/Techno

PANTHA DU PRINCE
stick to my side

Release Date: 09/03/2010

pantha du prince releases single 'stick to my side' featuring noah lennox of animal collective on vocals, on rough trade records. the single is supported by mixes by four tet, efdemin and lawrence. it follows the release of his new album, 'black noise' which was released on february 8th. pantha du prince fuses house, techno, shoegazy electronica and psychedelic electro-acoustic soundscapes into music that is at once both beautiful and bewitching. he has released several recordings to date through the respected german label dial records, which is run by and for its artists. his previous album this bliss, was a bittersweet take on techno, which appealed to both dancefloors and living rooms alike and was hugely successful. as a result he has become an in-demand remixer and has done tracks for depeche mode, animal collective, bloc party, phantom / ghost, the long blondes and many others. on his new album, pantha du prince, who lives in berlin and paris, claims: music slumbers in all matter; any sound, even silence, is already music. the mission, then, must be to render audible what is unheard and unheard of: black noise, a frequency that is inaudible to man. black noise often presages natural disasters, earthquakes or floods; only some animals perceive this 'calm before the storm.' black noise is something archaic and earthy. the music on black noise balances precariously on the slippery threshold between art and nature, between techno and folklore, which lends it a certain spectral and intangible aspect. the prelude to recording the album included a visit to the swiss alps to record sounds and next to where he was staying was a huge pile of debris, the remnants of a huge landslide that had buried an entire village. this inspired the concept of the album, with the idea that 'black noise' is something of a sonic warning heard before momentous natural events.
geoff travis, the founder of rough trade, signed pantha du prince and said the following about the newest addition to the label: "when rough trade started we were very much involved with the first wave of do it yourself electronica, with cabaret voltaire and throbbing gristle amongst our early releases. it is nice to be able to return to the fray with one of the most musically eloquent practitioners in this field, pantha du prince."