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Album of the Year: Gabe Gurnsey - PHYSICAL

Gabe Gurnsey's debut album 'PHYSICAL' was released in August this year, a 21st Century take on muscular electro, Balearic synth pop, EBM, proto-Hacienda militant funk, early Chicago house and minimal, Neptunes-referencing beats, away from the sounds of Factory Floor. BBC Radio 6 Music: #6 of 6 Music Recommends Albums of the Year 2018 Filter Mexico: The Best 20 Videos of 2018Loud & Quiet: #8 of Best 40 Albums of 2018 Rough Trade: #33 of Top 100 Albums of the Year 2018 Super Friends: #4 of Albums of 2018

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Out Now: Gabe Gurnsey 'PHYSICAL'

“Gurnsey has pushed ghost disco to its exhilarating limits” – Q Magazine [4/5]“A slinky aesthetic that’s all crisp beats and 90s synths” – Mixmag [8/10] "Dark and delicious... outstanding" – Loud & Quiet [8/10]Gabe Gurnsey's debut solo album 'PHYSICAL' is out now via Phantasy.Stream, download, buy the 12" vinyl or CD If you want to know what Gabe Gurnsey’s debut LP sounds like, the first thing you should do is put aside Factory Floor, the group he co-founded 13 years ago. Gone are the cold, lengthy, stripped back deconstructions of no wave electronica and industrial techno, abandoned in favour of something altogether warmer, torrid and succinct....

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Listen: Gabe Gurnsey 'Harder Rhythm'

Gabe Gurnsey shares a new track, ‘Harder Rhythm’, taken from his debut solo album, 'Physical', out 3rd August on Phantasy.  “When writing ‘Harder Rhythm’ I was drawing from the two very connected basic primal instincts of sexual attraction and our instilled affinity with rhythm. It's a straight up celebration of both and the associated feelings of euphoria and tension. A love for the very first drum machine beat I ever heard on Michael Jackson's 'Wanna be startin' somethin' definitely made its way in'” - Gabe Gurnsey.Pre-order Gabe Gurnsey's debut solo album 'Physical' on 12" vinyl or CD.

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Out Now: Gabe Gurnsey 'Eyes Over'

Gabe Gurnsey releases new single, ‘Eyes Over’, taken from his debut solo album, 'Physical', which is due for release on 3 August 2018 via Phantasy. With its proto-Hacienda grooves, ‘Eyes Over’ is a 21st Century take on a muscular brand of synth pop, offering an alluring landscape for the artist’s restless vocals. "I wanted to use the vehicle of a 4/4 track to set up a simulated night club,” Gabe says of the track. “To communicate the feeling that comes when we are losing ourselves in that love / lust- filled situation." If you want to know what Gabe Gurnsey’s...

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