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'Plagued Streets Of Pity' EP + DALI Remix (HM011) [ELECTRO, IDM, EXPERIMENTAL]

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'Angsty tech for the forward-thinking DJ. Like the most bonkers party you've been to ever - and we want an invite... captivating release, pointing to a bright Exterior future. 8/10' MIXMAG 

DJ REACTIONS etc:
’This is great… (Original & DALI remix) thanks a lot’ LAURENT GARNIER
‘Thank you for sending! I actually kinda like Let Them Come To You best’ AVALON EMERSON
‘Good stuff!’ JD TWITCH (OPTIMO)
‘Great release’ NIGHTWAVE
‘PSOP is a banger. Hard funky. Fresh!’ HOSTAGE
'Sounds good! Keep up the great work :-)' MICK WILLS
‘Yeah this is aaaceee! I like all of them to be fair. I love the ambient choir vocals in the first track. And the kick is nice, something I’d play definitely. But then, I also like the (DALI’s) electro mix. I think I’d be playing both definitely! And the other two are very James Holden like. Very nice!’ IDA
‘Ooft, this is great. Ooft, that DALI mix too. I like all of this. Nice chuggy thing, then too gnarly fast things’ GILES WALKER
‘Best electronic live set i’ve seen in two years!’ CHRIS CUSACK (OUTBLINKER/BLOC GLASGOW, BOOKER)
'This is great, insanity, and I love it' MASH 
‘Wonderful stuff, heavy vibes, but bloody good…’ PHIL COOPER
'Really sick, especially Future Daze and the DALI mix. Really unique and distinctive sound!' WRISK (OVERGROUND, EDINBURGH)
'An early highlight of 2019, fusing lush IDM flavours with warped samples and breakbeats' (NULL/VOID, GLASGOW)

RADIO/PODCASTS etc:
Plagued Streets of Pity played by VIC GALLOWAY (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND, 19/11)
'Sufficiently impressed to play a track on my show' CHRIS MACADAMS (THE SEVENTH WAVE)
'DALI's Collapsing Star mix is the one for me. Always a sucker for an electro cut' JAMIE THOMSON (SATURDAY MANATEE PODCAST, GLASGOW)

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released January 25, 2019

EXTERIOR is the artist moniker of Edinburgh producer Doug MacDonald. Exterior represents his transition to electronic music and an embrace of the dancefloor. Doug played hardcore and noise-rock for a long time before eventually abandoning collaboration, nostalgia and formulaic rebellion in favour of synthesis. What he gained on the way was an understanding of the power of live drumming and years of finely honed performance-skills, something of an aberration in dance music.

Exterior thus represents a convergence of disparate personal and musical pleasures. Accordingly Exterior draws on rhythmic mavericks as divergent as Fugazi//Battles//Swans as well as DJ Spoko//Clark//Hieroglyphic Being. In addition, there is a deep undercurrent of melody and texture, drawing on the likes of Burial//Miles Davis//Bjork. Eschewing the modern home computer in favour of an exclusively hardware based approach, Exterior espouses a physical relationship to what is at heart an abstract practice, composing electronic dance music.

Perhaps it’s unsurprising, then, that one of the things which really sets Exterior apart is his intoxicating live show. He gets the crowd going every single time he performs, so infectious is his energy, as he throws shapes and struts his stuff behind the gear, clearly 100% in the moment and his element.

His debut EP 'Public Transport' was released on London/Barcelona-based Land Recordings earlier in 2018. Having played his debut headlining show in Berlin in September and wowed a midweek crowd (and especially the promoter, it seems - see comment above) at Glasgow live institution Bloc, more live performances are planned for the end of the year, including the one in Edinburgh to fete the new EP. See below.

This record represents a significant move forward in sophistication and club-readiness.

On remix duties, anonymous analogue techno lover DALI returns on the back of four slices of extended club gear released via two Hobbes Music 12"s (2017-18), boasting colour-themed, screen-printed sleeves and an uber-simple design for that evergreen minimal aesthetic with a hint of mystique. These gained excited support/plays from the likes of Ben UFO, Nina Kraviz, Daniel Avery, DJ Deep, Laurent Garnier, Avalon Emerson, Twitch, XDB, Bill Brewster, Bawrut, Tom Findlay (Groove Armada) and many more...

Clocking in (again) at just over 9 minutes, her 'Collapsing Star' remix is another marathon-length effort and does exactly what it says on the tin. Setting the beats to classic electro, everything's pushed hard until it all seems ready to fall rapidly apart (and it very nearly does), before dissolving in a fiery sizzle: a more visceral, dance floor accompaniment to Exterior's heady affair.

Artwork by Panos Baras:
“Obviously the main song is inspired by the Manics 'Yes' song and prostitution and as we know, prostitution is supposed to be the oldest profession in the world. Hence, I looked for the oldest written mention of it and behold! It was in Hammurabi's code, the oldest written legislation that survives today. I isolated the text that mentions that and tried to teach myself how to read it and write it (in cuneiform). The best part is that prostitutes back then were priestesses of Ishtar and they were respected and protected. Also, it is an indirect honorary mention to today's prostitutes who choose to do that by themselves. Their bodies, their choice.” Panos Baras (October ‘18)

Athenian talent Baras is also responsible for the alluring visuals which accompany the Exterior live show.

Panos's work for this sleeve was nominated in the 2019 AOI Awards: theaoi.com/awards

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