One of the longest-serving and most consistently intriguing artists within the fold of Phantasy, U returns to the label with another two-track trip of sonic mystery and erratic magic, ‘Parade/Watchers’, out now digitally here
Available to pre-order here as a very limited 12" vinyl pressing with the outer sleeve handmade by U and riso printed with London’s Error Press.
‘Parade/Watchers’ two distinct sides connect the disparate dots between neanderthal chug, urban shamanism in the mould of Mark Leckey, alongside the halcyon march of the Berlin Love Parade.
With the texture and earthy promise of a psychedelic mulch, ‘Parade’ presents a glorious timelapse of acid-inflected minimalism. Unfolding defiantly at nearly fifteen minutes, U’s driving but subtle composition transports from guttural, electronic uncertainty to a wide-eyed denouement in one illusionary transition.
With inverse effect but no less power, ‘Watchers’ unexpectedly drops listeners into a rough wash of digital hardcore, spinning it’s initial warehouse chords into a collage of decay and regrowth, a nephilim-scaled journey and arguably U’s most ambitious production to date.