Scottibrains is the enigmatic, elusive four-piece who formed through a love of late night / early morning jams at band founder, producer Dan Careyâs Speedy Wunderground Studios in Streatham, South London.Â
Made up of record producer Carey (Kate Tempest, Bat For Lashes, black midi, Fontaines DC), producer Oli Bayston (Boxed In, George Fitzgerald, Teleman, Petite Noir), drummer Liam Hutton (Boxed In, Edwyn Collins, Kate Tempest) and Oliâs wife Beth Buxton â they previously put out the 4th single on Careyâs Speedy Wunderground label, the motorik psych-kraut wig-out âKeep Your Eyes Open Boyâ back in August 2013.
Their second release and the 23rd single on the label – âSustained Threatâ â was a full-on assault of the senses based on a Shepard tone sound â a tone that âcreates the audio illusion of a tone that continually ascends in pitch yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower.â The title itself came from a BBFC regulation Bayston saw at the start of a film warning that there would be âSustained Threatâ in the film. It seemed apt.
Their 3rd release for the label – a digital-only single, following in the footsteps of Black Country, New Roadâs 9-minute opus âSunglassesâ â the first ever digital-only single for the label, will be the powerful live fan favourite âAristoratsâ. Produced as always by label boss Dan Carey â it was mixed by his 15-year old daughter, Orla â proving the apple doesnât fall that far from the tree.
âWe had this amazing concept for the videoâ says Carey, âbut obviously in the current climate â we couldnât do it â so we made it this way instead, all of us remotely. However, rest assured, when this all blows over â we will make that video.â
Their live shows are incendiary, provocative and volatile experiences, pummeling rhythm sections, blitzkrieg guitars, with Buxtonâs deranged half spoken / half shouting frenetic mantras over the top â these legendary outings are fast becoming the talk of underground folklore â a mass of sweat and bodies, 3 or 4 songs stretched out over 40 blistering strung out minutes amidst a sea of smoke and lasers.
Prepare to be beamed up.
Fresh from Carey winning âUK Producer Of The Yearâ at this yearâs prestigious Music Producers Guild Awards, beating the likes of Nigel Godrich â Speedy have definitely been keeping themselves busy, continually proving they are the most essential label out there, with releases already this year from PVA, Tiña and last weekâs seminal debut single from Hebden Bridge’s The Lounge Society â the labelâs fastest ever selling 7â and only repress since the debut single from black midi.
On top of that in these turbulent times theyâve just announced details of their âQuarantine Seriesâ. An ongoing project in which Dan Careyâs âSavage Garyâ alter ego collaborates with a range of different artists â established and new, him doing the music, all parties working remotely over the internet.
The first one features regular Carey-collaborator Kate Tempest in her timely state of address âI Was Looking Forward To The Summerâ â
âAs always the key here is spontaneityâ says label co-runner/A & R Pierre Hall, âweâll hopefully be putting a new thing up every couple of days â which is exciting for us and hopefully for other people.
Itâs nice to be able to shine a (strobe) light in, during these strange and unsettling times.â
Speedy Wundergroundâs fourth singles compilation â âSpeedy Wunderground â Year 4â â is out now – featuring: Scottibrains, black midi, Squid, Black Country, New Road, All We Are, Alex Kapranos, Tiña, Treeboy & Arc and Sinead OâBrien.
Speedy Wunderground are Dan Carey, Alexis Smith & Pierre Hall.
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