Blood Wine or Honey delves into post-punk, dancefloor experimentation, bass/soundsystem music & tropical polyrhythms

Surrounded by the throb of heavy machinery, the scent of dried fish, and the humidity of the South China Sea, electronic outfit Blood Wine or Honey have honed their manic hypno-tropicalia in the industrial warehouses and hidden rural hamlets of Hong Kong.

BWoH are multi-instrumentalists / vocalists James Banbury (synths, bass, cello, etc), Shane Aspegren (drums, synths, electronics, etc) and Joseph von Hess (saxophone, wind instruments, percussion, etc). Collectively, their witch's brew of brazen sax themes, lo-fi/hi-tech electronics, motorik drums, group-sung vocals, wonky tactics and party palpitations results in a ritualistically euphoric sound experience, taking notes from post-punk, dance floor experimentation, bass/soundsystem music and tropical polyrhythms.

Their hotly anticipated debut album, 'Fear & Celebration' (Do Right Music 2018), is the culmination of a painstaking process of writing, recording and production for the trio. After the band's live debut at Sonar Festival Hong Kong, their breakout track 'Anxious Party People' (Plastic Pagan 2017) shocked dancefloors all over the world, receiving a shortlist nomination at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards for 'Track Of The Year' and catching the attention of major radio outlets such as BBC 6 Music (UK), Radio Nova (FR), KCRW (US), CR2 903 (HK), Worldwide FM, and NTS, as well as being featured on Bandcamp Weekly.

The album adopts 'a kitchen sink approach to body music' (bleep.com) throughout -- burgeoning concept solos punctuate hulking low-end, while drum set freak-outs and extra-spectral wanderings bind with moments of beatific modal calm as disparate ingredients are satisfyingly reconciled. This is deep dance-floor for every mind's ear.

For Fans Of: Arthur Russell, Caribou, Talking Heads, Liquid Liquid, The Comet is Coming, Can, Golden Teacher, Clap Clap, Meridian Brothers.

Bonus Materials

• CD bonus tracks - 5 exclusive remixes

Track Listing

• Fear & Celebration
• The Undying Overrated
• Loosefoot
• Orwellian Woman
• Peak Helium A
• Anxious Party People
• The Forest Is Expecting You
• Peak Helium IV
• The Young Ones
• Orwellian Woman (Medlar Remix)
• The Undying Overrated (BiggaBush Remix)
• Anxious Party People (Factory Floor / Gabe Gurnsey Remix)
• Peak Helium IV (Fancy Cat Remix)
• The Young Ones (Preservation Remix) [feat. Mike Ladd]

Additional Details

Label: Do Right Music

Genre: World

Language: English

Run Time: 60 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/08/18

UPC: 5050580689121