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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
A New Online Portfolio: jjdinfo.com
A new website has gone up at jjdinfo.com, a portfolio for graphic design, art and video production by yours truly, which includes a lot of the video and graphic design work for Soft Riot.
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
The Greeks Had A Word For Them
Also known as Three Broadway Girls, this number is a fun gem from the Pre-Code era of Hollywood Films that came near the end of Prohibition in the US and around the start of the “talkies”, showing a window to an era of free spirited film-making. It’s the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun of the classic Hollywood era.
Videos
Who Knows Where You'll Be
Official Video
Year: 2020
From the album Chin Up.
All, music lyrics, incidental music and sound effects by Soft Riot. Filming, processing and editing by JJD in March-April 2020 with some assistance from MM Lyle.
Mixes
Winter Waves & Cryptic Caves IV : Soundtracks Of The Mind
This is the final of three new instalments of the series of mixes done over the winter entitled “Winter Waves & Cryptic Caves”; this one being the most dynamic of the set, having more of a focus on favourite pieces from film soundtracks.
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.