Lonely City Sampler [hand-stamped / label sleeve]
- Record label
- Time Is Now
- Catalog Number
- TIN-TENS-002
- Release Date
- March 4th 2022
- Genres
Tracks
| play | pos | title | artists | duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Lonely City Cut 2 | |||
| A2 | Lost In A Sea Of Rolling Eyes | |||
| B1 | Lonely City Cut 4 | |||
| B2 | And Then There Was The Mass Chanting |
The next ten-inch cut of the Time Is Now series comes courtesy of Nicky Soft Touch. These four tracks are a taste of things to come, handpicked from an as-yet-unannounced double LP the Bristol native has had in the works since 2019. Nicky Soft Touch's recent outings include two dusty hip-hop dubplates on London's Ghost Notes Worldwide; for Lonely City Sampler he explores a more British sound. Using a tape deck and a pile of old jungle tapes, cut-up snippets were crafted into an audio collage balancing ambience with rave style crescendos. Driving dubwise bass dominates 'Lost In A Sea Of Rolling Eyes' while disrupted breakbeats meet stuttering chords in 'Lonely City Cut 4'. The closing track's garage-inflected UK techno beat is haunted by spaced out diva vocals, a melancholic mover for city nights. Lonely City Sampler drops December 10th via Time Is Now.