Mock & Toof unveil Tuning Echoes

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  • The DFA-affiliated duo will release their debut album via Tiny Sticks in May.
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  • Mock & Toof have revealed details of their forthcoming full-length, which goes by the name of Tuning Echoes. Comprised of Duncan Stump (Mock) and Nick Woolfson (Toof), the English production outfit have steadily built up a reputation for quirky and melodic disco-fueled house productions, being picked up by both DFA and Mule Musiq for 12-inch singles. However, Stump has been managing his own Tiny Sticks imprint since 2005, releasing tracks and remixes from the likes of Michoacan, Shit Robot, Escort and Telespazio, and it's through his own label that Tuning Echoes will be issued. While fans may associate them with the electronic disco scene that has become popular during the last decade, Stump is eager to distance themselves from being pigeonholed into the genre. "We've never been about 'nu-disco', whatever that means anyway," he explains. "Anyone who knows our music will know that we're a bit all over the place as producers. If we like an idea we run with it, and we're much more comfortable being eclectic and not pigeonholed. Hopefully the album will help us in our quest for non-categorisation!" The album may certainly be a shock to those expecting a full-length of instrumental club tracks, as Tuning Echoes is a largely vocal affair, with previous collaborator Gavin Gordon and Munich-based singer-songwriter Pollyester providing the record's respective male and female voices. The murky, low-slung disco-pop of DFA single "Underwater" is the only previously released track, with the rest of the record encompassing bleepy boogie ("Day Ken Died," "Shoeshine Boogie"), twinkling electro-pop ("From Kashima"), vocoder-aided disco-punk ("The Key") and even some slo-mo beatless arpeggiation ("P2160"). Tracklist 01. Farewell to Wendo 02. Move Along 03. Day Ken Died 04. From Kashima 05. Shoeshine Boogie 06. The Key 07. Underwater 08. Mr Frown 09. Norman's Eyes 10. Suppress Your Feelings 11. Lovehearts 12. P2160 13. Take Me Home Tiny Sticks will release Tuning Echoes on May 24th, 2010.
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