Perfect Location Records in partnership with the one and only Ear Candy Music is proud to
announce 00-04, a compilation of early works by Bevan Smith aka Signer, New Zealand’s
most prominent name in ambient electronica and dub techno.
Smith has been producing emotive chords, pop ambience, and thick dub-ospheres since
before the turn of the century. His output is prolific, ranging from various solo monikers
(Aspen, Introverted Dancefloor) and collaborations (Skallander, Feeling Flying) to unique
projects (Touching the Void soundtrack, Isolated Dreams’ 24 EPs and counting). A rare artist
with indie crossover appeal thanks to the 2004 Signer album The New Face of Smiling
released on Carpark Records (Toro Y Moi, Beach House, Dan Deacon, Montag), Smith has
played as a member of bands such as The Ruby Suns (Sub Pop), Over the Atlantic
(Involve), and Glass Vaults (JUKBOXR).
Encompassing field recordings and evoking a cloudy coastal sky, 00-04 is a collection of
mostly unheard material written in the early 2000s as Smith navigated the chaos and stress
of living in London just after 9/11. A portion of this release may be recognisable to those
familiar with the Involve catalog––“Drone Early,” for example, is an alternative version to the
dub giant “1201A”––and to those acquainted with Signer’s 2002 Low Light Dreams
(Carpark/Involve), an iconic album composed of processed guitar, dub-influenced bass, and
synth drones; as if that doesn’t sound appealing enough, Low Light Dreams is home to
“Building Memories Without You,” an unforgettably engulfing track featured on Fact
Magazine’s 25 Best Dub Techno Tracks of All Time.
00-04 is a (re)issue both nostalgic and new, familiar yet unknown, fresh out of the archive. It
possesses the Low Light Dreams aural palette while offering a carefully curated array of
never before heard icy-cold moods, soothing minimalism, and shyly optimistic melodies, all
glazed with recently finalized additions.NEW IDEAD
FOREST LOST
CUP
1201B
JUNO J2
THIS IS WHAT YOU CALLED WEIGHT
ORCH 4B
ORCH 2
N15 SUNSET
F GRUV
WAREHOUSE FIBE
DRONE EARLY
SWEET AMB VERSION
1201C AMB VERSION
