NEWS
THE HOLY INTRUDER + A TERRIBLE SPLENDOUR

A new compilation is coming out soon on the label Aural Sects featuring a sizable roster of dark electronic artists doing their own interpretations of tracks from video games old and new. Soft Riot has done a version of “The Holy Intruder”, an incidental piece from the 1993 Super Nintendo/Squaresoft video game The Secret of Mana. More information on this release is to come later this month but in the meantime you can listen to the track via the Soft Riot SoundCloud here.


Filming and video editing skills have also been supplied to friends in the group A Terrible Splendour for their promo video for the track “Victimless Crime”, which can be viewed here:

That is all for now…

SOFT RIOT RE-WORKS BABE RAINBOW

With the recent release of the Another Drone In Your Head EP, there was inclusion of a remix by Warp Records artist Babe Rainbow (aka Cameron Reed) on the release. This stunning effort by Mr Reed was reciprocated by a Soft Riot makeover on the Babe Rainbow track “Set Loose” from his Endless Path EP (available here). This track, called “Soft Riot’s Manhunter Version”, is listenable below through the Soft Riot Soundcloud where you can also grab a complimentary download of it as well.

Babe Rainbow’s Set Loose (Soft Riot’s Manhunter Version) by Soft Riot

INTERVIEW: SOFT RIOT WITH YOUINDIE.COM

This interview is courtesy of Tim Anderl from Youindie.com.

You Indie Feature: Jack Duckworth of Soft Riot

Truth be told, Jack Duckworth has been a long time friend of YouIndie.  That said, he and his projects have also been a prolific source of music that has shaken me to the core for over a decade.  Formerly of A Luna Red, Primes, and Radio Berlin, Duckworth struck out on his own in 2011 with Soft Riot, a solo project producing darkened drones, dread-dripping soundscapes and throbbing electronic rhythms.  With No Longer Stranger, which he offered for free via the internet, Duckworth delivered inspired, albeit creepy, electronic music that still raises the hair on my arms.

On February 24, Soft Riot’s latest EP, Another Drone In Your Head, was released via Tundra Dubs.  Not only does it deliver more of Duckworth’s striking work, but it also features remixes by electronic music heavies Funerals, Chris Flatline, ?AIMON, Babe Rainbow and William Winslow-Hansen.  We recently caught up with Duckworth to discuss his influences, the origins of Soft Riot, the status of Savage Furs and more.  Here’s what he had to say…

LINK TO INTERVIEW

ANOTHER DRONE IN YOUR HEAD OUT NOW

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The new extended single/EP “Another Drone In Your Head” is now available through Tundra Dubs. It should be online through iTunes and other digital distributors in the near future. Check it out here: tundradub.bandcamp.com/album/another-drone-in-your-head.

 

“ANOTHER DRONE IN YOUR HEAD” OUT THIS WEEK

All of the remixes are now in and yes, the “Another Drone In Your Head” extended signal is out this Friday on Tundra Dubs. It can be previewed below or purchasable from Tundra‘s BandCamp website followed by iTunes in the coming weeks.


Another Drone In Your Head by softriot