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Never mind the moonshot, we're off to a far-flung galaxy with HANNAH PEEL – synthesist, composer, space geek and this month's Electronic Sound cover star.
We’ve been charting the rise of Hannah Peel for more than a decade, but she's shifted into another gear entirely in recent times – topping charts, winning awards and working with everyone from John Foxx to chamber music ensembles – and our cover story looks ahead to what could be her biggest year yet. She has a raft of exciting and ambitious projects coming up, including the forthcoming release of ’The Endless Dance’, a wonderful exploration of sound recorded with virtuoso percussionist BEIBEI WANG. Incorporating ancient tonal chimes and futuristic psychedelic grooves, the album combines Hannah’s vocals, synths and piano with Beibei's textured percussion to forge a bold new musical language.
Our latest exclusive seven-inch features two ingenious, insistent and infectious tracks from 'The Endless Dance'. This release is a limited edition pressing on fabulous orange vinyl and the A-side is a wonky and dubby cut called 'Tiger Sex' – "It's got an Underworld vibe to it," declares Hannah – with little loops of chatter and laughter along the way. It's backed by the metallic and distorted 'Offerings To The Beast', where the huge timpani battles it out with fuzzy electronics. Hannah describes the track as "a dialogue with unseen forces", noting that it's also "truly beautiful". She's right on both counts.
As with all our magazine-linked music releases, this seven-inch is only available to readers of Electronic Sound, so make sure you grab your copy right away.