Eraserhead, Beans, Om Unit – Violence on Love Love Records

Straight from the Love Love Records machine: “Violence” by Eraserhead, Beans, Om Unit, Enduser, Nadia Rose, Gore Tech, Brain Rays, Cadence Weapon, Amee Chanter. 13 cuts of warehouse-ready electronica. Gathering 9 artists from across the Electronica spectrum, Violence showcases Love Love Records‘s curatorial range.

Violence – Love Love Records Release Info

Violence – Official Music Video

Behind the Electronica : Release Notes

Longtime friend of the label Eraserhead returns after over a decade away from producing music due to his surreal MS Paint work as ‘Jim’ll Paint It’ becoming an unexpected cultural phenomenon. With his debut full-length, ‘Violence’, Eraserhead presents a truly eclectic electronic LP featuring collaborations with established producers such as Om Unit, Enduser, and Brain Rays, as well as the vocal talents of Nadia Rose, Beans (of Antipop Consortium), and Cadence Weapon. An album held together by theme and tone rather than style or tempo, ‘Violence’ is the culmination of a bitter wave of inspiration, initially conceived in the wake of a personal tragedy that quickly grew into a broader polemic about the state of the world. Originally linking up with Love Love in its breakcore netlabel infancy with his refined, breaks-heavy breakcore/gabba, Eraserhead’s flair for tight, intricate productions was evident in his finely tuned tracks of controlled chaos. This time around, his work is a darker, more expansive evolution of his sound, with the scale upsized and the stylistic scope massively broadened, remaining unfaithful to any single genre, but with firm nods to Breakcore, Grime, Drum & Bass, Techno, Rave, Dubstep, and Footwork, all chewed up with a hard industrial edge and cinematically framed by a backdrop of apocalyptic synths. Opening with the cold tech-noir of ‘Shining Brainless Beacon’ to set the tone, the album quickly locks in with the blistering spoken-word headrush of ‘Hurricane With Teeth’ alongside rapper Beans, before Om Unit lends his expertise on the sharp groove and clinical bass blasts of ‘Operation Hardtack’. The album shifts and morphs constantly throughout the runtime, moving from the raw and urgent acid techno of ‘Crowd Control’ to the crunching military march of the Gore Tech collaboration ‘No More Worlds’ and the tribal sci-fi footwork of the Brain Rays collaboration ‘Night Visions’. ‘Monolith’ provides a final burst of catharsis, channelling Underworld by way of Nine Inch Nails, complete with writhing screams from Amee Chanter of sludge-punk-noise-rock duo Human Leather, before the heart of the album is laid bare with the painfully bleak closing dirge of ‘Animal’. In its final moments, ‘Violence’ leaves the listener suspended between devastation and awe – an unflinching portrait of an uncaring world.

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13-Track Tracklist

1. Eraserhead – Shining Brainless Beacon Original Mix

   Electronica | 85 BPM | E Minor | 2:58

2. Eraserhead, Beans – Hurricane With Teeth Original Mix

   Electronica | 87 BPM | Ab Major | 3:12

3. Eraserhead, Om Unit – Operation Hardtack Original Mix

   140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime | 127 BPM | E Major | 3:37

4. Enduser, Eraserhead – D.A.R.E. Original Mix

   Drum & Bass | 87 BPM | G Major | 5:16

5. Eraserhead, Nadia Rose – Violence Original Mix

   140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime Grime | 144 BPM | Eb Minor | 2:02

6. Eraserhead – Crowd Control Original Mix

   Techno (Peak Time / Driving) | 134 BPM | Gb Minor | 4:37

7. Eraserhead – Blood Waves Original Mix

   140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime | 72 BPM | Gb Minor | 3:48

8. Eraserhead – Ghost Transmission Original Mix

   Electronica | 91 BPM | D Major | 2:09

9. Eraserhead, Gore Tech – No More Worlds Will Follow Original Mix

   140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime | 65 BPM | G Major | 4:43

10. Eraserhead, Brain Rays – Night Visions Original Mix

    Drum & Bass | Jungle | 85 BPM | F Minor | 6:03

11. Eraserhead, Cadence Weapon – Murakami Original Mix

    Electronica | 132 BPM | G Major | 4:58

12. Eraserhead, Amee Chanter – Monolith Original Mix

    Techno (Peak Time / Driving) | 69 BPM | G Minor | 5:58

13. Eraserhead – Animal Original Mix

    Electronica | 121 BPM | F Major | 5:08