Binker & Moses – the duo of London based saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd – have announced a new studio album called Feeding The Machine, which will land on February 25 through Gearbox Records.
They were joined by third member Max Luthert for this record, who brought his tape looping and synth wizardry, and they recorded it at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios with Grammy winning producer Hugh Padgham.
Speaking on the new material, Moses says: “I feel myself and Binker have been wanting to create this album for some years. The timing was never right, and I also feel we needed some more experience under our belt to attempt a record like this. We knew we wanted it to be different from all our previous material. Each Binker and Moses record has a strong identity and we wanted to maintain that whilst contributing something new that excites us both.
“When the opportunity came up to record it was quite last minute. We had no material planned but just a concept. Really, we took a huge leap of faith and went in the studio empty-handed. The only concept I had was this idea of feeding our improvisation through these different machines / configurations in the studio. We enlisted our long-time friend and collaborator Max Luthert on tape loops and modular synths to achieve this.
“This album is less about the forms and melodies but more about pushing ourselves creatively within a different way of working. I feel we achieved something special which I’m very proud of.”
Binker adds: “I think the album for the most part has a really lonely feel. It’s the loneliest of the Binker & Moses albums, despite the dance tracks and I quite like that about it. It marks it out as different. Moses and I wanted to expand the sound of the band, but without adding more instrumentalists as we had on previous albums. In order to expand the sound of the saxophone and drums, we decided to ask Max Luthert to assist us on modular. Most of what you hear coming from the modular is actually a re-ordering of acoustic sax and drums. The only thing is it’s so distorted, that you wouldn’t recognise the acoustic sounds.”
That formlessness is certainly an asset on lead single “Accelerometer Overdose”, a 10-minute journey deep into the psychedelic unseen world that can be created by musicians improvising together. Sax and drums are still the focal point, weaving around each other like strands of DNA, giving life where there was previously silence, but Luthert’s synth and loops are an undoubted asset. His ghostly repurposing of the textures provided by the two performers adds another captivating sheen to the song, bringing an added dimension that only pulls you further into the endless ascent into the unknown that is “Accelerometer Overdose”.
Take a listen below or on your preferred streamer.
Binker & Moses’ new album Feeding The Machine is out on February 25 through Gearbox Records (pre-order/save). They’ve got a couple of UK instore dates:
2nd March – Rough Trade East
3rd March – HMV Birmingham
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