurrent theme of the upcoming Portals. The official audio visualisation was premiered on UKF immediately after its release on Monday.
Sub Focus and Wilkinson’s forthcoming collaboration is set for new horizons with more freedom to experiment, improvise and utilise life instrumentation than ever heard from their solo works. All four releases so far have showcased their signature styles but add extra sonic layers and production details worthy of a standalone project.
The team-up of such highly successful music producers, raw talents and industry titans in their own merits has sparked a lot of interest ever since Sub Focus and Wilkinson joined forces for a UK and European tour in 2019 culminating in an already iconic headline set at Rampage Festival. What followed since was a series of popular releases and collaborative live sets. Earlier this year, both DJs kickstarted their one month residency for Radio 1 with an epic back-to-back set which was the first time ‘Turn The Lights Off‘ was played live.
.@subfocus & @WilkinsonUK‘s Portals LP is finally dropping this Friday, and we’re celebrating with an early upload
Presenting ‘Turn The Lights Off’, previously showcased in their epic b2b for our Radio 1 residency earlier this year
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— UKF (@UKF) October 5, 2020
In an intersting article for UKF on the current state of the genre during the global pandemic, Scott Claridge states that “artists are being forced to push themselves creatively, some of them renewing their musical identities in order to adapt to a constantly fluctuating environment“.
Those words resonate even louder in the context of Sub Focus and Wilkinson’s ambitious sonic journey that is set to bring a fresh rework on a genre that has gone somewhat stale and repetative in recent years. Recorded in Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios as one of the most creative and imaginative places for electronic music creation on the planet, Portals sounds more and more exciting with every single premiere and its Friday release simply can’t come soon enough.
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‘Turn The Lights Off’ is out now, ahead of our album ‘Portals’ which is out this Friday! Публикация, споделена от Wilkinson (@wilkinsonuk) на
