Velvet Textures will be third release on the label from Osaka auteur Kiji Suedo, following 2022's acclaimed Riot album and 2023's Hosek EP.
These releases attracted fans across the board: Ricardo Villalobos, Charles Webster, Antal, Leo Mas, ND Baumecker, John Heckle, Red Rack'em, Nick Craddock, Intergalactic Gary, For Mankind, Mixmag Asia, DJ Mag, Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone on BBC 6Music, Giovanni Civitenga on NTS, Lorna Clarkson in Sydney, Tobias Fischer at 15 Questions in Berlin, Beatport Best New Hype Electronica, Ban Ban Ton Ton, the list goes on....
Velvet Textures dwells in a space where fidelity unravels. Seams split. Pitch bends. Clarity slips into velvet. Voices fade. Hiss remains.
Murky memories of house music, electro, techno, dub and ambient are all hewn together in Suedo's unique manner, leaning very much towards the leftfield, both on and off the dance floor.
A2 track Focus is a brilliant collaboration with Edinburgh's George T (Accident Machine, George Demure etc), half-spoken, gently absorbed into the current - not foregrounded, but drifting like vapour through the mix.
Together, they shape a sonic space that lingers in tension — half-thought, half-felt, never fully resolved.
