Ben Frost releases new track Ionia

BEN FROST has shared a new track ahead of the release of his fifth studio album, The Centre Cannot Hold, out on Mute on 29 September 2017.

Listen to ‘Ionia’ here: http://po.st/BFIoniaYT. The track follows the release of ‘Threshold Of Faith’, and will be available on streaming services from 13 September. Ionia and a remix from JLIN will be available on 12” on 22 September, and the remix will be available digitally on 15 September 2017.

The Centre Cannot Hold was recorded over ten days by Steve Albini in Chicago. The music exists not in space, but in a space; it is a document of an event, of a room, and of the composer within it. It is music that is not fully controlled and appears to be anxiously, often violently competing against its creator.

In collaborating with Albini, Frost chooses a new immediacy and raw directness. As an artist whose command of sound design lies at the heart of his practice, by placing himself primarily in the role of live performer and handing the studio recording process over to Albini, Frost continues pursuit of Theseus’ paradox; the question of whether a ship restored by replacing every single part remains the same ship.

Watch the video for Threshold Of Faith, the opening cut from the new album, a new collaboration shot in the winter of 2016 in Reykjavík, Iceland with conceptual documentary photographer Richard Mosse and Cinematographer Trevor Tweeten: http://po.st/BFThresholdVideo

Ben Frost embarks on a tour in autumn starting on 25 September in Essen, Germany, with a London date at the Electric Brixton on 5 October, full details below.

BEN FROST EUROPEAN LIVE DATES

• 25 Sep - Essen DE - Maschinenhaus / Zeche Carl
• 29 Sep - Brussels BE - Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
• 4 Oct – Paris FR - Le Trianon Biennale Nemo Paris
• 5 Oct - London UK - Electric Brixton
• 6 Oct - Berlin DE - Funkhaus
• 8 Oct - Madrid ES - La Riviera
• 18 Oct - Amsterdam NL - Amsterdam Dance Event, Muziekgebouw
• 21 Oct - Prague CZ - Lunchmeat Festival
• 3 Nov - Turin IT - Club2Club festival
• 11 Nov - Utrecht NL - Le Guess Who Festival

More dates to be added, follow Ben Frost at the links below for the latest details.

THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD TRACKLISTING

1. Threshold Of Faith
2. A Sharp Blow In Passing
3. Trauma Theory
4. A Single Hellfire Missile Costs 100,000
5. Eurydice’s Heel
6. Meg Ryan Eyez
7. Ionia
8. Healthcare
9. All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated
10. Entropy In Blue

Threshold Of Faith is available now on 7-track vinyl and as a digital EP: http://po.st/BFThreshold