ILLUM SPHERE RETURNS TO NINJA TUNE WITH “GLASS”
Ninja Tune
Ryan Hunn, also known as producer and DJ Illum Sphere, returns to Ninja Tune with his second full-length, βGlass’, on November 4th. βGlass’ is fittingly his most crystal-clear statement to date, stretching nine dynamic but focused tracks which are given room to shapeshift within a larger, living whole. Pervading the album is a sense of detachment, most prevalent on standout tracks ‘Fall Into Water’ and later on ‘Thousand Yard Stare’, the albumβs longest statement at almost nine minutes. βGlass’ follows 2014βs Ghosts of Then and Now as the producerβs second full-length effort, but sonically moves further in the direction hinted by his ‘Spectre Vex’ and ‘Second Sight’ 12βs and well-received mixes for fabriclive and Dekmantel. The reduction in output over this time a conscious decision to carefully signpost a change in direction. This same shift has also bled into his acclaimed DJ sets – that have previously won him fans in Thom Yorke and Ben UFO – leaving him poised now more than ever to delve into a new phase. βI wanted to make an album very different to the first,β says the producer, βone with a different palette, pace and energy.β A change in βsituation and style,β as he describes it, replaces the sharp turns and drastic shifts in altitude of his earlier efforts. βGlass’ is a record steeped in mechanical depth and a beating cohesiveness, reminiscent of contemporaries Helena Hauff and Kassem Mosse, and positioning the industryβs best kept secretβIllum Sphereβto have a breakout year all of his own. Catch Illum Sphereβs monthly NTS show on the β2′ stream. βGlass’ is released 4th November 2016 on Ninja Tune.
Illum Sphere
Glass
(Ninja Tune)
Release Date: November 4, 2016
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GlassΒ Track Listing
1 The Journey
2 Fall Into Water
3 Red Glass
4 Wounded
5 Oracle
6 Fuel The Fire
7 River
8 Thousand Yard Stare
9Paradise