{"product_id":"count087","title":"David August - J.B.Y. \/ Ouvert","description":"\u003cp\u003eHalf way through \u003cstrong\u003e\"J.B.Y.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - the lead track from \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eDavid August’s\u003c\/a\u003e new release - the spiralling arpeggios, treated vocal refrain and tumbling syncopation fall away, breaking down to a swirl of freeform ambience and splintered piano, as the sounds take shape the vocal returns coupled by drums - the ear anticipates \"the drop\". But this isn’t house music, this isn’t the clubs, this isn’t the places \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eAugust\u003c\/a\u003e has been hitherto. \u003cstrong\u003e\"J.B.Y.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e resolves not with an explosive “moment” but with delicately beautiful Erased Tapes-esque piano introspection and the evocation of tape-hiss drenched ambience. \r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough this subtle act of the sort of sonic defiance noticeably absent in an increasingly conservative and by-the-rules electronic music scene, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eAugust\u003c\/a\u003e not only marks his debut on Counter Records (the Ninja Tune imprint) but signals another new chapter in a musical journey that, at just 25 years, has continually refused to conform. Born in Hamburg,\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eDavid\u003c\/a\u003e now lives in Europe’s capital city of forward-thinking dance music Berlin. He has released music on labels spanning underground hothouse Innervisions and Diynamic; remixed the likes of Max Cooper and The Acid; won 4th place in Resident Advisor’s best live acts of 2014 and 2015; embarked on a PHD in sound design; worked on politically charged music with Greek harpist and singer Sissi Rada; and performed a Boiler Room live set that has been watched by over 2.5 million people.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcelling in the live realm, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eDavid\u003c\/a\u003e played a string of live band shows in 2015 including sold out dates at Amsterdam’s Melkweg and a stripped-back performance at Hamburg’s Planetarium. \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eAugust\u003c\/a\u003e also recently performed with the 50-piece Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for 3 consecutive sold out nights. It is clear he is part of a vanguard of artists expanding the ambition of electronic music. Experimenting with form, and writing songs with real emotive depth, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eAugust\u003c\/a\u003e’s music has something in common with fellow innovators Nils Frahm, Caribou and Jon Hopkins. \r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ouvert\"\u003c\/strong\u003e takes its name from a variation of the complex German card game Skat. A song built in the formal movements \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eAugust\u003c\/a\u003e loves, it touches on R\u0026amp;B, before things take a darker, elemental turn midway through. The unification of these aspects for the song’s soaring finale neatly epitomises \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.counterrecords.com\/artist\/david-august\"\u003eAugust\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e’s deft skill for weaving dancefloor euphoria with headphones intimacy in a way that challenges, rewards and obstinately subverts the rules of the game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninjatune","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":44934207144095,"sku":"COUNT087","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/products\/j-b-y-ouvert-main.jpg?v=1736246605","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/count087","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}