Still Available
When Push Comes To Shove
LP, CD + Digital. Out NOW on Possession Records.
“Chin Up contains 11 tracks of what might be loosely described as “ambient synth pop” with a running time of almost an hour. It is in a way a mirror release to When Push Comes To Shove as both records share the same approach to composition, sound design and production techniques but with different results.”
News
Soft Riot remixes Hexadiode
Coming out in time for this year’s unique, socially-distanced Halloween is a new compilation album of remixes entitled Controlled Burn for Hexadiode, an electronic/industrial band from Dayton, Ohio. This new release features a remix by yours truly for the track “Brain in 3” as well as remixes by other artists including Skeleton Hands, 6th Circle and more.
Interviews
Interview: Soft Riot’s Jack Duckworth Keeps His Chin Up
“Jack Duckworth is a synth-driven journeyman who has delivered leftfield sounds across multiple projects over the past 25 years. For the past decade, he’s developed a sizeable, sinewave-forward solo catalogue as Soft Riot.”
Film Klub
World On A Wire
Also known by its original German title, Welt Am Draht, this film is the only science fiction film by prolific director Rainer Werner Fassbinder — a slow burning, visually rich interpretation of the namesake novel written by American novelist Daniel F. Galouye.
Videos
Laughter Takes Off The Edge
Official Video
Year: 2020
From the album Chin Up.
All, music lyrics, incidental music and sound effects by Soft Riot.
Visual effects, processing and editing by JJD in July 2020.
Mixes
Ready Mix Cement 003
After a bit of a break Readymix Cement is back with a third instalment; the first as we go into the autumn of 2020.
Soft Vault
Fiction Prediction at 7 Years
The second album Fiction Prediction was released on this day in the year 2013. Over the past year I’ve started writing these reflective summaries of past works on their release date anniversaries so here’s my thoughts on this record.