Intense Records

Taíno Gold

Livity Sound Recordings
LIVITY071
Techno
2x12"

£27.49 (£32.99 incl. VAT)

Tracklist: a1: Black Torches a2: Maybe It's Broken b1: Inbosin b2: WaiKng For Trelawnyc1: Double Sevens c2: Hibiscus d1: Tano Gold d2: Chalk On TreesChanneling invenKve sound design into incisive, characterful techno variaKons,Jurango returns to Livity Sound with an eight-track double EP his longest release todate. Tano Gold captures a moment in Kme for Bristol-based Nate Reece'sconKnually evolving sound as it draws on the full spectrum of UK club music.Following a debut for Livity's reverse label in 2021 and last year's An AmorphousMass EP, Reece is more assured than ever tackling a variety of club-focused cuts. Thetracks on the release all came together before, during and aper a two-month visit toReece's grandparents' home an idyllic tropical environment in a small communityat the top of a hill in the northern part of Jamaica.Tano Gold refers to the island's indigenous Tano community and the legend of awitch luring Spanish seVlers into a trap on the Martha Brae river. There are nomessages explicitly embedded in the music, but the release is both a personalreflecKon of Reece's own experiences and family heritage, plus a reminder about theenduring sceptre of colonialism and the conKnued need to fight against it.From absorbing Jamaica's fraught history through museum and plantaKon visits to theabundant nature in the garden surrounding his grandparent's house, the double EPmarks a place in Kme for Reece, with eight advanced, ear-catching tracks as the endresult.From the cascading arps of 'Black Torches' to the tunnelling chords of 'WaiKng ForTrelawny', the melodic dimension of the Jurango sound is more confident than ever.'Hibiscus' is a shimmering celebraKon of dub techno and crooked drum pressure and'Chalk On Trees' basks in aqueous, fathoms-deep pads to close out the EP. Elsewhere,Reece brings new textural and tonal detail to his percussive workouts, splashingacidic noise around the angular experimentaKon of 'Maybe It's Broken' and firing offdouble-Kme rhythms to inject 'Double Sevens' with infecKous urgency.With the space afforded by a longer release, Reece widens out the scope of hisarKsKc idenKty while absorbing the parKcular scene and seung that surrounded himwhile making the tracks. Tano Gold is a vibrant next step for Jurango and a naturalconKnuaKon of his work with Livity Sound.Livity Sound is a label set up by Peverelist in 2011 as a vehicle for a raw andexploratory strain of UK techno, rooted in the heritage of UK dance music and soundsystem culture. It has since become one of the UK's foremost protagonists for cuungedge underground electronic music.