No.
by Soft Riot
zeitungeist
zeitungeist
it's hard to decide, which track my favorite would be. I really like to see how the sound keeps evolving from album to album.
Favorite track: Linked Between Two Minds.
Fatima Burberberry
Dj Virtigo
ghrhippy
Nicholas Chase
Catchoo
Gnarly Lao
Bret Miller
Chris Gilbert
burgunderrot
Lumen Second
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voodoopooh
Sergio V.
Sinopee
awfullysinister
hugotasis
j_alt
tomasufuripin
justice81
purolator
Alan Szymkowiak
jeanh
seraphinne
dancanterville
Nortia†Obscuritas
madderloss
Mr.WhiteNoise
Mariya I
wellingtongraaff
Mara Mortem
sausagelinkies
Oli Flinx
Sion6661981
mrskullhead
The Stave Church
cparsnips
Merle's Room
schreckworx
Vox Sinistra
compjam
Colin Maclean
Craig McKenna
Big Ian
Dave NULL / VOID
The Wave Mechanic
Merlin Hay
Matthias
juggernautborg
mistressmccutchan
posteverythingsatx
emma82
sound obscura
4 L T 4 R S
Luca D'Altri
NYDecay
Rat Noir
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Tim Krug
Anyone
Wayward Distraction
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumLP version of album. Full colour sleeve, 140gsm vinyl, full colour litho insert. Comes with a digital download of the album. The first 40 copies of this LP that are sold through BandCamp will come with a limited edition zine (32 pages) containing writings, observations and other artist media related to the album. The zine won't be reprinted once they're gone.
PLEASE NOTE: All orders shipped within the EU will be sent with registered/tracked shipping. The UK and elsewhere will be shipped regular standard/economy shipping. EU orders are shipped in bulk every 3-4 weeks and UK/elsewhere within 14 days (often earlier).
Includes unlimited streaming of No. via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 14 days£17 GBP or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumCD version of album in full-colour Digipak sleeve with folded 4pp 120x120mm insert. Comes with a digital download of the album.
PLEASE NOTE: All orders shipped within the EU will be sent with registered/tracked shipping. The UK and elsewhere will be shipped regular standard/economy shipping. EU orders are shipped in bulk every 3-4 weeks and UK/elsewhere within 14 days (often earlier).
Includes unlimited streaming of No. via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 7 days£12 GBP or more
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Linked Between Two Minds
05:03
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When the force starts to unwind you find you’re
Linked between two minds
A connection seemingly from nothing
Millions of emotions on a string
Moving along, stellar overdrive
And into that strangeness you take a dive
From chaos to cohesion you start to rain with the sound of trains
All these tired islands in the sun are all
Masses that bind together to become one
Adrift in a sea of a constant drone
Waiting for the next wave, hold the phone
Points still and idle start to come alive
Buzzing in uniform motion, a rhythm hive
What was not there starts to come alive
Hurling through with transcendent overdrive
When the force starts to unwind you find you’re
Linked between two minds
From chaos to cohesion you start to rain with the sound of trains
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Crashing Into Tomorrow
05:02
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Ideas moving forward, smashing the backward
Vague concepts of what it all moves towards
Changing lanes, dismantling window panes
Reconstructing with glaring growing pains
Expanding foundations
Constant growth of a nation
Reckless racer with a bulk eraser
What a discord has been sown
Is it any wonder? Hearing all that thunder
From behind the gleaming spires
Wild linking of all this thinking takes on a life of its own
A chain reaction gaining traction — The spinning of the wheels
Is it any wonder how you might feel?
The effects moving faster
Like a rock rolling into a card house
Crashing into tomorrow
Sequenced lights choreograph nights
Chaotic grids breaking lines, spilling outwards
The source of creation — a misinterpretation
By crossing circuits deep in the network
Spinning out alternative histories
With only an audience and a camera
Stripping out any meat on a message
Right down to the bone
The effects moving faster
Like a rock rolling into a card house
Crashing into tomorrow
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Nonsense has taken over and logic starts to crack
Putting yourself out all the time but nothing comes back
And within time that shade grows into a fatal tone
But you know it never takes long to say no
One hand over the other in a misguided pact
The ace of bad decisions in a counterattack
Don’t get overblown as the world groans into a microphone
But you know it never takes long to say no
There’s no affection when the the feeling is black
Sparring ‘bout an “eye for an eye” — mythomaniac!
If someone told you it was gonna be this way before
You’d probably just remain as far away as you can evermore
The monotone of repeating to you what’s been shown before
Those devils just want to reach you, eat you to the core
But you know it never takes long to say no
Those devils just want to reach you, eat you to the core
Nonsense!
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Shouldering
05:06
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Two hands that find each other in a phrase with infinite decay
Enduring peaks and valleys of whatever comes their way
Sometimes the calm of the water gets shaken
And it’s the intent you have to weigh
You take a chance with the advance
You make your way into the dance
Make your stance with the advance
Pressing play to feel the trance
When the crush starts in motion, universes collide
Into the unknown you follow, cinched in for the ride
Dedication takes you farther
Than you’ve ever been for better or worse
You take a chance with what feels right
The sentiments, they sure seem bright
Stepping out into the light
All is bleached in brutal white
The tension you feel close to
Becomes a haze deep inside the maze
Reflected in a gaze
A simple truth unfolds you
It’s vain when you’re shouldering the blame
In the lights of a coming train
How it feels to hold you
In this age of cold, distant restraint
It’s like rattling the cage
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When It Comes On Strong
04:34
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Time lapse reel — filing down of the tinder that sparks you
A hand will lift one thousand times for the price of the pay off
Taking to the phrase of good things come to those who wait
A long time — pounce — eyes locked
When it comes on strong
A mad rush like the first sign
Feel the hale crest arc down right onto your head
It takes the flick of the wrist to hack hard to push ahead
You could just call it a day on the ground but you’d rather be dead
A coin to throw into the well to keep on dreaming
It’s no use but mirrors friction to conceding
Searing the roots of moments so the colours don’t start to fade
Red — raw — seemingly war paint
When it comes on strong
Like a flash rain on a parade
That allegory comes hard right onto your head
Time lapse reel — frames moving forward
Celluloid starts to burn as the tension plays
A smokescreen in the fire is where you find your shade
When it comes on strong
That gripping jolt that tells right away
Feel that white crest crash over right down on your head
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Wishing You Were Wrong
04:27
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You’d never cross a light year ‘cos the distance is too long
In a body confined to logic with a mind that’s just too strong
That story seems wise yet doubt hides behind those eyes
Wishing you were wrong but who knows for how long
Two worlds of order in separate paths of growth
A modern-day Romeo will work hard to chain them both
Even though he tries it all could capsize
Wishing you were wrong but who knows for how long
Buckling to hold the line
Giving patience all the time
Waiting to sing a different song
Hoping to keep it strong
It’s passion in disguise — here to stop demise
Wishing you were wrong but who knows for how long
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Just A Vapour
04:39
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Rooms soaked blue, metal sheen - dart through halls of liquid
Gloved hands reveal cold eyes that are freshly minted
The body is known from somewhere but the name escapes her
And at that moment it dawns on her the face is just a vapour
Out of space and out of time
When you realise it’s all just a disguise — It’s just a vapour
It ain’t written in the skies — So what do you advise?
It’s just a vapour
Electricity rolls through the air, provides a plasma shelter
And that’s when things got a little bit weird — All was out of kilter
Neon hands save her from disarray as the lips reach out to kiss her
The danger withers and melts away but the face is just a vapour
Out of space and out of time…
When you realise it’s all just a disguise — It’s just a vapour
It ain’t written in the skies — But deep down there it lies
It’s just a vapour
It wants to take her downtown, out of town,
all around, past the walls of sound
She wants to go real far, sonar, past a star, where it’s all bizarre
She spies with her little eye — something that starts to fly
It’s just a vapour
It ain’t written in the skies — But it really wants to try
It’s just a vapour
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A Spade Is Played Again
04:41
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A spade — is — played — again
Rebuilding it again from a breakdown
Feeling the urge inside yourself to get down
When the clouds of doubt begin to circle ‘round
Throw your cards in the air in a rush of sound
And you don’t care where they fall
Watching out for the…
Distant hands following the protocol of constraint
It’s a cold game that you haven’t got the time for.
A spade — is — played — again
Stacking it again from scratch after a breakdown
You tell yourself that it’s time to skip this town
And if a crack appears in the walls around you
It’s a sign that soon enough you’ll break through
And no, you won’t have to crawl
Watching out for the…
Shuffling hands playing out tired tricks, going nowhere
It’s a cold game that you haven’t got the time for.
It’s a cold game… No longer need those limits anymore
Rebuilding it all again from a breakdown
Feeling the urge inside yourself that can’t drown
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Won't Fade Out
04:31
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Cold cars, dilettantes in distress and crowds in the avenue
Watch their heads spin right around as there’s too much to do
A line of loosened shades landing right on cue
Restive feelings hidden in paint that’s peeling
It’s a mass of colours that won’t fade out tonight
Shielding the eyes at the break of morning light
Wanderers of worlds keep a fix on the stars
The fact of the matter it just seems so far
A calling of the creatures that won’t fade out tonight
Yes, that’s exactly what you read — right here
A transition from white to black that you can see right through
Strange, strange characters waiting to turn the screw
It’s like holding your breath until your face turns blue
A subtle presage buried in a message
It’s a new rite that won’t fade out tonight
Running on momentum until the morning light
The mind in the heavens but the feet on the floor
A suitable solution when you can’t ask for more
There’s a spark in the air that won’t fade out tonight
Yes, that’s exactly what you see – right here
One moment it’s there and then straight out of sight
One moment it’s there and then takes off in flight
One moment it’s there when the feeling is right
But it won’t fade out tonight
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about
PSSN10 / W.10.18 — SOFT RIOT "No."
No. is the tenth Soft Riot album by Glasgow-based Canadian synth artist Jack Duckworth (also known as JJD). With origins from the mid-nineties in the vibrant art-punk/hardcore dominating the West Coast American/Canadian underground at the time, he has clocked in over twenty five years of musical output in various bands and projects, including first-wave post-punk revivalists Radio Berlin (1998-2005) and industrial synth-punk collective A Luna Red (Gold Standard Labs, 1999-2003).
No. is the logical follow-up to When Push Comes To Shove, released in November 2019 on the Glasgow UK-based label Possession Records, which saw some critical acclaim in the increasingly diverse synthwave scene — a crystallization of the artist’s signature sound.
With No. things have been shaken up and pushed into new directions. Many different factors came into play, including the conditions of the pandemic lockdowns and an urge for listening to music favourites from beyond his own scene informed developments on this new record. One key feature of these tracks is that under these conditions they were developed as individual pieces — a constrasting approach from previous albums where tracks were written with an album in mind. An evaluation of all of these individual tracks in the summer of 2022 unveiled a common pattern going through these new compositions.
One can still hear any number of echoes of the spirits of original synth artists in his sound, such as Images in Vogue, The Box, Section 25, Thomas Dolby, Skinny Puppy, Chrome, Cabaret Voltaire, Fad Gadget, Japan and Bill Nelson. However, some of Jack’s halcyon punk influences surface as well, taking inspiration from legendary punk/hardcore labels such as Dischord and Gravity, as listening habits over pandemic steered back towards more guitar-based styles. The introduction of expanded production techniques, experiments with vocal styles and tones, and stylistic shifts mark a progression of Soft Riot’s sound. The result is a snarkier, urgent and more playful, with a focus on pure synthpop, new wave, art-punk, proto-EBM as well as grittier synth-punk and post-punk tones.
The first 40 copies of the vinyl LP version of the album sold through BandCamp will include a limited edition zine that accompanies the album.
No. is the tenth Soft Riot album by Glasgow-based Canadian synth artist Jack Duckworth (also known as JJD). With origins from the mid-nineties in the vibrant art-punk/hardcore dominating the West Coast American/Canadian underground at the time, he has clocked in over twenty five years of musical output in various bands and projects, including first-wave post-punk revivalists Radio Berlin (1998-2005) and industrial synth-punk collective A Luna Red (Gold Standard Labs, 1999-2003).
No. is the logical follow-up to When Push Comes To Shove, released in November 2019 on the Glasgow UK-based label Possession Records, which saw some critical acclaim in the increasingly diverse synthwave scene — a crystallization of the artist’s signature sound.
With No. things have been shaken up and pushed into new directions. Many different factors came into play, including the conditions of the pandemic lockdowns and an urge for listening to music favourites from beyond his own scene informed developments on this new record. One key feature of these tracks is that under these conditions they were developed as individual pieces — a constrasting approach from previous albums where tracks were written with an album in mind. An evaluation of all of these individual tracks in the summer of 2022 unveiled a common pattern going through these new compositions.
One can still hear any number of echoes of the spirits of original synth artists in his sound, such as Images in Vogue, The Box, Section 25, Thomas Dolby, Skinny Puppy, Chrome, Cabaret Voltaire, Fad Gadget, Japan and Bill Nelson. However, some of Jack’s halcyon punk influences surface as well, taking inspiration from legendary punk/hardcore labels such as Dischord and Gravity, as listening habits over pandemic steered back towards more guitar-based styles. The introduction of expanded production techniques, experiments with vocal styles and tones, and stylistic shifts mark a progression of Soft Riot’s sound. The result is a snarkier, urgent and more playful, with a focus on pure synthpop, new wave, art-punk, proto-EBM as well as grittier synth-punk and post-punk tones.
The first 40 copies of the vinyl LP version of the album sold through BandCamp will include a limited edition zine that accompanies the album.
credits
released August 11, 2023
Soft Riot is JJD : Voice, synthesizers, programming, effects and found sounds.
All tracks written and recorded in numerous sessions between September 2020 and August 2022 at Studio Carillon and mixed in October 2022 by JJD at Studio Carillon and Empire Studios in Glasgow, Scotland. Intro sample to “When It Comes On Strong” recorded in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in summer 2022.
Mastered by Josh Stevenson at Otic Mastering in winter 2022/2023.
Artwork and design by JJD as JJD Works.
All music written by JJD (Jack Duckworth) under Sanctum Reigns Publishing.
"No." is released on Possession Records (UK) in partnership with Wave Tension Records (NL).
Soft Riot is JJD : Voice, synthesizers, programming, effects and found sounds.
All tracks written and recorded in numerous sessions between September 2020 and August 2022 at Studio Carillon and mixed in October 2022 by JJD at Studio Carillon and Empire Studios in Glasgow, Scotland. Intro sample to “When It Comes On Strong” recorded in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow in summer 2022.
Mastered by Josh Stevenson at Otic Mastering in winter 2022/2023.
Artwork and design by JJD as JJD Works.
All music written by JJD (Jack Duckworth) under Sanctum Reigns Publishing.
"No." is released on Possession Records (UK) in partnership with Wave Tension Records (NL).
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