Currently celebrating ten years of releasing music on vinyl & cassette and following hype for recent releases from Moscow (via Tallinn)’s Galun ('Glagol' album) and Osaka's Kiji Suedo ('Hosek' EP & 'Riot' album), Edinburgh's Hobbes Music label continues to mine a leftfield seam with this brand new album from singer/songwriter George Demure (Tirk, Output) aka DJ/producer George T (Greco Roman, Optimo). And it’s another absolute peach, if you have a taste for post-club sounds of a more leftfield persuasion.
This is the follow-up to his 'The Record Store' EP which came out via George's own All Noise imprint in 2021. He has also released the Roll On, King's Cross single via Hobbes Music under his George T moniker last November plus singles for the Paradise Palms and Ramrock labels in the interim.
“It all began with the Record Store EP in 2021,” explains George. “Limit my options. No samples, one drum machine, two analog synths (mono and poly), computer simply to record. I was so happy with the results I began with what you hear today. Same drums, same machines (or lack thereof) maybe some real percussion and melodica but hey, I only answer to me.
Loosely based on that space between my 20s in Edinburgh and my 30s in London, Ear Candy Dandy is an old me discovering a new one. Enjoy!”
Imagine, if you will, Scott Walker jamming with Kruder & Dorfmeister in a very small studio…
Late Again comes packaged with an instrumental version and is the first single to be released from the album, with two more singles following before the album drops in February.
With artwork by the amazingly talented Bernie Reid, look out for some fly T-Shirts on Bandcamp as well.
FEEDBACK
'He's so talented!' JD TWITCH (Optimo)
'Love it. The dub is mega' LEO MAS
'Wow, this is off the scale.. easy one of the best albums I have heard coming out of Edinburgh in a long time, I had to check it twice just to get my head round just how good it is' JOSEPH MALIK
‘Lovely stuff’ S/A/M (Music For Dreams/DK, Cafe Del Mar, Pikes, Playasol Radio and many more, Ibiza)
'Love the LP. Sounds really together, production is awesome. I love the aesthetic. Vocal tracks sit nicely with instrumentals. Vocals sound light-hearted' THE MAGHREBAN
'Sounds great' AUSTIN ATO
RADIO plays from
PAT BENSBERG (The Eccentric Selection, Phonic FM, Exeter)
ANDY WILSON (‘Balearica’, Ibiza Sonica Radio)
DJ DRIBBLER (Pikes, Ibiza // Paradise Lost, Red Light Radio, Pure)
SILVER RAIN RADIO (Moscow, RU)
U:LOOKS (St Petersburg. RU)
REVIEW
‘Circles’, sounds more like a soulful leftfield downcast Matthew Dear.. (The album is) a most lovely, swimmingly blend of motivations, feels and deep grooves that effortlessly comes together in a generous offering of electronic music: the very epitome of the Hobbes label’s remit in delivering leftfield unique visions of now techno, house and club sounds.' MONOLITH COCKTAIL
This is the follow-up to his 'The Record Store' EP which came out via George's own All Noise imprint in 2021. He has also released the Roll On, King's Cross single via Hobbes Music under his George T moniker last November plus singles for the Paradise Palms and Ramrock labels in the interim.
“It all began with the Record Store EP in 2021,” explains George. “Limit my options. No samples, one drum machine, two analog synths (mono and poly), computer simply to record. I was so happy with the results I began with what you hear today. Same drums, same machines (or lack thereof) maybe some real percussion and melodica but hey, I only answer to me.
Loosely based on that space between my 20s in Edinburgh and my 30s in London, Ear Candy Dandy is an old me discovering a new one. Enjoy!”
Imagine, if you will, Scott Walker jamming with Kruder & Dorfmeister in a very small studio…
Late Again comes packaged with an instrumental version and is the first single to be released from the album, with two more singles following before the album drops in February.
With artwork by the amazingly talented Bernie Reid, look out for some fly T-Shirts on Bandcamp as well.
FEEDBACK
'He's so talented!' JD TWITCH (Optimo)
'Love it. The dub is mega' LEO MAS
'Wow, this is off the scale.. easy one of the best albums I have heard coming out of Edinburgh in a long time, I had to check it twice just to get my head round just how good it is' JOSEPH MALIK
‘Lovely stuff’ S/A/M (Music For Dreams/DK, Cafe Del Mar, Pikes, Playasol Radio and many more, Ibiza)
'Love the LP. Sounds really together, production is awesome. I love the aesthetic. Vocal tracks sit nicely with instrumentals. Vocals sound light-hearted' THE MAGHREBAN
'Sounds great' AUSTIN ATO
RADIO plays from
PAT BENSBERG (The Eccentric Selection, Phonic FM, Exeter)
ANDY WILSON (‘Balearica’, Ibiza Sonica Radio)
DJ DRIBBLER (Pikes, Ibiza // Paradise Lost, Red Light Radio, Pure)
SILVER RAIN RADIO (Moscow, RU)
U:LOOKS (St Petersburg. RU)
REVIEW
‘Circles’, sounds more like a soulful leftfield downcast Matthew Dear.. (The album is) a most lovely, swimmingly blend of motivations, feels and deep grooves that effortlessly comes together in a generous offering of electronic music: the very epitome of the Hobbes label’s remit in delivering leftfield unique visions of now techno, house and club sounds.' MONOLITH COCKTAIL
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