TNGHT Announce new EP ‘II’

Lunatic producer duo Hudson Mohawke and Lunice stare at the moon for too long, get abducted and return just in time to deliver their second EP ‘II’. Listen to ‘Dollaz’

And just when we needed em most... they’re back. Following the release of the mysterious “Serpent”, a lunar chart that was decrypted by fans in minutes and a dangerous Radio 1 Essential Mix, TNGHT’s crescent moon is appearing once again from behind heavy clouds. It has been seven years since Hudson Mohawke (Ross Birchard) and Lunice’s (Lunice Fermin Pierre II) prodigious debut which accidentally changed the sound of the pop music caught in its wake. The pair of bedroom-producers-cum-super-producers come from Glasgow and Montreal and have aligned once again on a record which aims to chew up and spit out every influence in an exhilarating 7 tracks.

TNGHT II will be released digitally on 12th November via Warp & LuckyMe, with the physical edition coming January 24th.

TNGHT II has the wildness turned up. In this, the second epoch, the pair explore new forms: they’ve collected more equipment, made a couple hits, own bigger speakers, loaded a thousand flutes into FL Studio.

“While it doesn’t sound the same as the first record - the energy is. This could only come from us.” - Lunice

“Serpent” and “Gimmie Summn” bookend the EP in an MDMA nightmare: pummelling metallic drums met with Lunice’s barking and screaming. This is music against podcasting. Music against coffee shops. On the wall-to-wall banger “Dollaz” they cut a fraction of a rap phrase, distilling a bar for all ages to its pure essence - “THEY”. “JUST.” “DOLLAZ.” - Every syllable clipped, punched-in and blown-out. Unused pop acapellas from other sessions are turned into bouncy topline synths that sound like nothing else. In its DNA “Dollaz” tells us what studios the guys have been in for the last few years. On “What_It_Is” we hear a nod to the swung bounce of the Virginia Beach legends that the boys grew up on. And HudMo leaves the crossfader open for a scratched goodie mob refrain. On “First Body” the guys give us a world first: some bad-bad-not-bunny.With naked midi sax and flute sat butt naked on top of undeniably boisterous chain swinging tnght drums. Who does that? Next track sees unrelenting hardcore stabs suck audiences attention deeper and deeper into a wormhole. “Club Finger” is a riot waiting to happen. The penultimate track, “I’m In A Hole” is epic title music: wide strings and punched vocal samples eclipse snapping machine drums which feel like they are solo’ing on their own. TNGHT’s drum programming is still unmatched, playing off a warped piano sample swinging around, giving this track an emotional gravity we haven’t heard from them to date.

TNGHT describe this new record as the most fun they’ve had in the studio. When they started out, there was no precedent for where TNGHT sat in the galaxy and ‘II’ does nothing to make category any easier. TNGHT are doing it for themselves.

“I think it's a good indicator if something sounds weird and refreshing to us. It’s got to fuck with us a little bit when we’re listening to it” - Hudmo

TNGHT ANNOUNCE NEW EP ‘II’

LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘DOLLAZ’