George Demure - Ear Candy Dandy [Cassette]

Hobbes Music

£11.68

CAT NO.: HM025
FORMAT: Cassette
RELEASE DATE: 09 Feb 2024
TERRITORY: Worldwide
BARCODE: 198391045196
GENRE: Balearic / Downtempo

TRACK LISTING
A1. Hello, Mr George
A2. Circles
A3. A Night In
A4. Dub In Your Bubble
A5. Melodica Joe
A6. Meadows
A7. Late Again (ft. Stevie 'Chicago' Christie)
A8. Wishful Thinking
A9. Blah De Blah
A10. Here's What (ft. David Rosenthal)
B1. After
B2. Circling Beats
B3. Mr Minilogue
B4. Dub In Your Bubble (Instrumental)
B5. Just A Minute
B6. Blah De Blah (Instrumental)
B7. Late Again Beats
B8. Blue Lou

Currently celebrating ten years of releasing music on vinyl & cassette and following hype for recent releases from Moscow (via Tallinn)’s Galun (glagol album) and Osaka's Kiji Suedo (Hosek EP & Riot album), Edinburgh's Hobbes Music label continues to mine a leftfield seam with this brand new album from singer/songwriter George Demure (Tirk, Output) aka DJ/producer George T (Greco Roman, Optimo), better known as George Thomson to his mum. And it’s another absolute peach if you have a taste for post-club sounds of a more leftfield persuasion.

This is the follow-up to his 'The Record Store' EP which came out via George's own All Noise imprint in 2021. He has also released the Roll On, King's Cross single via Hobbes Music under his George T moniker last November (plus various bits for the Paradise Palms and Ramrock labels in the interim).

“It all began with the Record Store EP in 2021,” explains George. “Limit my options. No samples, one drum machine, two analog synths (mono and poly), computer simply to record. I was so happy with the results I began with what you hear today. Same drums, same machines (or lack thereof) maybe some real percussion and melodica but hey, I only answer to me.”

Imagine, if you will, Scott Walker jamming with Kruder & Dorfmeister in a very small studio…

Bonus Album ‘Dandy In Dub’ features dubs, instrumentals and bonus tracks, with yet more regular flashes of pure brilliance. Be sure to check out opener 'After' and closer 'Blue Lou', which sound like George might well have sound-tracked some French 80s flick of the 'cinema du look' period (Betty Blue, Diva et al) in another life. Plus ‘Mr Minilogue’ with its clarinet-like synth.... Does it really get any better than this?!!

Sleeve art by the amazingly talented Bernie Reid, another local legend.

Feedback/Reviews to date:

'He's so talented!' JD TWITCH (Optimo)
'Love the LP. Sounds really together, production is awesome. I love the aesthetic. Vocal tracks sit nicely with instrumentals. Vocals sound light-hearted' THE MAGHREBAN
"On a bobbled and float-y, light sunbeam dappled vapor of deep house, garage, electro, kosmische, leftfield pop electronica, dub and new wave (both the German and UK’s), the Edinburgh DJ/producer and singer-songwriter George Thomson continues the good work he laid down on the last EP... It’s a most lovely, swimmingly blend of motivations, feels and deep grooves that effortlessly comes together in a generous offering of electronic music: the very epitome of the Hobbes label’s remit in delivering leftfield unique visions of now techno, house and club sounds." MONOLITH COCKTAIL
‘I love the album’ LEO MAS
‘Lovely stuff’ S/A/M (Music For Dreams/DK, Cafe Del Mar, Pikes, Playasol Radio and many more, Ibiza)
Plus play/s from Andy Wilson on ‘Balearia’ Ibiza Sonica Radio
+ DJ Dribbler (Pikes, Ibiza // Paradise Lost, Red Light Radio, Pure)

Previously:

PRAISE FOR GEORGE DEMURE. ‘THE RECORD STORE’ EP (OCT, ‘21)

Featured on THE RANSOM NOTE
'4/5 Love this EP’ JUSTIN ROBERTON
'5/5' DAX J
'5/5' MARCEL DETTMAN (Ostgut Ton/Bergheim, Germany)
'4/5' CLAUDE VON STROKE (Dirtybird, US)
'4/5 Thank you for this!' DJ T/Thomas Koch (Get Physical, Germany)
‘This is awesome!’ JOE GODDARD (Hot Chip)
'3/5 Downloading, thanks!’ EROL ALKAN
'5/5 Nice!' ERIC DUNCAN (Rub N Tug, DFA, NY/US)
'5/5' MATTIAS HELLWIG (Kaleidoskop, Radio Eins, Germany)
‘Cut the rug is a timeless classic’ DANIEL TROBURG (Dublab, SF/US)
'4/5 Fresh jams’ ALEX RUDER (KEXP, Seattle, US)
‘Stunning set of mixes, very good indeed’ NICK WARREN
'5/5 The Instrumental Reprise is top for me' TAKAAKI ITOH (Japan)
'5/5 We'll add it to our rotation' ALEJANDRE COHEN (Dublab, US)
‘Top package!’ VIDMANTAS CEPKAUSAS (V, Le Temps Perdu | kiosk radio, Opium Club, Lithuania)
‘Really lovely release!!!’ CARLOS VALDES (Pbar/ is burning, Holland)
‘Top quality music!’ GABRIEL IZARRAZ (Tenampa Recordings, Protonradio, Mexico)
‘Great release’ SEBASTIAN SCHLACHTER (La Boum De Luxe, FM4, Vienna)
'4/5 Nice release!' ANDREA ZANOT (DJ Hendrix, Slam Jam, Italy)
‘Lovely EP’ FELIPE ES (Medellin Style, Colombia)
‘Quite unique’ CHRISTIAN PRONOVOST (Lost Heroes Arts & Media, Canada)
‘Brilliant release. Nice to see George Demure back’ LEHRI AHEL (Mutant Disco Radio, Croatia)
‘Great sound and dope tunes’ TUOMAS SALMELA (Phonogenic / That Guy Tuomas, Phonogenic Audio, Finland)

PRAISE FOR GEORGE T - ROLL ON KING’S CROSS (SINGLE, NOV ‘22)

"A piece of atmospheric brilliance." ARTIST OF THE WEEK - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
"Some dynamite digi-dub. Sparse, and dark, the rhythm – somewhere between bogle and samba – accompanies a prose poem. Both versions have been on loop at Ban Ban Ton Ton`s mountain HQ." BAN BAN TON TON (Sept '22)
DON LETTS played it (BBC 6Music, Sun 6.11.22)
TOM RAVENSCROFT played 'Dub On, King's Cross' (BBC 6Music, Fri 14.10.22)
'I LOVE THIS. Will play on next NTS show' IVAN SMAGGHE
'Great stuff! Melodica heaven!' JD TWITCH (Optimo)
'I'm into it' THE MAGHREBAN
'Good work, I will chart it' VINCENT INC (Manuscript Records, Ukraine)
'Yes. WAVs would be great. :)' HARRI (Sub Club)
'Yes. Pls send me WAvs or AIfs?' MARK FARINA
'It's hot!! Big up woah' JONNY ROCK