London electronic music outfit Rude Audio have announced they will release their new album ‘Street Light Interference’ in mid-July via Zirkus Records. Ahead of that, they present the lead track ‘Repeat Offender’. Dub meets something modern and shiny, uptown, for a bit of a cavort, in the accompanying video, created by Ali Ingle and starring Matty Ratcliff.
‘Street Light Interference’ runs the gamut from dub to techno and features four original tracks and four remixes of tunes from their latest ‘Rude Redux’ EP, which was premiered by Andrew Weatherall on his radio show. That release followed up their ‘Rudest’ EP.
Based in South London, Rude Audio is a collective with a history of putting on fantastic underground parties, releasing the occasional dubby Balearic opus, engineering for the disparate likes of Paul Weller, Lemon Jelly and Royal Blood and generally mooching about anywhere that doesn’t have bouncers or operate a dress code.
The core of the collective are Mark Ratcliff (whose releases have been played by the likes of Andrew Weatherall, Laurent Garnier, Kris Needs, Don Letts, Graeme Park and Rob de Bank, as well as BBC Radio 6’s Nemone and Gideon Coe), Owain Lloyd (mixing engineer for everyone from Oakenfold and Weller to Niall Horan) and Dave [The Rave] Brennan (ex The End recordings and key player at tech house dons’ label, Bombis).
“I had half an eye on some of the underground but outdoor summer parties proliferating in my manor when pulling together various elements on the release, although the likelihood of engaging with a blissful, sun kissed milieu in South London during July and August is less likely than engaging with a dirty rave in a damp squat, where everyone’s complaining about why we aren’t having a summer this year,” says Mark Ratcliff.
Mark disappeared to the middle of nowhere for a few days in homage to that old adage about getting your head together in the country, to lay down the basic tracks for the original tunes on the release, before coming back to London and working closely with Owain Lloyd to bash things into shape. A love of dub and leftfield house may have been infiltrated by one or two brighter and shinier elements because the bands engineer – Dave Brennan – who is usually the voice of reason and stops shifts trance-wards, wasn’t around.
The new album also features one of the band’s favourite remixers in the cosmos – Bedford Falls Players. The remix from main man Mark Cooper has taken ‘To The Sun’ into a dark room and given it a right old working over. The result is brutal but gorgeous.
Another favourite organisation is the enigmatic and mysterious Fearless Few Collective, who got their hands on a couple of tunes, before putting them through their various wringers. Kitsch Kub’s remix of ‘Rumble On Arab St’ is the sound of a gorgeous summer’s evening whilst Valtow’s dub takes the same tune in to stunning Balearic waters. Zar has taken a leaf from Bedford Falls Players book, insofar as he has given ‘Pipeline Screaming’ a right and royal working over. leaving it a quivering techno/dub hybrid.
Anyone who enjoys more open minded dance floors, or even has hazy memories of the transition from a Balearic ethos to something more progressive minded on 90s dancefloors, will find something on here to float their boat
‘Street Light Interference’ will be released on July 15 across online stores, such as iTunes, and streaming platforms like Spotify. Already now, the album can be pre-ordered via Bandcamp.
CREDITS
Music by Mark Ratcliff except
‘Repeat Offender’ co-written with Michael Mikklesen
‘Rude Mission’, ‘To The Sun’, ‘Rumble On Arab St’ co-written with Owain Lloyd
Produced and arranged by Mark Ratcliff
Engineered by Mark Ratcliff and Owain Lloyd
Mixed by Owain Lloyd
Mastered by Chris at Blacklisted
Photos by Ali Ingle
TRACK LIST
01 Repeat Offender
02 Don’t Follow Me
03 Rude Alert
04 Rude Mission
05 Rumble On Arab St (Kitsch Kub remix)
06 To The Sun (Bedford Falls Players Hugest Remix)
07 Rumble On Arab St (Valtow Dub)
08 Pipeline Screaming (Zar Remix)
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