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Dance music's esteemed heritage in the U.K. has borne witness to a long history of legendary duos, whose lineages extend back to its very inception: Autechre, Orbital, Leftfield, LFO, Groove Armada, Disclosure, Bicep. All the above have attained divine status within their cohort, carving out illustrious careers and earning themselves a place nearer the gods. For several years the path has been clear for another such act to ascend this intangible throne; one with equal potential to transcend the artificial borders the scene imposes upon itself, without compromising on the conviction or unique quality of the art which defined them in the first instance.
Seven years after brothers Tom and Ed Russell's then-burgeoning Overmono collaboration appeared on the XL imprint, via the Arla series of EPs, 2023 marks the fulfillment of this project's exceptional potential with their long-awaited debut album, Good Lies. It's an LP which firmly consolidates the duo's station at the head of their generation, masterfully synthesizing a breadth of styles without conceding the fundamental aesthetic so central to each of their tunes.
An Overmono track sounds like something from a remembered dream: hazy vibrato gently rocking away throughout the synth parts, interwoven with rich, tape-driven textures, but unfailingly punctuated by powerful, precise percussion. At the center of each cut, however, is a vocal sample—one whose words are always slightly concealed from perception, but whose timbre has an assuredly singular quality. Ed himself puts it perfectly: "It's the kind of tone in someone's voice we're really drawn towards … The tone is kind of everything, isn't it?" It certainly is in the context of this album, which sees the duo experiment with tones that are both unique and varied across the board. Highlights are the main stage anthem, "Is U," alongside the Burial-tinged post dub of "Skulled," Afrobeat diversions in "Cold Blooded" and "Calon," and, of course, the LP's eponymous tune—a veritable percy, primed for the advent of summer months. Long live the new kings! © Finn Kverndal/Qobuz
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Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, Composer - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, Composer - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Amira Benameur, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Malik Venner, ComposerLyricist - Ikeoluwa Oluwatobi Oluwajare Oladigbolu, ComposerLyricist
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, Composer - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, Composer - Sentric Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Geovarn James, ComposerLyricist - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Tunecode Global, MusicPublisher
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
David Wrench, MixingEngineer - Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, Composer - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, Composer - Maxwell Ravitz, ComposerLyricist - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist - Henriette Motzfeldt, ComposerLyricist - Catharina Stoltenberg, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
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2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
LeXXX, MixingEngineer - Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, Composer - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, Composer - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - St. Panther, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniela Bojorges-Giraldo, Lyricist - Hipgnosis Songs, MusicPublisher
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
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2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, Composer - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - The Royalty Network, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, Composer - Kelly Erez, ComposerLyricist - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Natalie Rebecca Lee, ComposerLyricist - Definition Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Alice Frances Powell, ComposerLyricist
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
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2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, Composer - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, Composer - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Joe Trufant, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Trey Keysor, ComposerLyricist
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
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2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, ComposerLyricist - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, ComposerLyricist - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, Composer - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, Composer - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2021 Poly Kicks under exclusive licence to XL Recordings Ltd
Sony, MusicPublisher - Matt Colton, Engineer - Tom Russell, Composer - Carlin Music Corp., MusicPublisher - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ed Russell, Composer - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CASisDEAD, ComposerLyricist - Overmono, Producer, Programmer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Tyron Frampton, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Kwesi Darko Obiri, ComposerLyricist - ATV Music Publishing Allegro UK (PRS), MusicPublisher - Christopher D. Eon, ComposerLyricist
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
Albumbeschreibung
Dance music's esteemed heritage in the U.K. has borne witness to a long history of legendary duos, whose lineages extend back to its very inception: Autechre, Orbital, Leftfield, LFO, Groove Armada, Disclosure, Bicep. All the above have attained divine status within their cohort, carving out illustrious careers and earning themselves a place nearer the gods. For several years the path has been clear for another such act to ascend this intangible throne; one with equal potential to transcend the artificial borders the scene imposes upon itself, without compromising on the conviction or unique quality of the art which defined them in the first instance.
Seven years after brothers Tom and Ed Russell's then-burgeoning Overmono collaboration appeared on the XL imprint, via the Arla series of EPs, 2023 marks the fulfillment of this project's exceptional potential with their long-awaited debut album, Good Lies. It's an LP which firmly consolidates the duo's station at the head of their generation, masterfully synthesizing a breadth of styles without conceding the fundamental aesthetic so central to each of their tunes.
An Overmono track sounds like something from a remembered dream: hazy vibrato gently rocking away throughout the synth parts, interwoven with rich, tape-driven textures, but unfailingly punctuated by powerful, precise percussion. At the center of each cut, however, is a vocal sample—one whose words are always slightly concealed from perception, but whose timbre has an assuredly singular quality. Ed himself puts it perfectly: "It's the kind of tone in someone's voice we're really drawn towards … The tone is kind of everything, isn't it?" It certainly is in the context of this album, which sees the duo experiment with tones that are both unique and varied across the board. Highlights are the main stage anthem, "Is U," alongside the Burial-tinged post dub of "Skulled," Afrobeat diversions in "Cold Blooded" and "Calon," and, of course, the LP's eponymous tune—a veritable percy, primed for the advent of summer months. Long live the new kings! © Finn Kverndal/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:58
- Main artists: Overmono
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: XL Recordings
- Genre: Electronic
2023 XL Recordings Ltd 2023 XL Recordings Ltd
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