Watervliet EP, by James Hayford

Watervliet EP

by James Hayford

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1.	Papaya Pie feat. Yannis Parzialis & Joe Andrew 03:57	buy track
2.	Medium Monitor 04:46	buy track
3.	What You've Got (In the End) 04:10	buy track
4.	Thursday Piano 0429 05:40	buy track
5.	Aged Like Wine, Aged Like Milk 04:43	buy track
6.	Wide Hive feat. Sands 04:08	buy track

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In the Eastside of Dayton, Ohio - not far from where James Hayford lives, you'll find the perplexingly named Watervliet Avenue, and the theme to this new collection of six lush downbeat compositions.

Built from the foundations of James' sample based sound, as known through his Shoes series of edits - James went on to develop these tracks over the last two years with releases on Filtered Deluxe Recordings, this time including more influences of psychedelic music and shoegaze-like fuzz, as well as some new collaborators.

The EP opens with Papaya Pie and it's humid, reverb drenched samples that evoke morning dew dripping off leaves in the rain forest. Featuring Filtered Deluxe lablemate KNOWONE (akaYannis Parzialis, cofounder of Funkin Basstards) on bass, and vocals from longtime collaborator Joe Andrew, singing "Just want water, just want an ocean ..." A sample taken from the demos of his mythical Spiritualized cover EP.

Medium Monitor follows next, dragging in samples of everyone's favorite Small Magical Lizard, layering them with children playing at the beach, plodding 808's, eerie soundscapes, backed by a plethora of layered and chopped up beats & breaks.

Next is the slo-mo downtempo thump of What You've Got (In the End). Driven by 70's psych samples, a futuristic dub bass line, and a vibe that can easily be the soundtrack to the sunset on the waves, as you drive the city streets at dusk.

Thursday Piano 0429 is the sequel to Saturday 1128 Piano as featured in the 2021 EP, Colour of My Dreams. Thursday Piano is part of a series of ambient experiments by James, created from a chopped-up, and distorted solo piano, with captured recordings from a specific day in his life. This time incorporating the sounds of dark and stormy night spent with his family on Lake Erie.

Next up is Aged Like Wine, Aged Like Milk as it opens with guitar feedback and reverbed organ chords, driven by the dusty downtempo beat and tumbling trash can snares, as it reaches its climax of layered wobbly synths.

The EP comes to a close with the cinematic Wide Hive, created with, and featuring up and coming producer Sands on guitar, and additional drums & programming.

For more music from featured collaborators:
pinelmusic.com
joeandrew.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/iknowone
facebook.com/knowonesound
sands-music.bandcamp.com

RIYL: Nightmares on Wax, Clams Casino, Madlib, Massive Attack

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released February 25, 2022

Written and Produced by James Hayford

Additional Production & Mixing by Ronnie Pinel

Wide Hive Written & Produced by James Hayford & Sands

Executive Producer Stereo 77

Mastered at Filtered Deluxe Recordings

Original Artwork by James Hayford

Design by Bryan Covet

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Filtered Deluxe Recordings White Plains, New York

Filtered Deluxe Recordings is an independent record label created in 2016 by Stereo 77. Established in Orlando, Florida, but born from the Caribbean with the vision to release music with an underground and experimental foundation - heavily influenced by Afro-Caribbean rhythms, deep disco, funky beats & breaks, dub, and trip hop. ... more

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