Short Tracks

Yep, it’s a compilation. A marker for the first year of Short Span and a road map into the future maybe. Featuring a mix of artists already heavily involved in the label who’ve had releases out this year. As well as those with future material prepared and awaiting careful hands plating them to metal under the shadow of ski village in Sheffield and then wax in East Lothian some time in 2026. Plus a wider net of friends and admired artists making contemporary music that feels closely connected to the label right now.

There’s a lot of different narratives, meanings, and histories backwards and forwards contained on these two discs and its tempting as the compiler to dig deeply into those and write an essay that bogs the set down a bit.

About how the entire compilation was born from Conna sending over his tune that had started as a playful chop and screw of a Mammo track from General Patterns. How the a.m.p tune has Ben from Purelink loosely playing the keys in it during an intoxicated party session.

That the Klaus and Mount Kimbie one has been sat travelling from hard drive to hard drive for years with the hope it could be released one day at the right moment. That I reached out to Caitlin C Harvey after being introduced to her wonderful music via the inspiring Submerge Sessions compilation that recently collected work from the new school of Detroit music formed in community and tutored by some of the Underground Resistance crew…

But in sum total its just Short Span setting out its table and focusing in on publishing new music. Interesting music. Dialling in on dub and ambient and techno in different forms and qualities that hope to catch the ear and the heart. With some of the most interesting and exciting artists and tune-makers of the moment featuring in here. And a couple of geographic focal points of creativity and shared musical language coalescing in amongst that.

Two discs, two sequences you can listen through in entirety or split into listening sessions. I tried to sequence things so that it flows nicely and suits different moods. A bit of a mixtape.

Full Tracklist:

Disc 1

Midnightopera - Sea Bell
Mammo - Sit til Noon
Mammo - Ambience Version
Conna Haraway - Groove Ritual
Eden Aurelius - Fading Image
Lucas Dupuy - As In Leaves (Endless Version)
emer - Shell
Black Point - R341
a.sl - mondau15 129
Sa Pa - Gordon Comstock

Total: 74:29

Disc 2

Mount Kimbie & Klaus - The People Took 
Trailcam - Crackle
Yu Su - Objet petit a
Nadia Khan - Trust
a.m.p ft. b.p.p - Sapphire (SP Mix)
Gi Gi - Mantra
ZDBT & Syd Woz - Rorrim
Miles - We Don't Care
Caitlin C Harvey - Vessel
Yugen Disciple - IGA
Cahl Sel - Motion
intermountain (False Aralia) - intermountain 01

Total: 74:28