No Regular Play

Fall Up to the Sky Feat. Maya Hatch No Regular Play

Guy Gerber’s Supplement Facts imprint continues to drop the bombs, this time courtesy of Brooklyn-based duo No Regular Play, with their searing package . Fall Up To The Sky’ featuring the molten vocals of Maya Hatch and a blinding remix from Life and Death. The EP came about after label head Guy Gerber heard a recording of an NRP live set at an after party and was struck by one particular synth line, so much so that he contacted the pair shortly after to discuss a release. A prevailing musical connection on both sides made Supplement Facts the natural destination for . Lookin’ - a track four years in the making. Having been a staple of the NRP live set through multiple reincarnations, the final version (built around the original synth line) was made especially for Supplement Facts and now features the vocals of Nick’s cousin, Maya Hatch, who delivers the perfect female response to Greg’s original musings. In . Fall Up To The Sky’, Maya’s luscious voice infiltrates deep alongside warm gliding synth pads and the techy drive of the kicks craft a tight swinging groove. . Lookin’ carries the trademark NRP lilt that’s laidback and bumping in equal measure. Idiosyncratic purrs, human and discoid, dapple the kicking groove and Greg’s sultry sleaze is the perfect playmate for the moody, strutting bassline. When the oscillating synth finally impacts it’s a streak of rave gold in the track’s armour. Life and Death turn in a stunning rework of . Lookin’ in which Greg’s vocal is toned down to a melancholy murmur and the emotive chords sweep over the bouncing bassline and crisp percussive beats. Shrouded in mystery and the subject of much acclaim in electronic music circles, the band and label Life and Death is the creative project that keeps on giving, responsible for some of 2011’s most innovative music. Greg Paulus and Nick DeBryn met in Minnesota aged 8 and have been bonded by a mutual study and appreciation for a wide spectrum of sounds ever since. Inaugurated at the legendary Ma