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Almost a decade after the first Batu single, Bristolian producer and DJ turns to his own label Timedance for his first full length release. Born in 2020, Opal is the result of reflection in a time of upheaval and uncertainty. Traces of Batu’s past work can be found in sonic fossils across the record, carved and weathered until they reveal completely new forms. Like many jewels, opal is formed by pressure. Groundwater carrying silica forces its way through fissures in rocks, compacted by layers of sediment, and eventually solidifying into dazzling displays of mineral fire. It’s no wonder that Batu’s prismatic debut album takes the same name.
Scraping metal moves with instinctual force, opening portals to the past in ‘Former World’. It’s an intricate and intimate introduction to an album that relies heavily on sound design. Sounds are amorphous chunks of hewn rock, split open to reveal iridescent cores. They exist in the dark yet familiar world that Batu has created, full of dripping crystal stalactites, and the shifting of gravel as creatures pound the earth.
‘Convergence’ explores the negative space of these labyrinthine audio crevasses, where streams of consciousness merge as the track’s corrugated rhythms collapse on themselves. A thrillride of musical non sequiturs, ‘Atavism’ reveals many of the album’s themes. Vocals tap into primal energies, and synths have intensely natural conviction under Batu’s molecular level of detail. The thunk and twang of wooden arrows on ‘Solace’ meet serpentwithfeet’s melismatic delivery, and surging synths on ‘Squall’ shake the earth with tremendous might.
Opal is an aural excavation of electronic music, a celebration of the Earth’s geological heartbeat, and Batu performs his sonic metallurgy with breathtaking execution.
Batu
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- Artist
- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- half speed
- Label
- A Long Strange Dream
- Catalogue Number
- ALSD002
- Release Date
- December 8, 2023
- EP
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- Artist
- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- For Spirits
- Label
- A Long Strange Dream
- Catalogue Number
- ALSD001
- Release Date
- May 26, 2023
- EP
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- Artist
- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- I Own Your Energy
- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE025
- Release Date
- November 12, 2021
- EP
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- Artist
- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- False Reeds
- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE017
- Release Date
- May 17, 2019
- Download
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- Artist
- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- Rebuilt
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL922DS
- Release Date
- June 1, 2018
- Download
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- Artist
- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- Marius
- Label
- Hessle Audio
- Catalogue Number
- HES030
- Release Date
- June 23, 2017
- EP
- Download
Timedance
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- Artist
- Bruce
- ReleaseProduct
- Not Ready For Love
- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCELP004CS
- Release Date
- December 22, 2023
- Cassette
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- Ploy
- ReleaseProduct
- For when we haven’t slept
- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE028
- Release Date
- September 15, 2023
- EP
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- Metrist
- ReleaseProduct
- Pollen, Pt.III
- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE027
- Release Date
- May 5, 2023
- EP
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- Artist
- Air Max '97
- ReleaseProduct
- Psyllium / Eat The Rich
- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE024
- Release Date
- September 17, 2021
- EP
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Sharpen, Moving
- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- LP002
- Release Date
- November 27, 2020
- LP
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- Metrist
- ReleaseProduct
- Pollen, Pt. II
- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE021
- Release Date
- June 5, 2020
- EP
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- Lurka
- ReleaseProduct
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- Label
- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE020
- Release Date
- May 8, 2020
- EP
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- Air Max '97
- ReleaseProduct
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE019
- Release Date
- September 27, 2019
- 12”
- Download
Experimental House and Techno
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- Artist
- Osheyack and Nahash
- ReleaseProduct
- Bait
- Label
- SVBKVLT
- Catalogue Number
- SBKT063
- Release Date
- April 18, 2024
- Download
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- Peder Mannerfelt
- ReleaseProduct
- Big Ball Variations
- Label
- Peder Mannerfelt Produktion
- Catalogue Number
- 8718723253734
- Release Date
- April 11, 2024
- Download
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- Artist
- The Exaltics
- ReleaseProduct
- They Arrive
- Label
- Creme Eclipse
- Catalogue Number
- CremeClassics05
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
- EP
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- Aluna
- ReleaseProduct
- MYCELiUM (UTOPIA Remixes)
- Label
- Mad Decent
- Catalogue Number
- MAD630
- Release Date
- March 29, 2024
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- Will Hofbauer
- ReleaseProduct
- Four! Beats!
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- Aus Music
- Catalogue Number
- AUS193
- Release Date
- March 29, 2024
- Download
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- Hieroglyphic Being
- ReleaseProduct
- Quadric Surfaces
- Label
- VIERNULVIER Records
- Catalogue Number
- VIERNULVIER003
- Release Date
- February 23, 2024
- LP
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- U
- ReleaseProduct
- Parade / Watchers
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- Phantasy Sound
- Catalogue Number
- PH128D
- Release Date
- March 12, 2024
- EP
- Download
Bass
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- Artist
- Joy Orbison
- ReleaseProduct
- Flight FM / Shiloh’s Revenge
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL1432TN
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- 10″
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- Artist
- Wookie
- ReleaseProduct
- The Tapes, Vol. 2
- Label
- ManChu Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- MCRD017
- Release Date
- April 26, 2024
- Download
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- Eliza Rose and MJ Cole
- ReleaseProduct
- Business As Usual EP
- Label
- Rosebud Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- OHX030a
- Release Date
- April 24, 2024
- Download
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- Artist
- Overmono & The Streets
- ReleaseProduct
- Turn The Page
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL1439DS
- Release Date
- April 24, 2024
- 12”
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- Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair
- ReleaseProduct
- Set The Remixes
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP486XD
- Release Date
- April 18, 2024
- Download
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- Artist
- Osheyack and Nahash
- ReleaseProduct
- Bait
- Label
- SVBKVLT
- Catalogue Number
- SBKT063
- Release Date
- April 18, 2024
- Download
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- PRIMARY FOREST 02
- Label
- C.E.E.
- Catalogue Number
- CEEXYZ03
- Release Date
- April 18, 2024
- Download
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- Artist
- Charlotte de Witte
- ReleaseProduct
- Roar
- Label
- KNTXT
- Catalogue Number
- KNTXT026S1
- Release Date
- April 11, 2024
- Download
Limited Editions
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Pre-order
- Artist
- L.B. Dub Corp
- ReleaseProduct
- Only The Good Times
- Label
- Dekmantel
- Catalogue Number
- DKMNTL101-B-
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- 12”
- Download
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Pre-order
- Artist
- Drew McDowall
- ReleaseProduct
- A Thread, Silvered and Trembling
- Label
- Dais Records
- Catalogue Number
- DAIS221DIGITAL
- Release Date
- May 31, 2024
- LP (special)
- Download
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Pre-order
- Artist
- Jon Hopkins
- ReleaseProduct
- RITUAL
- Label
- Domino Recording Co
- Catalogue Number
- WIG523D
- Release Date
- August 30, 2024
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Artist
- Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
- ReleaseProduct
- Your Community Hub
- Label
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- Catalogue Number
- CiS157
- Release Date
- May 24, 2024
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Artist
- Caoilfhionn Rose
- ReleaseProduct
- Constellation
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- Gondwana Records
- Catalogue Number
- GOND069DD
- Release Date
- May 24, 2024
- Download
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- Artist
- El Michels Affair
- ReleaseProduct
- Enter The 37th Chamber
- Label
- Fat Beats Records
- Catalogue Number
- FB-5127-2
- Release Date
- May 7, 2009
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- FONTAINES D.C.
- ReleaseProduct
- Romance
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL1436DA
- Release Date
- August 23, 2024
- LP (special)
- Download
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Pre-order
- Artist
- Paul W. Teebrooke, Stasis
- ReleaseProduct
- Time Sensitive: Unreleased Sounds From The Otherworld Archives
- Label
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- Catalogue Number
- 5414180240470
- Release Date
- May 31, 2024
- 12”