Bop - Clear Your Mind

* Hailing from Saint-Petersburg in Russia, rising star Bop has put together an
awesome long player which stretches way beyond his 19 years and seamlessly
fuses ambient drum & bass, IDM, deep techno, and minimal dubstep.
* In April this year, the beautiful Song About My Dog single provided the
heartwarming soundtrack as Bops pug Booyaka became the latest Russian
canine to successfully re-enter Earths atmosphere. The track went out to
over 30,000 people on the Hospital Podcast, lighting up the switchboard and
in turn receiving glowing reviews from the likes of DJ Mag, Resident
Advisor, Kmag and ATM. It also found favour with DJs such as Nerm (BBC Radio
1), Lynx, Marcus Intalex, Flight and Skream.
* Bop and his dog have returned from intergalactic space travel to cool you
down this summer with more ice-cold subtleties and Med School is proud to
present his debut album Clear Your Mind. Like a Russian cosmonaut
ascending through the stratosphere, you will capture a unique vantage point
as you look down on planet d&b... space suits at the ready, the effects of
weightlessness may
be experienced!
* Ataraxia, a firm favourite with the likes of D-Bridge, Instra:mental and
Doc Scott, greets the listener with crisp 808 beats, blips and bleeps all
underpinned by deep sub and warm soothing pads. Flip over the first plate
and switch your turntable to 33rpm for two mid-tempo excursions; title track
Clear Your Mind is a futuristic two-step beauty packed with cheeky organ
stabs and rolling bass, and a hit with Christian Martin of Claude Von
Strokes Dirtybird Records. Letting the needle run through to the second
track on side b, Rovor is a sparkling slice of four-to-the-floor minimal
techno, complete with innocent keys and vocal samples of Bop himself as a
young child epitomising the naive beauty of Bops music.
* Onto the second vinyl and we return to 45 rpm for two more super-chilled
delicacies at 170bpm. The uplifting Nothing Makes Any Sense features
finely filtered dubreggae upstrokes dissected by gritty bass. Last but not
least, the bit-crushed clicks and glitches on the intro of Chaosmos are a
precursor to the crescendo of epic pads and palette of drum sounds that
propels the track forward.
* Cast aside your drum & bass aspersions, Bop is an artist light-years ahead
of the game and hes determined to win the symphonic space race by
stretching the parameters of electronic music.

Tracklists:
Vinyl:
A. Ataraxia, B1. Clear Your Mind, B2. Rovor, C. Nothing Makes Any Sense,
D. Chaosmos
CD:
01. Tears Of A Lonely Metaphysician, 02. Enjoy The Moment, 03. Ataraxia,
04. Forms, Ideas and Chips, 05. Lost In This World, 06. Clear Your Mind,
07. Nothing Makes Any Sense, 08. Zakoulki Soznaniya, 09. Random Thoughts,
10. I Found You, 11. Rovor, 12. Chaosmos, 13. Song About My Dog

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