Bracken

Recent Anticon signing Bracken's frontman Chris Adams is better known for his exploits along with brother Richard as co-founder of Leeds ramshackle folk cum post rock outfit Hood. This new incarnation sees him venturing into more electronic terrain, combining a complex mix of future pop, analogue tape trickery, avant drone, loose dub flourishes, hip hop pacing and clattering drums. The project which was first conceived as the result of a desire to make a "one-off piece of music with the brief that it had to sound exactly like a pop band being frozen solid and then shattered into a million pieces" soon swelled into a new band in its own right and a first release, 'We Know About The Need'. It is little wonder that Bracken's brand of glitchy hip hop with dubstep undertones has found its way onto the Anticon catalogue; the path was paved back in the Hood days with collaborations with label-faves Odd Nosdam, Why? and Dose One on their 2001 release "Cold House". For those diehard fans amongst you there is a little known-about second release you can try and get your hands on; "Eno about the Need". This double-vinyl LP, a collection of experiments, found sounds and occasional songs, was pressed in an edition of just one and is being sent around those who contact the band through their Myspace.

Links
www.myspace.com/brackenmusic

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