Published
Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 04:00
- Ninja Tune will drop Sleep Of Reason in August.
Raffertie will release his first full-length, Sleep Of Reason, on August 6th.
Benjamin Stefanski first made a splash with his exaggerated dubstep singles on Planet Mu and Seclusiasis. In 2010, he launched his own imprint Super before signing to Ninja Tune a year later and dropping two EPs of fidgety house and bass music. Earlier this year he released the Build Me Up EP, incorporating his own vocals and songwriting for a record that RA's James Lawrence described as "electronic avant-soul."
Sleep Of Reason, continuing his relationship with Ninja Tune, explores this direction further and features three tracks from that last EP—"Build Me Up," "Trust" and "Known" ("One Track Mind" also appeared on his 2012 EP Mass Appeal). Apparently influenced by Stefanski's childhood growing up in an aging English coastal town, he says that "parts of this album are about letting go of the worry of when something might happen, and instead embracing now." The album also features a guest appearance from UK vocalist YADi.
Tracklist
01. Undertow
02. Rain
03. Build Me Up
04. Gagging Order
05. Touching
06. One Track Mind
07. Last Train Home
08. Trust (feat. YADi)
09. Principle Action
10. Known
11. Window Out
12. Black Rainbow
13. Back Of The Line
Ninja Tune will release Sleep Of Reason on August 6th, 2013.