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Statues

by Blue States

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Statues 03:48
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Curvatures 03:32
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Twitten 02:09

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Blue States releases his new single Statues on July 8th via Memphis Industries, taken for a new four track EP of the same name. Statues introduces the beautifully crystalline vocals of Stockholm's Mayasa, a song about removing self-imposed barriers and ‘closing the gaps between your head and your heart’.

It's been nine years since we last heard from Blue States, the moniker for the musical outlet of Andrew Dragazis. Recorded, produced and, for the most part, played by Dragazis at his Lightwell studios in Stoke Newington, London, the new material doffs its cap to the soundtracks of Budd and Morricone, to English folk and psychedelic rock, to German electronic pioneers Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother and to American minimalist composers Steve Reich and Phillip Glass.

Blue States began nearly twenty years ago with the young, movie soundtrack obsessed Dragazis writing and recording largely instrumental, electronic pieces alone at his parent’s house in Sussex. Music had always been around in his family, his father having been involved in the Greek pop scene of the 1960’s, jamming in Athenian clubs alongside pre-Aphrodite’s Child legends Demis Roussos and Vangelis.

The recordings found their way to nascent electronic label Memphis Industries, who went on to release a succession of 12”s including the smooth electro sweep of ‘The Trainer Shuffle’ and the filmic ‘Yé-Yé’ stylings of ‘Your Girl’. An album “Nothing Changes Under the Sun” followed in 2000 and having been critically lauded, became a surprise hit seeing Dragazis form a band, tour the world, remix Future Sound of London, work with Roy Wood and sign to XL Recordings. Subsequent albums Man Mountain and The Soundings saw Dragazis work with more traditional song structures (including Season Song, the title track of cult Zombie flick 28 Days Later) and collaborate with vocalists Ty Bulmer, latterly of New Young Pony Club, and old school friend Chris Carr. 2007’s ‘First Steps Into..’ saw Dragazis revert to working solo and heralded a return to his electronic origins with more extended, free form soundscapes.

With the new songs Dragazis draws on all four of his previous albums to create something entirely different, music imbued with a subtle majesty and hope filled melancholy. The Statues EP will be followed by a new full length Blue States album, slated for an Autumn release.

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released May 11, 2016

Written and Produced by Andrew Dragazis

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