Death In Vegas

Death In Vegas return with ‘Death Mask’, where disintegration, overload and total sonic immersion tell a personal tale.

With dirty circuitry and rough-hewn textures at the fore, this is gritty, unpolished techno; an audio outlier that’s full of personality, and a bold artistic statement. It’s closer in DNA to the grainy growl of sunn O))), or the searing intensity of Underground Resistance at their fiercest, and as far from generic influencer business as you could possibly get.

“I’ve been soaking in Ramleh’s ‘Hole In the Heart’, the machine funk of Terrence Dixon’s Population One, Jamal Moss’ psychedelic techno jams, the stunning minimalism of Mika Vanio’s Ø and Panasonic, the layered drones of LOOP, and drowning in the acid of TM 404”

Broader inspirations are woven into the album’s fabric too; from his Thameside Metal Box studio and evocations of nautical ghosts, to lamentations for a broken world, to memories of a youthful Detroit pilgrimage, and the innocent fraternity of rave euphoria, there’s a lot going on, acting as a chronicle of moments, and locations.

"ON DEATH IN VEGAS’ FIRST ALBUM IN NINE YEARS, RICHARD FEARLESS CHANNELS GRIEF, MEMORY AND RAW EMOTION INTO VISCERAL ELECTRONICS. HE REFLECTS ON THE LONG ROAD THAT LED TO ITS CREATION AND THE GUIDING INFLUENCE OF A CERTAIN ANDREW WEATHERALL" - Electronic Sound

"CAUSTIC NOISE AND DEEP-FLANGED TECHNO, SKILFULLY DRAWING OUT ENCHANTING, ALMOST SCULPTURAL PASSAGES OF SERENE BEAUTY AMID THE CACOPHONY" - 8/10 - Uncut