catalogue

ICEBOY VIOLET & NUEEN

YOU SAID YOU'D HOLD MY HAND THROUGH THE FIRE (HYPERDUB)

ICEBOY VIOLET & NUEEN - YOU SAID YOU'D HOLD MY HAND THROUGH THE FIRE 163653
format:
1 LP
release:
14.06.2024
label:
HYPERDUB
genre:
Electro/Funk
item ID:
163653
barcode:
5056321681775
This collaboration between Spanish producer Nueen and Manc vocalist / rapper Iceboy Violet - who has previously sprinkled their magic dust across Hyperdub releases from aya and Loraine James - traces the arc of a four year relationship, memorialising its highs and documenting its lows, processing, reflecting, and then ending with the ecstatic spark of new love.

It's a magical, intimate and heartfelt album, sometimes anguished but often enchanting.

Nueen's music responds with foggy, but richly detailed, production. Smudgy drill-laced beats contrast with curdled, spiralling chords, at times drawing out a malevolent ambience.

`You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire' is an immensely affecting and lucid album, powerfully wrought, ultimately hopeful.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. HEARTBREAK OF A BROKEN STITCH (FT HARRIET MORLEY)
  • 1.2. SM_FID
  • 1.3. EVERYTHING ENDS WITH AN INHALE
  • 1.4. CEMENT SKIN A5. PIXEL PETALS
  • 1.5. SLAMMD (INTERLUDE)
  • 1.6. CLOSER
  • 1.7. TERRENCE'S TIME BOMB
  • 1.8. FRAGMENTARY (ERASER)
  • 1.9. INSIDE MY HEAD (INTERLUDE)
  • 1.10. STILL (FT DAWUNA)
  • 1.11. FAWNING (INTERLUDE)
  • 1.12. KISS ME AGAIN (6AM IN HELSINKI) (FT BENNETTISCOMING)