Douglas Dare - Omni '2024

Tracks list

British artist Douglas Dare releases his fourth album Omni. Seen by Douglas
himself as a bold rebirth and embrace of the electronic, Omni is all at once a
throbbing, avant-garde, queer, dark and cinematic record imbued with a love of
rave culture and sense of fearless storytelling that’s deeply evocative.

Lead track ‘Mouth To Mouth’ is a pulsing, synth-laden track that
begs to be played loud. ‘Mouth To Mouth’ sees a collaboration with
label mate Daniel Brandt who appears on production duties, with beats supplied
by Rival Consoles.

Since 2013, Douglas has blurred classical, chamber-pop, folk and avant-garde to
dazzling effect, with a startling voice that can stop you in your tracks.
It’s why he’s played with luminaries like Nils Frahm, Perfume
Genius and Ólafur Arnalds, and was selected by David Lynch and The
Cure’s Robert Smith for their respective cultural festivals in Manchester
(MIF) and London (Meltdown). But Douglas’s fourth album, Omni, is a fresh
awakening.

Encouraged by Erased Tapes founder Robert Raths, he decided to step away from
acoustic instruments, especially the piano he grew up playing, and swapped them
for synths and drum machines. His new music has much in common with Arca and the
late Sophie, two artists for whom self-expression meant liberation. “I got
to hang out in the studio with her,” says Douglas of the latter musician,
“the way she made music made a big impression on me.” And yet Omni
is steeped in the kind of deft storytelling, sweeping strings, elegant contrasts
and fairytale atmosphere that marks Douglas out as a crucial and singular voice.
It’s not often you hear a strutting electro banger that could have been
straight out of 90s Soho, with vocal loops inspired by US experimentalist
Meredith Monk. For Douglas, Omni is about reconciling all those different sides
of himself – the songwriter, the raver, the lover, the observer.
It’s a hugely queer record: seductive, sexy, lusty, untethered from the
genre binary. “It’s even got sailors on it!” laughs Douglas.
“You don’t get more queer than that."



Tracklist:
1.01 - Douglas Dare - Three Roads (4:03) 
1.02 - Douglas Dare - Mouth to Mouth (4:05) 
1.03 - Douglas Dare - Absentia (3:36) 
1.04 - Douglas Dare - Sailor (5:37) 
1.05 - Douglas Dare - Omni (2:03) 
1.06 - Douglas Dare - Teach Me (4:58) 
1.07 - Douglas Dare - No Island Is a Man (4:22) 
1.08 - Douglas Dare - Painter (3:06) 
1.09 - Douglas Dare - 8w9zeros (3:54) 
1.10 - Douglas Dare - The Stream (3:13)

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