Bench Manoeuvres By Velum Break

Released 27.4.2019

Label - Touched Music

"Spring has arrived, bringing with it the end of winter and all that is cold. It may be Easter, but it certainly feels a bit like Halloween at Touched Music with a new release from Velum Break - positively evil vibes packaged in a happy & fast-paced album.

I first met Velum Break at a London Plaid gig in 2018 and I'm glad I did. Clearly enthusiastic about his noise and well-influenced, a year later we're happy to showcase 'Bench Manoeuvres' on Touched Music and we very much hope he stays.

'Lamellae Tear' is a great introduction track, getting straight into things with no sign of mucking around. Along with 'Vanilla Mint' these two first tracks really outline the talent and enthusiasm of the creator and sets up everything that is yet to come.

The weirdness continues with 'Poubelles', little earworms that evolve in a hectic fashion into a full-on assault that has its root in breakcore but has managed to land very comfortably somewhere else.

Fans of the Tuss, Steinvord, Squarepusher et. all will be incredibly-satisfied the whole way through, with Velum Break carving out a very clear path for himself in an often-crowded scene.

Further fun presents itself with 'The Booth', it's bouncy yet stable and leads into the fantastic sound design of 'SIRFS' very well; FM noise abound, crisp beats and fantastic call & response all contribute to one of my favourite tracks.

It's clear that Velum Break isn't afraid of complex structures and wildly contrasting sound & phrases, and that makes us very lucky indeed as this makes the whole collection quite fresh and funky, despite its dark edge in places.

A fantastic closer in 'Signals' displays hints of Wagon Christ with slightly lo-fi vocal samples - a strong ending to a powerful collection of tracks.

'Bench Manoeuvres' will be available as both a digital download and in a digipak Compact Disc with artwork by Grid Pattern, once again making things pretty for everyone with their fantastic design.

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Alex Shum

velum break is a genious

Is it intentionally not up for order on any website for some reason? Not on Velum's or Touched bandcamp =/

Release date is today innit?

OUT now - https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/bench-manoeuvres

thx mr!

All over this.

Bought - this is my intro to Velum Break, from the single/video posted by Norv a couple days ago I'm in for a treat. 

Will be listening to new Bendish and this tonight. 

This is very very good. He is clearly carving a niche in a very crowded braindance scene.

dope! 

yeah next level stuff, really happy to release music this good

Mindbendingmusic

Wow it’s somehow even better than Caprolactam lp

oh man the video is tremendous! love the track too

  On 4/27/2019 at 1:30 PM, Gammy Bits said:

Wow it’s somehow even better than Caprolactam lp

Agreed. While I liked Capro, this one is miles better.

“Staro” is my cut at the moment.

  On 4/27/2019 at 3:00 PM, Extralife said:

“Staro” is my cut at the moment.

"Talking in Motion" for me, but the whole album frigging slams.

yeah its a work of Art!! if it was Aphex it be sold out already

Still Some Velum Break CD's Left, Its going to be in the Top Albums of the year, I'm sure of it... Get your copy now or be on discogs in a few months paying way more :)

https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/bench-manoeuvres

thanks all :)

the whole album is nice

  On 5/1/2019 at 7:02 PM, Belumvreak said:

thanks all

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Can I ask how long you have been producing for? I was very impressed with the production on both of your albums having picked up Caprolactam immediately after hearing Bench Manoeuvres lol. Both very good.

  On 5/3/2019 at 12:14 AM, StephenG said:

Can I ask how long you have been producing for? I was very impressed with the production on both of your albums having picked up Caprolactam immediately after hearing Bench Manoeuvres lol. Both very good.

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About 5 years give or take  

  On 5/3/2019 at 12:14 AM, StephenG said:

I was very impressed with the production on both of your albums having picked up Caprolactam immediately after hearing Bench Manoeuvres lol. Both very good.

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  On 5/6/2019 at 1:44 PM, Belumvreak said:

About 5 years give or take  

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Incredible!

Loving this album - got it on repeat in the car on CD!

Standout track that I'm addicted to is the opening - Lamellae Tear - lazy funk, brutal funk - all in one!

There are an extra 4 bars injected in around 2 mins 7 seconds with a mini break down/swoosh that give me pure joy!

Great work Belumvreak