Description:	Ltd purple vinyl 7" on Geographic North
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Experimental Indie
	Label:	Geographic North
	Price:	£6.99
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

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...according to our Business Lady on 11 March 2010.

Geographic North have picked a sure fire winner in Hisham Akira Bharoocha's Soft Circle. Formally a member of Black Dice and now accompanied by Ben Singer of Signer, Bird Show, Town and Country, Bharoocha has creating some awesome music in his time. Soft Circle have taken the electronic tribalism of their PPM split with High Places and expanded on the theme with 'End of Summer' using hypnotic vocal chants and an onslaught of polyrhythmic drums to great effect. 'Climb High' gives of a crazed electro kraut rock vibe with it's mutant synth lines and wild vocal chants. Less focused than the a-side, it comes of sounding like an improv jam which ain't no bad thing.

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What their label says...

Soft Circle began as the solo project of Hisham Akira Bharoocha after leaving Black Dice.  His first record, “Full Bloom”, was released in 2007 on Eastern Developments and saw Bharoocha blending ambient, electronic loops with hypnotic, tribal rhythms to create a sound all his own.  In July 2009, he moved this work further with krautrock meets mutant-disco contributions to a split 12” with High Places.  Bharoocha has also since added Ben Singer (Signer, Bird Show, Town and Country) to the lineup and is working on a new album for No Age’s PPM label.  Between recording and working on art, Bharoocha has spent time organizing and performing in compositions/installations with Boredoms which have included 77 BOADRUM, 88 BOADRUM, and BOADRUM 9.

For Soft Circle’s Geographic North release, Bharoocha draws you in with “Endless Summer”, which begins as a séance with minimal tribal drums, reverbed chants, and looped melody.  The song soon snowballs with the addition of polyrhythmic percussion, reversed guitars, delayed melodies, and dynamic drumming which propel the initially hypnotic and haunting chants into krautrock territory.   Side South’s “Climb High” starts you off in kraut territory with a synth loop that becomes the canvas for Barhoocha’s distant vocals and percussive explosions.