Soft Riot No.
Label | Possession Records / Wave Tension Records |
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Format | LP |
Release Date | 11th August 2023 |
Catalogue Number | PSSN10 |
Additional Info | . |
No. is the tenth Soft Riot album by Glasgow-based Canadian synth artist Jack Duckworth (also known as JJD). With origins from the mid-nineties in the vibrant art-punk/hardcore dominating the West Coast American/Canadian underground at the time, he has clocked in over twenty five years of musical output in various bands and projects, including first-wave post-punk revivalists Radio Berlin (1998-2005) and industrial synth-punk collective A Luna Red (Gold Standard Labs, 1999-2003).
No. is the logical follow-up to When Push Comes To Shove, released in November 2019 on the Glasgow UK-based label Possession Records, which saw some critical acclaim in the increasingly diverse synthwave scene — a crystallization of the artist’s signature sound.
With No. things have been shaken up and pushed into new directions. Many different factors came into play, including the conditions of the pandemic lockdowns and an urge for listening to music favourites from beyond his own scene informed developments on this new record. One key feature of these tracks is that under these conditions they were developed as individual pieces — a constrasting approach from previous albums where tracks were written with an album... more
credits
Soft Riot is JJD : Voice, synthesizers, programming, effects and found sounds.
All tracks written and recorded in numerous sessions between September 2020 and August 2022 at Studio Carillon and mixed in October 2022 by JJD at Studio Carillon and Empire Studios in Glasgow, Scotland. Intro sample to “When It Comes On Strong” recorded in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in summer 2022.
Mastered by Josh Stevenson at Otic Mastering in winter 2022/2023.
Artwork and design by JJD as JJD Works.
All music written by JJD (Jack Duckworth) under Sanctum Reigns Publishing.
"No." is released on Possession Records (UK) in partnership with Wave Tension Records (NL).