Ben Frost

Debuts Video For Regis Remix, ‘V A R I A N T’ EP Out In December

BEN FROST

 WATCH TREVOR TWEETEN’S FILM FOR
‘NOLAN’ REMIXED BY REGIS

 FROM THE V A R I A N T EP

OUT DECEMBER 9^TH, 2014

A U R O R A named an ‘Album of the Year (So Far)’ by:Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Stereogum and Drowned In Sound

Ben Frost has revealed Regis’ Self Medication Edit of “Nolan,” taken from the forthcoming EP, V A R I A N T, out digitally on December 9^th, 2014 and on limited edition vinyl on January 13^th 2015.

 Watch a film for “Nolan (Self Medication Edit)” by collaborator Trevor Tweeten below

 In addition to techno producer Regis, the V A R I A N T EP features mixes from Evian Christ (listen here), HTRK (listen here), Hood by Air affiliated experimental artist Dutch E Germ (previous remix credits inc. Fatima Al Qadiri and Mas Ysa) and raster-noton recording artist Kangding Ray.

 V A R I A N T :: EP TRACKLISTING

Venter – Evian Christ TF 12” Mix

Venter – Dutch E Germ Remix

Venter – HTRK Remix

No Sorrowing – Kangding Ray Remix

Nolan – Regis Self Medicating Edit

Photo Credit: Börkur Sigthorsso

Frost’s European tour continues this week and he returns to England in November for the first tour since the release of his acclaimed album, A U R O R A. Beginning on November 10^th in Brighton, the tour includes a headline London show at St Johns in Hackney with support from legendary avant-garde minimalist composer Tony Conrad on November 13^th.

BEN FROST :: L I V E

6 Nov    Torino, ITALY Club To Club

7 Nov    Rome, ITALY Romaeuropa Festival

8 Nov    Bari ITALY Time Zones

10 Nov  Brighton UK The Haunt

11 Nov  Bristol UK Thekla

12 Nov Birmingham UK Capsule

13 Nov  London UK St John at Hackney Church

14 Nov  Manchester UK Gorilla

15 Nov  Leeds UK Howard Assembly Room at Opera North

20 Nov Utrecht, NET Le Guess Who? Festival

21 Nov Bern, SW St. Ghetto Festival

22 Nov St. Petersburg, RUS Electro-Mechanica Festival

23 Nov  Moscow, RUS Pipl Club

6 Dec   Rio De Janeiro, BR Novas Frequências

               11 Jan   Sydney, AUS Sydney Opera House

             15 Jan   Hobart, TAS Mona Foma Festival

5 Feb     Melbourne, AUS HiFi Bar

 A U R O R A, performed by Ben Frost with guests Greg Fox, Shahzad Ismaily and Thor Harris, was largely written in Eastern DR Congo where Frost was working with Richard Mosse and Trevor Tweeten on the Deutsche Börse prize winning installation, The Enclave.

Already a critics favourite, A U R O R A has been featured heavily in the ‘Albums of the Year So Far’ lists. It is described by The Wire as “Frost’s most fully realised work to date”, by Rolling Stone as having “garnered enough enthusiasm to snowball into the ambient event of the year” and by Resident Advisor as “the darkest and most powerful recording of his career.”

 Following on from their Congolese collaboration, Frost, Mosse and Tweeten were last month invited by Time magazine to travel to a US aircraft carrier to document flight tests for the new unmanned X-47B drone. The film can be seen here.

–

Watch “Nolan” Self Medication Edit by Regis here.

Listen to “Venter” remixed by HTRK here.

Listen to “Venter” Remixed By Evian Christ here.

Listen to “Venter” (Best New Track by Pitchfork) here.

Listen to “Nolan” here.

Watch a triptych of films created for A U R O R A by Trevor Tweeten and Richard Moss here.

Watch a film by Richard Mosse, Ben Frost and Trevor Tweeten from a U.S Navy aircraft carrier here.

Listen to Ben Frost discussing A U R O R A via Red Bull Music Academy here. 

–

PRE-ORDER LINKS: LP | DIGI

BEN FROST: WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE | SOUNDCLOUD