Premiere: schuttle ‘Shadout’

Manchester-based DJ and producer schuttle will release a new EP this month via the Bakk Heia Records he co-runs. Listen to ‘Shadout’ below. 

The party-turned-label’s sixth release is a neon-hued snapshot of the vibe schuttle and fellow co-founder Jorg Kuning have brought to beloved Salford haunt The White Hotel on a semi-regular basis since 2017. Across four tracks, the Newcastle-born artist pulls from the same squiggly quiver as labels like Wisdom Teeth and Freerotation, stirring a potent brew of buoyant beats, hazy synths and chiming choral chops, with a healthy splash of acid bass chucked in for good measure. 

‘Souvlkai’ is a squelching dancefloor appetiser, all chirruping gasps and intonations around its cymbal-riding beat. ‘Swords Dance (Parts 1 & 2)’ is the sort of tune the lone swordsman himself, Andrew Weatherall, would have been proud of: a tempo-surfing 10-minute epic packed with deeeeeeep acid gurgles and jaunty jaw harp.

‘Shadout’ kicks off the EP on a bouncy house tip, while ‘Junkman’ ends proceedings in the realm somewhere between the Balearic coast and outer space.

 
‘BH006’ will be released on 14th April. You’ll be able to get it through the label’s Bandcamp.