Every musician needs to take action to keep themselves fresh from time to time, but James Ford and Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco have really gone to extremes this time. For the recording of their new record, Whorl, they've recorded everything entirely live, from scratch.
Whorl is something that takes you right into the heart of their creative processes, veering from completely abstract ambient explorations through buoyant repetitions that float into the territory of the most cosmic German synth explorers of the 70s and 80s.