![]() The opening track to the album almost succinctly sums up the musicality that it proceeds “ Gospel For A New Century.” A mixture of soul music with an assertive, ostentatious chorus both vocally and sonically, we know that the music can create those abstruse electronic moments (more about that to follow.) What listeners will be remarking on regarding this album is how Yves Tumor has centralized on those more profound moments. ![]() Historically, Yves Tumor was part of the “post-chillwave” movement in the earlier part of last decade and though that past where the musician worked under the monicker Teams influenced much of his later work, it’s the maturing from his Warp debut that is displayed impressively on the follow-up. ![]() Heaven to a Tortured Mind follows on from 2018’s Safe in the Hands of Love by expanding more into the soul influences that the previous release experimented with. So if you’re not familiar with Tennessee producer Yves Tumor, don’t worry – it’s another name to add to Warp’s pantheon of successes. It’s what makes Warp a hallowed institution in music you know what you’re going to get with the label and even if you don’t, 30+ years of getting it right is a pretty good law of averages. Warp’s modus vivendi seems to allow the almost esoteric features of artists to shine through and given the string of success they’ve curated, managed to attract a wider audience without compromising the artistic merits of the musicians. Such has been the broad scope of their eclecticism, we were brought the likes of AFX, Boards of Canada, Squarepusher, Hudson Mohawke and Gonjasufi to name a microcosm of talent Warp have brought to our attention. Experimental electronic and Warp Records can you name a more iconic duo in the pantheon of left-field music? That I’m sure you can, but you’d be hard-pressed to argue that the British label isn’t at the top of the list.
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