As Machinedrum, the electronic musician Travis Stewart explores the intersection between hip-hop and the hyped tempos of jungle, and on September 30th the artist will release his Ninja Tune debut, the Vapor City LP. “Gunshotta” is the second single from the new work, the follow up to “Eyesdontlie“, and the new track receives the video treatment from the UK film company Institute For Eyes today, and will also be released October 14th as a 12″ EP. Stewart explains,
“”Gunshotta” is the theme for the Gunshotta Ave. district of Vapor City. Filled with crime, paranoia and darkness, Gunshotta Ave. is a street you don’t want to walk down alone.”
Using deep spacious bass, a beautiful dark palette of “micro-sampled” vocals, and punishing array of off-kilter rhythms, Stewart paints a cinematic street portrait using a sonic equivalent to chiaroscuro. The result is a track that seems to create it’s own place from volumes of deep bass sound and the flickering, filtering illuminations of clipped vocal samples. The video for the cut follows a similar aesthetic tact as we watch a group “feral teenagers” who live in the dystopian world that is Gunshotta Ave. Machinedrum heads out later this month for an extended tour, including a stop in Seattle on September 27th for the Decibel Fest. Check the dates below…
Machinedrum 2013 Tour:
27th Sep, 2013 USA Seattle Showbox Market [Decibel Festival]
29th Sep, 2013 Spain Ibiza We Love Space
4th Oct, 2013 Mexico Mexico City MUTEK
11th Oct, 2013 Germany Berlin Gretchen
12th Oct, 2013 Spain Barcelona Razzmatazz [LO*LI*TA]
14th Oct, 2013 England Brighton The Haunt
15th Oct, 2013 England Sheffield The Tuesday Club
16th Oct, 2013 England Manchester Gorilla
17th Oct, 2013 Scotland Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s
19th Oct, 2013 Netherlands Amsterdam Paradiso [ADE Festival]
25th Oct, 2013 Netherlands Utrecht Tivoli De Helling [Club Set]
26th Oct, 2013 Switzerland Neuchatel Case ŕ Chocs [Superette Festival]
31st Oct, 2013 Belgium Antwerp Kissinger [Club Set]
1st Nov, 2013 France Paris La Machine Du Moulin Rouge
2nd Nov, 2013 Ireland Dublin The Button Factory
8th Nov, 2013 England London Village Underground
9th Nov, 2013 Italy Turin Club 2 Club Festival
15th Nov, 2013 Canada Montreal SAT
16th Nov, 2013 USA Boston Brighton Music Hall
21st Nov, 2013 USA Los Angeles Troubadour
22nd Nov, 2013 USA San Francisco 1015
23rd Nov, 2013 USA Chicago Primary
29th Nov, 2013 Japan Tokyo Electraglide [Club Set]
30th Nov, 2013 Japan Osaka Circus [Club Set]
3rd Dec, 2013 USA Denver Cervantes
4th Dec, 2013 Canada Victoria 9one9
5th Dec, 2013 Canada Vancouver Fortune Sound
7th Dec, 2013 USA New York City Music Hall of Williamsburg
11th Dec, 2013 USA Washington D.C. U-Street Music Hall
13th Dec, 2013 USA Atlanta The Basement
14th Dec, 2013 USA Miami Bardot
