The UK producer Actress will return to his own Werkdiscs label, in tandem with Ninja Tune, to release the new 3xLP Ghettoville on January 27th. Today we preview his track “Rap“, below, stream the new record in it’s entirety via NPR First Listen, as well as checking out the new mixtape podcast that Darren Cunningham has put together for XLR8R; which, while it doesn’t contain any cuts from the producer, does take a cinematic tour thru, “…Detroit techno, various strains of electro, avant experimentation, sensual vocal pop, bouncy post-punk, and more.” On the track “Rap”, off Ghettoville, Cunningham lays down a slow motion, deeply penetrating funk, while a medicated R&B vocal line intones it’s syrupy inducements! We’ve also included here an artist statement from Actress concerning his new 3xLP, and it’s a great read, so I highly recommend you check it out after the YouTube embed!
Actress:
Ghettoville is the bleached out and black tinted conclusion of the Actress image.
Where the demands of writing caught the artist slumped and reclined, devoid of any soul, acutely aware of the simulated prism that required breakout.
Four albums in and the notes and compositions no longer contain decipherable language.
The scripts now carry tears, the world has returned to a flattened state, and out through that window, the birds look back into the cage they once inhabited.
Spitting flames behind a white wall of silence.
The machines have turned to stone, data reads like an obituary to its user.
A fix is no longer a release, it’s a brittle curse. Zero satisfaction, no teeth, pseudo artists running rampant, but the path continues.
R.I.P Music 2014.
Actress
