Bristol-based electronic artist and producer Henry Green releases his debut album, “Shift” on 30th March via Akira Records. So far Green has two cult adored EPs, over 18m Spotify streams and shows with London Grammar and Nick Mulvey to his name. “Shift” is the next step for the rising producer – the album was recorded in both Bristol and Berlin and was co-produced by Nico Rebscher and mixed by Jack Shuter. There is a notable difference of sound as Green pushes his musical boundaries – drifting further away from the guitar that formed the epicentre of his early songs and leaning towards heavier, icy synths.
"I’ve become obsessed with the idea of creating atmosphere. As I learnt more about production,” he explains, “I found it easier to translate my ideas and find new ways to create the sounds that would reflect my lyrical style.” The main theme of the album for Green is movement. He explains “We’re constantly moving in some manner, at some pace… whether it’s physically or emotionally. This year was all about progression and change for me, so I found myself constantly gravitating towards that idea of movement in my lyrics. ‘Shift’ was a word that just kept reappearing when writing the tracks, whether I was describing the structures of the tracks, the instrumentation/arrangement and obviously, the lyrics. I wanted to exhibit a feeling of constant movement in the album and that idea that every element is constantly shifting but at a variety of paces.”
Among his inspirations are Jon Hopkins and Erased Tapes favourites Olafur Arnalds and German Producer Nils Frahm. It’s a different artist he’s most associated with, though – Norwegian production megastar Kygo, who in 2013 remixed Green’s cover of MGMT hit ‘Electric Feel’ to the tune of 10m SoundCloud streams. The simply titled I (..for introduction, perhaps?) portrays a sense of floating underwater, of total stillness and serenity – its purpose is to enable the listener to “re-set” with a small charge of calm before the album truly begins.
| A1 | I |
| A2 | AIIR |
| A3 | ANOTHER LIGHT |
| A4 | STAY HERE |
| B1 | WITHOUT YOU |
| B2 | CONTRA |
| B3 | DIVERSION |
| B4 | SOMETHING |
