Mystery Plays Records presents a night of ecstatic jazz and future electronics. Circle Traps, who deftly combine jazz and future beats play in support of their new self-titled debut EP. Support from synth / drum duo Rocketnumbernine who will be performing fresh from their one-off live collaboration with Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) at the Mutek Festival. Inch-time returns to Café OTO to perform another lush set of electronic explorations.

CIRCLE TRAPS

Jack Wyllie and Duncan Bellamy both play in the Mercury-nominated Portico Quartet and Circle Traps is the result of their collaboration with friend Will Ward whose East London studio is the focal point for the trio’s productions.

Wiring their own instrumental skills on drums, saxophone, bass, flute, keys and guitar to samplers and buoyed by a love of everything from minimalism to jungle, from Joy Division to World music, Circle Traps have arrived at a sound that marries the brittle romantic textures of Bjork’s Vespertine to the glacial atmospherics of Thomas Köner to more fluid jazz-like explorations of rhythm.

“Fjord, which makes up part of their debut EP, has been on YouTube since November, when Gilles Peterson was also playing it on his Radio 1 show. If mist had a sound, we wager it would be exactly this; its bitter wash only broken up by cross-signals of tape delay and 2step, a fire alarm ringing in the backdrop. Probably sounds like you’ve heard it all before, but you haven’t – this track is wonderful. Now who’s up for a holiday?” – FACT Magazine

Circle Traps EP by CIRCLE TRAPS

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ROCKETNUMBERNINE

RocketNumberNine have finally captured their unmistakably intense sound, putting it down to tape in one take for Kieran Hebden’s (Four Tet) Text imprint and are beginning to reach people everywhere. Having recently toured with Four Tet, Caribou, James Holden and Nathan Fake, they’re proving to be as comfortable in a club environment as they are in a more traditional gig setting.

“Rocketnumbernine toured the UK with me earlier this year and they were playing this track every night. Each night the performances were getting more and more intense and blowing mine and the crowds minds. By the end of the tour I knew we had to go into the studio and get a great recording made of 'Matthew and Toby'. We recorded all analogue to get the sound right and if you buy this on vinyl you will have a recording that has never touched a computer, which I think is the way it needs to be done sometimes. I’ve done a remix for the b-side… more of a club version. I discovered Rocketnumbernine through Steve Reid who was great friends with the drummer from the band, Tom Page, and you can hear Steve’s influence and spirit in this music without doubt. Steve passed away just a couple of weeks before we made this recording and we have dedicated it to his memory.” - Kieran Hebden (Four Tet)

Rocketnumbernine - Matthew and Toby (TEXT008) by Four Tet

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INCH-TIME Since releasing his earliest records back in 2003, Stefan Panczak, aka Inch-time, has quietly forged an irrepressible niche which has taken on a life of its own. His subtle melding of gleaming electronica and a whole host of other ingredients – from dub to folk textures, and languid jazz stylings to post-rock atmospheres – has evolved to take in new elements while sticking to the unique approach which Panczak has made his signature since his debut album, 2005’s Any Colour You Like. The Floating World, the third Inch-time album, finds Panczak on the cusp of a new beginning. It marks the first release on his new self-run label, Mystery Plays Records, and as such is the latest stage in Inch-time’s evolution. With an enchanting melodic grace reminiscent of Philip Glass, Panczak’s minimal and achingly fragile electronica soars and glides, bewitching with its slow- burning and otherworldly touches. "Gently burning IDM melancholia from Static Caravan's Inch-time this time rolling on Mystery Plays. He sets up the record with a flex of analogue Kosmische, touches by jazz-flecked electronica and tugs our heart with mournful ambient drones kissed by synth playing that pours down on you like tear-drops. Tip for fans of Susuma Yokota, Isan." – Bleep

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