Published
Mon, Feb 8, 2016, 09:10
- The eight-track release is "sequenced as if it were a club night, from doors to closing," and samples exotic birds.
Leon Vynehall has a double-pack called Rojus coming out via Running Back.
"Two years ago I played at Studio 9 in Vilnius, Lithuania," says Vynehall. "The following day I missed my flight home and ended up spending an extra day, which gave me a chance to explore the city with my friend Linus, who took me to the Contemporary Art Centre. It was there I spotted a book named Rojus, that Linus told me translated as 'Paradise.' The word and striking cover of the book stuck in my mind."
He adds: "A few days after returning home, I turned on to a National Geographic documentary named Designed To Dance, explaining the courtship rituals of birds of paradise. As I watched, I jokingly began drawing similarities between these birds' attempts to captivate and impress the opposite sex with dance, and the way strangers try to attract one another in clubs and interact on the dance floor. This gave me the idea of creating a record of functional club music, sequenced as if it were a club night, from doors to closing, using samples of these birds of paradise and their habitat. Thus, Rojus."
Rojus marks Vynehall's first appearance on Running Back, though label boss Gerd Janson did select one of the UK producer's tracks, "Midnight On Rainbow Road," for the 2015 Musik For Autobahns 2 compilation he oversaw for Rush Hour Recordings.
Tracklist
A1 Beyond This...
A2 Saxony
A3 Beau Sovereign
B1 Paradisea
B2 Wahness
C1 Blush
D1 Kiburu's
D2 …There Is You
Rojus is coming soon on Running Back.