Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard Announce EP 'Neptunes'

Avant-garde modular wizard Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard have teamed up for their new collaborative Neptunes EP, out November 22nd on the Domino imprint Smugglers Way. Neptunes is the result of two electronic music powerhouses coming together to create new and thrilling sounds out of pure collaboration. With hard-hitting beats, intricate synth programming, and a melodic sensibility that retains a strange and alluring aura, it’s pure body-moving stuff that stimulates every neuron firing off in your brain.

Featuring a low-slung bassline, gorgeously wavering synths, and pleasingly chopped-up vocal samples, first single and title track “Neptunes” originates from Goddard’s desire to make a tune reminiscent of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo’s visionary, singular approach to hip-hop production as the Neptunes.

“I loved what the rhythm made me feel when I first heard it,” Smith says. “I actually thought he was tapping into Neptune as a planet, and the qualities I felt it possesses. So my side of things brought out more space-themed sounds as a result.”

Watch the Aron Sanchez-Baranda-directed music video for “Neptunes” here.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is a classically trained American composer, performer and producer who explores the endless possibilities of electronic instruments and the relationship between sound, shape, color, body, movement and expression. Her music is a form of auditory interpretation, powered by curiosity and her toolkit of modular, analogue, and rare synthesizers. Smith’s collaborator, Joe Goddard, is synonymous with the electronic music world, widely known in the front ranks of British producers for creating sounds from across his panoramic musical life ranging from house, techno and disco to UK garage, R&B and electro-pop. Joe Goddard recently released his third solo album Harmonics. Buy and stream it here.

Neptunes is available on 12” and digitally on November 22 via Smugglers Way. Preorder: DomMart Digital

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith B2B Joe Goddard DJ sets will open for Hot Chip DJs at select shows in October. Joe Goddard will be touring his live show in Europe throughout November. All dates are below.

1. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard - Neptunes

2. Joe Goddard - Rapid Fire (Feat. Laima)

3. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Around You

4. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Around You (Joe Goddard Remix)

5. Joe Goddard - Rapid Fire (Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Remix)

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith B2B Joe Goddard DJ Sets - Opening for Hot Chip DJs

Oct 2 – Meow Wolf, Denver, CO

Oct 3 – Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA

Oct 4 – Club 6, San Francisco, CA

Oct 5 – It'll Do, Dallas, TX

Upcoming Joe Goddard live dates

• 8th November – King Tut’s, Glasgow
• 9th November – The White Hotel, Manchester
• 12th November – Patterns, Brighton
• 13th November – Colour Factory, London
• 16th November – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
• 17th November – Bellevilloise, Paris
• 18th November – Botanique – Rotonde, Brussels
• 20th November – Kupellhalle at Silent Green, Berlin

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