Lush instrumental ‘Life Wants To Live’, Kerrier Collective’s first single on the Colour and Pitch garnered play on BBC 6 Music, NTS and Jazz FM here in the UK, so we’re delighted to have them back on the label, this time with added vocals.
Slo-mo Deep House cut ‘Rotten Fingers’ was originally released by wolf peaches and producer Robin Grey as a downtempo song (it’s well worth seeking out). As Ben Tidy puts it: “A real Sunday morning jam with great production from Robin.” After a chance meeting with Robin, Kerrier Collective got to work on the song bringing in regular collaborator Polly Meyrick on horns. “We wanted to make the Saturday night version of this Sunday morning Jam, so sped it up to a slow house tempo and got groovin’ with the drums. We were listening to a lot of Omar S’s slow crunky techno with 909 basslines and Nils Frahm’s subtle drops, and it seems we have paid homage to both of them in this track. This last section is really where Kerrier Collective and wolf peaches merge into one with Alfie’s strings, Polly’s horns and Ben’s synths sitting atop the vocals and chords. This was a real joy to work on. I hope you can feel how much we got into the track.”
Second track ‘Fake Silence’ takes a more delicate and minimal path, with lo-fi drums, heavy sub bass and ice-cold piano chords giving way to dizzying vocals and entrancing plucked violin and concertina flourishes. “When we received the vocals back from wolf peaches for what would become ‘Fake Silence,’ there were three long takes of ideas” says Ben. “So many good ideas, and lots of them. We treated the takes like you would sample material, taking a bit from here and a bit from there, editing together a new chorus and some ideas for a verse. Little did I know that I was whittling together a chorus subconsciously which was describing exactly what was going on in one of my relationships at the time.” “The yearning for authentic expression and mindful presence in wolf peaches’ vocals are themes which resonate strongly with all three of us” says Alfie. “So here we are, exploring the shortfall between language and emotions, as we probably all will, if we stop and listen.”
About Kerrier Collective:
Drawing Jazz, Afrobeat and Deep House sensibilities into their warm, subtle and carefully considered compositions, Kerrier Collective (Ben Tidy and Alfie Gidley) have been releasing music since early 2021. The duo adroitly blend Ben's experience as part of London house production team Souled and staffer at UK dance music institution Black Market Records, with Alfie's formidable talent as a multi-instrumentalist, built through more than 15 years performing as a live artist.
About wolf peaches:
wolf peaches is the solo project of Hazel Thompson, Sheffield based songwriter, harmony fanatic and multi-instrumentalist. They were awarded Youth Music's Next Gen fund for the debut EP Dwelling, wolf peaches sets evocative melodies within a swoony harmonic landscape; fusing pop and folk sounds with a glint of soul. Raw emotion resonates through an earthy and effortless vocal, woven with finger- plucked guitar, piano melodies and an undercurrent of electronic pop groove. Each track of this eclectic and playful collection draws the listener into its own world, with introspective lyrics threading aspects of the neurodiverse experience through dreamy imagined landscapes, and stylistic twists evoking artists from Aldous Harding to Fleetwood Mac. Dwelling is a series of different homes created in the alchemy of co-production between Robin Grey and Hazel. Since the EP Hazel has been busy with radical folk duo Lucy & Hazel, and part of the Emergence Collective's latest release 'Chapel'.
Release Date: March 28th 2025
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