Bleep

Pye Corner Audio’s 2017 EP Where Things Are Hollow is one of the most lush and evocative releases in the producer’s extensive catalogue. That record featured slow-burning techno tracks whose halcyon atmospherics drew from Balearic, kosmische and IDM, plus more ambient entries which maintained the vibe while stripping out the drums.

Now, three years on, Pye Corner Audio has issued a sequel to Where Things Are Hollow. Another four-track EP, Where Things Are Hollow 2 inhabits a similarly vivid sonic world to the first volume. While ‘Self Synchronise’ and ‘Weather The Storm’ may run at slightly quicker tempos than the steady pulse of EP one’s ‘Resist’, Pye Corner Audio’s pluming pads and chunky synthetic basslines very much demonstrate a through-line between the two records. Moreover, Where Things Are Hollow 2 closes out with ‘Phase B’, a typically contemplative piece of weightless synth work that, to modern ears, shares sonic space with Craven Faults.

The curveball on Where Things Are Hollow 2 comes in the form of John Talabot’s new take on ‘Resist’. Talabot’s warm house style makes him a standout candidate for Pye Corner Audio remix duties, but his version is also sprightlier than one might expect. Indeed, with its clattering drums and insistent bass tones, there is as much Belgian New Beat to Talabot’s ‘Resist’ flip as there is Balearic house.

Pye Corner Audio returns to Lapsus Records with a follow-up to his much-loved 2017 EP Where Things Are Hollow.