{"product_id":"dohnavur-we-owe-each-other-everything","title":"DOHNAVÙR - We Owe Each Other Everything","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"553\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"13\"\u003eAli O'May\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"18\" data-end=\"34\"\u003eFrazer Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e first met in early 2018, performing with their respective bands at an Electronic Music Open Mic (EMOM) night in Edinburgh. A shared musical sensibility was immediately apparent, and a few months later Ali handed Frazer a USB drive loaded with stems recorded directly from his vast modular system. Over the summer and autumn of 2019, Frazer took around a dozen of those stems as the foundation for a collection of tracks, shaping them into fully realised pieces spanning techno, lo-fi, breaks, acid house and ambient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"902\"\u003eAnd so the \u003cstrong data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"578\"\u003eDohnavúr\u003c\/strong\u003e method was born: Ali coaxing raw materials from his modular setup, and Frazer working them up instinctively, his encyclopaedic knowledge of electronic music guiding the feel, genre and direction suggested by Ali's foundational building blocks. It's a genuinely unique way of working, and the results speak for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"1165\"\u003eTaking their name from the Bridge of Weir family home where Ali grew up, fifteen miles west of Glasgow, the newly formed Dohnavúr released their debut album, \u003cem data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1085\"\u003eYou Can and You Shall\u003c\/em\u003e, a joyously diverse collection, full of innovation and brimming with promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1838\"\u003eJust two weeks after its release in March 2020, the pandemic brought the world to a standstill. Resourceful as ever, Ali and Frazer sought out kindred spirits and labels. They found one in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1376\"\u003eCastles in Space\u003c\/strong\u003e, who had put out a call for lockdown recordings for \u003cem data-start=\"1429\" data-end=\"1450\"\u003eThe Isolation Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e, a release in aid of the Cavell Nurses Trust. Dohnavúr submitted \u003cem data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1527\"\u003eSurmonter\u003c\/em\u003e (French for Overcome), a long, paranoid, snarling mood piece that confused and delighted compiler \u003cstrong data-start=\"1626\" data-end=\"1644\"\u003eColin Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e in equal measure. It was given pride of place as the opening track in the downloads section of the album, which went on to win Compilation of the Year at the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1803\" data-end=\"1823\"\u003eElectronic Sound\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020 Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1840\" data-end=\"2217\"\u003eNow, \u003cem data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1875\"\u003eWe Owe Each Other Everything\u003c\/em\u003e continues to redefine the Dohnavúr method. Built once again from a new set of modular creations by Ali, and expertly shaped by Frazer in his Armadale studio, it's an extraordinarily diverse and exciting collection, cohesive yet wide-ranging, this is music that hits you directly in the heart and the solar plexus. It makes you feel things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2219\" data-end=\"2827\"\u003eSide one opens with the sawtooth resonance of \u003cem data-start=\"2265\" data-end=\"2288\"\u003eFlowers in the Barrel\u003c\/em\u003e, moves through the clattering momentum of \u003cem data-start=\"2331\" data-end=\"2346\"\u003eReady for '91\u003c\/em\u003e, and arrives at \u003cem data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2386\"\u003eMake It in Livingston\u003c\/em\u003e, a darkly ominous commentary on the new town where Frazer grew up. Side two delivers the haunting beauty of \u003cem data-start=\"2495\" data-end=\"2506\"\u003eAcetylene\u003c\/em\u003e, the cinematic, eighties-inflected uplift of \u003cem data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2563\"\u003ePowerless\u003c\/em\u003e, and closes with \u003cem data-start=\"2581\" data-end=\"2593\"\u003eUnwavering\u003c\/em\u003e, an emotional gut-punch featuring vocals from \u003cstrong data-start=\"2640\" data-end=\"2657\"\u003eEmile Wauters\u003c\/strong\u003e (aka \u003cstrong data-start=\"2663\" data-end=\"2674\"\u003eAutumna\u003c\/strong\u003e) that once heard will not be forgotten. This is Frazer in excelsis, doing that thing that only this music can do, elation and melancholy hand in hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2829\" data-end=\"3029\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2829\" data-end=\"2859\"\u003eWe Owe Each Other Everything\u003c\/em\u003e is Dohnavúr at their most powerful and assured: two musicians with a singular creative chemistry, making music that is impossible to categorise and impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CASTLES IN SPACE","offers":[{"title":"Orange Smoke Vinyl LP","offer_id":58036042039641,"sku":"SDZ-45716","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/ec9a3d6b16c9dbf257d9e4e844fd2600.png?v=1778510228","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/dohnavur-we-owe-each-other-everything","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}