Add to playlist: the nervy breakbeats and acid delirium of Silverwingkiller and the week’s best new tracks

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According to The Guardian’s linked report, Add to playlist: the nervy breakbeats and acid delirium of Silverwingkiller and the week’s best new tracks, The industrial dance duo make music for this summer’s heatwave: filled with dread and jangling with pent-up energy From Manchester, via Peterborough and Shanghai Recommended if you like Crystal Castles, Mandy, Indiana , acid house Up next Festival dates including East London Block Party, Brighton Psych Fest and End of the Road Salford’s Silverwingkiller sound how this summer’s heatwave feels: delirious, dread-filled and jangling with pent-up energy. Named after the Chinese title for Blade Runner, they build pummelling industrial dance music from nervy breakbeats, the acid sounds of the Roland TB-303 synthesiser and the shared sense of creative freedom that James Baca and Yushang Ni discovered on moving to Greater Manchester, from Peterborough and Shanghai respectively. Continue reading…

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